Obituaries

Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 17, 2009, at VFW Post 2889 on Main St., Rock Hill.

He was born May 1, 1923, in Anderson, S.C., to his late parents, Jerome Wilson Sr. and Floride Ward Wilson.

The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at First Baptist Church Clover. The Rev. David J Stanford will be officiating. Burial will be at Woodside Cemetery.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mr. Frederick Denman Buggie, 79, died Jan. 5, 2008.

LANCASTER -- Mrs. Eula Mae Funderburk Funderburk, 90, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009.

CHESTER -- Mrs. Betty Ann Clifton Hall, 49, of Chester, passed away Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009.

ROCK HILL -- Annie Bankhead Heathershaw, 91, of Rock Hill, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at her home.

PINEVILLE, N.C. -- Ellen Bush Helfner, 84, of Pineville, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at Pineville Rehabilitation and Living Center.

ROCK HILL -- Mrs. Betty Wisher Jonas, 82, passed away Jan. 4, 2009, at Agape Rehab.

COLUMBIA -- Mr. Samuel Clinton "Clint" Morris, 94, passed away Jan. 3, 2009.

FORT MILL -- Mr. Richard Oliver Johnson Sr., 57, of 519 Quicksilver Trail, passed away away Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at his home.

ROCK HILL -- Mr. Lester Wallace Neely, 78, passed away Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at his residence.

ROCK HILL -- Bernice Zelius Newbold, 78, formerly of 2180 Ebinport Road, passed away, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at Agape Rehab.

ROCK HILL -- Ms. Ernestine King Stewart, 94, 127 Murrah Drive passed away Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, at Magnolia Manor.

ROCK HILL - Mr. John Gaston "Snook" Nichols, 77, of 1875 Mount Holly Drive, passed away Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at Piedmont Medical Center.

ROCK HILL -- Mr. Anthony Thomas Spampinato, 82, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at Piedmont Medical Center.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mr. Frederick Buggie, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House.

GATESVILLE, N.C. -- Linda Isler Edwards, 52, died Dec. 31, 2008, at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg, Va.

CHESTER -- Mr. Fred Gaddy, 96, formerly of 2305 Courtney Lane, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at Chester Regional Nursing Center, Chester.

ROCK HILL -- Mrs. Betty Wisher Jonas, 82, passed away Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, at Agape Rehab.