WWW.THESTATE.COM THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2001 B5 METRO DEATHS Marshal Loupo LAKE VIEW Services for Marshal Wilson Loupo, 76, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church, Lake View with burial in Lake Cemetery directed by Cook Funeral Home. Visitation is 7-9 this evening at the funeral Mr. Loupo Friday. Born in Hamlet, horsed N.C., he was a son of the late Edward and Naomie Wilson Loupo.
He was a member of First Baptist Church and the Men's Sunday school class. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are sister, Sara Carmichael; nephews, Ronnie Loupo, Robert Loupo, Michael Loupo; nieces, Mary Church, Annie Odom, Joan Page. Floree Lucas HARTSVILLE Services for Floree "Tootie" Lucas will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday with burial in the church cemetery.
Hines Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Lucas, widow of the late Harvey Lucas, died Tuesday. Born in Lee she was a daughter of the late Davenport Chavis and Victoria Huggins. She was an active member of New Bethel Baptist Church.
Surviving are daughters, Lillian Arthur, Carolyn Sherman, clory, Williams, Annie Carraway; sons, Willie, Russell, Harold, Larry, Edgar Lucas; adopted daughter, Mae Prescott; brother, Hodges Holloman; 26 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren. Mary Marx NASHVILLE, TENN. Graveside services for Mary Louise Youngblood Marx, 88, formerly of York, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Union Baptist Church Cemetery, York. Visitation is p.m.
Sunday at Bratton Funeral Home. Mrs. Marx, widow of Kurt Marx, died Thursday. Born in York, she was a daughter of the lathe Truman and Hester Wood Youngblood. was a member of First Baptist Church of Aiken and a registered nurse.
Surviving are son, Kerry Marx of sister, Zoe Simmons of Kernersville, N.C. Stuart Pate WEST COLUMBIA Services for Stuart Allen Pate, 65, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington, conducted by the Rev. William "Bill" Robertson and the Rev. Steve Cartin, with burial in Graniteville Cemetery, Graniteville, S.C.
Memorials may be made to Tri-County Hospice. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington. Mr. Pate died Friday, May 11, 2001.
Born in Graniteville, he was a son of the late Stanton V. and Annie Mae Arender Pate. Formerly of Graniteville, he had been a local resident since 1999. He was retired from Swifty Oil Company and was a member of the AmeriLegion. Surviving are four daughters; sisters, Helen Louise Newcome of Nashville, Jewel Arlene Chapman of Vaucluse, Patricia Ann Daniels of North Augusta; brother, William S.
Pate of West Columbia. He was predeceased by a brother, Ralph E. Pate. Mary Perkins FLORENCE Services for Mary Elizabeth Pitts Perkins, 88, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Hopewell Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery directed by StoudenmireDowling Funeral Home.
Friends may call at the residence. Mrs. Perkins, widow of David Lewis Perkins, died Thursday. Born in Florence she was a daughter of the late T.K. and Anna Rhodes Pitts.
Surviving are daughter, Mary Perkins; sons, Robert Perkins, William Perkins, David Perkins; sister, Marie Webb; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. John Poag ROCK HILL Services for John Richard Poag, 83, will be held at 3 p.m. today at Mount Holy United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call following the services in the church Family Life Center. Bass Funeral Home is in charge.
Mr. Poag died Thursday. Born in York he was the son of the late Joseph Marvin Poag and Martha Workman Poag. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Mount Holly United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Ortmann Poag; son, Richard Poag; daughters, Donna Chandler, Elizabeth Mitchell, Linda Ross; 11 grandchildren; four great grandchildren.
Charlene Raines OLANTA Services for Charlene Annis Raines, 44, will be held at 4 p.m. today, May 12, 2001, at Bethel Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery, directed by Floyd Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Fund or to the Charlene Raines Senior Citizens Gymnasium Revitalization Fund, Town of Olanta, P.O. Box 396, Olanta, SC 29114. Mrs.
Raines died Thursday, May 10, 2001, in a Florence hospital after an illness. Born in Florence she was a daughter of Charles Edmund Raines and Annis Elizabeth Thompson Raines. Charlene attended College of Charleston and was a graduate of Florence Darlington Technical College. She was an accountant with Pee Dee Community Action Agency and a Realtor with Realty Today. She was a member of South Carolina Realtors Association.
She presently served on the Olanta Town Council and was a member of the Olanta Business Association. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. Surviving are her parents of Olanta; sisters, Karen R. (Curt) Hobbs of Columbia, Susan (Brett) Weaver of Ft. Knox, brother, Charlie (Kelly) Raines of Olanta; nieces and nephews, Summer Hobbs, Aubrey Weaver, Sara Hobbs, Chad Weaver, Ally Weaver, Cody Raines, Andrew Raines.
Jeremiah Reed ORANGEBURG Services for Jeremiah B. Reed, 76, will be held at p.m. Monday at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel in Orangeburg with burial in Crestlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Providence Baptist Church, Rt. 4 Box 1765, Orangeburg, SC 29118. Mr. Reed died Friday. Surviving are his wife, Donna Gray Reed of Orangeburg; sons, Jerry Reed of Georgetown, Edward Reed of Houston, Texas, Charles Reed of Wilmington, Williams Reed of Indianapolis, Dwain Reed of New Cumberland, W.Va., James Reed of Orangeburg; daughters, Delores Armor of New Brighton, Beverly Brodmackel of Georgetown, Tammy Cornelius of St.
Matthews; 28 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren. Alma Rodgers COLUMBIA Funeral service for Alma Louise Rodgers, 89, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 14, 2001 at Crescent Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Ron Bryan. Interment will be at 3 p.m.
in Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery, Savannah. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Love Sunday School Class DEATHS and the Tuesday Morning Bible Study Group. Mrs. Rodgers will be placed in the church at 9 a.m. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m.
Sunday evening, May 13, 2001 at ShivesFuneral Home, Colonial Chapel. Memorials may be made to Crescent Hill Baptist Church, 2659 Two Notch Columbia SC, 29204. Mrs. Rodgers, widow of John B. Rodgers, died Monday, May 7, 2001.
Born in Elberton, she was a daughter of the late William Thomas Terrell and Ida Lanier Morgan Terrell. Mrs. Rodgers was a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church; the Love Sunday School Class and the Tuesday Morning Bible Study Group. Survivors are a daughter, Ida Louise Rodgers Knight of Clyo, brother-in-law, R. "Red" McCraw of Columbia; adopted daughter, Maury McHugh of Clyo, and several nieces and nephews.
Stella Sanders OLAR Services for Stella Morris Sanders, 86, will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Bethel United Methodist Church with burial in Starr Cemetery. Rev. Wilbur Creech will officiate. Memorials may be made to Bethel United Church, Olar, or the Connie Methodist, Children's Home, P.O.
Box 1178, Greenwood, SC. Mole Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Sanders, widow of the late James A. (Bubba) Sanders, died Thursday, May 10, 2001, in Aiken Regional Medical Center.
Born in Olar, she was a daughter of the late Ruby Lee and Carolina Varn Morris. Mrs. Sanders and her husband were the owners of Sanders Mercantile Store in Olar for a number of years. She was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church. Surviving are her son, William (Bill) Sanders of Olar; daughters, Delores S.
Harris of Olar, Betty S. Johnson of Williston; brother, Gilder V. Morris of Olar; sister, Camille M. Eubanks of Denmark; eight grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren. William Sanders FORT MILL Masonic Rites for William Ernest Sanders, 66, will be held at 2:30 p.m.
today in Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery followed by a private memorial service at 3 p.m. Fort Mill Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Sanders died Tuesday. Born in Conway, he was a son of the late Ulric Allen Sanders and Florrie Way Sanders.
He was a Mason and a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Margie Smith Sanders; daughters, Marsha Small, Martha Jordan, Linda Cannon, Nancy Ward; son, Teddy Sanders; stepson, Ron Simmons; stepdaughters, Patricia Pane; brothers, Raven Sanders, J.W. Sanders; 11 grandchildren. William Sellers CHESTERFIELD Graveside services for William J.B. "Brother" Sellers, 73, will be held at 6 p.m.
today in Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery. Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Sellers died Thursday. Born in Chesterfield, he was a son of the late Clarence Jackson and Nettie Lisenby Sellers.
He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Faye Blackwell SellJimmy, Willie Sellers both of Chesterfield; sisters, Sara Frais of Clayton, Jannette Ofsonka of Charlotte, Mary Gaddy of Matthews, N.C.; four grandchildren; four great grandchildren. Lt. Col.
Joseph Shirley CLEMSON Services for Lt. Col. Joseph Alvin Shirley, 83, will be held at 3 p.m. today in the Chapel of Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home with burial in Cemetery Hill. Visitation will be from 2-3 p.m.
today at the funeral home. In no lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Callie J. Shirley Fund, Clemson University Foundation. Lt. Col.
Shirley died Thursday, May 10 at Clemson Downs. He was a native of Greenwood, a son of the late John Allen and Callie Jones Shirley. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School and was a 1940 Graduate of Clemson College in Textile Chemistry. He retired from the U.S. Army where he was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment.
He participated in the Normandy Invasion, was wounded and taken as Prisoner of War on D- Day until VE Day when the 9th Army Division captured the hospital he was in. He was awarded a Doctor of Humanities Degree from Clemson University in 1994. The Joseph A. Shirley Center for Philanthropy was named in his honor in 1997. He was an honorary director of the Clemson University Foundation.
He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy O. Shirley. Surviving are his sister, Sara Feige of Hialeah, and a number of nieces and nephews. Carolyn Smith WINNSBORO Services for Carolyn Smith, 54, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday Smalls Chapel AME Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Glover's Memorial Chapel is in charge. Mrs. Smith, wife of Tom Noble, died Friday. Born in Winnsboro, she was a daughter of the late Robert Henry Alston and Christine Chatman. Surviving are his husband; daughters, Sherri Gray, Latrese Smith, Tynece Smith; son, William Gray sisters, Betty Hawes, Robbie Alston, Daisy Hawes, Christine Alston; brothers, James, Isiah Alston, Willie Chatman; a host of other relatives and friends.
Garrett Smith BLUFFTON Services for Garrett Smith, 81, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Sauls Funeral Home Chapel, Ridgeland with burial in Grimes Cemetery, Grays. Visitation will be 6- 8 this evening at the funeral home. Mr. Smith died Thursday.
Born in Pineville, Ky. he was a son of the late John and Eliza Matthews Smith. He was a member of Edisto Beach Baptist Church, and served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher. Surviving are wife, Matilda S. Smith of Sun City, Bluffton; daughter, Norma Jean Bond of Grays; granddaughter, Joy Bond.
Rosa Spate KINGSTREE Services for Rosa Maria Spate were held at 3 p.m. Friday at Clauddie Henryhand Memorial Chapel with burial in Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Henryhand Funeral Home was in charge. Mrs. Spate died Sunday.
Born in Clarendon she was a daughter of the late June and Rosa Spate. She was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Turbeville. Surviving are sisters, Deloris Carter, Cornie Spate, both of Kingstree; brothers, Carol Spate of Kingstree, John, Clyde, Johnny Spate all of Olanta; aunt, Lottie Witherspoon, Turbeville; six nephews; two nieces. DEATHS Frazier Sprawls Sr. FLORENCE Services for Frazier Walton Sprawls 73, will be held at 11 a.m.
today, May 12, 2001, at Highland Park United Methodist Church directed by Waters-Powell Funeral Home. Burial will be 3 p.m. today in Williamson Cemetery near Kingstree. Memorials may be made to the Choir Fund at Highland Park United Methodist Church, 1300 W. Second Loop Road, Florence, SC 29505.
Mr. Sprawls died Wednesday, May 9, 2001, in a local hospital after an illness. Born in Williston, he was a son of the late William Walton and Ruth Amelia Weathersbee Sprawls. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was the former co-owner of the Parts Warehouse, in Florence.
At the time of his death, he was co-owner with his two sons of Creel Tire and Auto Care. He was a member of Highland Park Methodist Church, where he was a member of the Men's Club and the Faith Sunday School class. He also served on the Board of Trustees the Methodist Manor of the Pee Dee. He was active in the Florence Civitan Club, where he received many local chapter Civitan awards. He was selected S.C.
District Civitan Year in 1999, and was designated a S.C. Foundation Fellow in 2000. He formerly served on the S.C. Rehabilitation Board, and was a board member of the TriCounty Senior Golf Club. Surviving are his wife, Mary Ellen Williamson Sprawls of the home; sons, Richard A.
(Marti) Sprawls, Frazier Walton (Cecilia) Sprawls Jr. both of Florence; motherlaw, Maude B. Williamson of Kingstree; sisters, Dot Greene of Asheville, N.C., Sara Ussery of Williston, Carolyn Bates of Branchville, Louella Hunt of West Columbia, Grace Williams of Centerville, Ga. Randall Stivers WEST COLUMBIA Service for Randall Michael Stivers, 60, will be held at a later date in St. Louis, Mo.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Dunbar Funeral Home was in charge locally. Mr. Stivers died Thursday, May 3, 2001. Born in Poplar Bluff, he was a son of the late Joseph Wiley Stivers and Magdalene Stovall.
A Navy veteran, he was employed with NCR and a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Surviving are his brother, Joseph Stivers of Arlington, Va. and many other loving relatives and friends. Andrew Taylor GRANITEVILLE Services for Andrew "Buck" Taylor will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Langley Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in Langley Cemetery.
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Hatcher Funeral Home. Mr. Taylor, husband of Iris Hollowell Taylor, died Thursday. Born in Aiken, he was a son of Ivan Barton Taylor and the late Rev.
Floyd Taylor. Surviving are children; Melissa Smoak, Charity Evans, Robin Taylor; stepchildren, Toby Boyd, Lee Boyd; mother; sister, Virginia Dockins; brothers, Jimmy Taylor, Bobby Taylor; grandchild, Stetson Smoak. Donna Thomas LAMAR, Colo. Services for Donna Dillon Thomas, 59, will be private. Peaco*ck Funeral Home of Lamar, is in charge.
Ms. Thomas died Thursday. Born in Cherokee, she was the daughter of W.A. and Ruth S. (Stein) Dillon.
Surviving are her sons, Mark Thomas of Dallas, Texas, Scott Thomas of Boise, Idaho; granddaughter, Alexa Lee Thomas. Julius Tinsley COLUMBIA Services for Julius Benjamin "J.B." Tinsley, 71, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 13, 2001, at the chapel of Greenlawn Funeral Home, 845 Leesburg Road. Visitation will be 6-8 this evening at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Will Shumpert, Tommy Blackwell, Tommy Slice, Stuart Parks, Dan Campbell, James Davis, Alfred Ellinger and Randy Rudd.
Memorials may be made to S.C. Cancer Center, Palmetto Health Foundation, 9 Richland Medical Park Drive, Columbia, SC 29203, or Temple Baptist Church Building Fund, 806 Universal Drive, Columbia, SC 29209. Born May 7, 1930, in Columbia, Mr. Tinsley was a son of the late Charles Roland Tinsley Sr. and Virginia Jane Bailey Tinsley.
He was a member of Pine Bluff Baptist Church, a former officer with the Plumbers and Pipfitters Union He was a loving husband, father and grandfather; he had a heart of gold. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Annie Ruth Campbell Tinsley; daughters, Julie Anne Shumpert and her husband Bill of Columbia, Susie Williams and her husband Alpod of Columbia, Dale Rhoney and her husband Calvin of Ladson; brothers, Charles R. Tinsley Jr. "Bubba" of Chapin, William F. Tinsley of Columbia; sisters, Virginia Ellinger of Columbia, Ruth Wilson of Columbia, Frances Howman of Ashland, Ohio, Ruby Ewing of Chapin, Dorothy Hawkins of Stone Mountain, Kathleen Finley of Columbia; grandchildren, Will and Cheryl Shumpert, Shelly and Lacey Williams, Lorna and Calvin Rhoney.
He was predeceased by a brother, Harry N. Tinsley. Ethel Williams YEMASSEE Services for Ethel Mae Williams, 63, will held at 1 p.m. today at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Young Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Williams, wife of Deacon Robert J. Williams died Saturday. Born in Colleton she was a daughter of the late William Singleton Sr.
and Azalee Wright Singleton. She was a member of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband; sons, Robert, Vincent, Michael Williams, Shante Floyd; daughters, Jacqueline Williams, Carol Tonya Williams, Brenda Middleton; brother, William Singleton sisters, Bernice Singleton, Rosa Housie; eight grandchildren. Lynwood Williams NEESES Services for Lynwood Williams, 67, will be held at 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 13, 2001, at Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 7-9 this evening at Culler-McAlhany Funeral Home and other times at the home of Ruby Nell Hartley, 235 Railroad Avenue, Salley. Mr. Williams died Friday, May 11, 2001.
Born in Orangeburg he was the son of the late Charlie and Ethel Williamson Williams. He was a U.S. Army veteran and attended Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are his daughter, Sheryl Lynn Fulmer of Swansea; son, Timothy Williams St.
Matthews; sisters, Lois Hutchinson of Neeses, Ruby Nell Hartley of Salley; three grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Sallie Williams ISLANDTON Services for Sallie Marie Williams, 58, of 17745 Sniders Highway, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Adnah United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Brice W.
Herndon and Sons Funeral Home. DEATHS Mrs. Williams, wife of Carol H. Williams, died Wednesday, May 9, 2001. Born in Colleton she was a daughter of the late Hammie and Hazel Swindell Murdaugh.
She was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Hampton and was a Sunday School teacher. She was a loving wife and mother and will be sadly missed. Surviving are her husband; son, Carl "Hammie" Williams of Charleston; daughters, Karla Ruth Williams of Morgan's Field, Victoria Williams of Islandton; brothers, Buddy Murdaugh of Bluffton, Sonny Proucher of North Augusta; sisters, Louise Cox of Charleston, Annie Liza Rawl of Columbia; grandchildren, Ashley Williams, Carl Williams II, Brittney Williams. Samuel Williams ALEXANDRIA, Va. Services for Samuel Williams, 51, will be held at 3 p.m.
today at Mechanicsville United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at 58 Pear Street, Woodrow. Williams Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge. Mr. Williams, husband of Patricia Williams Williams, died Friday in Arlington Hospital, Alexandria, Va.
Born in Lee he was a son of the late Zack Brown Williams and Maggie Hickman Williams. His career was with the U.S. Air Force, and he won numerous decorations, medals, badges and awards. Surviving are his wife; daughters, Latoya, Schamika, Shyreta Williams; a grandson; brother, John Williams; eight sisters. Fannie Witt GREENWOOD Services for Fannie Chapman Witt, 87, of Magnolia Manor, will be held at 2 p.m.
Monday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Saluda, with burial in the church cemetery. Butler and Sons Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Witt died Thursday, May 10, 2001, in Magnolia Manor. Born in Saluda she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Carrie Bell Abney Chapman.
She was a domestic worker and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughter, Carole Smiley of Greenwood; sons, Robert Norris of Maryland, Marvin Witt of Columbia; sisters, Arietta Watson, Lydia Brown of Saluda, Lynease Chapman of Philadelphia; 18 grandchildren; 40 great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren. Charlie Woodard Jr. WINNSBORO Services for Charlie "Brother" Woodard 56, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Morris Creek Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 1-9 p.m. today at Glover's Memorial Chapel. Mr. Woodard died Thursday. Born in Fairfield he was a son of Louise Woodard and the late Charlie Woodard.
He attended Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Surviving are his wife, Leola; daughter, Audra Woodard, Liene Mann; mon Sloss; mother; sisters, Ozeal Rodgers, Sarah Thompson, Willa Harris, Rosa Smith; brothers, Thomas, Robert, Roosevelt, Donald, Lonzell, Ricky Woodard; a host of other relatives and friends. Alonza Wright BROOKLYN, N.Y. Services for Alonza Charlie Wright, 51, formerly of Williston, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Great Cypress Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Guinyard and Sons Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Wright died Thursday, May 3, 2001. Born in Barnwell he was a son of Mary H. Wright and the late Willie Wright Sr.
Surviving are his wife, Alta Wright of Brooklyn, N.Y.; children, Stephanie, Alonza LaTonia, LaToya, Charlie Wright, all of Brooklyn; four grandchildren; mother of Williston; brothers, Willie John Wright, Harold Patterson, Issac Wright, all of Williston; sisters, Lucille Wright of Brooklyn, Willie Mae Johnson of Williston. OBITUARY POLICY The State publishes the first 16 lines of an obituary without charge. Additional lines may be purchased. Obituaries must be submitted by a funeral home and may be edited for style and policy. Your funeral home can assist you with details.
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Rivers began classes after her husband's oncologist noticed her caring nature, and because she thought she could offer a unique perspective and frank sympathy to the families of other patients. She will work as a nurse at Lexington Medical Center. Theologian and Yale professor Jaroslav Pelikan addressed commencement Friday afternoon. He spoke of having a reverence for language and using it clearly in love and in daily commerce. Pelikan also urged graduates to learn more than one language in order to appreciate their own.
And he poked a little fun at himself, saying it was a special day when a Pelikan could become a Gameco*ck. The second half of USC commencement will be at 10:30 this morning. Historian Arthur Schlesinger will speak. Schlesinger was biographer to President John Kennedy. Those graduating today will receive degrees in education; environmental management; hospitality, retail and sport management; liberal arts; music; and science and mathematics.
COBLE FROM PAGE B1 this. We'll just deal with it. That's politics." Coble said he would "without question" recuse himself from discussing or voting on the project if state ethics officials decide there is a conflict of interest. "That's the end-all," he said. "I would love to see them move as quickly as possible.
And wherever it falls is where it falls." Cathy Hazelwood, attorney for the Ethics Commission, said the agency would respond in seven to 10 days. "We don't comment until we answer the letter and give the person (requesting the opinion) a chance to read it," she said. A partner in Coble's law firm, Ed Menzie, is on Burroughs Chapin's board of directors. Another attorney in the firm, Leighton Lord, has as a client Burwell Manning, the former owner of the property and a partner in Green Diamond. Coble has said he doesn't believe he has a conflict of interest because neither Menzie nor Lord is working for Columbia Venture, the subsidiary that is building Green Diamond.
Robert Adams said Coble should bow out himself, regardless of the Ethics Commission's opinion. Adams is a partner with Wislinski in handling communications for the Congaree Task Force, the main opponent of the Green Diamond project. "We think he already should have arrived at that decision," Adams said. Two members of the seven-member City Council, Frannie Heizer and Hamilton Osborne, have already removed themselves from the debate. Heizer's employer, the McNair Law Firm, has represented Burroughs Chapin for years.
Osborne's firm, Haynsworth Sinkler and Boyd, represents Columbia Venture, the Burroughs Chapin subsidiary that wants to build Green Diamond. "We think the mayor is an honorable man," Adams said. "But he would be wise to follow the example (of Heizer and Osborne), who recused themselves as soon as the conflict arose." Wislinski said he would continue to voice his opposition to the development. But he wouldn't comment on Coble's alleged conflict or the campaign contributions he had raised for the mayor. "It puts me in a box," he said.
"At one point in time I didn't think it would be a conflict. But I'm now in a situation where it's real tough for me to comment." Wislinski confirmed that he tried to be hired by Burroughs Chapin early in the process of developing Green Diamond. "Like everyone else, my head was turned when it was announced," he CLEMSON FROM PAGE B1 In brief remarks to students, Barker urged graduates to use their newly bestowed credentials to serve others. Their voices, he said, should be of "reason, peace and creativity. You have been given a thing of great value," Barker said.
"Treasure it." Landrum native Jerry Dempsey was among those receiving special recognition. The 1954 graduate of Clemson was given an honorary Doctor of Law degree. Dempsey earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the university and went on to head three major U.S. corporations while maintaining his ties and service to Clemson. As the programs ended, well-wishers clustered around a downstairs tunnel, where graduates exited with diplomas in hand.
Among those meeting up with family was Brenda Wright. After five years of work, the Greer resident had earned a master's degree in agricultural education. "It goes without saying that I'm "We think the mayor is an honorable man. But he would be wise to follow the example (of Heizer and Osborne), who recused themselves as soon as the conflict arose." Robert Adams, who helps handle communications for the Congaree Task Force said. "I'm glad I wasn't hired.
The more I learn about it the more I end up" opposed to it. Green Diamond project manager Jim Wiseman said he was approached three times by Wislinski's representatives asking that Wislinski be hired to work on public relations for the project. "But we already had somebody hired," Wiseman said. Burroughs Chapin hired the Columbia public relations firm Rick Silver, one of the founders of the firm and the main public contact for Columbia Venture, is one of those who contributed recently to Coble's campaign. Silver said many of the firms and people that contributed to Coble's campaign have ongoing business with city government and the mayor.
"We, in many ways, have worked with the mayor and the city for many years, long before any relationship with Columbia Venture," he said. Coble, too, said many of the firms hired by Burroughs Chapin have been long-standing political supporters. "Campaign contributions are a necessary process of running for office," he said. "People will contribute who have interests before the city. It's fully disclosed and part of the system." In last year's election, Burroughs Chapin supporters gave more than $9,750 to the re-election campaign of Richland County Council member Bernice Scott, $2,775 to the re-election campaign of City Council member Jim Papadea, and $2,000 to County Council member Tony Mizzell's unsuccessful bid for the state Senate.
"Everybody gives political contributions; fund-raising is a necessary thing for politicians," Wiseman said. "I'm sure the other side will give money, too." proud," said her mother Sara Thomas. "She worked very hard to earn this." Wright, 37, said her degree will earn her more money teaching agriculture education at Blue Ridge High School in Greer. Her instruction in areas ranging from greenhouse management to landscape design will also be enhanced, she said. Tyler Page of Greenville was not as certain about the future.
Clutching a bachelor's degree in speech and a communication, Page was hoping to leave Clemson for a career in advertising somewhere in the Carolinas. But a tight job market and slowing economy have put those plans on hold. "I'm not having any luck right now," Page said. "I hope in the next six months things will turn around. Between now and then, you can always find something." John Neumeister earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
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