8-A Monday, February 12, 2007 MORNING NEWS Funerals Today I Harold Deon Gurley 1 p.m. Davis Liberty Chapel, Marion. Mell McLeod Ingram 1 p.m. Paxville Cemetery. Thelma Carnes Ingram 3 p.m.
Belk Funeral Home Chapel, Darlington. I Garrett M. Mays 2 p.m. True Vine Baptist Church, San Antonio, Texas. I William Polson Jr.
10 a.m. St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken. David B. Taylor 11 a.m.
Johnsonville United Methodist Church. Jessie Mae Welch 2 p.m. Baptist Church. McIver Wilson 11 a.m. Belk Funeral Home Chapel, Lamar.
Death Notices Ezal Green, 59, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in a local hospice house. Arrangements will be announced by Bacote-Eaddy Funeral Home of Timmonsville. The family will receive friends at 980 U.S. 341 South, Lynchburg.
I Lloyd N. Howell, 70, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in a Georgetown hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Morris Funeral Home of Hemingway. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Bobbie Knox of Hartsville died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center after an illness. Arrangements will be announced by Hines Funeral Home of Hartsville. The family will receive friends at 601 W.
Washington Apartment 1-D, Hartsville. Earnest Lee, 63, of Shalimar, and formerly of Scranton, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, in a Fort Walton, Fla. hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Green's Funeral Home of Lake City.
Carol "Mutt" Matthews, 52, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in a Florence hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Brockington Funeral Home of Lake City. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Cain McDaniel of Mullins died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. Arrangements will be announced by Troy's Funeral Home of Mullins. Mozell Fleming Pearson died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, in a Florence hospital after an illness.
Arrangements will be announced by Moses Funeral Home of Pamplico. The family will receive friends at 1401 Aaron Circle, Florence. Elaine F. Stone, 56, of Orangeburg died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at her residence.
Arrangements will be announced by Thompson Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Clifton Woodberry died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in Bethea Baptist Health Care Center in Darlington.
Arrangements will be announced by Davis Funeral Service of Marion. The family will receive friends at 438 Sonny Road, Brittons Neck. Obituary Policy Death notices, obituaries and funeral rites, without exception, must be provided by funeral homes or crematories. Death notices, obituaries and funeral rites will not be accepted by telephone. Handwritten death notices, obituaries and funeral rites will not be accepted.
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The obituary desk can be reached between 4 and 7 p.m. at (843) 317-7270. Write a Tribute Please visit www.scnow.com to read the for the family. Your tribute will be visible for Visit www.scnow.com and click William Coleman Gibbons KINGSTREE Mr. William Coleman Gibbons, 70, died Friday, Feb.
11, 2007, in a Florence hospital. Mr. Gibbons was a son of the late Dewey Gibbons and Susie Mae Ridgeway Gibbons. Survivors include his brother, Heyward (Glenda) Gibbons of Kingstree; three nieces, Nancy Morris, Melissa Gibbons and Karen Stone of Kingstree; and two nephews, Bryan Gibbons and Bill Eaddy of Kingstree. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Kingstree Church of God. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Manning. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Brockington Funeral Home of Lake City is in charge. Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.scnow.com. Eugenia Belle Kennedy Hyman Funeral services for Mrs. Eugenia Belle Kennedy Hyman will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at Mill Branch African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Interment will folHyman low in the church cemetery. She departed this life on Friday, February 9, 2007 at her residence obituaries on this page and sign the guest book 30 days and appreciated by those who read it. after an illness. "E.K.", as she was affectionately called, was born August 5, 1929 in Effingham, South Carolina, a daughter of the late Sam Joe and Sarah Scipio Kennedy. She attended the public schools of Florence County and graduated from Wilson High School.
She furthered her education at Benedict College, Columbia, SC and North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC. She taught at Gibbs School, Pamplico, SC; Scranton School, Coward, SC; Cameron Towne Elementary School, Lake City, SC; Pamplico Elementary and Hannah-Pamplico Elementary, Pamplico, SC. "E.K." was united in holy matrimony to Thomas Lonnie Hyman for 50 years. After marriage, she moved her membership from Meadow Prong Baptist Church to Mill Branch A.M.E. Church where she shared her God given talents of working with children and singing.
She was the first Y.P.D. Director at Mill Branch. She started the Gospel Choir, the Crusaders Ensemble and the annual Fete of Gospel Music for the Christmas Program. Later she moved her membership to Spring Branch Baptist Church and was an active member of the Senior Choir until her health declined. She always spoke highly of the Spring Branch Church Family and how they extended their unconditional love and support to her during her illness.
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Survivors are: her devoted husband, Thomas Lonnie Hyman; dedicated son, Travis Lavelle (Carolyn) Hyman; granddaughters, Reva and Mignon Cooper; sister, Neverseen K. Hines; brothers, Rev. Wilson Kennedy, Isaiah Kennedy and Roosevelt Kennedy; brothers-in-law, Albert Johnson and Jesse E. Hines, sisters-in-law, Calperta Kennedy, Missouri Kennedy, Ethelene Kennedy, Vivian Hyman and Lillian Kennedy; goddaughters, Tarsha Brown, Corrinda BrownCryer and Ann Cain; godson, Cornelius Brown; special nieces, Jackie Sims, Wanda Robinson and Crystal Thomas; special nephews, Jesse E. Hines, Jr.
and Bruce Kennedy; special friends, Maxine Moore, Rev. Patsy Brown and Selma Robinson; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. The family is receiving friends at 2145 Willow Grove Road, Pamplico. Memorial and Condolence messages may be mailed to Ideal Funeral Parlor, 106 E. Darlington Street, Florence, SC 29506 or visit our website www.ideal funeral.com.
Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.scnow.com. Laura Mellette Martinez MONROE, Ga. Laura Mellette Martinez, 67, of Monroe, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007. A native of Orangeburg, Ms.
Martinez lived in Florence most of her adult life, having been employed by State Farm Insurance Co. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Florence. She had lived in Monroe for four and a half years. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 13, in the chapel of Arthur Bowick Funeral Home in Monroe. The Rev. Loren Mead will officiate. Interment will be in Rest Haven Cemetery in Monroe.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Paula Martinez of Monroe; a sister and brother-in-law, Polly and the Rev. Loren Mead of Washington, D.C.; a brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Nan Mellette of Warner Robins, a brother, William W. Mellette of Washington, D.C.; and two grandchildren, Christopher Shane Carter and Shelby Ann Carter. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to Ms. Martinez's caregiver, Shirley Hardrick, 2310 Hawthorne Trace, Monroe, GA 30655. Arthur Bowick Funeral Directors, Monroe, are in charge of arrangements. (770) 267-2594 Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.scnow.com. Mrs.
Peggy Marie Nichols DILLON Mrs. Peggy Marie Gardner Nichols, 64, of 1304 Chestnut died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at Carolinas Hospital System, Florence. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
14, at Parkway Baptist Church with the Revs. L.P. Ward and R.B. Ashley officiating. Burial will be at Chester Memorial Gardens.
A native of Chester, Mrs. Nichols was a daughter of the late John Edward Gardner and Helen Ruth Odell Melton. She was a retired legal secretary for Jack McInnis Law Firm. She was a member of Living Faith Church, Lumberton, N.C., where she was a nursery worker. She was a graduate of Chester High School and attended Anderson College.
She was a member of Gideons Auxiliary. Surviving, in addition to her husband, Sam Nichols, is a son, Chris Nichols of Greenville; her stepfather, Edward L. Melton; two sisters, Wanda Roberts and Vickie Fairfax of Chester; and a brother, Eddie Melton of Chester. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
13, at Parkway Baptist Church, 823 3 J.A. Crochran Bypass, Chester, SC 29706. Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 140800, Nashville, TN 37214-0800. Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie Chester, SC 20706.
Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.scnow.com. Meta Virginia Purvis Turner FLORENCE Meta Vir- ginia Purvis Turner, 94, of Florence died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, in a local health-care facility after an illness. Mrs. Turner was born in Florence County, a daughter of the late Laverne and Lizzie McLaughlin Purvis.
She was a member of Lebanon Free Will Baptist Church and a member of the adult Sunday school class. Surviving are a son and a special daughter-in-law, Joe Turner and Mary Nell Turner of Effingham; a daughter, Lizzie Prosser of Effingham; four grandchildren, Joe (Becky) Turner III, Elaine (Jay) Stone, Miriam (Stephen) Carter, all of Effingham, Rebecca (Jay) Lawrimore of Florence; seven great-grandchildren, Stephen Turner, Courtney Turner, Sydney Lawrimore, Emily Lawrimore, Megan Stone, Russell Stone, Abigail Carter; two sisters, Ethel Purvis of Winnabow, N.C., Edith (Afton) Smith of Southport, N.C.; a brother, A.C. (Virginia) Purvis of Georgia; a sister-in-law, Jessie Purvis of Sumter; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Lester Pierce Turner, who died in 1954. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Lebanon Free Will Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Lebanon Cemetery, directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Lebanon Free Will Baptist Church, 7001 Friendfield Road, Effingham, SC 29541. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
today at the funeral home and at other times at the residence of Lizzie Prosser, 7036 Friendfield Road, Effingham. Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.scnow.com. Mr. Hawthorne Williams TIMMONSVILLE Funeral services for Mr. Hawthorne "Thump" Williams will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, in the Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery, directed by Bacote-Eaddy Funeral Home of Timmonsville. He died Saturday, Feb. 10.
He was born in Darlington County, a son of the late Duncan and Minnie Thomas Williams. He attended the schools of Florence County and worked in New York for many years before returning to Timmonsville. Upon his return, he reunited with the Mount Carmel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his only child, Lucy; a sister, Edith a brother, Jasper and a cousin raised as a sister, Drucilla King. Survivors include a devoted companion, Myrtle Baskett; a sister, Florence "Doll" Williams; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Williams; three nieces, Ruther (Roland) Swinton, Rudell (Rufus) Jackson and Delores (Matthew) Brooks; a nephew, Alphonso (Delores) Williams; several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; three special cousins, Rebecca (Levern) Brown, Marion (Patricia) King and Clayton (Carrieder) King; and two surrogate children, Randy and Delores Smalls.
Sign or read the guest book fort this obituary at www.scnow.com. A huith funeral Home, COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICE Metal Casket "Your Loved Ones Deserve The Best" 307 S. John Street Florence (843)662-7192 Sirius Skywatch M41 At 10 p.m. all week, NGC2362 look south to see the constellation Canis Major. Wesen SOURCE: Space Holding Corp.
CHALIAN-ROCK Canis Major can be obediently seen in sky By Jim Newman Morning News The big dog has staked its territory in the southern sky during late evenings in February and brings with it open star clusters along with the brightest star in the heavens. There's no mistaking the constellation Canis Major, which can be seen obediently following in the footsteps of Orion the Hunter in tandem with the littler pup of the duo, Canis Minor. This part of the sky is dominated by Sirius at a magnitude of Sirius, often referred to as the Dog Star, isn't all that luminous. It's a Main Sequence star slightly hotter and bigger than the sun that just happens to lie near the solar system at only 8.6 light years away. That proximity is enough to make Sirius the night sky's brightest star.
Sirius also travels through space with a companion, a much smaller and denser star known as a white dwarf. Spotting 8.4 magnitude Sirius Bis a challenge in all but larger telescopes because of its parent's overpowering glare. The star's orbit also carries in and out of Sirius' fiery brilliance with a 50-year period that takes it in to three seconds of arc at its closest, then outward to almost 12 arc seconds at its widest separation. This gap is growing and will be greatest in 2019. Even so, the Sirius system DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH is a tough split in the best of conditions and typically requires at least a 6-inch telescope or larger to resolve.
About 4 degrees almost due south lies a collection of stars that spans an angular size larger than the full moon but lie so far away that together they form a combined glow of about fourth magnitude. That's more than enough to spot open star cluster M41 with the naked eye. On closer inspection, this object begins to take on a greater significance. Lowpower binoculars show it as a dim, nebulous smudge. But even a small backyard refractor will begin to resolve some of this cluster's more prominent stellar members.
Larger amateur scopes of 4-inch apertures and greater will reveal more. Another often-overlooked object is NGC 2362, an open star cluster dominated by the fourth magnitude star Tau Canis Majoris. The cluster appears tiny, only about eight minutes of arc in extent and is peppered with many dimmer stars that make an interesting contrast with much brighter Tau Canis Majoris. A 6-inch Criterion reflector can be used to observe NGC 2362; however, the cluster still can be appreciated using smaller scopes. To find it, scan about 2.7 degrees northeast of Wesen (Delta Canis Majoris).
AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD Groups plan to fight Sanford's nominee The Associated Press GREENVILLE Some business and industry leaders oppose Gov. Mark Sanford's appointment to lead the state's environmental agency board, and he could face a difficult confirmation in the state Senate, one senator says. Edwin Cooper was appointed by Sanford to be the new chairman of the Department of Health and Environmental Control board. The agency oversees permitting for development projects and enforces environmental law. Lewis Gossett, executive director of the South Carolina Manufacturers' Alliance, said environmentalists have held the chairmanship for eight years, and Cooper will extend that.
"We'd like to see it more balanced," Gossett said. "We think that once again (Sanford) has delivered it to his friends on the environmental side. "It would be appropriate if someone with a manufacturing background sat in that seat." State Sen. Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, is chairman of the Senate Medical Affairs ComSanford mittee, which has oversight of DHEC. Peeler said Cooper's confirmation could be difficult.
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