Local students turn an eye to the sky for some stargazing

January 21, 2005

By MEGAN VARNER
Index-Journal staff writer

Hodges Elementary students turned their eyes to the skies Thursday evening, as they took their first glimpses of space through new telescopes as part of the school’s Math and Science Curriculum Night.
Hodges physical education teacher Debbie Babb, who was awarded an Education Enrichment Foundation Great Idea Grant for her astronomy program “Star Trek,” used the grant to purchase five telescopes for the students, who will use the powerful lenses to learn about the stars, moon and solar system.
Babb said she has been interested in astronomy for years, and she thought the program would be an engaging way to teach students about their own planet and those beyond.
“I’ve always been curious about astronomy, and I wanted to expand (the students’) knowledge beyond this little world we live in,” she said. “The kids know about South Carolina, but they haven’t looked up – this program will help them understand and learn a little more about space.”
Babb said students began the program in November, doing in-class research on the planets and stars and building their own telescopes out of cardboard tubes and plastic.
Thursday night’s stargazing activity was the first time the students have used the new telescopes, and for those that wanted an even closer look at the skies, amateur astronomer Jason Goldman provided students with the opportunity to look through a 10-inch SCT high-powered telescope.
“I love to be out helping kids, and I love the fact that these kids have an interest in astronomy,” he said. “It is a wonderful hobby.”
Hodges fifth-grader Blair Manley, 11, said she and the other students were excited about the opportunity to use their new telescopes, and she has enjoyed learning more about astronomy.
“It has been a lot of fun. You can really look up close at the constellations, and you can see what you can’t see when you just stand and look up,” she said. “I think it would be really interesting to be an astronomer.”

Megan Varner covers general assignments in Greenwood and the Lakelands. She can be reached at 223-1811, ext. 3308, or: mvarner@indexjournal.com

At last, McCormick in new gym

January 21, 2005

By RON COX
Index-Journal sports writer

McCORMICK — They were told that their new home gym on the campus of the new McCormick Elementary and Middle School would be ready by the start of the basketball season.
But after waiting two months for the gym to be ready, the McCormick High School boys basketball team finally took the floor for the first time Thursday afternoon.
The gym is still not complete. There are no seats for home or visiting players, and there is no permanent padding on the steps of the stage situated at one end of the gym.
Nonetheless, the McCormick basketball teams get to christen the new gym tonight against their main rival Calhoun Falls. The girls will tip off at 6, with the boys to follow around 7:30.
“We were hoping that we were going to be able to get into this facility at the start of the season,” Chiefs coach John Schumpert said. “We’ve only got two home games left and our seniors were starting to wonder if they ever were going to get to play (on it).”
The boys were only allowed a brief shoot-around Thursday, because the team had to get off the floor to make way for a pair of middle school games.
That left some of the Chiefs puzzled.
“There’s something wrong with that ... a little,” senior shooting guard Recardo Bryant said, jokingly. “It is their gym, but it’s our gym too.”
But at least Bryant and the Chiefs got to spend some time on the new court. The McCormick girls basketball team still hasn’t taken a shot there.
“Since we haven’t been there to practice on it, it will be like your going on the road,” girls coach George Edwards said.
“It should be an interesting atmosphere in here tomorrow night,”Schumpert said. “We’re expecting a record crowd of most people ever to watch a game in McCormick County.”
But the importance of this game isn’t limited to archrivals playing in a new gym.
This game will have significant consequences on the region standings for all four teams.
For the Lady Blue Flashes (8-4 overall, 5-0 region) and the Lady Chiefs (8-6, 6-0), one team will leave the new gym continuing their perfect region run and in prime position for the region crown.
“It’s a big game for us,” Edwards said. “If we get this game, we’ll be in the driver’s seat in a sense. You would just about assure yourself of at least a tie for the region championship.”
The Chiefs (9-5, 5-1) will be looking to stay in the hunt for their second straight region title, while the Blue Flashes (9-2, 5-0) look to remain undefeated in the region.
“It’s a must win for us, because we’ve already lost to Thornwell,” said Bryant, who is averaging 15 points a game. “So, we really can’t afford to lose any more.”
The Chiefs already have some experience playing against the Flashes. The two teams squared off in the first round of the Bearcat Christmas Classic at Lander University in late December.
Despite trailing by six heading into the fourth quarter, Calhoun Falls claimed the 60-59 victory behind Theo Tillman’s 27 points including the game-winning layin with 12 seconds remaining.
McCormick senior point guard Jon Kelly was left with a bad taste after the first meeting.
“We can’t fold like we did last time,” said Kelly, who averages 10 points a game. “We had a lead and we just gave up.
“I just want this game so bad.”
Like the Chiefs, the McCormick girls also suffered a loss to Calhoun Falls in the Lander Christmas tournament, falling 56-42 after being outscored by 17 points in the fourth quarter.
But the Lady Chiefs have improved much since that game. Starting the season 1-4, the McCormick girls have won seven of their last nine, including six straight region games.
“My young team has really made strides over the season,” Edwards said. “They were so young that they didn’t know what hard work was.”
But for the first time in 10 years, Edwards will square off against a Lady Flashes team with a different coach.
Calhoun Falls boys coach John-Mark Scruggs will coach the girls team, taking over Marcia Wideman, who resigned earlier this week after 10 years with the team.
“It makes the gameplan tough,” Edwards said. “Because we played them so often, I knew what she (Wideman) was going to do, and she knew what we were going to do.
“It’s hard to prepare for, because I don’t know what the new guy is going to run. We’ll just have to make adjustments during the game.”

Ron Cox covers prep sports for The Index-Journal. He can be reached at: ronc@indexjournal.com

Opinion

Nominations bringing out the worst kind of politics

January 21, 2005

Not unlike voters all over the country, those in Greenwood are just as tired of politics as usual. Every time one election ends, the politicking begins again and the process keeps repeating itself.
Even if voters could get used to the whole rigmarole that accompanies every election to every office in the land, from boards and commissions to the White House, Statehouse and Congress, there is more than enough politics surrounding everything. Under the circumstances, no voter will ever suffer from withdrawal pains. Politics never withdraws.
A couple of current situations illustrate the point. They involve Alberto Gonzales, whom President Bush nominated for U. S. Attorney General, and Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the president’s National Security Advisor who was nominated to succeed Colin Powell as Secretary of State.

GONZALES HAS BEEN PILLORIED in Senate Committee hearings because of a memo he wrote on what constituted torture under the Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Conventions provide for the humane treatment of civilians, prisoners and wounded persons in wartime.
Gonzales’ legal opinion, in effect, was that the Geneva Conventions applied to nations, and that terrorists who don’t represent any nation and commit atrocities without regard to borders, are not covered by the same rules. That was immediately construed, purposely, it seems, to mean that Gonzales apprved torturing terrorist prisoners. That’s not what he recommended, of course, but it provided an opening for critics to exploit for partisan political interests.

NOW, FOR DR. RICE’S CASE. At her Senate Committee hearings, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., flat out accused Dr. Rice of lying. Instead of asking questions, she spent her allotted time venting against the Bush Administration, the Iraq War and anything else that she could use to verbally bludgeon the Secretary of State nominee. Rice, as most people know by now, can handle herself well and in no way was she cowered by the accusatory and sullying tactics of Boxer.
Oh, yes. Someone else showed up at the Rice hearings: Sen. John Kerry, who lost his presidential bid against Bush. Kerry carried on the same kind of performance as Boxer.
Politics? You have to wonder. Both Gonzales and Rice represent blocs of voters … Hispanic and Black. Is that the real reason for the tough grilling Democrats are putting Rice and Gonzales through? It happens, of course, with both parties. Only the time and faces change.

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Obituaries

William Bobo

GREENWOOD – William Norman Bobo, 89, resident of 216 Laurel Avenue, died January 18, 2005 at his home.
Born in Union County, November 5, 1915, he was a son of the late William Norman Sr. and Anna Bolt Bobo. He was a graduate of Clinton High School and Draughan’s Business College in Greenville. Mr. Bobo was a US Army Air Corps Veteran of WWII serving as a Tech Sergeant. He retired as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of Abney Mills and formerly served on the Board of Trustees of the Abney Foundation. Mr. Bobo also served as the church organist and assisted as Choir Director for Main Street United Methodist Church for 31 years.
A member of Main Street United Methodist Church, he was also a member of the Fellowship of Methodist Musicians and the American Guild of Organists. He formerly served on the board of the TB Association and was currently a volunteer with Greater Greenwood United Ministries.
Surviving are a brother. Rev. Preston Bolt Bobo, Sr. of W. Columbia; seven nieces, Sylvia Bobo Jenkins of Wytheville, VA, Doris Lynch Jones of Mt. Pleasant, Ann Rodgers MacKenzie of Gastonia, NC, Jane Rodgers McGahee of Taylors, Donna Byrd of Durham, NC, Sara Byrd Goldberg of Centreville, VA and Chris Bobo Vassy of Knoxville, TN; three nephews, James H. Lynch of Chester, Rev. Kenneth G. Bobo of Spartanburg and Preston B. Bobo, Jr. of Columbia.
Mr. Bobo was predeceased by a brother, Robert Bobo and sisters. Myrtle B. Estes, Carrie B. Lynch, Clara B. Rodgers, Helen B. Byrd and Sarah Bobo.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 AM Saturday at Main Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Dennis, Rev. Kenneth G. Bobo and Rev. Dawn M. Compton.
Burial will be at 3:00 PM in the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Union County.
The body is at BIyth Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 10:30 AM Saturday.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 PM Friday.
Memorials may be made to Main Street United Methodist Church, 211 North Main Street, Greenwood, SC 29646, Epworth Children’s Home, PO Box 50466, Columbia, SC 29250 or to the charity of one’s choice.
Any correspondence may be forwarded to PO Box 385, Greenwood, SC 29648.
For additional information you may visit www.blythfuneralhome.com
BLYTH FUNERAL HOME IS ASSISTING THE BOBO FAMILY
PAID OBITUARY

Mary Callaham

McCORMICK — Mary Callaham of Talbert Road, wife of Neal Callaham, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital.
A retired public school teacher, she lived with her daughter.
Survivors include her husband of McCormick; a daughter, Janice Callaham of McCormick; a sister; and grandchildren.
Services are at 2 Monday at Walker Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Jackie Whitted. Burial is in Overbrook Cemetery.
The family is at the home.
Walker Funeral Home, McCormick, is in charge.

Elizabeth Chapman

GREENWOOD – Martha Elizabeth Lewis Chapman, 86, resident of 506 Kirksey Dr., widow of Allen O. Chapman, died January 18, 2005 at the National Healthcare of Clinton.
Born December 10, 1918 in Clarendon County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Allen and Martha Anne Holladay Lewis. She was a graduate of Dela Howe High School and attended Lander College.
Mrs. Chapman was a member of South Main Street Baptist Church and also taught the Faith Sunday School Class of the church for over 30 years.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. William C. (June) Anderson, Jr. of Hampton, SC, Barbara C. Hamby of Greenwood, Mrs. F. David (Mary) Hare of Tarzana, CA, Mrs, James M. (Becky) Wilburn, III of Newark, DE and Betty Anne C. Todd of Greenwood. Two sisters, Rosa Lee Wilson of Winston Salem, NC and Clara L. Elmore of Sumter, SC. Dearest nephew, James K. Maye, Jr., of Laurens. Eleven grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted 4:00 PM Saturday from the BIyth Funeral Home Chapel with Lay Minister Robert H. Shirk and Rev. Ryan Eklund officiating.
Burial will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be William C. Anderson, III, James M. Wilburn, IV, Andrew C. Todd, J. Rees Jones, James L. Polk, Sr. and Lewis R. Morgan.
The family is at the home on Kirksey Dr. and will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 to 8:00 Friday evening.
Memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association, PO Box 10794, Greenville SC 29603.
For additional information please visit www.blythfuneralhome.com
Blyth Funeral Home is assisting the Chapman family.
PAID OBITUARY

Bill Hallman

McCORMICK — William Blake “Bill” Hallman, 70, of 305 Pine View Drive, husband of Margaret Ann Mosley Hallman, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005 at his home.
Born in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Dr. Elmer Berley and Lillian Daisy Williams Hallman. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Furman University and served in the Army. General manager of Savannah Lakes Village, he was a member of the McCormick County Visitors Council, Rotary Club of McCormick, Economic Development Board, Heritage Corridor, Willington Board and the Board of Visitors for Lander University and Piedmont Technical College. He was also a member of the Tourism Community Association Institute, where he was certified as a professional community association manager and a founding member of the Community Managers International Association. He was a member of McCormick First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; a daughter, LeeAnne Grace Apple of Springfield, Tenn.; two sons, John Greene Hallman of Columbia and David William Hallman of Bethpage, Tenn.; a stepdaughter, Deborah P. Davis of Summerville; a brother, Robert E. Hallman of Moorehead City, N.C.; and six grandchildren.
A memorial service is 2 p.m. Saturday at McCormick First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Dennis Lynn.
Honorary escorts are the board members of Savannah Lakes Village POA.
Visitation is 5-7 today at Harley Funeral Home, Greenwood.
The family is at the home.
Memorials may be made to the McCormick County School District Scholarship Fund in memory of William B. Hallman, McCormick County School District, Attention: Peggy Robertson, 821 N. Mine St., McCormick, SC 29835.
Harley Funeral Home is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.harleyfuneralhome.com

J.C. Kimsey

ABBEVILLE — John Charley “J.C.” Kimsey, 76, of 802 S. Main St., widower of Ruth McCurry Kimsey, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood.
Born in Abbeville County, he was a son of the late Charley and Ruth Saxon Kimsey. He was an Army veteran of the Korean conflict and a retired loom fixer with Bloomsburg Mills. He was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include a daughter, Cathy Brown of Abbeville; a son, Randy Kimsey of Abbeville; a stepdaughter, Linda Sullivan of Greenwood; two sisters, Mildred McConaha of Atlanta and Merrileen Harris of Elberton, Ga.; five brothers, Wayne Kimsey of Elberton, Richard Kimsey of Abbeville, Larry Kimsey, Robert Kimsey and Harold Kimsey, all of Calhoun Falls; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services are 3 p.m. Saturday at Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home, conducted by the Revs. Tye Sorrow and Marion Argo. Burial is in Melrose Cemetery.
Visitation is 1-2:30 Saturday at the funeral home.
The family is at the home.
Memorials may be made to the Congregational Holiness Church, c/o 201 Perry St., Abbeville, SC 29620.
The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home is in charge.

Danny Link

GREENWOOD – Daniel Benjamin “Danny” Link, 40, resident of 701-B Center Street, died January 20, 2005 at his home.
Born in Abbeville, November 22, 1964, he was a son of William G. “Bill” Link, Sr. and the late Linda Crump Link. He was employed with Bill Link Auto Sales and was a member of West Side Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to his father and step-mother, Cheryl S. Link of Greenwood are a brother, William G. Link, Jr. and wife, Joanna of Easley; a maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ed (Sammie) Coleman of Greenwood; an uncle, Eddy Coleman of Greenwood; a step-brother, Dru Dail and step-sister, Dawn Callaway, both of Greenwood.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:30 PM Friday from the Blyth Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Hal Lane officiating.
Entombment will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Hugo Holsonback, Curtis Walker, Mike Cobb, Buddy Kenney, Andy Morehouse and Dru Dail.
The family is at the home of Bill and Cheryl Link, 1004 Old Abbeville Hwy. in Greenwood and will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30 to 2:30 Friday afternoon.
Memorials may be made to West Side Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 216, Greenwood, SC 29648.
For additional information you may visit www.blythfuneralhome.com.
BLYTH FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
PAID OBITUARY

Walter Morgan Jr.

McCORMICK — Services for Walter Morgan Jr. of Cannady Road, are at 2 Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. J.C. Williams. Burial is in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 1.
The family is at the home.
Walker Funeral Home, McCormick, is in charge.

Annie Sue Rushton

NINETY SIX – Annie Sue Horne Rushton, 80, of 118 Hamilton Road, Ninety Six, wife of Clem R. Rushton, died Thursday, January 20, 2005 at her home.
Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late John Owens and Mecie Hasting Horne. She was retired from Greenwood Mills, Adams Plant and was a member of Sandridge Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by two sons, John Rushton and Jeff Rushton.
Surviving is her husband of the home; two daughters, Gwen Goldman and Janice Rushton, both of Ninety Six; three sisters, Vivian Goldman of Bradley, Vera Mae Horne of Ninety Six and Mary Elizabeth Ouzts of Edgefield; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Marty Dorn officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Johnny McCalla, Billy Graddick, Paul Graddick, Tim Rushton, Tony Rushton and Colie Rushton.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.
The family is at the home.
Memorials may be made to HospiceCare of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.harleyfuneralhome.com
PAID OBITUARY

Walter Morgan Jr.

McCORMICK — Walter Morgan Jr., 56, husband of Alice Seigler Morgan, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood after a short illness.
Born in McCormick, he was a son of the late Walter T. and Janie Holloway Morgan. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; a daughter, Felicia Morgan of Greenwood; two sons, Kelsey L. Morgan and Aaron W. Morgan, both of McCormick; two brothers, Tommy Morgan of Albemarle, N.C., and Robert Lee Morgan of Melbourne, Fla.; a half sister, Tinnea Jackson of McCormick; eight grandchildren.
The family is at the home, Cannady Road.
Services will be announced by Walker Funeral Home.

Alfred Parker

PHILADELPHIA — Alfred “Man” Parker, 77, of 3923 Park Ave., died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005 at the home of a sister Annie Lee Parker Ryans.
Born in Abbeville County, S.C., he was a son of the late Willie and Lillie Patton Parker. He was a retired mechanic and of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include three sisters, Annie Lee Parker Ryans of Philadelphia and Willie Lee Parker Gray and Lois Parker Belcher, both of Greenwood, S.C.
Choice Funeral Home, 2330 Broad St., is in charge.
Announcement courtesy of Robinson & Son Mortuary Inc., Greenwood.

Carl E. Perrin

McCORMICK — Services for Carl E. Perrin are 2 p.m. Friday at Walker Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Roderick Cummings. Burial is in Overbrook Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Paul Dennis, Russell Lord, Harry Walker, Wayne Perrin, James Moton and Joseph Wardlaw. Flower bearers are Tameika Coachman, Aleicia O’Neal, Melissa Timpson, Monica Perrin, Barbara Smith, Nerissa Perrin and Tomassina Timpson.
The family is at the home of a sister, Evelyn Liddell, Clayton Street.
Walker Funeral Home is in charge.

Bennie Reynolds

Bennie Melvin Alexander Reynolds, of 518 Maxwell Ave., wife of Cornell Reynolds, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.
Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late William and Mamie Culbreath Alexander. She attended Greenwood County public schools and Brewer Normal and worked as a seamstress for factories and independently. A member of Trinity United Methodist Church, she was a church choir member, a former Sunday School teacher, treasurer of the United Methodist Women and a member of Rochelle Chapter No. 2980 of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her husband of the home; a brother, Allen Alexander of Greenwood; and a cousin reared in the home, Lee Arthur Aiken of Atlanta.
Services are at noon Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church, conducted by the Revs. Ronnie Jeffcoat and Johnnie Waller. Burial is in Oakbrook Memorial Park. The body will be placed in the church at 11.
Pallbearers are George Greene Jr., Ronald Greene Sr., Winfred Greene, Quentin Daniel, Christopher Daniel, all nephews, and Boyce Pearson.
Visitation is 6-8 Friday at Robinson & Son Mortuary, Greenwood.
Friendly Funeral Home, Calhoun Falls, is in charge.

Sydney B. Ryan

RIVERDALE, Ga. — Sydney B. Ryan, 45, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005 at University Hospital.
A native of Edgefield County, S.C., he lived in Riverdale and was a member of Body of Christ Church International USA and a 1978 Strom Thurmond High School graduate. He worked with Delta Air Lines.
Survivors include a son, Sheldon Fitts of Hephzibah; his mother, Mae Bell Ryan of Edgefield; four sisters, Mrs. Oscar (Pearlie) Brooks, Mrs. Larry (Freada) Ryan, both of Edgefield, Virginia Ryan of Hephzibah, Mrs. Frederick (Shirley) Thompson of Trenton, S.C.; two brothers, James Ryan of Greenville, S.C., and Hillary Ryan of Edgefield; a stepbrother, James McDaniel of Philadelphia.
Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Springfield Baptist Church, Edgefield, conducted by Pastor Ertha Bowman.
Burial is in the church cemetery.
Visitation is at the home of a sister, Mrs. Frederick (Shirley) Thompson, 49 Academy Estate, Trenton.
Viewing is after 2 today at G.L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary.
G.L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary, Edgefield, is in charge.

John David Scott

McCORMICK — John David Scott, 80, of 501 Cambridge Drive, husband of June Bryan Scott, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at his home.
Born in Greenwood, S.C., he was a son of the late Robert L. and Bertha P. Scott. He was an employee of Winn-Dixie Stores, Atlanta Division, for 40 years and served four years in the Army during World War II. A member of Lutheran Church by the Lake, he moved to Savannah Lakes Village after retirement.
Survivors include his wife; three children, Kathie George, Lesa Fields and David Scott; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Memorial services are at noon Friday at Lutheran Church by the Lake, conducted by Pastor Dick Albert.
Memorials may be made to HospiceCare of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646 or Lutheran Church by the Lake, 100 Twelve Oaks Drive, McCormick, SC 29835.
Rees Funeral Home, 195 Peachtree St., Lincolnton, Ga., is in charge.

Allen C. ‘Red’ Sullivan, Jr.

DONALDS – Allen C. “Red” Sullivan, Jr., 60, of 23 Sullivans Circle, the husband of the late Janice Faye Mabry Sullivan died Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Anderson County to Mary Wertz Sullivan and the late Allen C. Sullivan, Sr.
Mr. Sullivan served in the National Guard, he was a self- employed plumber and attended Gilgal United Methodist Church.
Surviving Mr. Sullivan is his mother, his companion of the home Ms. Linda H. Newton, two sons, Johnny Sullivan and his wife Karen of Greenwood, and Jeff Sullivan and his wife Lori of Honea Path, two step-daughters, Jami Newton and Candi Brown both of Donalds, a brother, Joseph Humbert Sullivan of Donalds, two grandchildren, Janice Sue Sullivan, and Peyton Bryce Sullivan, and two step- grandchildren, Kinsley and Mikila Fendley.
The family will receive friends from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Thursday, January 20, 2005 at Harris Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be 3:00PM Friday, January 21, 2005 in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow in Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Mr. Sullivan to the Mt. Bethel U.M.C. Cemetery Fund, c/o Dot Sullivan, 1081 Dairy Rd., Ware Shoals, SC 29692. The family is at the residence.
Online condolences may be sent to the Sullivan family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com
HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, of Abbeville is assisting the Sullivan family.
PAID OBITUARY

Nathaniel Walker

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. — Nathaniel Walker, 70, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at Prince Georges County Hospital.
Born in McCormick County, S.C., he was a son of the late Josephus and Estelle Dixon Walker. He was a former member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, McCormick, and a retired cement construction worker.
Survivors include two sons, Johnny Walker and Larry Walker, both of Capitol Heights; a daughter, Shelia Walker of Maryland; four sisters, Seafie Sibert, Annie Tucker and Nellie Wray-Harmon, all of Columbia, S.C., Mary Elizabeth Freeman of McCormick.
The family is at the home of a sister Mary E. Freeman, Pine Street Extension, McCormick.
Services will be announced by Walker Funeral Home, McCormick.