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During his grand entrance shortly after 9 p.m., Chesney's foot was caught between the rising platform and the stage. Chesney continued to perform, but the injury limited his mobility throughout the two-hour set and it was evident he was in pain.

Though video cameras were not officially allowed into the stadium, concert-goers managed to capture the moment and posted their videos on YouTube.

Click below to watch the videos.

Video 1: Chesney injured

For the Columbia man, it all comes down to awareness and time.

“There are so many ways we can improve the area if we just take a little time and do our part,” he said.

Mayfield’s words are supported by his actions. His volunteer activities include working with the Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the American Red Cross and Special Olympics.

Those efforts and others were recognized publicly last week when Mayfield was named Colonial Life’s Volunteer of the Year.

Beginning today, candidates are scheduled to meet with administrators, faculty and staff, and the search committee and to tour the campus.

The candidates include two university academic officers, the interim chief of a nonprofit economic development foundation, a U.S. Department of Agriculture administrator and a university chief planning officer.

Trustees are looking for a president who can raise money and improve academic standards at the 4,400-student school.

In December, trustees voted to remove then-president Andrew Hugine after they said he failed to make improvements in those areas.

Before Morgan left his job with Virginia’s Goochland County schools, he was using blogging and podcasting to reach educators, parents and students in the traditionally rural district.

When he landed in Kershaw County a year ago, he did the same.

“I’ve just found it powerful,” he said. “We live in a different world now, so we have to use multiple means to communicate with people.”

Several Midlands schools and districts are using podcasts and blogs not only to enrich classroom activities for students but to communicate on everything from science experiments to upcoming events.

Johnston, principal at Gold Hill Middle School in York County, is one of approximately 15,000 employees in the state retirement system who have retired and come back to work. Those working retirees still are waiting for a court to decide whether they must keep paying 6.5 percent of their salary into the retirement system.

As in a related case involving the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive program, or TERI, Johnston believes the Legislature broke a contract when they forced already-retired workers to begin paying into the system.

The wait is costing Johnston hundreds of dollars monthly — money he does not expect to recoup.

“We honor and respect the retirement system because we’re vested in it,” Johnston said, “but I do feel betrayed.”

ARTS

LUNCH AND LISTEN MUSIC SERIES: Classical guitarist Marina Alexandra, 12:30 p.m. May 15; Richland County Public Library, 1431 Assembly St. (803) 929-3450; www.myrcpl.com

STACY MORGAN ART SHOW: Through May 5, Kershaw County Fine Arts Center Bassett gallery, 810 Lyttleton St., Camden. (803) 425-7676; www.fineartscenter.org

LOG CABIN ART GUILD EXHIBIT AND SALE: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (reception 7-9 p.m.) Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Community Room, 631-A Forum Drive at Village at Sandhill.

Annette Lee waits on a customer at Captain Woody’s Bar and Grill. Lee, a special education teacher at Bluffton High School, works two nights a week at the restaurant to help with the cost of child care.

HILTON HEAD — Though Beaufort County’s average teacher salary ranks in the top five in the state, local teachers say they have a tough time covering their expenses.

Many have taken on second, or even third jobs, to keep up with the ever-rising cost of living, particularly in Bluffton and on Hilton Head Island, where housing costs are high.

What the teachers say

$32,538: Beaufort County School District’s starting salary (bachelor’s degree)

$47,184: Average teacher salary in Beaufort County

$44,336: Statewide average teacher salary

$50,816: Nationwide average teacher salary

Lexington 1: At Carolina Springs Elementary, students started a blog to record observations from a worm composting project. A French teacher at Pleasant Hill Middle records podcasts that students can access from home for practice. And at White Knoll High, students record weekly podcasts on events and activities.

Lexington 2: The district’s first class on podcasting was last year, and some schools are in early stages of launching blogging. Some teachers use podcasting in their classrooms, and some schools are posting on their Web sites.

Lexington-Richland 5: Teachers use blogs on their Web sites, and several schools use podcasts in the media centers.

After 34 years in the S.C. Legislature — all but 10 as a state senator — Columbia’s Kay Patterson is retiring from an institution that, he says, no longer fits him.

“It’s uncomfortable — for me,” said Patterson, who was swept into office in 1975.

Patterson was one of 13 black lawmakers seated in the House of Representatives that year, a record-setting number for modern times.

“When I started ... working up here was very pleasant and you could get things done, and I enjoyed it,” said Patterson, who was among only the second class of black lawmakers since Reconstruction elected to the Legislature.

In both cases — one man was poked at by a trooper with a shotgun in Orangeburg County and another fleeing on foot in Greenwood County was struck by a trooper driving a patrol car — the officers were disciplined, but solicitors said the troopers’ actions didn’t meet the legal standard needed to file criminal charges.

Solicitor David Pascoe said he believed the Orangeburg trooper’s claim that the shotgun incident was an accident, noting, “There wasn’t, like, an angry moment.”

Solicitor Jerry Peace wrote off the Greenwood trooper’s statement — “I tried to hit him” — as “pure bravado.”

Overzealous prosecution of officers could jeopardize troopers’ lives if it made them more hesitant than necessary to use force, said Peace, who last year handled a death penalty case in Abbeville involving two officers who were shot to death.

For a couple of weeks, the New Yorkers, members of the 27th Brigade Combat Team, have been flowing into Afghanistan to relieve soldiers of South Carolina’s 218th Brigade Combat Team.

On Saturday, the New Yorkers assumed command of Task Force Phoenix, charged with training the Afghan security forces.

“This is one time when Yankees come in to take over that we don’t mind,” cracked Lt. Col. Mike O’Neill of Goose Creek.

As expected, there has been good-natured kidding as troops from the North and South come together on this small base at the eastern edge of Kabul, the Afghan capital.

“You have struggled,” U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham told those assembled in the John Hurst Adams Gymnatorium for the commencement. “But pulling together, the school has brought in new blood and is moving ahead.”

Allen University recently broke ground for a $16 million dormitory project that will expand and transform its small campus.

The project will provide housing for 480 students and instill a new energy in the historically black college founded in 1870 by the AME church.

The two dorm buildings are the most significant construction on campus since its founding.

Despite an afternoon thunderstorm, a crowd estimated at more than 20,000 wandered Clemson’s Sandhill Research and Education Center enjoying food, music, rides and agricultural demonstrations.

Alicia Parson, 9, even got her first camel ride.

“It was bumpy and you had to hold on tight, but it was fun,” said the student at Blythewood’s Bethel-Hanberry Elementary School.

The festival began in 1996. Founder John Monroe, who grew up on a farm near Pontiac, said it was a way to bring people in the growing suburbs together.

The court-ordered referrals to stop-smoking programs came in the first year after a new state law banned minors from possessing cigarettes or other tobacco.

That crackdown has S.C. schools looking for stop-smoking programs that are effective for teenagers, who tend to light up for different reasons than adults.

Adults usually smoke because of stress or frustration, health advocates said. But when teenagers light cigarettes, it’s typically because they are bored, want to be cool or are imitating behavior they’ve seen at home, experts say.

S.C. school officials are searching for programs that deglamorize smoking and persuade kids to kick the habit.

WILL EDWARDS ENDORSE?

As the May 6 North Carolina primary approaches, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama supporters are listening to hear what, if anything, former U.S. Sen. John Edwards has to say about the Democratic presidential race.

Edwards, the S.C. native who represented North Carolina in the U.S. Senate and ran two unsuccessful campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination, could provide more distance for Obama, who leads in North Carolina, or help a trailing Clinton close the gap there with an endorsement.

Former S.C. Gov. Jim Hodges, however, said he’s not certain Edwards will get involved in the primary.

Spar and his friends met Tuesday night at Casey’s Sports Bar & Grille, the watering hole where he worked. His friends presented him with $12,321 they raised from “Colinpalooza,” a concert and raffle held earlier this month.

“Everyone pitched in,” said Woody Rennie, owner of Casey’s. “It was really such a nice thing.”

The financial support didn’t stop there. Coligny Theatre showed the movie “Cocktail” recently and donated the money collected to help Spar with his medical and living expenses.

People also have donated money to an account set up at SunTrust Bank.

The county’s library director, however, said it’s simply a case of a miscommunication that’s been blown out of proportion.

The library has a series of clubs and programs aimed at children and teenagers.

In this case, library director Wlobek Zaryczny said that because of an oversight, one manga club flier failed to say the meeting was age-limited. Manga is the Japanese word for comics.

“I’ve been an anime (Japanese for animation) fan for years,” said C.J. Palmer, the Bluffton resident. He had brought a backpack full of old mangas and anime to share with the group.

Not only did the piece have a number of errors — More than a dozen statewide elected offices? Piglets in the House chamber? — it gave the governor credit for a handful of victories that have yet to be — or for which Sanford can claim no credit.

Chief among those is Sanford’s support, or lack thereof, for the plan swapping sales tax for a property tax cut, and the elimination of the grocery sales tax last year. Both of those are listed in the WSJ as accomplishments of the Sanford administration.

In both cases, the governor instead supported income tax cuts before jumping on board after the proposals were fait accompli in the Legislature. Both were argued exclusively by lawmakers.

As the piece’s author concludes: “If he is under consideration for the vice presidency, we should know more about his governing record and his motivation in picking his political battles.”

South Carolina’s education landscape has changed a lot since a pair of high-power legal teams last squared off in court to debate the merits of how the state underwrites its public schools.

Those same lawyers — one set representing the state; the other representing poor, rural school districts — are putting the finishing touches on briefs for the state Supreme Court so it can do homework on key points in the long-running school funding lawsuit.

Briefs are due Thursday, and oral arguments before the high court will be June 25 in a case that dates to 1993 — well before Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests were used to measure learning, national“No Child Left Behind” academic standards were enacted and the state sales tax was raised to shift the burden of funding schools to consumers.

The case has as much to do with image and perception as it does money.

The pair from Columbia were among competitors at a fledgling tournament sponsored by the area club for fans of the 60-year-old word game.

The tournament, at the Village at Sandhill shopping center in Northeast Richland, was a setting for players from across the Southeast to test their vocabularies, sometimes with unfamiliar words.

“A lot of us don’t know what these words mean,” Inman said after using bezique — a card game akin to pinochle — in one contest.

Many buffs study word lists developed for the game instead of poring over dictionaries.

Thursday marks the crossover deadline. Legislation that has not passed either the House or the Senate by this date is unlikely to get approval before the session ends June 5.

That sets lawmakers up for a hectic week, fighting for passage of pet bills and searching for ways to delay or kill legislation they dislike.

House lawmakers are likely to spend time debating whether beginning drivers should be prohibited from using cell phones while behind the wheel and whether harassed students can transfer to another high school and maintain their eligibility to play sports.

Both the House and Senate will discuss green legislation, including the creation of a nonprofit to help low-income households conserve energy and exempting energy-efficient appliances from sales tax.

Lauer ate better, stepped up his workouts and slept more during the past few weeks in preparation for his ninth Where in the World is Matt Lauer? marathon, which begins this morning.

The big difference with Ali’s regimen: Nobody’s punching Lauer in the face.

Each morning this week, Lauer will open “Today” from a different location. His destination is kept a mystery from both his on-air colleagues and viewers, adding to the fun of his exotic travelogue. The stunt has become his signature, something a one-time rival privately calls the best idea in morning television in 25 years, and a reminder of his show’s continued dominance.

Lauer has logged 210,721 miles on his trips, turning up at the base of Mount Everest, by the Pyramids in Egypt, at the casinos of Monte Carlo and at the Taj Mahal in India.

1. “Baby Mama,” $18.3 million

2. “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,” $14.6 million

3. “The Forbidden Kingdom,” $11.2 million

4. “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” $11 million

KABUL, Afghanistan — A well-coordinated assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai by suspected Taliban insurgents at the Afghan national day military parade in central Kabul has turned into a moment of national embarrassment for the government, which has been pressing to take over responsibility for Kabul’s security from foreign troops.

Three people were killed Sunday in the brazen assault, ruining what was supposed to have been a proud moment for Afghan security forces. The ability of the attackers to get so close to Karzai, who escaped unhurt, suggested they had inside help.

The dead included a tribal chief and a member of parliament who were in the reviewing stands near Karzai, and a 10-year-old boy caught in the crossfire as militants and security forces aimed at each other, officials said. Eleven people were wounded, among them army officers, police officers and civilians, hospital officials said. Several suspects were arrested later.

The attack sent officials and foreign diplomats scrambling for cover in the stands and hundreds of soldiers running off the parade ground in disarray. Karzai was whisked out the back exit, and the ceremony was abandoned after Afghan security forces had spent weeks preparing and rehearsing.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack Obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues.

The GOP nominee-in-waiting rapped his Democratic rival for opposing his idea to suspend the tax on fuel during the summer, a proposal that McCain believes particularly will help low-income people who usually have older cars that guzzle more gas.

The Arizona senator deflected questions about his record on the Bush administration’s tax cuts — he initially opposed them but now supports extending them — by criticizing Obama again.

“Sen. Obama wants to raise the capital gains tax, which would have a direct effect on 100 million Americans,” McCain said. “That means he has no understanding of the economy and that he is totally insensitive to the hopes and dreams and ambitions of 100 million Americans who will be affected by his almost doubling of the capital gains tax.”

Has a shot

Bills that are expected to get floor votes this week. Some already have passed one chamber; others haven’t but have substantial backing.

Wireless cloud. A study to decide if ETV broadcast licenses should be leased to private companies to pay for a seamless, wireless Internet cloud over South Carolina.

Bullied students. Allows students who have been harassed to transfer schools and keep their sports eligibility.

But many in Jamaica and elsewhere in New York said their anger was tempered by the circumstances of a complicated case that unfolded in a city that was far less racially divided than it was 10 years ago.

In Harlem, Willie Rainey, 60, a Vietnam veteran and retired airport worker, said he believed the detectives should have been found guilty, but that the key issue was police conduct.

“It’s a lack of police training,” Rainey said. “It’s not about race when you have black killing black. We overplay the black card as an issue.”

Ayana Fobbs, 28, a pharmacy worker who is black and lives a block away from the Community Church of Christ, where Bell’s funeral was held, said she could identify with people on both sides of the shooting controversy. One of her cousins was killed by the police in a shooting in the Bronx in the early 1990s, she said, but she also has close friends who are police officers.

Growing worldwide thirst for crude, in large part from the rapidly developing economies of China and India, means frustrated consumers probably can’t expect any relief.

“We can do our homework, but prices are going to go where they want to go at this point,” said Jeff Spittel, an analyst at investment bank Natixis Bleichroeder.

Americans who hoped to ride out temporarily high prices by carpooling or driving less may have to make those habits permanent. At the same time, because of the premium prices, oil companies may be willing to search out more oil in places they previously couldn’t afford to explore.

Oil came close to $120 a barrel Friday amid news of a U.S.-contracted ship firing warning shops at two boats in the Persian Gulf, a pipeline attack in Nigeria and a looming refinery strike in Scotland. Retail gas prices moved to near $3.60 a gallon.

Miller, reached Thursday, said that pending resolution of some details, he has accepted the offer. The Illinois educator said he was attracted to Greenville and its two-year college because its leaders have a track record of being “progressive, forward-thinking and willing to take some risks.”

Miller said many former job-training institutions lost their focus in recent years, straying from their original mission into community college and transfer programs. He said many are now refocusing on teaching specific job skills, and he lauded Greenville Tech for never having lost that focus amid a fast-growing and vigorous business economy.

Miller would succeed Thomas E. Barton, who because the college’s president in 1962 and has served continuously for 46 years.

Morris College

When: 10 a.m. May 3

Where: Sumter County Exhibition Center, Sumter

Speaker: Michael Lomax, president and CEO of United Negro College Fund

Mr. Phillips died Sunday, April 27, 2008. Born in Richland County, he was a son of the late Admiral and Mattie Chalflinch Phillips. He was the former owner of Striper Delight Lure Co., a member of Centennial ARP Church where he served as a Deacon and Elder.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Barbara Morris Phillips; son, Lynn Rhodes; daughter, Melita Rhodes Newman; brothers, Cecil Phillips of Columbia, Fred Phillips of W. Columbia, A.D. and Bobby Phillips of Lexington; sisters, Thelma Smith of Greensboro, NC, Martha Hendrix and Mary Spires of West Columbia, Ann Smith of Lexington; numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to his caregivers, Terry and Ray Netecke.

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Mrs. Wood died Saturday, April 26, 2008. Born in Anderson, she was a daughter of the late Henry E. and Jessie Burnette Williams. She was a graduate of Hannah High School class of 1958 and received her Associate of Arts Degree from Anderson College in 1960. She worked in various roles for the State of South Carolina to include administrative assistant to the late Senator Verne Smith for many years. She retired in 2006 with 43 years of service.

She was member of the Gideon’s Auxiliary, Lugoff Optimist Club and the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. She was a member of Lugoff First Baptist Church and Stu Ellington’s Sunday School Class.

Mrs. Wood enjoyed spending time with her family and especially her grandchildren. She was dedicated in serving the community in church, clubs and organizations.

Surviving are her husband of 47 years, F. Warren Wood; son and daughter-in-law, Michael W. and Heidi Wood of Buford, Ga.; sister, Bobbie W. Stone of Anderson; grandsons, Joshua and Evan Wood; nieces, Tami S. Gordan, Jan S. (John) Page, Layne S. (Steven) Putnam, Joy S. (Richard) Dunn, and Sharon D. (Doug) Davis; nephew Fred Wood; great-nephews and nieces, Gunner, Chase, Taylor, Brandon, Chris, Jonathan and Audrey Rose; and two great-great nieces.

Mr. Baldwin is survived by his wife of 46 years, Linda Schreiner Baldwin; sister, Rosemary Baldwin Rodgers; daughter, Valeria Blair (Forest) Bassham; sons, Blair Frazier (Kim) Baldwin and Blair Linton Baldwin, Jr.; grandchildren, Jessie, Sarah, Frazier, Ann Riley and Logan Baldwin.

Visitation will be Tuesday, April 29, 2008, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Chapin Chapel. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Dr. Dale Welden will officiate. Graveside service and burial will follow at 4:30 p.m. at Salem Presbyterian Church in Blair, SC. Pallbearers will be nephews, Eddie Lee and Chris Rodgers and “Blair’s Boys”, Bob Bryant, Bill Head, Danny Leitner, Scott Leitner, Charles Segars and Tracy Burttram. Honorary Pallbearers will be the members of the Covenant Sunday School Class of Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Salem Presbyterian Church, 276 State Hwy. 215 N., Blair, SC 29015.

The Baldwin family would like to thank Dr. Leland McElveen and Kimberly DeWitt of South Carolina Oncology Associates, as well as Doris Cromer and Nancy Leas of Tri-County Hospice for their care and compassion during Mr. Baldwin’s illness.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day - and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing” II Timothy 4:7,8.

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«Obituary posted: April 28, 2008»

Funeral services for Mrs. Cundiff will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 28, at the graveside in Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens. In the event of inclement weather, the service will be held at the First United Methodist Church. Visitation will be prior to the service from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. in the Parlor at the First United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Cundiff retired from J.P. Stevens and Cheraw Insurance and Real Estate. She was an avid bridge player and was a member of the same bridge club for over 50 years. She was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church and the Kinsey Mulloy Bible Class. Mrs. Cundiff was past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star for many years. She had many friends and enjoyed being with people and helping others.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Bonnie Cundiff of Cheraw, SC; daughter-in-law, Edwina Cundiff of Pawleys Island, SC; two granddaughters, Cathy and husband, Dean Edwards, of Florence, SC, and Meg and husband, Scott Redlin, of San Diego, CA; and one grandson, Donnie Cundiff of Pawleys Island, SC; three great-grandchildren, Alyssa and Laural Edwards and Dmitri Redlin; sisters, Adine Loyd and Opal Tyler, both from Chesapeake, VA; two sisters-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Mrs. Vera Cundiff to Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, SC 29709 or Cheraw Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 28, Cheraw, SC 29520.

Graveside Funeral Services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in Swallow Savannah Cemetery with the Rev. Chip Reeves officiating.

Mrs Davis was born September 20, 1921, in Sylvania, Georgia. She was a daughter of the late Charlie H. and Lizzie C. Ferguson. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Allendale. Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Ernest Davis, Sr. and one son, Eugene Davis.

She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Marion Brant of Dalton, Georgia; four grandchildren, Scott and Amanda Brant of Dalton; Mathew Brant of Ft. Oglethorpe, DS Davis of Camden, South Carolina, and Karen and Burt Truesdale of Camden, South Carolina; one brother, Dewey Ferguson of Austelle, Georgia. She has seven great-grandchildren, Megan, Evan, Tyler, Seth and Madison Brant, Kaylyn and Dalton Truesdale. Several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friend from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Keith Smith Funeral Service, 128 Water Street, Allendale, SC (803) 584-2492.

Mrs. Davis died Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Born in Bowman, SC, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Mamie Brownlee Smith. She was a member of True Light Church of Christ.

She is survived by her former husband, Charlie W. Davis of West Columbia; daughters, Sheridan (Richard) Osbourne, Lynn (Carlie) Batten, all of Troy, NC; son Bill (Kathy) Davis; sister, Carolyn Wise, all of West Columbia; grandchildren, Christy (Robert) Harmon of Lexington, Mary Ann (Mike) Keim, Tammy (Barron) Gantt, Ashley Davis, Bonnie and Frank Batten, Ronnie & Howard Parson; great- grandchildren, Jordan Keim, Shane, Cheyenne, Andrew and Alex Butler, Hannah & Laura Parsons.

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Mrs. Ackerman was born in Colleton County January 3, 1926, a daughter of the late Young Shuler Linder Sr., and Willie Mae Saunders Linder. She was a 1942 graduate of Walterboro High School, and then the Rice Business School. She was a retired caseworker with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, and was a member of Cottageville United Methodist Church, where she was active with the Methodist Youth Fellowship and the Mabel Willis Circle. Mrs. Ackerman was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.

Surviving, in addition to her husband of 56 years, are three daughters, Nina A. Williams of Cottageville, Jan A. Godwin and husband, Greg, of Walterboro, and Alta A. Jordan, and husband, Michael, of Lexington. There are three grandchildren, Stacey R. Minton, and husband, Neil, of Walterboro, and Joseph and Danielle Williams of Cottageville.

Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 11:00 at the chapel of Parker-Rhoden Funeral Home, with burial following in the Cottageville Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday evening from 6-8 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers , memorials may be made to either the Cottageville United Methodist Church or to Winyah Hospice. The family wishes to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Winyah Hospice for the care and devotion given to Mrs. Ackerman during her final days, and their deep appreciation to the congregations of Cottageville UMC and Rehoboth UMC, as well as to their many friends, for the prayers and acts of kindness shown during this difficult time.

Parker-Rhoden Funeral Home, 117 Paul Street in Walterboro, is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Truett, loving wife of Buck Truett, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Born in Champaign, IL, she was the daughter of the late John Davis and Mildred Darley Davis.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, Buck Truett of West Columbia; daughters, Debbie L. Truett of Lexington, Tessy L. Truett of California; sons and daughter-in-law, Timothy “Bryan” Truett of Lexington, Timothy L. and Stacy Truett of California; three grandchildren, Taylor Truett, Natalie Truett, Sarah Truett; sister, Joyce Wilson of Illinois; and two nieces, Tari Black, Lori Woodworth; nephew, Jeff Wilson. Mrs. Truett was preceded in death by her sister Edith Shaffer.

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«Obituary posted: April 28, 2008»

Born in Saluda County and a son of the late Willie and Frankie Corley Rowe, he was the stepson of Pauline Rowe. Mr. Rowe was a retired electrician with Solutia Inc., having worked for 34 years. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a Mason and member of the Travis Lodge.

Surviving are eight brothers, Willie Rowe, Jr., Larry Rowe, M.L. Rowe, Frank Rowe, Marvin Rowe, Tommy Rowe, J.D. Rowe and Scott Rowe, all of Saluda; seven sisters, Minnie McCary, Patricia Ann Hensley, Nancy Watson, Polly Derrick and Shirley Rowe, all of Saluda and Barbara Price and Susie Preston, both of Gilbert; his step-mother Pauline Rowe of Saluda; and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at Ramey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joyce Murphy and Rev. Burton Campbell officiating. Interment will follow in Emory United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ramey Funeral Home.

Mr. Sightler, born in Lexington County November 21, 1926, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2008. He was a son of the late Wigfall and Virginia Sharpe Sightler. Mr. Sightler had retired from Olympia Mill. He was a member of Green Hill Baptist Church where he was a member of the Men’s Gospel Sunday School Class.

Mr. Sightler is survived by his wife, Lois Driggers Sightler; daughters, Diann (Michael) Creed of Lexington and Linda (Tom) Humphries of West Columbia; grandchildren, Eric (Wynn) Humphries of West Columbia, Matt (Jessie) Humphries of Ft. Worth, TX, Susan (Trey) Snelling of West Columbia and Michael Humphries serving in Iraq; great-grandchildren, Connor, Noah, Ethan, Artie, Andrew and Alex; brothers, Walter, Wilbur, Willard, Marvin and Wayne Sightler, all of Gaston; sisters, Alice Gunter of West Columbia, Betty Sharpe of Gaston, Elaine Glover of West Columbia; and his beloved pets Trixie and Bootsie. He was predeceased by his brothers, Grady and William Sightler and sister, Melba Sightler Lucas.

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«Obituary posted: April 28, 2008»

«Obituary posted: April 28, 2008»

«Obituary posted: April 28, 2008»

Mrs. Langley was the daughter of the late Mrs. Sophie and Mr. Henry Rister. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph “Buddy” Langley and an adopted son, James W. Langley. She attended the Lexington County Public Schools, the Chicago School of Nursing and the United States School of Music in New York.

Mrs. Langley and her husband in earlier years owned several businesses, including grocery stores and a furniture store in the Columbia area. She was also a skilled seamstress and a nurse’s aide for a local private practice physician.

She is survived by two daughters, Dr. Sharon B. Langley of Columbia and Ms. Jerri Langley of Jacksonville, NC; two grandchildren, Dr. Aisha (Morad Zekhnini) Haynie of Houston, TX, and Ms. K’Shana “Kesi” Haynie, Esq., of Fort Myers, FL; three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Alberta Hendrix and Mrs. Marie Johnson of Columbia and Mrs. Louise Oree of Charlotte, NC; and a host of nieces, nephews and loving friends.

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Mr. Bailey was born in Florence Co., SC, a son of the late Charlie Spurgeon and Ruth Alford Bailey. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church, a member of the Optimist Club and a Mason.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Jewel Turner Bailey; brothers, Spurgeon Bailey, Savage Bailey and Andrew Bailey; and by a sister, Geneva Owens.

Surviving are his wife, Frances Cole Bailey of the home; son, Michael Harvey Bailey of Satellite Beach, FL; daughter, Frances Michelle Farrar of Myrtle Beach, SC; stepchildren, Freida Lynn Grainger of Birmingham, AL, Dustin Grainger of Alexandria, VA, and Fred Grainger of Hickory, NC; brother, Charlie A. Bailey of Florence; sisters, Margaret Mallory of Lexington, SC, Catherine Collins of Florence and Pearl Langford of Columbia; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to First Free Will Baptist Church, 2624 W. Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29501 or to a charity of one’s choice.

Born in Sumter, he was the son of Janet Helms Stanley and the late William S. Stanley, Jr. Mr. Stanley was a member of First Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Wilson Hall School and the University of South Carolina. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard and was the Purchasing Manager for Carolina Furniture Works, Inc.

Survivors, besides his wife and mother, include a daughter, Katherine Wray Stanley; a son, William Shelton “Wes” Stanley, IV; and a sister, Joan Gault (John), all of Sumter.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ryan Pack officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Lee Wertz, Edward Frenz, Cray Weeks, Edgar DuRant, David Cotton and Laurie Brown.

Friends and family are invited to attend her funeral service Monday morning, April 28, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Moncks Corner, 112 East Main Street. Highway 17A and Highway 6, Moncks Corner, SC 29461. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the church. Burial will immediately follow in St. John’s Church Cemetery in Pinopolis, SC.

Mrs. Gwendolyn Caskey Hollis Wolfe was born April 10, 1919, in Columbia, SC, to the late Ira Heyward Hollis and the late Minnie Caskey Hollis. She was the co-owner and manager of the Office Supply Company in Moncks Corner for over 25 years. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Moncks Corner. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Survivors include her daughter, Gwendolyn Bailey of Mount Pleasant; three grandsons, Mark Bailey, and his wife Tina of Mount Pleasant, Wil Bailey and his wife Wendi of Blowing Rock, NC, and Joey Bailey and his wife Tammy of Coconut Creek, FL; two great-grandchildren, Holli Bailey of Blowing Rock, NC, and Rose Bailey of Summerville. Mrs. Wolfe was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and one brother, Jackson “J.D.” Hollis.

Flowers will be accepted at the funeral home or memorial contributions can be made in Mrs. Gwendolyn Caskey Hollis Wolfe’s honor to St. John’s Church Cemetery, c/o The First Baptist Church, 112 East Main Street, Moncks Corner, SC 29461 or to The Alzheimers Association Palmetto Chapter, 1941 Savage Road, Charleston, SC 29407.

She is survived by a daughter, Marie Ogden Parkinson and her husband Richard of Lexington, SC; a son, Duane Ogden and his wife Loretta of Thomasville, NC; three granddaughters, Teresa Ogden Lowe and her husband Doug of Thomasville, Melanie Parkinson of Lexington, SC, and Melissa Cook and her husband Edd of Matthews, NC; three great-grandchildren, David and Alana Lowe of Thomasville, NC, and Parker Cook of Matthews, NC.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in Thomasville, NC, by Dr. Dana Slack and the Rev. Tim Landreth. Visitation will be prior to the service from 1 until 2 p.m. Mrs. Ogden will be taken to Heaver & Cutright Funeral Chapel in Buckhannon, WV. Graveside services will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Rock Cave Cemetery in Rock Cave, WV, by Rev. Richard Parkinson.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Carolina Memorial Baptist Church, 422 Liberty Drive, Thomasville, NC 27360 or to Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607-3000.

«Obituary posted: April 27, 2008»