Obituaries

ANDERSON -- Mr. James Gradon Eldridge, 93, formerly of Charlotte, N.C., passed away Sunday, November 30, 2008, at the home of his daughter.

FORT MILL -- Mrs. Mary Hallman Brooks, 52, of Fort Mill, died Saturday, November 29, 2008, at her home.

ROCK HILL -- Mrs. Lena Hughes, 82, of 2072 Winding Oak Road, passed away Sunday, November 30, 2008, at Piedmont Medical Center.

LANCASTER -- Rev. Patrick James Minihane, 47, of 3097 Taxahaw Road, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at his home.

ROCK HILL -- Mr. Franklin Joseph Stephens, 70, of 1829 Timberlake Road, passed away Sunday, November 30, 2008, at his home.

ROCK HILL -- Ms. Roxie Eliza Shipman Benson, 90, died Thursday, November 27, 2008, at the home of her granddaughter.

ROCK HILL -- Master Ryan Jacob Belk, infant son of Kenneth John and Marci Lynn O'Neill Belk, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at Piedmont Medical Center.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mr. Robert Lee Dobbins, 98, of 1845 Slater Ridge Drive in Charlotte, and formerly of Plainfield, N.J., died Friday, November 28, 2008, at his residence.

RANDOLPH, N.J. -- Mr. Joseph Clement Montgomery, 73, formerly of York, S.C., died Wednesday, November 26, 2008, in Randolph, N.J.

LANCASTER -- Mrs. Martha O'Cain Dougherty, 93, died Saturday, November 29, 2008, at Lancaster Convalescent Center.

ROCK HILL -- Mrs. Ola Mae Isom, 87, died Fri., Nov. 28, 2008, at Hospice & Community Care.

ROCK HILL -- Wilburn William Fincher, 80, of 2047 Ridgecrest Road, died Friday, November 28, 2008, at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House.

ROCK HILL - "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints." Psalm 116:15

ROCK HILL -- Ms. Roxie Eliza Shipman Benson, 90, of Rock Hill passed away Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at the home of her granddaughter

ROCK HILL -- Master Ryan Jacob Belk, infant son of Kenneth John and Marci Lynn O'Neill Belk became an angel on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill.

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. -- Mrs. Julia Susie B. Weldon Anderson died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at New York Hospital of Queens. The funeral service is 2 p.m. today at Robinson Funeral Home. Burial will be at Rehoboth AME Zion Church Cemetery.

ROCK HILL -- Mr. Buford A. Fields, 74, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, at home.

YORK -- James Edward Gray, 57, of 1823 Suttonspring Road, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2008, at Piedmont Medical Center.

LANCASTER -- Mrs. Helen Myatt Harris, 90, of 1206 Hawthorne Road, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at her home.

LANCASTER -- Mr. Lucious Waters, 60, of 503 East Dunlap St., died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008.