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. PAGE 2-The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, November 23,1972 Nnubrrnj ^un 1101 Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance; six months, $2.00. DEATHS Dewey Kinard received a special award for fifty continuous years in Scouting at the Annual Awards Banquet at Newberry Armory last Thursday night. Mrs. Kinard was also presented a certificate for her devotion and help to Dewey over these years. In addition, Kinard received a gold pin with diamond and a tie tack to match. He is holding a letter of commendation from President Nixon who is honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America. His career began in 1915 but was interrupted in 1917. He continued his service in 1923 and has been in Scouting ever since. He went through all Scout ranks from Tenderfoot to Eagle. Other awards he holds are “Acorn”, “Scouter Award”, “Scoutmaster Key”, “Order of Arrow”, which he helped organize, “Silver Beaver”, highest award in Scouting. He was selected in 1950 to accompany a troop of boys to Valley Forge National Jamboree. (Sunphoto) Gary Campbell Gary Eans Campbell, 77, of McCormick, died Wednesday. Born in Anderson County, son of the He Albert Bailey and Ellen McMahon Campbell, he was a veteran of World War I, a charter and life member and former commander and adjutant of Thomas J. Lyon Pst No. 119 of the American Legion, and a member of Mc Cormick United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. sons, G. Edward Campbell of Clinton and ALbert M. Camp bell of Anderson; three bro thers, OlliS C. Campbell of Greenwood, Fuller R. Campbell of Newberry and W. Mac Camp bell of Jacksonville, Fla.; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Mc Cormick United Methodist Church, with burial in McCor mick City Cemetery. Mrs. Duckett Mrs. Lucia Gaddis Duckett, 68, of 84 Glenn St., died Wed nesday night at Martinsville Hospital after three years of declining health. Born in Abbeville County, she was a daughter of the late Eu gene and Janie Bodie Gaddis. She was a retired textile em ployee and a member of Epting Memorial United Methodist Church, also a member of the Missionary Society. Surviving are her husband, Homer Duckett; two sons, Hen ry E. Duckett of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Rev. Philip A. Duckett of Martinsville, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. W. J. Bris- sey of Donalds, Mrs. W. H. Powell and Miss Martha Gad dis, both of Columbia; a brother Claude Gaddis of Donalds; also five gradnchildren. J. A. Jones Joseph A. (Joe) Jones, 63, died Wednesday at Berry’s Landing in Saluda County. Born in Florida, he was a son of the late Rueben J. and Nellie Taylor Jones. He was a retired employee and a member of Ept- jng Memorial United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Marie Coppock Jones; a son, Edgar Jones of Prosperity; three daughters, Mrs. Barbara Duffie of Newberry, Mrs. Shir ley Wischmeier of Columbia, and Mrs. Bennie Sue Amick of Chapin; a stepson, Virgil Stone of Aiken; six brothers, Hope Smith Jones of Norfolk, Ernest Reuben Jones, both of Newberry, Harrison Jones of Honolulu, Hawaii, Bishop Jones of Charleston and Ray Jones of Belton; also 12 grand children and a great-grandchild. Funeral was held at 4 p.m. Friday from Epting Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. J. Herbert Thomas and Rev. M. B. Lee conducting the services. Burial followed in Rosemont Cemetery. W. R. Cromer Willie Roland Cromer, 82, died late Thursday afternoon at his residence on Highway 34, after several years of declin ing health. He was born and reared in Newberry County and was the son of the late Capers and Fan nie Epting Cromer. Mr. Cro mer was a veteran of World War I and was a retired mer chant. Survivors include two sons; two daughters, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday from the graveside at the Newberry Me morial Gardens. Mrs. Johnson Mrs. Wilma Smith Johnson, 80, of Route 2, Pomaria, widow of William Nathan Johnson, died Saturday morning at the Fo rest Hills Nursing Center in Columbia. Bom in Rock Hill, she was a daughter of the late Frank Heyle and Elizabeth Hayden Smith. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, a member of the W.S.C.S., president of the W.C.T.U. in Stark Methodist Church in Gainesville, Fla. Surviving are a son, Harold A. Johnson of Gainesville, Fla. a daughter, Mrs. Gladys J. Graham of Pomaria; a step-son, Theodore Johnson of Lavonia, Ga.; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Funeral was held at 4 p.m. Sunday from McSwain Funeral Home with Rev. Thorton Smith conducting the service. Burial was Wednesday in Kingsley Lake Cemetery in Stark, Fla. HOSPITAL PATIENTS Evelyn Austin, City Master Willard Carlisle Berry, Winnsboro Miss Kathleen Bouknight. City Mrs. Neva C. Bouknight, City Mrs. Frances Bowers, Pros perity Mrs. Lottie K. Bowers, City Ned E. Brewer, City Mrs. Mattie W. Counts, Po maria Miss Lula Cromer, City John Davenport, Kinards Mrs. Thelma Dominick, City Colie Edwards, Prosperity Roland Felker, City Mrs. Lillie B. Fulmer, City Mrs. Ruth Fulmer, Little Mountain Frank Garmany, City Mrs. Polly W. Guy, City Mrs. Verdell Holmes, City Allen C. Hunter, Prosperity George Kanipe, Prosperity Henry W. Lell, Laurens Mrs. Agnes M. Long, Chapin Mrs. Gretchen Long, City NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of Henry C. Clark in the Probate Court for New berry County, S. C. on Friday the 8th day of December 1972, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as Exe cutor of said estate. Alton C. 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