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The Index Greenwood, S.C. Tuesday, November 7, 2006 DEATHS AND Carolyn Brooks NINETY SIX Nancy Carolyn E. Brooks, 90, of 411 Sirrine Street, Ninety Six, widow of Josh, Brooks, died Monday, Nov. 6, 2006 at the Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Chester, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Ester Estes.

She was retired from Greenwood Mills, Ninety Six Plant, where she was a member of the Quarter Century Club. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church and the T.E.L. Sunday School Class. She was twice married, first to the late Judson Burden. Surviving are two daughters, Mildred Carithers of Taylors and June Evans of Greenwood; two sons, Harold Burden and Jimmy Burden, both of Ninety Six; a sister, Jessie Satterfield of Clinton; eight grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; and five greatgreat-grandchildren.

Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. J.B. Abercrombie and the Rev. G.

Thomas Cartledge officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary escort will be members of the T.E.L. Sunday School Class of Temple Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2 to 3 p.m. The family is at the home of her son, Jimmy Burden, 215 West Main Street, Ninety Six. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.harleyfuneralhome.com. Preston Eugene 'Gene' Burton CALHOUN FALLS Mr. Preston Eugene "Gene" Burton, 88, of 400 Burton Drive, Calhoun Falls, died Nov.

5,2006 in Greenwood. Born in Anderson County, Mr. Burton was the son of the late Effie E. Burton and Betty Davis Burton. He served in the U.S.

Corps during WWII and was retired from the U.S. Postal Service. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Calhoun Falls, where he served as Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. Mr. Burton was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Lion's Club, and had served on the Abbeville County Council and School Board.

Survivors include his wife, Frances Martin Burton of the home; son, Wayne E. Burton of Greenwood; daughter, Pat Meredith and her husband, Nathan, of Anderson; 8 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and brothers, Johnny Burton of Greenwood and Grady B. Burton and his wife, Oleta, of Abbeville. Graveside funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m.

at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, PO Box 658, Greenwood, SC 29648 or to a charity of your choice. The family may be contacted at the residence. Calhoun Falls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Tim Childs HICKORY TAVERN Tim- othy "Tim" Martin Childs, 50, of 14337 Hwy.

76, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. He was born in Belton, S.C., a son of Martin H. GREENWOOD COUNTY I Carolyn Brooks, 411 Sirrine Ninety Six: I Leo Skeet Hanco*ck, 5833 Highway 25 Hodges 1 Thelma Clark Mullis, Greenwood Marion Thompson, 1414 Woodlawn Road, Greenwood ABBEVILLE COUNTY 1 Preston Eugene 'Gene' Burton, 400 Burton Drive, Calhoun Falls William David Morton, 1 115 Rockhouse Circle, Abbeville LAURENS COUNTY Tim Childs, 14337 Highway 76, Hickory Tavern 1 Richard LaRoche, 1070 Enchanted Oaks Drive, Waterloo OUTSIDE S.C. Mable Evelyn Clinkscales Smith, Fredericksburg, Va.

VISITATIONS TODAY HANco*ck, Leo, 6-8, Parker-White Funeral Home, Ware Shoals. LaROCHE, Richard, the home, 1070 Enchanted Oaks Drive, Waterloo. SERVICES TODAY I DAVIS, Eleanor, 2, Chandler Jackson Funeral Home, Abbeville. I PADGET, Willie Mae, 1, Emory United Methodist Church, Leesville. I PARKER, Calvin, 11, Percival-Tompkins Funeral Home.

SCOTT, Beatrice, 2, Springfield Baptist Church, Edgefleld. WILLIS, George, 3, memorial, Oakbrook Memorial Park Mausoleum. OBITUARY POLICY Short death notices 4 are published at no charge. They consist of name, age, address of deceased, or of, date of death, place of death, home where family members are gathered and funeral home in charge of arrangements. Visitations and services for the current day are included on the Deaths and Funerals list.

Obituaries including other information are charged $12 per cotumn inch. Pictures and veteran flags will increase the notice length and be charged accordingly. All obituaries are handled through the newsroom obituary desk: 864-223-1811; e-mail, indexjournal.com. and Bertha Davis Childs. He was self-employed.

Surviving besides his parents of Waterloo are one daughter, April Childs Hughes, Simpsonville; one brother, Randy Childs, Waterloo; one sister, Wanda C. Cooper, Spartanburg; and two grandchildren, Kellett Hughes and Addison Hughes, Simpsonville; a and his girlfriend, Gina Traynham, Hickory Tavern. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m. at Greenwood Memorial Gardens, conducted by Mr. Jessie Lee Weathers.

Active pallbearers will be, James "Scatter" Satterwhite, Lee Malloy, Barrett, Steve Christie, Leonard. Stewart and Don Traynham. The family will be at the home of his parents, Martin and Bertha Childs, 2771 River Fork Waterloo and will receive friends Wednesday, 6-8 p.m. at ParkerWhite Funeral Home. Leo 'Skeet' Hanco*ck HODGES Leo Harvey "Skeet" Hanco*ck, 91, of 5833 Hwy.

25 died, Monday, Nov. 6, 2006 at his home. He was a son of the late James W. and Maggie Lollis Hanco*ck and was retired owner and operator of Skeet's Hy Rocket Station. Mr.

Hanco*ck was a member of Ware Shoals First Baptist Church, Ware Shoals Masonic Lodge and Shriners of Greenville. He was twice married, first to the late Mary Lucille Barnes Hanco*ck and to Betty L. Brown Hanco*ck, who survives him. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Lisa H. Cain, Hodges, SC; a brother, Jimmy Hanco*ck, Florida; two grandchildren, Brooke Cain and Tony Hanco*ck.

Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, 2 p.m. at Hodges Church of God with Rev. Charles Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers will be Cleve Crawford, Joe Smith, "Telling my grandson stories and hearing him laugh is something I wouldn't trade for the world." YOU MAY NEED HEARING AIDS? Don't just compare prices, compare service! MUST ASK QUESTIONS WHEN BUYING A HEARING AID; much experience do you 2.

Are you available every weekday for follow up? 3, Do you have aids available at affordable prices? 223-1178 Call Today To Schedule An Appointment South Carolina Hearing Center 310A Calhoun Bay Court, Greenwood, SC 29649 103253 and two grandchildren, Regan Tweed and Zachary Thompson. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, 3 p.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church with Rev. Dr.

Marcus Bishop, Rev. Chris Garrison and Rev. Rubin Wallace officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Steve Caruso, Michael and Eric LaRoche, Frank: Moore Cooper, Darrell Smith, Brian and Michael Pelfrey and Tony Pressley.

Employees of Laurens Electric Co-op will sit as the honorary escort. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Laurens, P.O. Box 178, Clinton, S.C. 29325. The family will receive friends at the home.

The body is at Parker-White Funeral Home and will be placed in 1 the church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. William David Morton, Sr. ABBEVILLE Mr. William D.

Morton, age 73, of 115 Rockhouse Circle, died Nov. 4, 2006 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont. He was born in Abbeville County and was the son of the late Clarence and Ellen Gray Morton. He was a member of Long Cane A.M.E. Church.

Surviving are his Mary Frances Morton of Pendleton, SC; sisters, Leola Spearman, Emma Goodwin and Betty Lewis, all of Abbeville; brothers, Clarence Morton, Emory Morton, James Morton, George Morton and Albert Morton, all of Abbeville; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services will be Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006 at 11 a.m. at Long Cane A.M.E. Church with Rev.

Julius M. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family is at the home of a sister Leola Spearman, 1587 Secession Ave. Brown and Walker Funeral Home is in charge of services.

Thelma Clark Mullis Mrs. Mullis, 85, formerly of Charlotte, NC, died Nov. 5, 2006 at Ashley House in Greenwood, South Carolina. A native of Abbeville County, SC, Mrs. Mullis was born April 22, 1921, daughter of the late Edward Pearl Clark and Edna Turner Clark.

She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Mae Garris Sunday School Class. She was a former member, Sunday school teacher and choir member at Whiting Avenue Baptist Church. Mrs. Mullis was married for sixty-six years to the late Lewis Cole Mullis. She was a gifted artist and loved to visit people in nursing homes.

Mrs. Mullis is survived by two JE RY' Floral Shop and Greenhouses Large Selection of Funeral Pieces Fresh Silk 1320 E. Cambridge, Greenwood 229-1591 NOVUS 102652 Thomas Mitchell, Dennis Inabinet, Ken Manley and Richard Hotchkiss. Memorials may be made to Hospice of S.C., 231 Hampton Greenwood, S.C. 29646.

The family is at the home and will receive friends Tuesday, 6- 8 p.m. at Parker-White Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the church Wednesday at p.m. Richard LaRoche WATERLOO Richard Knight LaRoche, 50, husband of Karen Cooper LaRoche, of 1070 Enchanted Oaks Drive, died at his home, Monday, Nov. 6, 2006.

He was born in. Ware Shoals, a son of Edward B. LaRoche, Sr. of Waterloo and the late Janie Knight LaRoche. He was a member of Union Baptist and the National Rifle Association.

He was an employee of Laurens Electric Co-op. Surviving besides his father of the home are two sons, Richard "Rick" LaRoche and fiancee, Ashley Hughes, Greenville and Austin LaRoche of the home; one daughter, Christie L. Thompson and husband, David of Irmo; three brothers, Edward B. LaRoche, Jr. and wife, Sheila of Cross Hill, Julius M.

LaRoche and wife, Patti of Hickory Tavern and Pierre R. LaRoche and wife, Shirley of Hamilton Square, N.J.; OAKBROOK MEMORIAL PARK INC. Our annual candlelight service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 25 at in remembrance of your loved ones at Oakbrook Memorial Park. The public is invited to participate in this memorial service.

(In case of rain, service will be held Saturday, Dec. 2 at You are welcome to bring folding chairs 101238 daughters, Jerrie Mullis Butler and her husband, Don, of Greenwood, SC, and Carol Lynn Mullis Hicks of Greenville, SC; four grandchildren, Debbie Owens of Winterhaven, FL, Donald Owens and his wife, Luann, also of Winterhaven, Florida, Janis Hicks Blumer and her husband, Brad of Monroe, NC, and Douglas Hicks and of Richmond brother, Charles Black Moun- GIVE US A CALL Accent 223-1811 Advertising 223-1411 Births 223-1811 Business News 223-1811 Circulation 223-1413 Campus News 943-2525 Classifieds 223-1411 Editorials 223-1811 Engagements 223-1811 Entertainment 223-1811 News Tips 943-2513 Obituaries 223-1811 Religion 223-1811 Weddings 223-1811 Sports 223-1813 Sports Call-ins 223-1813 Outdoors 223-1814 Golf 223-1814 Wayne Gantt Pope Long THELMA MULLIS his wife, Jennifer, Hill, GA; and a Edward Clark of tain, 1 NC. Earl Carroll Susie Barker Clif Thomas Hannah Gantt Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006 at First Baptist Church with the Reverend Michael Cummings officiating.

Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:30 until 7:30 at Hankins Whittington Dilworth Chapel. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Mae Garris Sunday School Class. Memorials may be made to the Congregational Health Ministry, First Baptist Church, PO Box 31046, Charlotte, NC, 28231. Arrangements are in the care of Hankins Whittington, Dilworth Chapel, 1111 East Blvd.

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