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As Shealy paints scenes from Iraq, she places herself in her son’s combat boots in the dusty streets of Baghdad.

She stands watch at dusk as a Black Hawk helicopter flies on the horizon.

She patrols an Iraqi marketplace.

She overlooks a mosque in Mosul.

The faculty members wore white T-shirts that said “We Object,” a reflection on Bush’s leadership in the Iraq war and his environmental policy.

Only a few graduates made similar small statements: a white armband or a dove clutching an olive branch outlined on a mortarboard.

Bush was greeted warmly by the audience of more than 9,000, most of whom stood and applauded the president in Paladin Stadium.

“I ask you to be citizens and not spectators and help to build a nation of virtue and character,” Bush said, noting what he felt was a growing spirit to serve.

The change has to do with how local governments pay their health insurance costs. It essentially creates a multimillion-dollar debt that cities and counties have to pay to cover their employees’ future health costs.

It is so significant S.C. lawmakers are mulling changing the state’s 113-year-old Constitution. Richland County officials could eliminate retiree health insurance for new employees and Myrtle Beach officials plan to start sending their employees to Thailand for cheaper medical procedures.

But the change affects more than just government workers.

How your city or county tackles the change will determine how much money it has to set aside each year to cover the cost of health care.

But their timing could be a problem.

Midlands residents — hit with rising prices on everything from gasoline to groceries — may balk at higher taxes.

Last week, Lexington-Richland 5’s school board approved asking voters to pass a $243.7 million bond referendum in November. The district has failed on two other requests since 1996.

School boards in Lexington 1 and Richland 2 could decide as early as this month whether to put a bond measure to voters.

In a state where black Republicans are a rarity, the election of Glenn McCall, a Rock Hill resident, signifies a growing desire among the state’s conservatives to tap groups typically designated as Democratic loyalists: African-Americans, Hispanics, young people.

“It’s a monumental day for us in South Carolina and proof that we are a party that values inclusion,” said Katon Dawson, state GOP chairman.

McCall now joins 167 other National Committee members from around the nation, including Cindy Costa from South Carolina, who was re-elected Saturday.

The members are collectively charged with developing and promoting the national party’s platform, creating strategy, coordinating fundraising and running the national convention.

Shot down over Nazi Germany in 1944, Drummond of Ninety Six is the last World War II veteran to serve in the S.C. General Assembly.

“I’m gonna miss it,” he said.

Drummond was elected to the state House in 1965 and the state Senate in 1967. He was the Senate’s leader, its president pro tempore, from 1996 to 2001.

Ready by all appearances to go home, Drummond insists his return to Greenwood County won’t be to retire.

At a news conference last month, about a dozen State House candidates gathered to unveil a four-point pledge to change the way state government operates by lowering spending, changing the way judges are selected and passing ethics reform.

The pledge, they said, was modeled on the Contract With America that the GOP used to take control of Congress in the mid-1990s.

“I started kicking these ideas around and thought it might make sense to put them down in writing,” said Tom Davis, the former chief of staff to Gov. Mark Sanford, who is running for state Senate in Beaufort County.

The signers’ June 10 primary opponents say they were never offered a chance to review or sign the pledge, and skeptics say the contract is more evidence of a stealthy, coordinated effort to elect like-minded candidates by groups loyal to Sanford and funded by out-of-state money.

The change eliminates a state tax and surcharge on state, city and county parking tickets. It does not affect tickets for parking meters or other timed parking, which already are exempt from the tax.

The bill also gives you 30 days to pay your ticket before you get hit with a late fee. Columbia gives you seven days to pay your ticket before a late fee.

The tax was added to tickets and other criminal convictions a decade ago as a way to pay for about 15 state agencies. The tax is more than twice the original fine, which means it costs you more to pay the state’s tax than it does to pay the ticket.

Cities don’t like that because they have to spend time and resources to be a “collection agency for the state,” said Teresa Wilson Florence, Columbia’s lobbyist and director of governmental affairs.

It’s also a hard disease to diagnose, and to live with. And there is no cure.

On Saturday, more than 30 people with the disease, and relatives and supporters, gathered at the State House to meet others with the condition and get help.

“It’s kind of comforting to know that we’re not in this alone,” said Eddie Glenn Bryant, who hosted the event.

In sarcoidosis, inflammation in the body causes cells to clump together and prevent organs from operating properly.

Hickory Knob State Park in McCormick County now offers WiFi over 40 acres of the park including its lodge rooms. Five other state parks offer more limited access near park offices and conference centers.

State park director Phil Gaines says more WiFi will be added in the future. Next up is the office and bathhouse at Poinsett State Park in Sumter County.

MYRTLE BEACH

• No one hurt when small plane crashes

On Friday, SCE&G submitted a 210-page document to the S.C. Public Service Commission to support a rate increase that would span nearly 11 years. The money would pay a portion of its $6.3 billion cost for the reactors to be built at its V.C. Summer nuclear plant in Fairfield County.

Power companies are turning back to nuclear power because of the growing concern about global warming from emissions from coal-fired power plants — the traditional mainstay of large-scale electricity generation.

The reactors near Jenkinsville would be among the first to be built in 30 years in the United States. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident in 1979 raised public concerns about safety. Investors were scared off in the 1980s by construction delays, rising construction costs and weaker-than-projected electricity demand.

SCE&G said it is asking ratepayers to pay costs before the first unit begins operation to save on its construction costs.

On some occasions, they assisted the operations on county time, with their firearms and vehicles, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.

“It made me sick to my stomach and mad as hell,” Lott said. “This is not something we’re going to tolerate.”

Jerry Thomas, 45, a nearly seven-year department veteran, also is charged with three counts of receiving bribes, and was fired, Lott said.

Thomas is accused of accepting $10,000 over about the past year-and-a-half to be a lookout for gambling houses and help set them up.

U.S. Rep. Mike Pence from Indiana, the keynote speaker at Friday’s Silver Elephant dinner, said Republicans need to return to their roots — or risk rejection by voters.

“The answer is for the Republican Party to go back to the practiced application of the principles that minted the majority,” Pence said, “which I believe are the commitment to life and liberty and limited government.”

Nationally, Republicans have had a tough year in losing elections in traditionally conservative areas. Polls show dissatisfaction with President George W. Bush.

Pence, first elected in 2000, is a Congressional favorite among conservatives. He also has been suggested as a possible running mate for presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain.

A few professors will stand. Others will wear armbands. And some will just skip it altogether.

The president’s speech, the first commencement address by a sitting president in Furman’s 182-year history, sparked an intense back-and-forth between students and professors about the right to protest Bush’s policies and the desire to honor graduating students.

“There’s a part of me that wants to be there for the students,” said Stanley Crowe, chairman of the English Department at Furman, where he has taught for 34 years. “I want to be there for the institution, for what it stands for. And what it stands for is the opposite of what George Bush stands for.”

Crowe was one of more than 100 professors — roughly half of the university’s faculty — who signed a petition objecting to Bush’s visit. Crowe said he plans to stand during the president’s remarks to note his opposition.

Carol Fowler, chairwoman of the S.C. Democratic Party, and her husband, Don Fowler, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will be two of 30 party members who will decide whether to seat delegates from Michigan and Florida.

“This situation is all mixed up with the race for the nomination,” Don Fowler said. “The impact of what we do could — not necessarily will, but it could — determine the nominee.”

After the rules committee meets today, Democrats will hold their last three contests — Sunday in Puerto Rico and Tuesday in South Dakota and Montana.

But first will come Michigan and Florida.

Prosecutors have been asked to review whether public funds were misused at South Carolina State University, Herb Hayden, the state Ethics Commission’s executive director, confirmed Friday.

Hayden said an investigative report prepared by his office was turned over to 1st Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe in Orangeburg for review.

“He will make a decision whether there is evidence to justify a prosecution,” Hayden said.

Hayden declined to discuss details of the report, saying only that his office conducted an investigation into “allegations of misuse of public funds,” and it primarily involved the university’s finance department.

Macaulay, 81, died Thursday from injuries suffered in an accident while tending to a tract on which he lived for 56 years.

“He went doing what he loved,” his son Clayton said. “He put a lot of love and care into caring for this property.”

The pond, once a center of community recreation, is off-limits except for family and friends even though state environmental officials gave it a clean bill of health in 2004 after the pollution dispersed naturally.

“He was so pleased to see the pond come back,” said Rusty DePass, a cousin who is a commercial real estate broker and local Republican leader.

More than 100 people attended a public meeting last week to oppose the mine, saying it could pollute a small chain of lakes along Tom’s Creek. Others have written letters to voice their displeasure.

Some also are vowing to fight the mine in court if state regulators approve a permit for the operation near U.S. 321 and Old Wire Road.

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is considering whether to issue a sand-mining permit to 2 COR LLC of Lexington County. The agency is taking public comments through Monday.

“We feel that DHEC and the other agencies that are supposed to be representing and protecting us have not looked hard enough at what the potential damage could be to our property and our livelihoods,’’ said Old Wire Road resident Al Strickland. “We are trying everything we can do to fight this.’’

Three days into a special summer campaign to combat hunger, Harvest Hope Food Bank has received $45,000 toward an effort to raise 6 million pounds of food in the next four months.

“We are blessed with incredibly good people in our community who know and understand hunger,” Harvest Hope executive director Denise Holland said. “People want to help.”

She was lauding the early responses to the food bank’s Extra Mile Campaign, launched this week.

The effort, which targets the faith, corporate and private sectors, follows a sharp increase in requests for food assistance since gasoline and grocery costs skyrocketed. The goal is to respond to the dramatic upturn of people who have turned to the food bank for help, many for the first time.

Sean Corey Howard, 28, of Greenwood Drive, is charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possessing methamphetamine, unlawfully possessing Xanex, a prescription anti-depressant, and improperly displaying a license plate, said Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts.

Howard was being held Friday at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.

• S.C. State trustees elect new officers

South Carolina State University trustees elected new officers, including a board chairman, Friday and decided to interview the three candidates for president next week.

Morris wasn’t fulfilling an assignment. Instead, she was organizing projects for her French Club.

As president of the club, Morris wanted it to do something to benefit others while studying and sharing French culture.

So, members took on projects with a French flair.

“We did the get-well letters for children at a Valentine’s Day party with French phrases,” she said. “We got the addresses for kids in hospitals all over the country and St. Jude’s (in Memphis) and sent them.”

The award is given annually to an individual who has made a major contribution to the advancement and promotion of the science of physical activity.

Pate, a USC professor, led the team of researchers that came up with the long-standing Centers of Disease Control and American College of Sports Medicine recommendation that adults get at least 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week.

A distance runner, Pate was a world class athlete who competed in three U.S. Olympic Trials marathons and placed among the top ten finishers in the Boston Marathon twice.

— Czerne M. Reid

The Senate is expected to give third and final reading to the House-passed measure Tuesday, though lawmakers say they might simplify the bill even more in an attempt to assure passage.

“It clearly is wrong for somebody in a position of supervisory capacity to do this,” said Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg.

“We look up to our teachers and place our trust in them, and if you abuse it, it should be a crime and they should be punished.”

Hutto, a trial lawyer, and Sen. Linda Short, D-Chester, have offered up four amendments between them to two bills dealing with sex with minors, sex in schools and where sex offenders may or may not live.

She attended 10th grade at a public school in Mississippi, making it through a rough period in which she couldn’t understand the teachers or the textbooks.

But the 18-year-old will achieve a milestone today, when she graduates from Columbia’s Heathwood Hall Episcopal School.

She credits the love shown by her Heathwood host family and the school’s faculty and students with getting her to this point.

“The people around me, they were so sweet,” she said. “Without them, I really couldn’t be here.”

Michael Burkett, co-president of Meadowfield Elementary School’s PTO:

“People want to see him be a leader. Show everybody he can do it. That’s what this district needs — strong leadership.

“Make sure school board members understand that their role is policy and yours is management. Things are not going to happen overnight.

“From a parent’s standpoint, we’re eager to get on board.”

Rainwater — who is graduating from Dreher High today and aspires to perform on Broadway — has spent the past 16 years perfecting her craft through voice and dance lessons, in addition to balancing her academic course load.

She has been active primarily in community theater — something she plans to continue on her road to the bright lights of Broadway.

“I’ve always loved performing,” she said. “You’re feeling the music and dancing. It’s just a whole lot of fun going through you.”

This summer she plans to choreograph a production of “Little Shop of Horrors” at Town Theatre. The show, which will start its run in October, hasn’t been performed at the venue in 90 years, according to Town officials.

"The Place of Hydrogen in Our Energy Future," will be held on the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus at 6:30 p.m. in Amoco Hall of Swearingen Engineering Center on South Main Street.

Guest speakers will be Shannon Baxter-Clemmons, executive director of the S.C. Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Alliance, and James B. Atkins of Regulatory Heuristics and formerly with the S.C. Public Service Commission. The moderator will be Harris Pastides, USC’s vice president for research and health sciences.

Michael Amiridis, dean of the university's College of Engineering and Computing, said the forums examine existing and potential energy sources and their roles in the state's energy future.

Other programs will be June 25 at USC Upstate and July 25 at Claflin University.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a hold on 20-year-old Juan Rodriquez, who is being held on a $750,905 bond at the Beaufort County Detention Center.

The hold means Rodriquez might be deported after he is either found not guilty or serves a prison sentence, said an ICE spokesman. Citing privacy issues, ICE would not comment on whether Rodriquez is in the country legally, the spokesman said.

The hold "... means that ICE has determined that further investigation of his legal status is warranted," said Philip Foot, director of the county jail.

The jail automatically sends the name of every non-native born inmate to ICE, Foot said. A final decision on whether a suspected illegal immigrant is deported is made in an immigration court operated by the U.S. Department of Justice.

That’s because Britt, 18, wanted a different kind of high school experience.

She spent her junior year in Germany for the experience of studying abroad — knowing that, because of a district policy, whe would forfeit her valedictorian status if she didn’t attend Camden High her last three semesters.

“Being valedictorian would be great for a couple weeks,” said Britt, who is graduating Saturday along with seniors at other Kershaw County high schools. “But the exchange will impact me the rest of my life. I’m a different person after the exchange.”

Britt said before she left Camden, where she’s lived all her life, she was introverted, conservative and lacked confidence.

The contributions of between $200 and $1,000 came from Defender Services, the Columbia company owned by John N. “Nicky” McCarter Jr. Nine lawmakers and Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who presides over the state Senate, received the payments, according to state campaign finance reports.

McCarter, a 1980 Clemson graduate, won his seat on the Clemson board in a contested 87-73 vote over Budweiser executive and former Clemson quarterback Rodney Williams, who did not give lawmakers money.

Trustee is an unpaid post.

Those who received the donations who spoke to The State said it had no impact on their votes, and noted McCarter’s lifelong service to the university. Others said they did not realize the connection between Defender Services, McCarter’s business, and McCarter.

“First and foremost, I’d give real credit to the House for standing strong on the issue of an e-verify requirement, and for leading in that regard — because we believe that is what will ultimately make this bill effective and enforceable,”

— Gov. Mark Sanford on the immigration bill passed by the House and headed to the governor’s desk. Sanford has been a proponent of the e-verify system, an electronic database that will allow employers to determine if new hires are in the country legally.

S.C. PRIMARY

Days left until the June 10 primary: 11

A native of Augusta, GA, Glenn was a son of Florence Frey Thompson and the late Otis Lee Jackson Thompson. He graduated from Emory University with a B.S. in Psychology and received his Masters in Psychology from Augusta College. He was employed with Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health.

Survivors, in addition to his wife Mary Ann, include his mother Florence Frey Thompson of Augusta, GA, a sister, Nancy (Ronnie) Mills, Graniteville, SC, a brother, Paul (Diane) Thompson, Martinez, GA, his father-in-law and mother-in-law, James I. And Nell Crow Daytona Beach, FL, formerly of Columbia, SC, a number of nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the chapel of Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Rd., Aiken, SC, with the Rev. Earl Thompson officiating.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Spires, born in Abbeville, SC, October 3, 1943, passed away Friday, May 30, 2008. She was a daughter of the late Otis Greenlee Powell and Mary Elizabeth Madden Powell. Mrs. Spires was a member of Chapin United Methodist Church. She was a Registered Nurse and was involved in the Lions Club, volunteered at Chapin Elementary School, was a nurse at Palmetto Health Richland for 15 years and the nurse at Chapin High School for 20 years. Mrs. Spires retired from Lexington Richland District 5.

Mrs. Spires is survived by her husband, Otis Spires of the home; daughter, Rena McDonald of Holly Hill; son, Michael Spires and his wife Brenna of Chapin; granddaughter, Payton Spires of Chapin; brothers, Johnny Powell of Lexington, Wayne Powell of Taylors and sister, Diane Powell of Taylors.

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«Obituary posted: June 1, 2008»

Ms. Woods died Thursday, May 29, 2008. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, she was the daughter of Earl C. and Jean Dawson Woods. When she was five years old, she and her family moved to Raleigh, N.C. A graduate of Midlands Technical College, she received a degree in accounting.

Ms. Woods was a member of Spring Valley Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are her parents of Columbia; and brother, David M. Woods of Richmond, Va.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Spring Valley Presbyterian Church Memorial Gardens, 125 Sparkleberry Lane, Columbia, SC 29223.

Born on the 22nd day of July, 1924, in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, he was the son of John Wyman and Verlie Trent. Having grown up in Rogersville, Tennessee, Mr. Wyman entered the Civilian Conservation Corps at the age of 17, working on public projects in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Mr. Wyman was a 31 year military veteran having served in Europe during World War II (1944/45 -- F Co., 2nd Bn., 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, 3rd Army), during the Korean Conflict (1950/51 -- 19th Engineer Combat Group) and during the Vietnam War in 1967/68 as Command Sergeant-Major of the 2nd Bn, 7th Cav. (Airmobile), 1st Cavalry Division.

Among his military decorations were the Combat Infantryman’s Badge (w/Star), the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (w/clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (w/clusters) and the Good Conduct Medal (w/clusters). Mr. Wyman retired from military service May 31, 1975, after serving as Sergeant-Major of the Basic Combat Training Committee Group on Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.

In his later years, Mr. Wyman enjoyed teaching Sunday School, his Bible Study, and the simple pleasures of reading, feeding the birds and playing with his dogs, Lilly, Bandit and Ming. He was a member of the Columbia Korean Methodist Church, NCOA, and the DAV.

Survivors are his wife of fourteen years, Sung Ye Wyman of Columbia; two daughters and sons-in-law, Betty W. and Richard Prudence, and Jeanette W. and Ronald Davis, all of Columbia; a son, Michael G. Wyman of Charleston; a half sister, Betty Price of Rogersville, Tennessee; a half brother, John Trent of Rogersville, Tennessee; two grandchildren, Juliana A. Prudence and Jason Scott Davis. Mr. Wyman was predeceased by a sister, Maude Bishop of Syracuse, NY, and his first wife of forty-two years, Ileana G. Wyman, who died in 1987.

«Obituary posted: June 1, 2008»

«Obituary posted: June 1, 2008»

«Obituary posted: June 1, 2008»

Mrs. Shealy was born December 16, 1919, in Cordsville, SC, to the late Willie Eugene and Leila Irene Garris Snipes.

She was co-founder of Boys Farm, Inc., where she served as Treasurer and Consultant and was the mother to over 400 boys from areas of the western hemisphere. She was a member of First Southern Methodist Church of Greenville.

Mrs. Shealy is survived by a daughter, C. Louise Shealy Kerr of Greenville; a son, Walter Dixon Shealy, III and wife Jean of Newberry; sisters and brothers-in-law, Henrietta and Woody Killingsworth of Charleston and Willette and Tommy Foy of Columbia; a brother and sister-in-law, Jimmy G. and Ruth Snipes of Charleston; four grandchildren, Johnny Kerr, Clayton Vance Kerr, Walter Dixon Shealy, IV, and William Russell Shealy; a great-granddaughter, Kaley Kerr; loved one, John R. Kerr of Greenville; and the boys and men whose lives she touched while at Boys Farm. She was predeceased by brothers Phillip Charles Snipes and William Eugene Snipes

Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry.

Mr. Robinson was born January 13, 1923, and was the last surviving child of Esther Golson Robinson and Willie Meadors Robinson. He was predeceased by four brothers: W.M. Robinson Jr., C.R. Robinson, Rudolph Robinson and Ned Robinson; and a sister, June Robinson. He was married for over 50 years to Harriett Jones Robinson, who died in 1998. He graduated from St. Matthews High School and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

Mr. Robinson was the Calhoun County Veterans Affairs Officer for over 25 years and also worked as an accountant and tax preparer. Following his retirement from the state he was a rural mail carrier for Calhoun County. He was a member and former Commander of American Legion Post 12. He spent his retirement years raising cows and gardening at his farm. Mr. Robinson was a longtime member of St. Matthews Presbyterian Church, where he served as Sunday School Superintendent, deacon, elder, and elder emeritus. He was the church Treasurer for over 40 years. He recently joined Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church where he had previously attended during his childhood. Mr. Robinson will be remembered for his wonderful sense of humor and his entertaining anecdotes. He loved playing cards, attending local athletic events, raising cows, and sharing fruits and vegetables from his garden. He also enjoyed attending the St. Paul Methodist Church Men’s Prayer Breakfast and the Wednesday night Men’s Hot Supper Club.

He is survived by two daughters, Sandra W. Robinson and Karen Robinson Montgomery, both of St. Matthews; his grandson, Michael Montgomery, and his wife Beth of Columbia. Others left to cherish his memories include a sister-in-law, Miriam Robinson of Conway and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

The family would like to thank Dr. Terry Stone, Dr. Chris Brunson, Dr. Hugh Merriman and Dr. Todd Vandenberg for their excellent care of Mr. Robinson.

«Obituary posted: June 1, 2008»

Mrs. Ropp is survived by her husband of sixty-one years, Donald W. Ropp; daughters, Pat(ricia) and her husband, Jim Wadford, and Nancy of her husband, Jeff Price, of Columbia; four granddaughters, Leah and her husband, Woody Inman, of Columbia, Christa and her husband, Creighton Likes, of Durham, NC, Meg and her husband, Matthew Turner, of Laurens, SC, and Liz and her husband, Ryan Brewer, of Columbia; six great-grandchildren which were her pride and joy; her twin sister, Edith Hahn Anderson of Aiken, along with nephews, Bob Wade, Ronald, Wade, Steve Hahn, Michael Hahn and niece, Beverly Mitchell; and her sister and brothers-in-law, Janet and Guy Ropp. She was predeceased by her parents and brother, Herman Hahn.

The family would like to express its gratitude to all who cared for Mrs. Ropp including Laurel Crest Retirement Community, Palmetto Health Richland Hospital and the many caring sitters of Assisted Care Services.

Mrs. Ropp, “Mimi,” was a kind and loving person who loved God, her family and friends. We are all blessed to have known her and will think of her when we read Phillipians 1:3 which says, “I thank my God every time I remember you.”

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church, 125 Pendelton Street, N.W., Aiken, SC 29801 with the Rev. Joseph S. Whitehurst officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service in the Stevenson-McClelland Building. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312 or Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, Palmetto Health Foundation, Dept. 274, P.O. Box 100199, Columbia, SC 29202.

«Obituary posted: June 1, 2008»

Mr. Lee, nationally acclaimed historian, died Friday, May 30, 2008. Born June 17, 1917, in Asheville, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Ralph Edwin and Mabel (nee Robinson) Lee. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938 and a Master of Arts degree in history in 1939, both from the University of South Carolina. He enrolled at the University of Chicago for further graduate study in history from 1938-1941 and also from 1947-1948.

He was an instructor in the Department of History at the University of South Carolina in 1946 and assistant professor of history at Roosevelt University in Chicago from1948-1950. He held editorial positions with the Journal of Modern American History at the University of Chicago, the University of South Carolina Press and the Henry Regnery Company in Chicago.

In 1961, Mr. Lee was named director of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History with responsibility for the procurement and preservation and management of the State’s historic records and the preservation and promotion of the state’s many historic sites. In addition to his duties as director, Mr. Lee was in 1969 named State Historic Preservation Officer.

Under his leadership, the South Carolina Department of Archives and History grew both in scope and efficiency and served as a model organization for other state archives. From 1970-1976, he was on the consulting committee of the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings for the National Park Service.

Mrs. Addy, wife of the late H. Julian Addy, died Friday, May 30, 2008. Born in Irmo, she was the daughter of the late Lucy Blondell Dailey. Formerly employed with Lexington School District 5, she was cafeteria manager at Seven Oaks Elementary School.

Mrs. Addy enjoyed cooking, gardening and spending time with children and was a caregiver for many people. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Woodman of the World and WIRE (Women in Rural Electricity). A longtime member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, she was active in Lutheran Church Women.

Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law, LaRue A. and Jim Snyder of Irmo and Janelle A. and Al Catlett of Charlottesville, Va.; and grandchildren, Carlos M. Snyder and his wife, Sharon, Coleen L. Snyder, Hedda S. Bell and her husband, John-Mark Bell, Ryan W. Catlett and Andrew W. Catlett.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1028 St. John’s Road, Irmo, SC 29063.

Memorial donations may be made to the Frank and Amanda Sells Scholarship Fund, Columbia International University, P.O. Box 3122, Columbia, SC 29230-3122.

Baba departed this life the morning of May 29, 2008. Born in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the late Paul W. and Lucile Alverson Cooper. She attended city schools and Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University). She retired from Moncrief Army Hospital, Fort Jackson; she was a lifetime member of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFEA). Baba was a longstanding member of the Park Street Baptist Church, where she taught in the primary Sunday school. She was active in the Willing Workers Sunday school class and the Baker Hill circle. She served as the church’s first librarian.

Baba loved to travel and took numerous trips with her family. After retirement, she enjoyed trips with the Keenagers at Park Street Church. Her son and daughter stand as her proudest accomplishment.

She is survived by sister, Jane Cooper of Columbia, SC; son, Russell Brown and his wife, Claire, of Universal City, TX; daughter, Jane Locke Brown of Cullowhee, NC; grandson, Christopher Brown and his wife, Veronica; great-grandchildren, Isabella and Benjamin Brown; niece, Jane Torrie and her sons, Cecilio and Benjamin of Denton, TX; and niece, Susan Torrie Hoeffler and her husband, John, of Corinth, TX. Extended family members include Dottie Brunette of Cullowhee, NC; Barbara Carr of New Jersey; Linda Earls of Illinois; and, notably, her cat, Bobby, a constant reminder of the humble place of humans in the world and an unfailing example of unconditional love. She also leaves valued childhood, school, and church friends. She was predeceased by her great-grandparents, James and Isabella Gary Locke and grandparents Richard and Isabella Locke Alverson, all of Simpsonville, SC; her parents; and in 1993 by her elder sister Carolyn Cooper Torrie of Dallas, TX.

«Obituary posted: May 30, 2008»

Born in Winnsboro May 31, 1955, he was the son of the late James Millard Jr. and Ruby Whitener Moseley. He was a 1974 honor graduate of Winnsboro High School and attended the University of South Carolina.

Mr. Moseley was employed with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Child Support Enforcement Division for 28 years, having served as the assistant director for Regional Operations since 2003. His hard work and dedication to clients earned his being named the agency’s first Employee of the Year in 1995. He was a longtime member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Enforcement Association (ERICSA). During his presidency in 2005, he established the Rising Star Scholarships to be given each year to allow new lineworkers the invaluable experience of attending the annual conference. He was honored by ERICSA in 2006 by receiving the Felix Infausto Award for outstanding leadership to the association and for contribution in the field of serving children and families.

Mr. Moseley was a former volunteer with Palmetto Richland Memorial Children’s Hospital, the Greater Columbia Literacy council, the Harvest Hope Food Bank and was a member of the South Carolina ETV Endowment. Also, he was a member of Stephen Greene Baptist Church in Winnsboro.

Mr. Moseley is survived by two nieces, Lauren Walker and Allison Dickerson, and two nephews, Andy Walker and Cory Dickerson. He was predeceased by two sisters, Carleen M. Walker and twin sister, Gail M. Dickerson.

She leaves behind a daughter, Barbara Jean Wilson Mathias (Philip); a son, David Morgan Wilson (Cora); granddaughters, Teresa Stephens Hawkins (Richard), Donna Stephens Daniel, Andrea Attari Fisher (David), and Lisa Wilson Saccoccio; grandsons, William Thomas Stephens Jr. (Sunanda), Christopher Wilson Attari, Rami Marwan Attari, David Woodrow Wilson, Charles Post, and Michael Post; and many great- and great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Wilson passionately loved her family, and they loved her deeply, and are grateful for all the care she gave each of them. They celebrate her legacy, and give thanks to Almighty God for a life well-lived.

A graveside service with family and close friends attending will be held Saturday, May 31, 2008, at four o’clock in the afternoon in Greenlawn Memorial Park.

Greenlawn Funeral Home is honored to assist the Wilson family.

J.P. Holley Funeral Home has been entrusted with final arrangements.

Mrs. Satterwhite died Sunday. Born in Sumter County, she was the daughter of the late Rosa Mae Myers.

She is survived by her husband, Maj. Reginald Satterwhite; daughters, Chrystal M. Washington, Thea R. Satterwhite; stepsons, Reginald and Alex Satterwhite; stepdaughter, Tylene Khrumah; sister, Frankie Y. Crawford; three granddaughters; nieces, nephews and a host of loving relatives and dear friends.

«Obituary posted: May 30, 2008»