IndependentMail.com REGIONAL Anderson Independent-Mail, Friday, August 19, 2005 5B FROM PAGE 4B MRS. ADDIE Y. 'GRANNY' MCALISTER Sept. 15, 1911 Aug. 18, 2005 ANDERSON, SC Mrs.
Addie Y. McAlister, age 93, of 107 B. Vicki Court, Anderson, SC, and wife of the late Frank McAlister, died Thursday, August 18, 2005 at her residence. Born in Anderson County, SC on September 15, 1911, Mrs. McAlister was the daughter of the late James "Jim" Young and Maggie McElrath Young.
She was the Co-Founder of McAlister Greenhouses and had worked there for 22 years. She was the last surviving member of heri immediate family. Survivors include a son, Earl McAlister of Anderson, SC; four grandchildren, Danny McAlister, Jimmy McAlister, Allyson Morris and Cissy Fleming and six great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters. MARY MCMILLAN Mary Osborne McMillan, 88, of Peachtree City, formerly of Hartwell, died Wednesday, Aug.
17, 2005, at Ashley Glen Assisted Living Center in Peachtree City. Born on Nov. 26, 1916, in Hart County, she was the daughter of the late N.S. Osborne and Emma Risner Osborne. She was a graduate of Hart County High School and Piedmont College.
She was a retired educator having taught at Piedmont College, and was a member of the Reed Creek Baptist Church. She is survived by a sister, Julie O. Ayers of Hartwell. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Henry Osborne ANN B. MOBLEY HONEA PATH Ann Burnham Mobley, 59, of 101 Franklin wife of the late Charles R.
Mobley, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville. The family will be at the GLADYS MOORE TOCCOA, GA. Gladys Shirley Moore, 88, of Toccoa, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, at the Life Care Center in Sparta, Tenn.
A daughter of the late Julius and Addie Deaton Shirley, she was born on Feb. 23, 1917, in Marion County, and had lived most of her life in Stephens County and the last year in Tennessee. She was retired from the Stephens County School System. She was a member of Carnes Creek Baptist Church and Georgia Power Ambassadors. She was the widow of Clarence Moore.
LLOYD ADGER MOORE SIMPSONVILLE Mr. Lloyd Adger Moore, 81, of 205 West Fernwood passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Elbert GA he was the son of the late Ernest Clayton Moore and the late Frances Atkins Moore. Mr. Moore had a distinguished career as a Law Officer.
He began his career at the age of 26 as a Police Officer for the Elberton Police Department. At age 28 he became the Chief of Elberton Police serving 4 years. At age 32 he became the Sheriff of Elbert serving 20 years. Mr. Moore concluded his career at the Greenville Spartanburg JetPort as the Chief of Airport Police serving 10 years.
He was a member of Mauldin First Baptist Church and past member of Elberton First Baptist Church where he served as chairman of deacons. Mr. Moore loved singing, and was a member of the choir at both Mauldin First Baptist and Elberton First Baptist. He was past President and board member of the Elbert Co. singing convention.
He was past President of Little League Baseball in Elberton, GA. Mr. Moore was a Mason and a member of the Hejaz Shrine in Mauldin. Thank You to special caregivers, Betty Duncan Bobbie Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2005 at 12:30 pm at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Chapel Mausoleum by Mr. Paul Fleming.
Entombment will follow in the Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home on Saturday, August 20, 2005 from 11:00 am to Noon. The family will be at the home of her son, Earl McAlister, 107 Vicki Court, Anderson, SC. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621. A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhom.com THE MCDOUGALD FUNERAL HOME is in charge of arrangements.
and Joe E. Osborne and her sister, Lula O. Welborn Funeral services will be held on Friday at 2 p.m. from the Reed Creek Baptist Church. The Rev.
Sam Dulaney will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body is: at the Strickland Funeral Home, Hartwell, where the family received friends Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Family members will be at their respective homes. Flowers are optional and memorials can be made to the Reed Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 7636 Mt.
Olivet Road, Hartwell, Ga. 30643. home of her daughter, Tina King, 513 Choctow Anderson. Funeral arrangements will be announced by The McDougald Funeral Home. Survivors are a daughter, Anne Saylors of Cookeville, a son, Roger Moore of Kennesaw; four grandchildren; four great and a sister, Vera Meeks of Toccoa.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Hillcrest chapel of Acree-Davis Funeral Home with Mr. Phil Saylors and the Rev. Dr. Tim Miller officiating.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Interment will be in Carnes Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Bragg. A special thank you to all the staf of NHC of Mauldin and to the Greenville Memorial Hospital 2nd floor for being so kind. 2 daughters, Jane Moore of Mauldin, Joy Rucker and her husband Tom of Simpsonville; 2 sons, Adger Moore, Jr.
of Simpsonville, Jerry Moore and his wife Wendy of Irmo, SC; 3 grandchildren, Chad Rucker and his wife Michelle, Mark Rucker and Abby Rucker. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 20, 2005 at the Chapel of Simpsonville First Baptist Church with the Rev. Gary Stricklin and Rev. Ed Sayer officiating. Burial services will be held Saturday, August 20, 2005 at the Forest Hills Memorial Park in Elberton, GA.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 to Friday, August 19, 2005 005 at Cannon Funeral Home Simpsonville and immediately following the graveside at Elberton First Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Mauldin First Baptist Church or to the Charity of ones choice. CANNON FUNERALS CREMATIONS Simpsonville is serving the Moore family. My Favorite Click independentmail.com ris of Anderson; sisters, Helena Osborne, Alafair Holcombe and Nancy Canupp, all of Anderson; nine grandchildren; and three great Services are at 3 p.m. Saturday at Woodlawn Funeral Home chapel by the Revs.
Ray Johnson and Ray Butler; burial will be in New Silverbrook Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The family will be at the home of his sister, Alafair Holcombe, 231 Foster Anderson. her brothers, Thomas Crawford Floyd, Armenius Floyd, Euford Roger Floyd, Herbert Haney Floyd and Ray Terrell Floyd; and by her sisters, Ruby Inez, Florence Ruth, Ada Fay and Bonnie Elbert.
Graveside services will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Franklin Memorial Gardens -North, Lavonia, by the Rev. Danny Green. The body is at the Hamby Funeral Home, Lavonia, where the family will receive friends Saturday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. before the service.
Family members will be at their respective homes. nephews. Services are at 3 p.m. Sunday at Springfield Baptist Church in Calhoun Falls by the pastor, the Rev. Johnnie Waller.
The body will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family is at the home and at the home of nieces and a nephew who live near by. Friendly Funeral Home, Calhoun Falls, is in charge of arrangements.
in Commerce. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Acree-Davis Funeral Home, Toccoa. SAMUEL RAY NORRIS May 2,1939 Aug. 18, 2005 ANDERSON Samuel Ray Norris, 66, of 242 Foster St. died Thursday, Aug.
18, 2005. Born in Anderson, he was the son of the late Albert Norris and Jessie Ruth Jenkins Norris. He was retired from auto body and fender work. Surviving are his wife, Margaret Saxon Norris of the home; sons, James Samuel Norris and Charles Ussery Norris, both of Anderson; daughters, Jackie Norris and Darlene Norris Turner, both of Anderson, and Dorothy Norris of Salem; brother, Willie Nor- EDNA OLIVER LAVONIA, Edna Floyd Oliver, 83, of 1307 Hogan Lane, Jacksonville, formerly of Lavonia, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005 in Jacksonville.
Born on January 28, 1923, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Elbert Floyd and Essie Haney Floyd. She was retired from Safco Insurance Administration, and was of the Baptist faith. She i is survived by a daughter, Linda Matthews of Jacksonville; a son, David Oliver of Missouri; a sister, Mary Josephine of Lavonia; and several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by LULA 'TOOTSIE' ROGERS CALHOUN FALLS Lula "Tootsie" Rogers, 94, formerly of 113 Rogers died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005, at National Healthcare in Greenwood.
Born in Calhoun Falls, she was a daughter of the late Maggie Rogers. She was a member of Springfield Baptist Church of Calhoun Falls, where she was a mother of the church. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Surviving are nieces and KENNETH SMITH HOMER, Kenneth Allen "Wormy" Smith, 43, of Delong Boling Road, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, at BJC Hospital BARBARA ANDERSON TOMPKINS DUE WEST Barbara An- be announced by Holloway's derson Tompkins, 68, of 3 Gor- Funeral Home, 101 Holloway don St.
died Wednesday, Aug. Belton. 17, 2005, at her home. The family is at the home. Funeral arrangements will OLIVER JOSEPH YATES Nov.
13, 1942 Aug. 15, 2005 HARTWELL, GA. Oliver Joseph Yates, 62, of 394 B. Bailey Road died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, at Anderson Area Medical Center, Anderson.
Born in Warren, Ohio, he was the son of the late Charles and Dearie Yates. He was a member of New Hope Full Gospel Baptist Church, Hartwell. Surviving are his wife, Faye Jones Yates of Hartwell; sons, Tyrone Wilson, Willie Wilson, Joey Yates and Teddy Yates, all of Hartwell, and Greg Yates of Cleveland; daughters, Ellery Yates, Krameisha Yates and Kathy Rucker, all of Hartwell; sisters, Charlotte Yates, Ethel Yates and Charita Jackson, all of Cleveland, Rachael Yates of Florida and Dearie McNair of Twinsburg, Ohio; brothers, Richard Yates of Chicago, Anthony Yates of Cleveland, Marty Yates of Atlanta and Charles Yates of Elberton, 21 grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. Services are at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Full Gospel Baptist Church by the Rev.
T.L. Jackson; burial will be in the church cemetery. The body is at Mack's Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at noon Saturday. The family is at the home. Start every day with the best! Enjoy the convenience of Anderson Independent-Mail home delivery and save off the newsstand price.
260-1284 or 1-800-859-6397 LOCAL REGIONAL Eight women play Mah-jongg for 25 hours BY ERINN MCGUIRE Bluffton Today BLUFFTON, S.C. -They call themselves the Guinness Girls. Not after a darkly brewed beer, but for their accomplishment in breaking a world record. Eight Sun City Hilton Head residents ages 58 to 80 played the Chinese tile game Mah-jongg for 25 consecutive hours two years ago and are featured in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. "We didn't know we were going to be in the book until someone called," said Chris Pittenger, a Mah-jongg player who helped organize the record-breaking event.
Ms. Pittenger was notified in July 2003 that the group would receive membership into the record-breaking world, but the women weren't promised a spot in the annually printed Guinness Book of World Records. "We're thrilled to be in the 2006 book," Ms. Pittenger said. The eight ladies are featured on page 36.
Four of the Mah-jongg players- Ms. Pittenger, Betty Vance, Rose Cannon and MaryAnn Blansett are also pictured on the back inside cover of the hardback book. They bought plenty of copies as keepsakes. The Mah-jongg players began their marathon at 7 a.m. Feb.
28, 2003, and finished playing at 8 a.m. March 1. "We had to play 24 hours to set a record, but we wanted to go one more hour," Ms. Pittenger said. The hardest time to keep playing was between midnight and 2 a.m.
"That's when we didn't have any visitors," she said. During the other 23 hours, neighbors and friends dropped in on the game to keep the players inspired. The Mah-jongg queens were never left by themselves. Tomake sure they all stayed awake, the eight players enlisted the help of four other friends they christened as their "angels." "If they saw we were getting droopy, they would sing, bring us food," put on skits, or give the occasional neck rub, Ms. Pittenger said.
"We were only allowed to take one fiveminute break per hour." Vance had never stayed up for 25 consecutive hours. She said "there was such determination" among the players that they managed to keep their eyes open without much difficulty. "We were very hyped," she said. "When there's 12 women in a room, you're going to talk all night. And we did." Ms.
Pittenger said it took six months to prepare to break the world record. It took two to three months to get clearance form the Guinness Book of World Records to attempt to break the record, she said. They even had to get a doctor's approval to show the record keepers that they were physically fit enough to endure such a feat. Four witnesses had to write in their own handwriting that the eight women indeed did play for one entire day and one hour. "We had to keep record of every game we played.
We had to catalog everything," Ms. Vance said. And, they said, it was worth it. "We would do it all over again," Ms. Pittenger said.
"We wish someone would try to break our record." Lawmakers considering panhandling ban The Associated Press MACON Inspired by a panhandling ban passed by Atlanta this week, Macon lawmakers are pushing a similar ordinance to forbid begging in the downtown Macon. Councilman Mike Cranford asked Macon city attorneys to take the Atlanta proposal and several others to craft one specific to Macon. He and Councilman Cole Thomason argued that new rules on public begging will help residents and visitors feel safer. "I'm sure they're going to say it's cold-hearted," Mr. Thomason said.
"It's a safety issue for the people who go downtown and try to conduct normal business." The Atlanta ordinance, approved Monday, makes it illegal to ask strangers for food or money near downtown museums and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. The measure was backed by Atlanta business groups who said downtown was awash in aggressive beggars, but the ban got spirited opposition from civil rights groups and advocates for the poor. The council delayed the vote at least three times because of protests. In Macon, officers can currently use solicitation ordi- GED Window World in Not only stand behind IND ON THEM; Any Size White Double Replacement Hung Vinyl Windows Sales INSTALLED Associate BBB for details.
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Atlanta's ordinance, which Mayor Shirley Franklin said she would sign into law by Monday, essentially outlaws all panhandling in a downtown area known as the "tourist triangle" at any time and citywide at night. It also outlaws aggressive panhandling that a reasonable person "would perceive to be a threat" at any time of day. Business owners in downtown Macon and the surrounding area were split on the need for a similar law there. "I'm not really that bothered by (panhandling)," Mike Hinshaw, owner of a frame shop, told The Macon Telegraph. "We used to be.
A few complaints were made, and the police took care of But Tom Glennon, director of the Georgia Children's Museum in downtown Macon, said panhandling is "threatening the existence of the children's ATLY Anderson Welcome Neighbor FREE GIFTS from Local Business and Medical Sponsors To receive your WELCOME BASKETPAK of GIFTS Call 225-3236.
