Anderson Independent-Mail, Saturday, August 26, 1989 Lawton Weeden WASHINGTON, D.C. John Lawton Weeden, 40, of 1843 12th N.W., died August 21, 1989 in Washington. Born in Fort George Meade, he was a son of Jack W. Weeden of Anderson, S.C. and Frances Cooper Weeden of Clemson, S.C.
He attended Appalachian State Universiand Clemson University. He was a computer programmer with the U.S. Department of Energy, a member of the Wilderness Society and a member of Clemson United Methodist Church. Surviving are parents; brothers. Garry W.
Weeden of Clemson, S.C., Frank A. Weeden of Walhalla, S.C.: sisters, Mrs. Gene (Roma) Norton of Clemson, S.C. and Suzanne L. Weeden of Seneca, S.C.
Memorial services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Seneca Mortuary chapel. Entombment in Oconee Memorial Park. The family respectfully requests that flowers be omitted. Memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Betty Cooper GREENWOOD Betty Wise Cooper, 62, of 413 E. Heritta wife of H.A. "Bill" Cooper, died Aug. 25, 1989, at Greenwood Health Care Center. Born in Greenwood County, she was the daughter of the late Martin Clyde and Maude Brown Wise.
She was a 1946 graduate of Lander College, a retired teacher having taught Spanish and Math at Greenwood High School for 23 years, a member of the Evening Lander Club, the N.T.E.A., and the Retired Teachers Association. Mrs. Cooper was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church, the Administrative Board. the Mason Sunday school class and attended Scarritt College for Christian Workers. Surviving are widower; sons, John Howell and Wise Dibble Cooper of Greenwood; sister, Mrs.
Sarah Wood Wise Matthews of Greenwood; brother, Martin Clyde Wise Jr. of Greenwood. Services at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Main Street United Methodist Church by the Dr. C.J.
Lupo, Dr. Bryce Herbert and the Rev. R. Earl McCombs Jr. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
The body 1 is at Harley Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The body will be placed in the church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The family is at the home.
Memorials maybe made to Hospice of Greenwood, P.O. Box 545, Greenwood, S.C. 29648 or to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1741, Greenwood, S.C., 29648. Mrs.
Blanche LeCroy TOCCOA, Ga. Mrs. Blanche Sailers LeCroy, 81, of Scenic Drive, wife of Clarence LeCroy, died Aug. 25, 1989, at Toccoa Nursing Center. Born in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Minnie Patterson Sailers.
She was affiliated with Wright Manufacturing Company, a member of Toccoa Creek Baptist Church and the Emma Brock Sunday school class. Surviving are widower; sons, Steve LeCroy of Toccoa and Robert LeCroy of Lithia Springs; sisters, Mrs. Mary Brown of Toccoa, Mrs. Elizabeth Whiten of Atlanta and Mrs. Bettie Suggs of Winder.
Services at 3 p.m. Saturday at Acree-Davis Funeral Home Hillcrest chapel by the Revs. Phil McAllister and Lee Sullens. Burial in Stephens Memorial Gardens. The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 10 a.m.
to noon Saturday. The family is at the home. The family requests that flowers please be omitted. Memorials may be made to Toccoa Creek Baptist Church building fund. Services Fleming, Henry of 304 Porter Cartersville, husband of Eloise Fields Fleming, at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Owen Funeral Home chapel, Cartersville, by the Rev. Frank Young. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. The family is at the home.
Courtesy announcement from Hicks Funeral Home. Ramsey Otis of 623 Maxie Anderson, S.C.. husband of Sara Sutherland Ramsey, at 3 p.m. Saturday at The McDougald Funeral Home chapel. Burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The body is at the funeral home. The family is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Theresa Craft, 115 Camelot Anderson, S.C. Hall, Albert of Route 1, widower of Lucille Smith Hall, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at The McDougald Funeral Home chapel by the Rev.
P.L. Walker. Burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The body is at the funeral home. The family is at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy Jean Ricketts, Route 1, Starr. Leland, John of Bruce Hill, Seneca, at 4 p.m. Sunday at Christ Community Church by the Rev. E. Haynes and W.E.
Ramsey. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. The body is at Superior Funeral Home. The family is at 502 S. Walnut Seneca.
S. African tries to salvage accord William Thomas Tate LAVONIA, Ga. William Thomas Tate 83, of 89 Groan husband of Ruth Johnson Tate, died Aug. 25, 1989, at Stephens County Hospital. Born in Memphis, he was the son of the late Mace and Joanna Moss Tate.
He was retired from Boyle-Midway and moved to Lavonia in 1983. Mr. Tate was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
Surviving is his widow. Services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Weldon Funeral Home chapel by Dr. Joe Renfor. Burial in Lavonia City cemetery.
The body is at the funeral home. The family is at the home. B.C. Feltman HARTWELL, Ga. B.C.
Feltman, 83, of 1302 Old 29 Highway, husband of Mrs. Viola Dyar Feltman, died Aug. 25, 1989, at Hart County Hospital. Born in Hart County, he was a son of the late Luther and Dora Brown Feltman. He was a retired Used Car Dealer and a member of Oak Bower Baptist Church.
Surviving are widow; brother, Harland Feltman of Belton, S.C.; sisters, Mrs. Georgia Stovall and Mrs. Effie G. Herring of Hartwell. Services at 3 p.m.
Sunday at Strickland Funeral Home chapel by the Revs. Randy Perry and Ray Black. Burial in Nancy Hart Memorial Park. The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The family is at the home. Odessa Smith MCCORMICK Mrs. Odessa King Smith, of Highway 28, widow of J.L. Smith died Aug. 25, 1989.
at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Abbeville County, she was the daughter of the late James Andrew and Margaret Newell King. She had lived in McCormick since 1922, was a charter member of the McCormick Garden Club and attended the School of Music at Erskine College. Mrs. Smith was a member of McCormick United Methodist Church and the Eula Keown Circle.
Surviving are son, James L. "Jimmy" Smith Jr. of McCormick; daughters, Mrs. W.A.. (Dorothy) Pruitt of McCormick and Mrs.
S.P. (Virginia) co*ker Jr. of Hartsville; nine, grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren. Services a at 3 p.m. Sunday at McCormick United Methodist Church by the Rev.
Mary Rowell. Burial in McCormick City Cemetery. The body is at Strom Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Pruitt, Highway 28, McCormick.
Louise Cathey CORNELIA, Ga. Mrs. Louise Wiggins Cathey, 75, of Yonah Street, widow of Mr. Conley Cathey died Aug. 24, 1989, at the Habersham Home.
Born in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late James Albert and Edith Sellers Wiggins. Mrs. Cathey was a member of Cornelia's First Baptist Church. Surviving are daughter, Mrs. Gaile Hicks of Hillsboro Township, sons, Conley L.
Cathey Jr. of Richardson, Texas, Bill Cathey of Gainesville and Mike Cathey of Cleveland, sisters, Miss Jeanette Wiggins of Cornelia, Mrs. Lottie Defarnette of East Point and Mrs. Mary Cathey of Jacksonville, nine grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren. Services at 3 p.m.
Saturday at. McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home chapel by Dr. Mark Weaver. Burial in Level Grove Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home.
The family is at the home. Gordon, Hilda Hope of 519 Isaqueena Trail, wife of Thomas H. Gordon, at 11 a.m. Saturday at Duckett Funeral Home chapel. Burial in Old Stone Church cemetery.
The body will be at Duckett. Funeral Home after 1 p.m. Friday. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Latham, Mrs. Bertha of 208 Park Iva, widow of Carl Erskine Latham, at 11 a.m. Saturday at The McDougald Funeral Home chapel by the Revs. Don Nestor and Leroy Hayes. Burial in Iva City cemetery.
The body is at the funeral home. The family is at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Amy L. Young, 208 Park Iva, S.C. Ray, Charles of 354 W.
Bowers Royston, husband of Margaret Gin Ray, at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hall Funeral Home chapel by the Revs. Boyd Winn and Danny Barton. Burial In Rose Hill cemetery. The body is at the funeral home.
family is at the home. Harper, Kenneth of Chicago, husband of Angela Mayfield Harper, at 11 a.m. Saturday at A.R. Leak Funeral Home. Burial in College Grove cemetery.
The body is at the funeral home. The family is at the home. Courtesy of Mack's Funeral Home. President de Klerk meets with Zairean leader Mobutu By David Zucchino Knight-Ridder News Service GOMA, Zaire In his first foray into black Africa as South Africa's acting president, F.W. de Klerk met here Friday with Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko to try to salvage a faltering peace accord in neighboring Angola.
Dining on roasted perch and pigeon at Mr. Mobutu's summer palace on Lake Kivu near the Rwanda border, Mr. de Klerk and Mr. Mobutu discussed ways to halt renewed fighting that has broken out in Angola's 14-year-old civil war. Herschell Riggs DANIELSVILLE, Ga.
Herschell F. Riggs, 69, of Route 1, widower of Thelma Scarbough Riggs, died Aug. 25, 1989, at his home. Born in Wayne County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Willington and Cordelia Hatfield Riggs. U.S.
He was a World retired War machinists, a Army and a Baptist. Surviving are son, Herschell Riggs Jr. of Jackson, daughter, Donna Ostense of Anheim, brother, Melvin Riggs of Ironwood, sister, Mrs. Lillian Hamilton of Crawford; four grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m.
Sunday at Brown's Funeral Home chapel by the Rev. Ray Jenkins. Burial in Bluestone Church cemetery. The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The family is at the home. Henry Clanton BARNWELL Henry G. Clanton, of Barnwell, died Aug. 24, 1989, at Providence Hospital, in Columbia. Born in Statesboro, he was the son of the late Hamp and Eliza Waters Clanton.
He was a retired employee of E.I. DuPont Savannah River Plant, a U.S. Army World War II veteran and a member and deacon of Barnwell Presbyterian Church. Surviving are widow; daughters, Mrs. Howell (Betsy) Black of Orangeburg and Mrs.
Harvey (Henrietta) Walker of Anderson; son, Charles I. Clanton of Orangeburg; three granddaughters. Services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Barnwell Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Dean Strong.
Burial in Barnwell Memory Gardens. The body is at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Barnwell Presbyterian Church. Ed Sanders James Ed Sanders, 60, of 417 E. Shockley Ferry husband of Elizabeth B.
Sanders, died Aug. 24, 1989, at his home. Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Janie Owens Sanders. He was a retired employee of Southern Bell, had served in the South Carolina National Guard, a member of Ruff Masonic Lodge Hejaz Shrine Temple, Telephone Pioneers and attended West Anderson Church of God.
Surviving are widow; son, Charlie Sanders of Anderson; daughter, Barbara Rhoads of Simpsonville; brothers, Charles and Jack Sanders of Anderson; four grandchildren. Services at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at The McDougald Funeral Home chapel by the Rev. John M. Daniel.
Burial with Masonic Rites in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The body is at the funeral home. Ollie Elrod MARTIN, Ga. Ollie Chaffin Elrod, 69, of Route 2, widower of Blond Dean Briley Elrod, died Aug. 25, 1989, at his home.
Born in Stephens County, he was the son of the late William J. and Maude Mosley Elrod. He was a U.S. Air Force World War II veteran and was a retired postmaster and letter carry with the U.S. Postal Service.
Mr. Elrod was a member of Confidence United Methodist Church, the Adult Sunday school class, a trustee, was a former Sunday School Superintendent and Sunday school teacher. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Linda Melton of Martin, Mrs. Elaine Broussard of Birmingham, Ala.
and Mrs. Pam Woodson of Adairsville; sisters, Mrs. Jean Frost of Fayetteville, Mrs. Helen Adams of Toccoa; brothers, Harold Elrod of Martin, George Elrod of Toccoa and Eric Elrod of Athens; five grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Confidence United Methodist Church by the Revs. Jack Lamb, Ryan Seawright and Roy Melton and Dr. Glenn Woodson. Burial in the church cemetery. The body is at Whitlock Mortuary and will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday. The family is at the home. Flowers are optional. Memorials maybe made to United Methodist Church Children's Home, Confidence United Methodist Church, Toccoa, Ga. An ally of the two men, guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi, abruptly announced Thursday night that his UNITA fighters were once again at war with Angola's Marxist government, ending a shaky, two-month cease-fire and peace accord brokered by Rebels of Mr.
Savimbi's National Union for Total Independence of Angola, or UNITA, movement claimed Friday they had killed 77 government troops this week, the highest reported casualty figure in Angola in two months. The fighting has collapsed a vaguely worded peace accord reached June 22 at Mobutu's main palace in Gbadolite. UNITA and Angola agreed to a cease-fire and a process of national reconciliation, but sides have since disputed Filmmaker makes a slithery sales pitch By Maggie Jackson The Associated Press LONDON Hundreds of video rental shops on Friday received promotional kits for a horror movie with live snakes inside the packages, and outraged animal protection officials called the stunt "cruel and irresponsible." The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals called on Cinema International Corp. to take back the 700 reptiles. The snakes were in danger because instructions accompanying the kits had incorrectly said they did not need to be fed for their planned month-long stay in the stores, the society said.
It said it was receiving dozens of calls from unhappy shop owners. Paul Brett, CIC's marketing manager, said the snakes were intended to be kept in shops to promote a thriller about voodoo called "The Serpent and The Rainbow." The snakes were bred domestically and the company began sending them out Thursday from its London headquarters, he said. The snakes, silver with gray stripes, are not poisonous but might carry harmful parasites if they came from abroad, said RSPCA spokeswoman Diana Jones. They needed to be fed weekly, she said. While admitting there'd been "some confusion." Cinema Interna-" tional denied the snakes would harm anyone or be harmed.
"We've sent out 700 in clear, plastic, aerated boxes as conversation pieces," Mr. Brett said. "Snakes make wonderful pets." The 18- to 24-inch snakes used in the promotion came from a company called Animal Actors, which assured Cinema International they did not have to be fed for three the meaning of the accord while engaging in renewed firefights. The escalation of the Angolan war could threaten a peace agreement reached in December in which South Africa agreed to give up control of Namibia in exchange for the withdrawal of 50,000 Cuban troops from Angola. That accord ended fighting in Angola between South African and Cuban forces, as well as a 23-year civil war in Namibia.
Angered by the killing of six Cuban soldiers by UNITA on Aug. 14, Cuban leader Fidel Castro threatened this week to delay the phased withdrawal of his nation's troops. A joint statement released Friday by Mr. de Klerk and Mr. Mobutu, saying the Angolan dispute had reached a "critical state," promised that the conflict would be "followed up at the appropriate level." That suggested a round of shuttle diplomacy in southern Africa designed to revive the Gbadolite accord.
A South African government official on the chartered plane carrying Mr. de Klerk from the summit said Mr. de Klerk would raise the issue in his meeting Monday in Zambia with President Kenneth Kaunda. At the same time, the offical said, Mobutu will discuss the fighting with Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos. Both South Africa and Zaire, meanwhile, are likely to pressure Mr.
Savimbi to accept a renewed cease-fire while diplomats attempt to renegotiate the June 22 accord. The Associated Press Superintendent Freddie Drew of Britain's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals holds a Chinese rat snake in a plastic container. Hundreds of video rental shops across Britain received a promotion kit for a horror movie called "'The Serpent and the Rain- bow" containing one of the snakes months, he said. Lawrence Cane, Cinema International's marketing assistant, said: "Whenever we launch a new video title we normally send to our distributors posters, sleeves and cardboard cut-outs. With this film, we decided to send snakes.
In marketing terms it's called live points of sale." Some recipients weren't impressed. "We felt complete and utter horror," said a London video shop manager, who refused to be identified to protect his relations with the distribution company. "I deplore any living creature used for Restive Baltics look westward to Warsaw The Associated Press VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. Residents of the Soviet Baltic republics are encouraged by neighboring Poland's bold steps away from communism as they probe the limits of President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's reforms.
As more than a million Baltic residents formed a human chain this week to mourn the independence they lost to Stalin's tanks a halfcentury ago, a poster was displayed in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital: "Lithuanians and Poles: Let's Billy Graham Dear Dr. Graham: I'm afraid to go to church, because I'm sure I will make a fool of myself. I've never had anything to do with church before (either as a child or as an adult). I would like to go, because somehow feel a need for it, but can you understand why I feel the way I do? Mrs. Y.L.
Dear Mrs. Y.L.: Please don't let this fear keep you from going to church. It could be the most important step you ever take, for it could help you find true peace and joy in Christ. For one thing, you should not be afraid of being embarrassed; in many churches you will be handed a program which tells you what will take place what page num- live. He said the snake, which "just appeared out of the had been returned to the distribution company's animal supplier.
Brett said the snakes were handdelivered in boxes marked "Live Animal," and claimed shop owners were warned by ads in the trade press and calls from sales agents. At the end of the month, they were to be collected by the company, although if shop owners were unhappy, they could call an emergency number and have them picked up. "I have spoken to three (shop owners) who were less than happy," Mr. Brett said. Unite Against the Common Enemy." It was not clear whether the message was directed at Poles living in their homeland or the Polish minority in Lithuania, but there was little doubt about the "common Soviet-style communism.
The message tried to cuts across the border formed by Stalin's incorporation of the Baltics in 1940 to emphasize Lithuania's location twice as far Moscow as from Warsaw, and five centuries of history when the two lands were united in one kingdom. ber in the hymn book to turn to, when to stand, etc. But in addition you will want to find a church in which the people are warm and friendly, and you may be surprised when you get to know them that many of those people come from the same sort of background you do. Do you have any friends who are Christians? They would undoubtedly be delighted to accompany you. But I want you to know something else that is very important.
Why go to church? One reason is to learn about God and his love for us and that's what I pray you will learn. But you don't have to wait to find a church to discover this. You see, God knows all about your background. He loves you, although you have never loved him in return. And he wants you to turn to him and commit your life to Christ.
Yes, God wants to receive you just as you are. He wants to forgive the past, and he wants you to come to know him in a personal way. Today you can receive Christ by telling God you know you need him and you want to serve him. "To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" (John In Loving Memory of Royce T. Fuller August 26, 1987 Darling, it was 2 years ago today that God called you to Heaven far away.
We miss you so and our hearts are sore but we feel you're with Jesus forevermore. The ways that you suffered the last year of your life brought heartbreak and anguish to your children and wife. But now you are through with your suffering and strife. You're there with Jesus. You have a new life.
We must all be ready to meet you someday at the feet of Jesus. Forever we'll stay. Oh that will be a glorious day. Love Always Your wife and children In Loving Memory Of J. W.
Vickery Who Passed Away 30 Yrs. Ago, Today The Days Are Dull And Drear, Dear Since God Called You Away; This World Is Not Not The Same, Dear Since That Sad, Fatal Day And Memories Of You Crowd Around My Sad Aching Heart; I Pray We'll Meet In Heaven Again, And Never More To Part. Your Loving Wife Ruby Bailey Vickery Daughters- Doris, Helen, Gladys, Brenda Sons-Charles, Herbert, David.
