Greenwood resident battled ‘unusual’ foes during war

April 28, 2005

By MEGAN VARNER
Index-Journal staff writer

Like thousands of American soldiers during World War II, Greenwood resident Newell Whitener spent his time in service at a base more than 4,000 miles away from home.
But unlike most soldiers during the war, Whitener never left the United States.
As a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps, Whitener spent more than two years stationed on Shemya Island near the end of the Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain.
With their remote location in the northern Pacific Ocean, the greatest threats faced by the soldiers on Shemya weren’t the Germans or Japanese, but, instead, Mother Nature.
Rather than dodging bombs and artillery shells, the soldiers spent their days battling dense fog, frigid temperatures and hurricane-force winds.
Born in Clover in 1911, Whitener, now 93, moved to Gastonia, N.C., when he was just a few years old, after his father found a job working in a textile mill in the area.
When he graduated from high school in 1928, the teenager traveled to Raleigh to attend North Carolina State College – now North Carolina State University – where he studied textiles.
Upon graduation in 1932, Whitener found work in a textile mill in Kings Mountain.
“I got a job making $10 a week. It wasn’t too long of a drive from home, and I drove my dad’s car to work,” he said. “I started out as a planning man’s helper, making layouts for people in the weave room.”
When Pearl Harbor was bombed just shy of his 30th birthday, Whitener, who by then was working in a mill in Burlington, said he drove to nearby Durham to see what his options were for enlisting in the military.
“I wanted to see if I could find any advantages in enlisting,” he said. “I didn’t find any advantages, so I said I would just wait and Uncle Sam would let me know when he wanted me.”
Just a few months later, Uncle Sam came calling.
Whitener reported to Ft. Bragg in August 1942, where he passed his preliminary examinations and was sworn into the United States Army Air Corps.
In September, Whitener boarded a train bound for St. Petersburg, Fla., where he and the other soldiers were placed in hotels in the area. During the day, the men listened to lectures about warfare and they took more tests.
Whitener arrived at Buckley Field in Colorado later that month, where he was placed in an armament section of a B-24 bomb squad.
It was his job, along with four other men, to load the 500-pound bombs into the planes, as well as load the ammunition into the plane’s machine guns. Whitener said it was a somewhat time-consuming job, but the more “creative” soldiers found their own shortcuts.
“The bomb bay of the airplane had a contraption that you used to crank those bombs up to a top position in the bay. But a bunch of civilian soldiers aren’t going to stand there and crank that thing and wear their arms out,” he said, with a laugh. “Five of us would pick the bomb up - one would get down on his hands and knees, two of us would get at the (bomb’s) nose and two would be at the fin – and we would just lift it up into the bomb bay.”
After a brief station at a base in Missouri, Whitener reported to Ft. Lawton in Seattle, Wash., for another round of training.
In March 1943, Whitener received his orders for deployment from the United States mainland. While thousands of soldiers boarded ships destined for Europe or the Pacific Islands, Whitener was headed north to Alaska.
His home for the next 28 months was the island of Shemya, a tiny two-mile by four-mile stretch of land near the western end of the Aleutian Islands.
“It was quite an unusual situation. Alaska reminded me of pictures I had seen of the western United States. The island we were on didn’t have hills, so we had a good place for the runway and landing strip for our planes,” he said.
His unusual location during the war kept Whitener safe from most enemy activity, but it didn’t keep him safe from Mother Nature.
“The main thing I remember was that it was cold, and we had a lot of sleet and rain. I wore my winter long johns 365 days out of the year,” he said. “The wind blew all of the time. We didn’t think the wind was blowing unless it was more than 50 miles an hour – anything less than that was just a breeze.”
When he first arrived on the island, Whitener said the soldiers bunked in pyramidal tents rather than permanent barracks.
The small, layered tents, which had room for only four cots and a central stove, were supposed to provide the soldiers protection from the icy elements of the Alaskan climate. But, Whitener said, the harsh weather often overpowered the primitive huts.
“One night, when the wind picked up, three of us boys went to the mess hall. One boy stayed behind all night to tighten the cables of our tent (that secured it to the ground). The wind ended up blowing the tent beside of ours on top of ours,” he said, laughing. “When we took baths, we put water in an ammunition can and sat it on the stove in the tent to get it warm. You’d sit next to the can to take your bath, and you would burn up on one side and freeze on the other.”
Luckily, one of Whitener’s bunkmates studied architecture at school before he was drafted into service, and using a few of his ideas, the men were able to make their tent a little more comfortable than the others.
“We midnight-requisitioned some lumber we needed from Uncle Sam, and we used it to build a floor in the tent,” he said, laughing. “We also covered the walls with Masonite about five feet up the sides.”
Eventually, Whitener said large metal barracks, capable of housing dozens of soldiers, were built on the frozen tundra of the island, and the living conditions became more comfortable.
During the day, as a ground crew member of a bombing squadron, Whitener’s duty was to load the bomber planes that were destined for targets over Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
Because the planes were equipped with extra gas tanks in the bomb bays, Whitener said loading the rest of the space with the large bombs took only minutes. The actual missions could take hours or even days, if foggy conditions kept planes from landing on the island. Whitener said he and the others who remained on the ground passed the time between and during flights with sports.
“In the dead of winter, we had about four hours of sunlight where we were, but in the summer, we only had four hours of darkness,” he said. “We would put up volleyball nets and play volleyball, and I had been known to play volleyball at 11 o’clock at night. On the longest day of the year, they started a baseball game at midnight in (the town of) Gnome.”
For some men on the tiny island, the isolation and harsh weather were too much. Boredom began to take its toll on their mental conditions.
“There were some fellows that went off their rockers. There was nothing to do, and nowhere to go, and it could get you down in the dumps,” he said. “But when I got down in the dumps, I thought of those poor soldiers down in the South Pacific being shot at by the Japanese and fighting all kinds of insects. We didn’t even have a fly bothering us up there.”
Whitener said he had tried to enter officer candidate school on numerous occasions before leaving the lower 48 states, but he had been turned down each time. When the Battle of the Bulge started in late 1944, and it appeared the war was far from over, Whitener applied one final time for the school.
This time, he was successful.
In early 1945, he left Alaska behind to enter OCS at Langley Field in Virginia. But as the year wore on, and the war in Europe and the Pacific wound down, Whitener said he decided to resign from the school.
“I just didn’t see any point in it with the war being over,” he said. “They didn’t need a 34-year-old second lieutenant in the Reserves.”
Whitener remained at Langley Field until he was discharged from service on Nov. 1, 1945 with the rank of staff sergeant.
He returned to North Carolina, where he resumed work in textiles.
In 1950, Whitener moved to Greenwood. He eventually became general manager of Harris Plant, where he worked for nearly 27 years before retiring.
“I am proud of what I did in service,” he said. “There is no way I would have wanted to spend that time differently than in service to my country.”

Lander’s Joe Cabri steps aside

Record-setting tennis coach retires after 31 years

April 28, 2005

By RON COX
Index-Journal sports writer

After countless coach of the year selections, numerous hall of fame inductions, four NAIA national championships and a NCAA record eight straight Division II titles, Joe Cabri is stepping down as the Lander University’s men’s tennis coach after 31 years.
Cabri, who established one of the most dominant programs in all of college athletics, said he felt that with the university’s re-introduction of women’s tennis, the timing was right for him to hand the reins over to someone that could run both programs.
“Most of the top-ranked programs have young, full-time coaches and I think that’s the best thing that can happen to Lander,” Cabri said. “It’s hard to find somebody to come in and work for half a living salary and just coach the women.
“It’s not an easy thing for me to do, but it’s the best thing for the program and that has to come first.”
Cabri, who is also a tenured mathematics professor, said teaching and coaching two sports would be too demanding.
According to a press release, Lander Athletic Director Jeff May said the search for a new tennis coach will begin immediately, with the new coach to head both the men’s and women’s programs. The women’s team will begin competing in the 2006-07 school year.
With a coaching tenure that spanned seven U.S. Presidents, the small college from Greenwood has left its mark on the Long Island, N.Y. native.
“Being separated from the program employment-wise isn’t going to separate me emotionally or psychologically,” Cabri said. “And the rewards of those years I feel every day.
“I get an e-mail from a player or a picture of the kids of a player that was on a team 20 years ago or call me on my birthday.
“You can mention a name of any of my players and it will bring a memory to my mind. And for the most part, they’re just wonderful memories.”
Cabri said the Bearcats’ struggles this season didn’t influence his decision to leave.
Lander finished the 2005 campaign with a 3-17 record, winning only one of its seven Peach Belt Conference matches and finished eighth in the PBC Tournament.
Despite enduring one of his roughest seasons, Cabri’s main regret is that he wouldn’t be there to see the players through to the next season.
“This year, our top two guys turned pro and we had two other guys injured. So, we had three sophomores and six freshmen playing, and five of the freshmen came in in January,” he said. “So, we really couldn’t compete. Those guys worked very hard and I was proud of what they did do. “It’s going to be hard for me not to be with them when they do much better next year.”
Cabri took over the then-Senators men’s tennis program in 1974, just two years after joining the university’s faculty, despite not playing the sport competitively nor coaching the sport before.
Because of his lack of tennis experience to start, Cabri viewed his coaching philosophy himself more of a motivator than a teacher.
“You can’t force people to be winners,” Cabri said. “You need to move them.
“The most important thing is to get the person self-motivated ... to make him want to do it.”
Through his motivating skills, Cabri had the team competing for national prominence in just under a decade.
From 1981 to 1992, Lander claimed four NAIA national championships, including back-to-back titles in 1991 and ’92.
The Cabri-led Lander team didn’t skip a beat when it moved to Division II in 1993, as it won the championships in each of the next eight years, setting a NCAA record.
“What I think has been important to our success is the people themselves feel satisfied with their education, and they came to Lander to be apart of a national championship team,” he said. “So, people that were recommended to me came with a certain amount of dedication and motivation.
“The secret to our success was them was taking advantage of the opportunity they had and using it well.”
The team’s success earned Cabri much recognition. He is a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame, the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame and the Lander Athletics Hall of Fame.
And the four-time Division II coach of the year has also been honored numerous times by joint resolutions from the state’s House and Senate.
And in 1998, Cabri received the Order of the Palmetto, the highest honor awarded to citizen of South Carolina.
But he said it’s the friendships of his players and his fellow coaches that will stick with him more than the awards and accolades.
“It’s hard to realize that someone like me has the records that I have, and it’s hard for me to get overwhelmed about whether I deserve it or not,” Cabri said. “But like one of my dear friends used to say ‘having a few good true friends means a lot more than a lot of other things in this world.’ And I feel like I have a lot of friends.”
Cabri said he would like to remain a part of the Lander tennis program, even if behind the scenes.
“I’m sure the coach we get won’t need advice from me,” Cabri said. “I’m serious about that. There are a lot of good coaches out there, and I wouldn’t presume to give any advice.
“I will be happy to help if he asks for it. I will help with recruiting and fundraising if he likes.
“I just want to get the program back on track. And for the women’s team, the competition in the Peach Belt is extreme. Almost every team in the conference is nationally ranked. So, we want to hit the road running with the women’s team.”

Opinion

So we eat, put on weight; who else is responsible?

April 28, 2005

Who should be blamed when we get fat, sorry, obese? The people who sell us the stuff that makes us fat, sorry, obese, or ourselves for eating the stuff? Nobody holds a gun to our heads and orders us to eat like it’s going out of style. Still, we hurry in our everyday lives, so we eat in a hurry. That, alone, is not good for us. The big thing, however, is what we eat in a hurry that piles up the carbs and calories and everything else that makes us fat ….. sorry, obese.
Now, some members of the South Carolina State House of Representatives are introducing the Common Sense Consumption Act. It would shield anyone having anything to do with that pound-producing food …... fast-food or otherwise.

UNDER THE ACT, MANUFACTURERS, packers, marketers, sellers and others should be exempt from civil liability claims from anyone who gained weight, became obese, or developed other health problems.
“People have got to be responsible,” said Rep. Herb Kirsh, D-York, one of the Act’s sponsors.
“Nobody makes you go there (places to eat),” Kirsh said.
There have been no lawsuits in the Palmetto States dealing with the subject. Still, in the contentious, licentious and litigious world we live in today, there’s no built-in immunity to them. Why not pass a shield law. While they’re at it, they could apply the same logic to other areas where outrageous claims are made by someone looking for deep pockets to get their hands into.

THERE ARE, NO DOUBT, GOOD arguments that this is government meddling into lives when it should stay out. It just may be that such laws would indeed be taking the public protest a bit too far. One question is worth considering, though. How many frivolous lawsuits in recent times have served to erode the general trust in the system? They cost, of course, no matter who wins them, and they cost everybody at some time in one way or another.
Some opponents of things like the Common Sense Consumption Act are likely to see it as another example of frivolous legislation. As long as there’s going to be frivolous lawsuits, though, can any other response be expected ….. or effective?

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Obituaries

Peggy Andrews

GREENWOOD – Margaret “Peggy” Scruggs Andrews, 96, resident of 225 Melrose Terrace, widow of E. Devore Andrews passed away Monday, April 25, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.
Born in Spartanburg, November 4, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Charles Council and Carrie Elizabeth Blowers Scruggs. Mrs. Andrews came to Greenwood from Spartanburg in 1924 to attend Lander College and never left. She made many deep footprints during the intervening years.
A member of South Main Street Baptist Church Mrs. Andrews was also a 1930 graduate of Lander College.
Recognition and awards were numerous, from May Queen at Lander in 1930 to receiving a special award from South Main Baptist Church for sixty years of Sunday School teaching and service to the church.
Once Peggy Andrews set her course to follow Jesus Christ, she never wavered. Her scriptural knowledge was fundamentally sound and vast. Her ministers happily attest to her profound knowledge of the Bible and memorization of scripture.
No one can recall anyone saying anything but good things about Peggy Andrews. Her life should be celebrated joyfully at this time of her homegoing.
Mrs. Andrews found time to birth and lovingly nurture three children. They have remained devoted to her throughout her lifetime.
These three children demonstrated their love and admiration by establishing the Margaret (Peggy) Scruggs Andrews Scholarship at Lander University in 2002. This scholarship is awarded to education majors who exhibit need, merit and Christian character and commitment.
Surviving Mrs. Andrews are a daughter, Charles A. Mathews and husband Edward D. Mathews of Haines City, FL; sons Elbert D. (Bud) Andrews of Greenwood and David W. (Ted) Andrews and wife Joyce Hughston of Columbia, SC.
Mrs. Andrews’ children further enriched her life by presenting her with six grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and one great great-grandson.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 28, 2005, at 2:30 PM at South Main Street Baptist Church with Rev. Ryan Eklund officiating.
Burial will be in Edgewood Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Edward Mathews, Bruce Higginbotham, Matt Mathews, David Mathews, Peter van den Boom, Carl Floyd, Jose Funcia, Drew Mathews, Kal Condgon and Eddie Mathews.
Honorary escort will be members of the Naomi Sunday School Class and the Clifford Barratt Bible Study Group.
The family is at the home on Melrose Terrace and will receive friends at the Parlor of South Main Street Baptist Church from 12:30 to 2:30 Thursday afternoon.
Memorials may be made to Margaret (Peggy) Scruggs Andrews Scholarship Fund, c/o The Lander University Foundation, 320 Stanley Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29649.
For additional information please visit www.blythfuneralhome.com.
Blyth Funeral Home is assisting the Andrews family.
PAID OBITUARY

Mr. James E. Cox

LINCOLNTON, GA – Mr. James E. Cox, 85, of 2550 Leathersville Road, entered into rest on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at Lake Crossing Health Center. Mr. Cox was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Doris Smalley Cox.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 4 p.m.. at Salem Baptist Church with Rev. O’Neil Martin and Rev. Deryl R. Odom officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery,
Mr. Cox, the son of the late John Edison Cox and Susie Arnett Cox was born on October 6, 1919 in Lincoln County, He was a retired textile worker and an Army veteran of World War II, He was a member of Salem Baptist Church since 1943 where he served as past Deacon, Church Trustee, Church Treasurer, Sunday School Teacher and Sunday School Superintendent.
Survivors include his daughter, Susan C. Bryant and husband, Dudley of Lincolnton; three sons, Ed Cox and wife, Bernice of Greenwood, SC, Alvin Cox and wife, June of Lincolnton, Leon Cox and wife, Carol also of Lincolnton; eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Donald Cox, Kevin Cox, Jamie Cox, Ronald Aycock, Patrick Bryant, Eugene Bryant, John Shannon and Rex Allen.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Salem Baptist Church.
Friends may call at the residence of Alvin Cox, 2476 Leathersville Road or Leon Cox, 2720 Leathersville Road.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at Rees Funeral Home, 195 Peachtree Street, Lincoln-ton, GA. (706) 359-3222.
PAID OBITUARY

Helen Patton Davis

NINETY SIX — Services for Helen Patton Davis are 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, Greenwood, with the Rev. Joseph Caldwell presiding and the Rev. Otis Cunningham conducting.
Assisting are Ministers Ricky Oliver, Curtis Bowman and Austin Omogun and Dr. Willie S. Harrison. The body will be placed in the church at 12. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers are members of Mount Pisgah Lodge No. 419.
Flower bearers are members of Mount Pisgah O.E.S. No. 418.
Honorary escorts are church deaconesses, Women’s Aide Society No. 104 and missionaries.
Visitation is 6-7 Friday at Robinson & Son Mortuary.
The family is at the home, 2011 Tillman Territory Road.
Robinson & Son Mortuary Inc., Greenwood, is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at robson@emeraldis.com

Susan Maffett

SALUDA, SC – Susan Leopard Maffett, 94, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at Saluda Nursing Center.
Born in Saluda County, and a daughter of the late W.E. and Annie Burnett Leopard, she was the wife of the late Roy Maffett. Mrs. Maffett was a homemaker and was a member of Faith Temple Assembly of Holiness Church. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Surviving are nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, great-great nieces, great-great nephews, great-great-great nieces and great-great-great nephews, Saluda Health Care and her big brother, David McCary and Brenda McCary.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8PM, Friday evening at Ramey Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be 11AM, Saturday, April 30, 2005 at Faith Temple Assembly of Holiness Church with the Rev. Danny Swinnea, Rev. John Turner and Rev. Grace B. Neat officiating.
Interment will follow in Mayson Memorial Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Home Mission Fund at Faith Temple Church c/o Sadie Rushton, Natchez Trace Dr., Ninety Six, SC 29666.
PAID OBITUARY

Rebecca K. Montgomery

LAURENS – Rebecca K. Montgomery, 81, passed away April 21, 2005 at Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach, FL, after a brief illness. She was formerly employed in the Clerical Department of J.P. Stevens plant in Wattsville, SC and later in Greenville, SC for the same company.
Her husband, Samuel R. (Frank) Montgomery of Laurens: her mother, Wilma K. Adams, of Duncan, SC and her father, Clyde L. Kirby of Laurens predeceased her.
Survivors include one daughter, Sandra Jones, Vero Beach, FL; one sister, Kirby Jennings DeLoach of Greenwood, SC; four grandsons, Court Jones of Gainesville, FL, Tilkey Jones of Vero Beach, FL, Tripp and Adam Montgomery of Laurens, SC; and many nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held in the Laurens City Cemetery on Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 2:00 PM and will be conducted by Brenson Jennings of Greenwood, a great-nephew of the deceased.
In lieu of flowers, donations or memorials, if desired, may be made to the charity or place of one’s choice.
Kennedy Mortuary, Laurens.
PAID OBITUARY

Carolyn D. Morrison

WATERLOO — Carolyn Diane Morrison, 54, of 8726 Riverfork Road, widow of James E. “Jimmy” Kernells, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at her home.
Born in Ware Shoals, she was a daughter of the late James E. McGathy and Mildred Davenport Trussell.
Survivors include a son, James Arthur Morrison of Waterloo; two daughters, Lisa Ridge of Honea Path and Tracy Tiller of Hodges; two sisters, Betty Walker and Janice Caldwell of Lexington; and five grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Parker-White Funeral Home, conducted by the Revs. J.C. Sorrow, Tommy Wooten and Robbie Burton. Burial is in Reedy Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Michael Caldwell, Chris Caldwell, Tim Caldwell, Jack Kernells, Mike Kernells and Lloyd Thomas.
Visitation is 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
The family is at the home of Pete Caldwell, 34 Kansas Drive, Waterloo.
Parker-White Funeral Home, Ware Shoals, is in charge.

Willie Joe Nedwards

PETERSBURG, VA – Willie Joe Nedwards “Big Ned”, 60, of Petersburg was called to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, April 24, 2005, at McGuire Veteran Hospital, Richmond. He was a native of Greenwood, S.C., born to the late Anthony and Rose Lee Suber Nedwards, His brother, Rufus Nedwards, preceded him in death.
He was a member of Springfield Baptist Church, Greenwood, S.C. Through the Army, he came to Petersburg and joined Good Shepherd Baptist Church, Petersburg and later joined the Greater Bethesda Bibleway Church, Petersburg under the leadership of Bishop Willie L. Balthrop, Sr. He loved singing and reading the word of God, His favorite scriptures were from Psalms 8:4 and PsaIms 61:1-3. He also loved fishing, hunting and traveling. He was a member of the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans. He was a U.S. Army Veteran where he served in Korea and Vietnam. He received the Bronze Star Medal, his diploma (Petroleum Storage Specialist Certificate of Training), Diesel Bus Training. He received an Honorable Discharge in 1972. He worked at Virginia State Penitentiary, Richmond for several years as a correctional officer. He continued his training in the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Corrections receiving many awards and certificates from the Department of Criminal Justice Services Training (Helping and Human Relation Training), He retired from the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Correc-tions (Pocahontas Correctional Center) after 25 years of services, which he enjoyed. He graduated from Brewer High School Class of 1962 and attended John Tyler Community College, Chester.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Cohens Nedwards of Petersburg; god daughter, Tamecka Raines of Hopewell; a devoted sister-in-law, Janie M. Holmes; a devoted niece:, Pricilla Griffin; brothers-in-law, Fredrick B. Cohens of Greenwood, S.C., Frank Cohens of Tampa, FL, devoted friends, Lynn and Joan Harris of Topping, Walter Harris of Locust, Pricilla Crawford, Lillie Gee, Rose Scott, Joseph Scott, Patrice Raines, the Bethesda Bibleway Church Family, the Nursing home Care Union Staff and Holmes McGuire Medial Center.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3:00 P.M. at Greater Bethesda Bibleway Church, 459 Harding St., Petersburg with Bishop Willie L. Balthrop, Sr. officiating. Graveside services will be Saturday at 2:00 P. M, in Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenwood, S.C. with Dr. Andy Young officiating. The remains will be viewed Friday from 3 to 4 P.M. at Park’s Funeral Home, Greenwood, S, C. The remains will lie in state at the church on Thursday from 1:45 P.M. until the hour of service. Relatives and friends are asked to assemble at the residence, 558 Scott St, Petersburg (Berkley Manor) at 2:00 P. M. The family will receive friends at the residence.
Services under the direction of Tucker Funeral Home, 415 Halifax St., Petersburg. A. A. Tucker, funeral director.
PAID OBITUARY

Louise Tolbert

NINETY SIX — Louise Harmon Tolbert, 92, of Alterra Sterling House, formerly of 203 E. Main St., widow of Joseph Lincoln Tolbert Sr., died Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at Wesley Commons.
Services will be announced by Blyth Funeral Home, Greenwood.