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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun. Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Jan. 13, 1972
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Colie Boyd Pitts
dies suddenly
Colie Boyd Pitts, 71, of 802
James St., Newberry, died sud
denly at his home Thursday
morning.
Mr. Pitts was born in Silver-
street, the son of the late John
Thompson and Lula Reeder
Pitts.
He was a member of Central
Methodist Church. He was
manager of McCoy’s Service
Station for 30 years before his
retirement. More recently he
was a security guard at Owens-
Illinois. He also was a member
of the Woodmen of the World.
Survivors include" one bro
ther, Madison Thompson Pitts
of Douglas, Ga.; two sisters,
Mrs. Eunice P. Longshore and
Mrs. Mazie Abrams, both of
Newberry; and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Funeral was held at 3 p.m.
Friday at the Whitaker Funeral
Home by Dr. Adlai C. Holler.
Burial was in Trinity Medio-
dist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Key’s
mother dies
Mrs. Norma Page Raloff of
Route 2, Salley, widow of Ha
rold E. Raloff, died Friday at
the Aiken County Hospital.
A native of Greenville she was
a daughter of Mrs. Daisy Rop-
, er Page and the late Earl Page.
She had lived in Aiken County
for the past 14 years and was
a member of Tabernacle Bap
tist Church. She was employed
in the accounting department
at Owens-Croning Fiberglas.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Patrick Key of Newberry.
Funeral was held Sunday at
the Tabernacle Baptist Church
with burial in Sunset Memory
Gardens.
Harmon Murrah
died Sunday
Harmon G. Murrah Sr., 77, of
104 Hawkins Circle, Joanna,
died Sunday in Clinton.
Born in Johnston, son of the
late George M. and Frances
Pruitt Murrah, he was a form
er employee of Joanna Mills,
a merchant and a cottage pa
rent at Whitten Village. He was
an employee of Gilder-Weeks
Drug Store after retirement,
and was a member, former dea
con and president of the Men’s
Bible Class of First Baptist
Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Cleo Rodgers Murrah; three
daughters, Mrs. Rayon Mitchell
and Mrs. William L. Sheppard,
both of Newberry, and Mrs.
Bobby G. Gregory of Colum
bia; three sons, George E. Mur
rah of Ninety Six and William
B. and Harmon G. Murrah Jr.
of Joanna; a brother, James
P. Murrah of Batesburg; 10
grandchildren.
Funeral services were Tues
day at 3 p.m. at First Baptist
Church with burial in Newberry
Memorial Gardens, Newberry.
Hayes’ father
rites Tuesday
James E. Hayes, 91, of 810
E. Calhoun St., Anderson, died
Sunday.
Born in Oconee County, son
of the late Robert R. and Fran
ces Rebecca Honea Hayes, he
was a member of First Bap
tist Church, a life Mason, a
member of S. C. Association
of Public Accountants and was
a retired executive of the form
er Gossett Mills.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Willie Mae Terry Hayes; three
sons, Carl H. and Harry T.
Hayes of Anderson and James
E. Hayes Jr. of Newberry; a
sister, Miss Ella Hayes of Se
neca; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were Tues
day at 3 p.m. at McDougald’s
North Chapel, with burial in
Old Silver Brook Cemetery.
Newberrian’s
sister dies
Mrs. Ruth Gray Knight, 41,
wife of Walter J. Knight of
Orlando, Fla., died Saturday.
Born in Abbeville, she was
a daughter of Mrs. Bessie Gray
and the late Ernest J. Gray.
Surviving also are two sisters,
Mrs. Kittie Wise of Bradenton
Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Jean
Dillashaw of Easley; and two
brothers, Clarence Gray of At
lanta, Ga., and Leland Gray of
Newberry.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p.m. Thursday at Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church near
Westminister.
Barto Kinsey
died Tuesday
Barto Kinsey, 71, of Joanna,
died Tuesday.
Born in Colleton»County, son
of the late Thomas Kinsey and
Louisa Jones Kinsey Johnson,
he was a retired textile em
ployee. He previously lived in
Whitmire.
Surviving also is a son, Ro
bert Kinsey of Valdosta, Ga.;
a sister, Mrs. Cecil Bair of
Orangeburg; and two brothers,
Charles Kinsey of Orangeburg
and Glen Kinsey of Whitmire.
Graveside services were held
at 1 p.m. Thursday in Rosemont
Cemetery in Clinton.
Mrs. Nelson’s
father passes
Eugene R. Palladini, 77, of
1130 Benton St., Columbia, died
Wednesday night in Columbia
Hospital after a short critical
illness.
Survivors include his wife of
Columbia; one daughter, Mrs.
George C. Nelson and three
grandchildren, Rick, Larry and
Susan Nelson of Newberry; al
so two brothers and one sister
in Italy.
Funeral services were held at
11 a.m. Friday at Dunbar Fune
ral Home, Gervais Street Cha
pel conducted by Dr. John L.
Yost and the Rev. Leroy Trex-
ler. Burial followed in Elmwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Felker’s
brother dies
Dr. Murry Vance Schwartz,
70, of Miami, Fla., died Nov.
29, 1971, at his home.
Dr. Schwartz, a retired phar
macist, was born in Lexington
County, son of the late John
Jacob and Frances Lowdoskey
Wilson Schwartz.
Survivors include a son and
daughter of Florida; four bro
thers, Marion of North Carolina,
George and Laird of Lexington,
Probst of Maryland; one sister,
Mrs. Arthur Felker of Newberry.
Countain dies
in Greenville
Ernest Gordon Fortner Sr.,
55, of 135 Oakland St., Green
wood, died Monday.
Born in Newberry County, son
of Mrs. Annie Fortner Harvey,
he was a veteran of World War
II and a member of Mt. Ver
non United Methodist Church,
Washington, D. C. He was a
retired owner and operator of
a trucking company in Wash
ington.
Surviving also are his wife,
Mrs. Margaret Ward Fortner of
Brentwood, Md.; two sons, Er
nest Fortner Jr. of Maryland
and Alton Fortner of Okinawa;
two brothers, Eldridge Har
vey of Laurens and Francis Har
vey of Chevy Chase, Md.; and
two grandchildren.
H. M. Harmon
died Tuesday
Harrison Monroe Harmon, Sr.
85, of Rt. 1, Pomaria, died
Tuesday.
Born in Newberry County, son
of the late John Harrison and
Margaret Caroline Wicker Har
mon, he was a member of St.
Matthews Lutheran Church and
a retired farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Ola
Long Harmon; two sons, John
Simpson Harmon of Pomaria
and H. Monroe Harmon of
Prosperity; a daughter, Mrs.
Broadus Berry of North Augus
ta; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Gre
gory of Blair and Mr. Carrie
Kinard of Pomaria; six grand
children and four great-grand
children.
Funeral services were Wed
nesday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mat
thews Lutheran Church, with
burial in the church cemetery.
Berley Shealy
dies at age 83
Berly C. Shealy of 421 Rodel-
sperger St., 83, died Tuesday.
Shealy was born in Lexington
County, the son of the late
James E. and Elvira Boland
Shealy. He was Newberry Coun
ty jailer before his retirement.
He was a member of Mayer
Memorial Lutheran Church and
a former church councilman.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Alice Hiller Shealy; four sons,
Sheriff B. Eugene Shealy and
L. N. Cleborn Shealy of New
berry, Frank M. Shealy of Dur
ham, N. C., and James G.
Shealy of Sumter; a daughter,
Mrs. Lewis Hawkins of Pros
perity; a brother, Daniel Shealy
of Chapin; nine grandchildren
and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at
3:30 p.m. Thursday (today) at
Mayer Memorial Lutheran
Church, with burial in New
berry Memorial Gardens.
AUDITOR'S 1972 TAX
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Returns of personal property,
(vehicles, boats, motors, trail
ers, mobile homes, farm mach
inery, livestock, etc.), new build
ings, and poll tax are to be
made at the County Auditor’s
Office beginning:
January 4, 1972
through
February 29th, 1972
PLEASE BRING YOUR
MOTOR VEHICLE
REGISTRATIONS
Could Your
INSURANCE
Be Placed
To A
Better
Advantage?
“YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS”
1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422
Due to the new law pertain
ing to vehicle taxes which went
into effect in 1971, it is most
important for you to bring your
motor vehicle registrations when
filing your 1972 County Tax Re
turn.
All males between the ages
of twenty-one and sixty years,
except those incapable of earn
ing a support from being maim
ed or from any other cause,
shall be deemed taxable polls,
per Section 65-151, 1962 Code
of Laws of South Carolina.
All persons eligible for the
Homestead Exemption may
make application when filing
their 1972 County Tax Return.
All returns are to be made
by Tax Districts: Your failure
to make return calls for penalty
as prescribed by law. The books
will be closed for making re
turns after February 29th,
1972.
JEANETTE K. HAMM
Auditor Newberry County
r
AUDITOR'S 1972 TAX
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
I, or an anuthorized agent,
will be at the following places
on the dates given below for
the purpose of taking tax re
turns on all personal property
(vehicles, boats, motors, trail
ers, mobile homes, farm mach
inery, livestock, etc.) and new
buildings. Persons owning pro
perty in more than one district
must make returns for each
district. There is no need to
make a return on real estate
unless there is a change from
previous year.
PLEASE BRING YOUR
MOTOR VEHICLE
REGISTRATIONS
Due to the new law pertain
ing to vehicle taxes which went
into effect in 1971, it is most
important for you to bring your
motor vehicle registrations when
filing your 1972 County Tax Re
turn.
All persons eligible for the
Homestead Exemption may
make application when filing
their 1972 County Tax Return.
Please bring proof of age (So
cial Security Card, Medicaid
Card, Driver’s License or any
proof of age) and your 1971
tax receipt.
All males between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years, ex-
eept those incapable of earn
ing a support from being maim
ed of from any other cause,
shall be deemed taxable polls,
per Section 65-151, 1962 Code
of Laws of South Carolina.
FORK GROCERY:
Thursday, January 13, 1972,
from 11:00 until 11:30
MACEDONIA
(STOCKMAN'S STORE):
Thursday, January 13, 1972,
from 3:00 until 3:30
LITTLE MOUNTAIN
(CARL B. SHEALY CO ):
Friday, January 14, 1972,
from 10:30 until 12:00 and 1:30
until 3:30
POMARIA (POMARIA FIRE
HOUSE):
Monday, January 17, 1972,
from 10:30 until 2:00
ST. LUKES (MOORE'S STORE)
Tuesday, January 18, 1972,
from 11:00 until 12:00
O'NEAL (SLIGH'S GROCERY):
Tuesday, January 18, 1972,
from 2:30 until 3:30
PEAK (DRUG STORE):
Thursday, January 20, 1972,
from 10:30 until 12:00
PROSPERITY (HAMM-ACE
HARDWARE CO.):
Friday, January 21, 1972.
from 9:30 until 5:00
At the Auditor’s Office until
March 1st. After this date, the
books will be closed for taking
1972 County Tax Returns.
JEANETTE K. HAMM
Auditor Newberry County