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S-A—THE CHRONICLE, ainton, S. C., April 16, 1970
F. H. Thomley
Fant Hill Thomley, 60, di
rector of the Birmingham, Ala.
public library system, died Sun
day. He was the brother of Mrs.
Taylor Martin of Clinton.
He was a native of Pickens,
a son of the late John Lewis
and Elizabeth Hill Thornely. He
was a graduate of Presbyterian
College and did post-graduate
work at the University of North
Carolina. He was a veteran and
became director of the Birming
ham libraries in 1953. He re
ceived the Birmingham Festival
of Arts literary award in 1958.
He was a member of Carolinana
Society, the American and Ala
bama library associations, the
Bunn chapter of EnglishSpeaking
Union, the Bibliographic Society
of Americans, the Grolier Society
and the Presbyterian Church. He
was president of Bostic and
Thomley Printing Co. and was a
contributor to various periodi
cals.
The family requests that any
memorials be made to the Bir
mingham Library System.
Funeral services will be con
ducted in Birmingham with
graveside services Thursday at
5 p.m. at Rosemont Cemetery in
Clinton. Rev. Alfred L. Bixler
will officiate at the graveside
services here.
J. E. Moore
WATERLOO - James Earl
Moore, 55, of Waterloo died in
Columbia Friday. He was the fa
ther of Mrs. Daisy Mae Young of
Clinton.
Other survivors include his
wife, six other daughters, five
sons and U grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Cedar Grove Baptist
Church with burial in the church
cemetery.
R. L Campbell
Robert Lee Campbell, 57,
of Gary Street, died Friday.
He was a son of the late Wade
and Julia Simpson Campbell. He
was a member of Fairview A ME
Church and was an employe ofD.
E. Tribble Co.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ollie Campbell of Charlotte, N.
C.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Thrift of Clinton and Mrs. Clara
Samuels of Charlotte, N. C.; and
a brother, Alonzo Campbell of
Greenville.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Fairview AME Church
in Clinton^ Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Norma Jean Hamilton of Joanna;
four sons, W. C., Curtis and
Claude Holbert of Clinton and
Dallas Holbert of Jonna; three
sisters, Mrs. Lucille Waters and
Mrs. Clyde Laney of Clinton and
Mrs. Pearl Adkins ofWarrenton,
Ga.; and a brother, Jack Col-
vard of Honea Path.
Funeral services were held
Thursday in the Church of God
of Prophecy, with burial in
Rosemont Cemetery.
Johnny Johnson
Johnny Johnson of Clinton died
in Columbia Wednesday, April
8.
He was a son of the late Hill
and Morriah Johnson and was a
member of Friendship AME
Church. He was a veteran of
World War I. He was a native of
Clinton, but lived with a niece,
Mrs. Jeanette Glenn, in Pennsyl
vania.
Funeral services with military
rites were heldSunday at Friend
ship AME Church. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
member of Broad Street United
Methodist Church.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. R. B. Currence of Raleigh,
Mrs. James R. Kelly of New
berry and Miss Anna Corley of
Tampa, Fla.; four sons, Charles
B. Corley Jr. of New Caanan,
Conn., Thomas A. Corley of Clin
ton, James D. Corley of New Or
leans, La., and William D. Cor
ley of Greenwood; a sister, Mrs.
Grady Massey of Charlotte, N.
C. ; and 19 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Broad Street United
Methodist Church. Burial was in
Pinelawn Memory Gardens.
Sandra Riddle
WATERLOO - Sandra Michelle
Riddle, infantdaughter ofDelland
Susan Reeder Riddle, died Tues
day. She was the great-grand
daughter of Mrs. Turner Pin
son of Cross Hill.
Other survivors are a sister,
the grandparents, five other
great-gran^arents and a great-
great grandmother.
Graveside services were held
Wednesday at Cross Hill Baptist
Church cemetery.
Murder
e. w. stone /$ Charged
In Shooting
Mrs. Holbert
Mrs. Gertrude B. Holbert, 65,
widow of Hubert L. Holbert, died
Tuesday, April 7, in Clinton.
She had lived in Laurens Coun
ty most of her life and was a
daughter of the late Wil and Lucy
Maynard Colvard Hobert. She was
a retired employe of Clinton
Mills.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Louise Frazier and Mrs.
UNION - E. W. Stone, 89, of
102 E. South St., died Friday. He
was a native of Jacks Township
near Clinton.
A son of the late William A.
and Frances Copeland Stone,
he had lived in Union since 1905
and had been a hardware mer
chant since that time.
Survivors include a son, Elbert
W. Stone Jr. of Union; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Duncan Stokes Felder
of Union; and four grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren
Funeral services were held
Saturday at Grace Methodist
Church in Union with burial in
the First Presbyterian Church
Cemetery in Clinton.
C. D. Benjamin
C. D. Benjamin Sr., 74, ofRt.
1, Clinton, Longbranch com
munity, died Thursday.
He was a lifelong resident of
Laurens County, son of the late
Ludy Thompson and Fanny Du-
Vall Benjamin. He was a retired
carpenter and a member of Lang
ston Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Leah Martin Benjamin; a son,
C. D. Benjamin Jr. of Clinton;
a brother, John C. Benjamin of
Hartsville; and a granddaughter
and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services were held
Friday at Langston Baptist
Church. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
LAURENS - A 40-year-old
Spartanburg County man has been
charged with murder in the March
26 shooting death of Landrum
Fred Snow, 37, of Rt. 1, Wood
ruff, according to Laurens Coun
ty Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson.
Sheriff Johnson said Willie
Burgess of the Reidville com
munity was charged in a warrant
issued Wednesday night by Mag
istrate C. A. Patton of Young’s
Township in Laurens County.
Snow’s body was found by Spar
tanburg and Laurens County law
enforcement officers and State
Law Enforcement Division
(SLED) officer behind an a-
bandoned house in the Grays sec
tion about two miles inside Lau
rens County.
Sheriff Johnson said Snow had
been missing since March 26,
and officers believe the shooting
occurred on that date.
Burgess was being held in the
Spartanburg County jail on a-
nother charge when the murder
warrant was delivered to Spar
tanburg CountySheriff Charles P.
Alverson Wednesday night, John
son said.
HOSPITAL
NEWS
Patients currently in Bailey
Memorial Hospital from Clinton
are Theodore Blakely, Willie
Dendy, Willie Golden, Paul Cro
mer, Carrie Ballard, David
Glenn, Baby Boy Jackson, Debra
Dooley, Bobbie Jones, Fannie
Motte, Emmie Gayden, Eugene
Reynolds, Dorothy Jackson, Can-
zater Hill, Hattie Martin, Mary
Terry, Charles Vincent, Marion
Hiers, Gus Keller, Bennie Rober
son, Clyde Smith, Alice Cope
land, Murphey Timmerman Sr.,
John Little, OpalTodd,E.C. Vin
cent Jr., Elizabeth Pitts, Terry
Green, Meda Williams, Margaret
Woodworth, Lidie Howard, Annie
Stone, Willie Kinard, Carl Kates,
Virgil Patterson, Robert Lee,
James Stilwell, Frances Mc
Crary, Annie Young and Gena
Blakely.
Patients from Joanna are Re
ginald Rushton, Jean Broome,
Louise Nabors, Carl Norris,
Mattie Stroud, Frances Fulmer,
J. T. Gaskin, and Betty Cromer.
Patients from Kinards are Ro
bert Franklin, and George Wil
liams.
Patients from Laurens are
Martha Collins, Willie Richard
son, Clarence Lynch, Paul Hill-
ey and Samuel Uldrick.
Patients from Mountville are
Jeannine Bannister and Jennie
Anderson.
Patient from Newberry is Hey
ward Boyce.
Patients from Waterloo are
Susan Riddle and Giles Patter
son.
Two PC Cadets
Win ROTC Grants
Two Presbyterian College
ROTC cadets--Warren B. Mc
Kinney of Greer and Henry J.
Winn of Columbia--have been se
lected to receive two-year
ROTC scholarships during their
remaining two years at PC, Col.
William B. Tuttle, Jr., announc
ed today.
He said the grants to these
rising juniors will pay for tui
tion, textbooks and laboratory
fees and also provide a subsis
tence allowance of $50 per month.
Upon graduation, the recip
ients are commissioned as se
cond lieutenants and serve a
minimum of four years on active
duty with the Army.
Col. Tuttle, professor of mili
tary science at PC, said the Third
Army area awarded 142two-year
scholarships and also has a pro
gram of four-year grants for high
school seniors.
C. B. Corlty
Charles B. “Scott’ Corley, 82,
of Clinton died Friday in Raleigh,
N. C.
He spent most of his life in
Newberry County and was a son
of the late Thomas and Amelia
Sperry Corley. He was retired
from Whitten Village and was a
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