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gUe(Httne0 democrat StateLocal Page 12A, Orangeburg, S.C., Saturday, July 31 1993 Chavis Miss Lottie Thompson HOLLY HILL, S.C. The funeral for Miss Lottie Thompson, 77, of 225 Manatee Road, Holly Hill, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Greater Unity AME Church in Holly Hill, with the Rev. Joseph E. Myers Jr.

officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be nephews. Miss Thompson died Tuesday. She was born Feb.

8, 1916, in Holly Hill, a daughter of the late Elijah Thompson and Amie Mack Thompson. She was a member of Greater Unity AME Church, where she served as a former class leader and past president of the Senior Usher Board. Miss Thompson was also a member of Stewardess Board 1 and the Christian Burial Aid. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ammie Lou Boyd of Harleyville; three nephews raised in the home, Benjamin Thompson and Earl Thompson, both of Holly Hill, and Timothy Thompson of Columbia; two nieces whom she raised, Mrs.

Helen T. White and Mrs. Joyce T. Sweat, both of Holly Hill; three brothers, Lowman Thompson, James Thompson and Jacob Thompson, all of Holly Hill; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth White and Mrs.

Eva Mack, both of Holly Hill, and Mrs. Quinnie Young of South Miami, her step-mother, Mrs. Rosa Thompson of Holly Hill; six step-sisters, Mrs. Frizell Davis, Mrs. Annie Mae Spring, Mrs.

Rosa Mae Culmer, Mrs. Mariam Smith, Mrs. Beverly Williams and Mrs. Virginia Thomas, all of South Miami; a step-brother, Bobby Sumpter of Holly Hill; and a granddaughter. Friends may call at the residence and at Shuler-Marshall Funeral Home of Holly Hill.

Hollins Tripp The funeral for Hollins Tripp, 73, of 993 Woodbine Drive, Orangeburg, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Whitfield and Whitley Funeral Home Chapel in Washington, N.C. Burial will be in Pine Cemetery, Ernul, N.C. Mr. Tripp died Wednesday.

Friends may call at the residence of Eddie and Annie Wright, 993 Woodbine Drive, and at the funeral home. Bythewood Funeral Home of Orangeburg is in charge of local arrangements. George Washington DENMARK, S.C. The funeral for George Washington, 71, of Denmark, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Franklin United Methodist Church in Denmark, with the Rev.

H.V. Nesmith officiating. Burial will be in Springfield United Methodist Church Cemetery, Denmark. Mr. Washington died Wednesday.

He was born in Bamberg County, a son of the late Johnny Washington and Clorie Washington. He was a member of Franklin United Methodist Church. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Agnes Washington of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two daughters, Gladys M. Washington of Bronx, N.Y., and Mary Lee Felder of New Jersey; two sisters, Mrs.

Lucille Frost and Mrs. Annie Mae Dyches, both of Denmark; two brothers, Willie Washington of Denmark and John Henry Washington of Charlotte, N.C; and four grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Lebby Funeral Home of Denmark. 1202, St.

Matthews, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Antioch Baptist Church in St. Matthews, with the Rev. Leroy V. Williams officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joseph Key, Mallie Jackson, Joe L. Williams, Jacob Key, David Haggood, Bobby J. Corley, Roosevelt Jackson, Frank Brunson Sr. and Roscoe Cheeseboro Jr.

Honorary pallbearers will be trustees and deacons of Antioch Baptist Church. Mrs. Cheeseboro died Wednesday. She was born Jan. 1, 1941, in Calhoun County, a daughter of Bennie Johnson and the late Willie Mae Wright.

She was reared by her aunt, the late Lucille Wright. She attended the public schools of Calhoun County and graduated in 1983 from Calhoun County High School. Mrs. Cheeseboro was a member of Antioch Baptist Church where she was a member of the Senior Choir and the usher board. She was a member of the Union Progress Society No.

1912 in St. Matthews. She was an employee for 20 years with the Calhoun County Public Schools Food Service Department. Survivors include her husband, Samuel Cheeseboro of St. Matthews; a daughter, Mrs.

Cynthia G. Cheeseboro Barton of Orangeburg; a son, James Calvin Cheeseboro of Stamford, her father of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Vernell W. Golden of St. Matthews and Mrs.

Robin Nell Payne of Palm Beach, a brother, Ernest Wright of St. Matthews; and five grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence and at Otto Crumel Funeral Home of North. Melvin J. Davis SWANSEA, S.C.

Melvin J. Davis, 72, of 526 Huckabee Mill Road, Swansea, died Thursday at Providence Hospital in Columbia. The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Sardis Baptist Church, with the Rev. Don Satter-white and the Rev.

Ed Taylor officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The casket will be placed in the church at 3 p.m. Pallbearers will be Clifton Bod-iford, George Reeder, Billy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, O'Neal Wise, Roddy Whitaker, Kenneth Freeman and Kenneth Freeman Jr. Mr.

Davis was born in Norway, a son of the late Willie Clifton Davis and Pearl Hutto Davis. He was retired owner and operator of Davis Texaco for 22 years. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Mr.

Davis was a member of Masonic Lodge 133, and a member of Sardis Baptist Church where he was a former deacon. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Viola Whitaker Davis of Swansea; a daughter, Mrs. Betty Ann Smith of Edisto Beach; a son, the Rev. Jimmy Davis of Cope; two sisters, Mrs.

Theo Bodi-ford and Mrs. Addie Koon, both of Columbia; a brother, Bill Davis of Columbia; and three grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Culler-McAlhany Funeral Home of North. Friends may call at the residence.

The family suggests memorials be made to Sardis Baptist Church building fund. Mrs. Annie Russell Felder The funeral for Mrs. Annie Russell Felder, 41, of 960 Sultan erty (under $200). City officers respond to domestic calls Though Thursday night and Friday morning were relatively quiet for officers of the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Police Division, several incidents of domestic violence were among a number of reports officers handled.

A fight between cousins a 49-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman was called in at 12:15 a.m. Friday from a home on Fletcher Street. The man involved told authorities that he and the woman got into an argument and that the woman got a butcher knife from the kitchen and attempted to stab him. As he was attempting to stop her, she cut his left thumb. But, according to authorities, the man refused to go to the hospi Court, Orangeburg, will be held at 4 p.m.

Sunday at Shiloti Baptist Church, with the Rev. James Hai-ley officiating. Burial will be in Jerusalem United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Felder died Saturday, July 24.

She was born in Orangeburg County, a daughter of Pearl Way Russell and the late Adam Russell. She attended the public schools of Orangeburg. Mrs. Felder was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. Survivors include her mother of Orangeburg; her husband, Charles Felder of Orangeburg; a daughter, Mrs.

Yolanda Boyles of Rota, Spain; a son, Jeffrey B. Russell of Orangeburg; a sister, Ms. Deloris Russell of Orangeburg; a brother, Adam Russell Jr. of Orangeburg; and five grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence and at Simmons Funeral Home.

Mrs. Madeline C. Fralick Mrs. Madeline C. Fralick, 74, of 2893 Slab Landing Road, Orangeburg, died Friday at Calhoun Convalescent Center in St.

Matthews after an illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Thompson Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Friends may call at the residence.

Kigh Jackson Kigh Jackson, 68, of 947 Graham Orangeburg, died Thursday at his residence after a brief illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Bethea's Funeral Home. Friends may call at the residence, at the residence of Mrs. Pearlie Mae Jackson, 1065 Wertz Orangeburg, and at the funeral home. Rev.

John Oliver Rev. John L. Oliver, 85, of 521 Clark Orangeburg, died Friday at The Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Simmons Funeral Home. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home.

Dimitrios Stilianidis Dimitrios Stilianidis, 97, of Orangeburg Nursing Home died Friday at his residence after an illness. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m Monday at Worcester Greek Orthodox in Worcester, Mass. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery, Worcester. Mr. Stilianidis was born Oct.

1, 1895, in East Thraki, Turkey, a son of the late Ilias Tekelis and Maria Tekelis. He was a retired farmer and a member of Columbia Greek Orthodox Church. He was married to the late Maria Engonidis Stilianidis. Survivors include a son, Ilias Stilianidis of Orangeburg; a daughter, Demitra Dimopolous of Hristohoraf, Greece; a sister, Rodi Sgouridis of Clearwater, eight grandchildren; 21 greatgrandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. O'Connor Brothers Funeral Home of Worcester is in charge of arrangements.

Thompson Funeral Home of Orangeburg is in charge of local arrangements. tal when EMS arrived at the home. The victim did, however, tell police officers that he will press charges against his cousin. In another incident, a man who was visiting relatives at a home on Maple Street reported that he was attacked by his uncle and a cousin at about 5 p.m. Thursday.

The victim, a 44-year-old, said he was outside with a 35-year-old woman (who is his cousin) and a 56-year-old man (who is his uncle). He and the uncle got into an argument and the uncle allegedly struck him with a bottle. Then, the cousin came over and slapped the victim twice. The victim said he pushed the cousin to the ground. And, the uncle hit him on the left side of his head with a brick.

There was no record of the victim being treated at TRMC, but the responding officer noted that the vic tim had a 1-inch scar on his head. saler license plates to avoid paying property taxes. Wholesaler tags, which almost anyone could buy for $20 to avoid paying taxes, are a thing of the past under the new law. Now there are transporter tags with more stringent restrictions. The law, which is being phased in during the last half of this year, also bans anyone who is not an active dealer from driving cars with dealer tags unless they are on a test drive.

Some people dodging property taxes with the tags saved $5,000 or more a year, Senate Transportation Chairman John Land said. Obituaries Odell Baltzegar EUTAWVILLE, S.C. The funeral for Odell Baltzegar, 80, of 166 Moncks Corner Road, Eu-tawville, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Avinger Funeral Home Chapel in Holly Hill, with the Rev. Hal Lane officiating.

Burial will be in Eutawville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Larry Baltzegar, Wayne Baltzegar, Bill Avey and Tom Martin. Mr. Baltzegar died Tuesday. Friends may call at the residence ad at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials be made to a charity of one's choice. Mrs. Gloria Snell Bryan NEW YORK The funeral for Mrs. Gloria Snell Bryan, 46, of New York, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at St.

John Baptist Church, with the Rev. J.J. Glover and the Rev. LeVern Murray offi-' ciating. Burial will be in Cameron Cemetery, Cameron, S.C.

Pallbearers will be members of Wilkinson High School Class of 1966. Mrs. Bryan died Saturday, July ,24. She was born in Calhoun County, a daughter of Willie Snell land Rachel Glover Snell. She attended the public schools of Orangeburg and was a 1966 graduate of Wilkinson High School.

Mrs. Bryan later moved to New I York, where she attended York College. She was employed with The New York Telephone Company for 21 years. Survivors include her husband, Arnold Bryan; two daughters, Miss Kendra Bryan and Miss Danner Bryan; her parents of Orangeburg; five sisters, Margaret Moore, Evelyn Smith, Daisy Yates, Glenda Burke and Emma Louise Snell, all of New York; and four brothers, Shellie Greene of New York, Tommy Snell of St. Stephens, Willie Snell Jr.

and Joe Snell, both of Orangeburg. Friends may call at the residence of her parents, 265 Coleman Orangeburg, and at Jenkins Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Mrs. Cornelia Smoak Bryant The funeral for Mrs. Cornelia Smoak Bryant, 82, of 1025 Moss NE, Orangeburg, will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday at First Baptist Church in Orangeburg, with the Rev. William L. Coates officiating. Burial will be in Sun-nyside Cemetery. Pallbearers will be D.D.

Salley III, William C. Wannamaker Fred M. Zeigler, Edward Mirmow William C. Zeigler Dr. Braxton Wannamaker and George Walter.

Mrs. Bryant died Thursday. She was the widow of Thomas Braxton Bryant Jr. Friends may call at the residence and at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials be made to Connie Maxwell Children's Home, P.O.

Box 1178, Greenwood, S.C, 29648-1178, or to the music fund of First Baptist Church. Mrs. Ferchene Wright Cheeseboro ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. The funeral for Mrs.

Ferchene Wright Cheeseboro, 52, of Route 3, Box Assault Continued from Page 11 A his residence, walked into his bedroom and took $80. While the thief was taking the money, the man woke up and yelled. The thief then ran out of the bedroom and out of the back door of the home. The victim said he waited a while before coming out of the room. Then, he went to Santee and called the sheriffs office.

"We are investigating that burglary" Smith said. Another arrest made by the sheriff's office Thursday was for malicious injury to personal prop- In Loving 'Memory Of OiO'WLL JLOyV who departed this life one year ago today, July 31, 1992. although our tears have dried as the time passes, out Heart-felt love will forever last. We con tinue to gain strength pom your gracious deeds and from your kindness to all of Qods seeds, 'you will forever provide us with the courage to endure all trials and tribulations in life's pursue. 'Kfmmbering you in our hearts, Jour Children, (jrands Qreat-Qrands was a brief meeting with George Jones.

Jesse said he saw Jones and his wife there and he bought a George Jones T-shirt and autographed it To the Possum," Jones' nickname. He then asked Jones for an audition but the great country singer referred him to Mrs. Jones. "He told me to go ahead and talk to her because she was the one that had helped him. Sol did, and she told me she was impressed that anyone had enough nerve to do what I did! Then she gave me an address and told me to send them a tape.

And that I will do as soon as possible." The audition for his screen test for "To Be A Star" went well, he said. They told him he would be "given a serious look" and they gave him information about putting a tape together. He said they were very encouraging. "I'm preparing to do that now, and they said they would let me know, but indicated I was to be back here in September, so I take that as something positive." He said his musical talent, the love for music, "came from God and I feel that He expects us to use them." But apparently some musical ability runs in the family. He and Sonja said they remember their parents singing duets in church, but Jesse said he doesn't remember too much of that, and only heard them a few times during his childhood.

Tragedy struck the family when he was 15. His father, Kenneth Legree Chavis, was killed accidentally and tragically. Jesse and Sonja don't talk much about it. "After that," Jesse said, "I wort of went my own way. I wanted to do something different.

I guess I was hurt. I didn't want to accept that something like this could happen to us. So I went drag racing and was involved in this for 10-12 years, before getting serious again about my music. "When I was very small, Sonja and I entered an Arthur Smith talent contest in Spartanburg. Both of us won and I had the opportunity to go to Nashville, but we couldn't afford to do the traveling it would have needed.

"Then Kitty Wells (a noted old time country singer) and Johnny Wright were there when we came off stage and Wright asked my dad if we could go on the road with them, and be their opening act. My father wouldn't let us go because they only wanted us to sing country and he didn't approve unless we could sing gospel. So we didn't go." Jesse said maybe he has been motivated by that early lost chance to really grasp at this second chance. Chavis is definitely a self-taught musician. He can't read music but said "I'd love to be able to." He 'loves to play the guitar," and also plays piano, organ, bass, steel guitar and, "I also play the harmonica a bit." He likes old-time favorites and traditional country, but is moving into the pop field, too.

He doesn't write much music. "I have written some, but I'm not real pleased with what I did. I just leave the writing up to Sonja," he said. Sonja also writes for local newspapers and has a strong following as a writer. She also likes to write songs.

"I've had a lot of calls from local clubs to perform but I just haven't been able to work it in as yet," he said. "I just want to thank the people in the Orangeburg area for ail the support they have given me. This concert on next Saturday will help us to keep working to try to make it in Nashville and there have been other donations for which we are very grateful." Lynne Chavis said this has been a tough decision for her, too. She's leaving a job, a home, two sons and other friends and relatives, but shell stand by her man. "I've always been his support, and I am looking at it that he is going to need more support.

But it will be a challenge," she said. "A great challenge!" more treatments this year to those boat ramps. The total cost should be about $8,000." He said signs have been posted at all public landings reminding boaters and fishermen to remove all aquatic plants from their boats, motors and trailers. He said cooperation with this request is vitally important to controlling the spread of hydrilla. "This infestation not only threatens Lake Murray, but because of the lake's central location, we are afraid that hydrilla may spread quickly to other upstate waters," de Kozlowski said.

Continued from Page 11 A ably is the best. He has been a radio sports announcer for some years and is a talented singer. The Showstoppers will be there, and Chavis says they are the Souths very best barber shop quartet. The singers are Bob Wayson, tenor; Jack Stern, lead; Dick Vogt, baritone, all of Columbia, and George Sigmon, bass, of the North area. They give a performance which will include some side-splitting comedy and they are fine musicians, always on perfect pitch, even without accompaniment.

"They are good," Chavis said, "plus they are funny. They sing old-fashioned barbershop songs. Also appearing in the concert will be Amber Gulbis, Lisa Crawford and Wendy Martin as soloists, and they are considered as some of the finest Karioke singers in the state. A dynamic lineup and the tickets are only $4 at the door. Proceeds will go to help Jesse and his family hang in there until his career gets under way in Nashville.

For 15 years, Chavis has been employed at the Savannah River Site as a supervisor and instructor. He said it isn't easy to give up all that, plus his home and other familiar things. His two sons, Homer Lewis and Jason Floyd, will be staying in South Carolina with relatives, but young daughter, Jeri Elizabeth, who has been doing some "show biz" of her own winning pageants all over, will be accompanying her parents to Nashville. Tve got everything up for sale, our home, everything and we've definitely made the decision. This concert is my farewell to my friends and supporters, and I leave for Nashville in September.

But my roots, my family, are all here and 111 be back often," he said. He got involved in this "decision making" process as a result of winning a contest at The Skyline in Columbia. Chavis has been singing for many years in the area and this was a momentous appearance because, in addition to winning a cash prize, he got the chance to be given a screen test for the "Be A Star" television program. On June 8, he passed his screen test with flying colors and attracted the attention of a lot of people, including a number of celebrities in the country music field. "I intended to stay just two days," he said, "but I ended up staying a week, and I appeared at a number of clubs and won some contests there, too.

I got to know Judy Martin, editor of the 'Inside Out' Magazine in the Nashville area and she encouraged me. "It was Fan Fare Week, and I was in a room trying to do the audition and all the stars were walking through while I was singing. There was Travis Tritt, Alan Johnson, and one of the most enjoyable that I talked with was Joe Diffie. He's a very nice guy. There were people like Holly Dunn and some newcomers, and I met Toby King.

"I guess one of the things that made me think about really getting into the music scene, full time, was talking to Travis Tritt. He's very easy to talk with and he gave me some advice I guess I'm going to follow. He said "Get your butt in and said my chances were greater if I was there, on the scene." Judy Martin was at the audition and Jesse said he had no idea it was being broadcast into the next room, but she heard him and asked how long he was going to be there. "Well, it ended up that I stayed seven days and she got me into a number of different clubs. The first night I placed fourth of 29 contestants at "Barbara's'; the second night, at 'Gabes' I placed third.

Then I placed second two nights in a row at the 'Broken Spoke' and at another one I can't remember the name. I planned to play at the 'Palace' on the fifth night but my boss called me home, said I'd been gone long enough!" An amusing sideline of his trip Continued from Page 11 A years. "We spent $198,000 to put 50,000 grass carp in Lake Moultrie this year," de Kozlowski said. He said that is a small fraction of the amount spent on aquatic herbicides. He said officials are hoping that intensive herbicide treatment of the two big boat ramps in Lake Murray will stop the spread of hydrilla in that lake before it gets out of hand.

"It's too soon to use carp," he said. "Our plan is to apply several The victim told authorities he plans to press charges for assault and battery. Finally, a 21-year-old Neeses woman called police at 10:30 p.m. Thursday to report that a gun and cash were stolen from her purse. The woman said she went in to the Pizza Hut on John C.

Calhoun Drive and set her purse on the floor by the PacMan game while she ordered a pizza. When the pizza was ready, she left the restaurant without her purse. She didn't notice she had forgotten it until she got to a friend's house. She went back to the Pizza Hut and discovered that the manager and an employee had found her purse in the men's restroom and that some of the contents had been removed. Missing were a Lossen semiautomatic pistol and $180 in cash.

auto dealer parts "They would get five dealer tags and they would put them on all their cars at home, and they would pay no property tax on that vehicle while the rest of us were," said Land, D-Manning. Dealer tags will now cost $300 a year for those who sell fewer than 50 cars a year, and they'll be limited to one plate. People who sell 50 or more cars can buy' one tag, at $20 apiece, for every 20 cars they sell per year. Charles Kusko, a Columbia businessman who sells between 25 and 50 cars a year, believes large dealers pushed for the higher cost to drive out competition. State begins crackdown on misused COLUMBIA (AP) -The free ride is ending for South Carolinians who used dealer and whole- IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of William Green Jr.

who departed this life July 31, 1978. To some he is gone to others he is part of the past, but to us you will always be loved and remembered. Sadly Missed By, Wife Lula, Son William Anthony.