greenvilleonline.com WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2001 I THE GREENVILLE NEWS Upstate Deaths John David Alewine, Anderson John I David Alewine, 66, of 4340 Trail Road, Saylors community, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001. Veteran: U.S. National Guard. Retired: Dairette Restaurant.
Member: Mount Bethel Baptist Church. Survivors: Wife, Joyce W. Alewine of the home; daughters, Lisa Alewine Stephens and Linda Alewine Sutherland, Anderson; a brother, DeCosta Alewine, Anderson; four grandchildren. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel.
Services: 3 p.m. Thursday at Mount Bethel Baptist Church. Burial: church cemetery with Masonic Rites. Memorials: Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621. Rev.
Greenville Leonard C. Anderson, Rev. Leonard C. Anderson, 79, of 304 Dellwood Drive, died Monday, December 24, 2001. Born: Bronx, N.Y.; parents: the late Carl and Hilda Mattson Anderson; military: U.S.
Army, World War II; education: Temple University and Dallas Theological Seminary; member: Hampton Park Baptist Church. Survivors: wife, Dorothy Anderson; daughters, Ruth Miller and Lois Connor; sons, Eldon Anderson and Mark Anderson; and 11 grandchildren. Memorials: Hampton Park Baptist Church Missions, 875 State Park Road, Greenville, SC 29609. Memorial service: Hampton 4 Park p.m. Baptist Receive: Church, after the Thursday service at the church.
a Calvin Chapman, Anderson Calvin 1 Lee Chapman, 61, of 124 Lemans Drive, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001. Employed: City of Anderson and Recreation Department. Member: Lebanon Baptist Survivors: Wife, Judy Diane Wooten Chapman of the home; sons, Mike McCarter of Ocala, Charles Chapman Anderson, Rodney Earl Bennett of Townville, John David Chapman of Piedmont and Eric Hurry of Powdersville; daughters, Kimberly Marie Gibson of Walhalla, and Tia Lisa Lynn Brown and Mandy Chapman, both of Salem; 18 grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.
today at The McDougald Funeral Home. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday in the funeral chapel. -Louise Chambers, Anderson 24, 2001. Faith: Baptist.
Retired: Orr- Louise Chambers, 78, of 602 Fairmont Road, died Monday, Dec. Lyons Mills. Survivors: Sons, Larry Compton, Moore, and Brian Chambers, Townville; daughters, Sandra Ramsey, Beverly Stegall and Lisa Ivester, Anderson; brothers, Vernon Brown and Bobby Brown, Calhoun Falls; sisters, Ruth Jordan, Calhoun Falls, and Lucille Martin, Clinton; and 10 grandchildren. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at The McDougald Funeral Home.
Services: 1 p.m. Thursday in the funeral chapel. Burial: New Silverbrook Cemetery. Richard Hollis Crider, Forest Park, Ga. Richard Hollis Crider, 62, of 1088 Cortis Drive, died Monday, Dec.
24, 2001 at Southern Regional Medical Center. Member: Ash Street Baptist Church. Retired: Truck driver. Veteran: U.S. Army-Vietnam.
GREENVILLE: Anderson, Rev. Leonard C. GREENVILLE: Louis-Thomas McAfee, Downtown GREENVILLE: D'Ambrosio, Angela D. GREENVILLE: Hurtado, Luis GREENVILLE: Morton-Cremation Society of South Carolina GREENVILLE: Stephens, Robert E. GREENVILLE: Whitmire, William D.
ANDERSON: Alewine, John David ANDERSON: Chambers, Louise ANDERSON: Chapman, Calvin ANDERSON: Whitfield, Sylvester "Whit" Survivors: Wife, Jo Ann Mattison Crider of Forest Park, mother, Doris Baker Crider of Cave Springs, and a sister, Dianne Arlington of Reisterstown, Md. Visitation: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday at The Cox Funeral Home. Graveside services: 3 p.m. Thursday at Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family: Eunice Wyatt Ashley, 208 River Belton. Angela D. D'Ambrosio, Greenville Angela D'Amato D'Ambrosio, 72, formerly of 100 Lewis Drive, died December 24, 2001. Retired: Sutton's Shoes. Member: of the Rosary Catholic churchady Survivors: Son, Fred D'Ambrosio and a granddaughter, Katherine D'Ambrosio of Charlotte.
Predeceased: Husband, Alfred W. D'Ambrosio. Memorial Mass: 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, with private burial. Memorials: Our Lady of the RoCatholic Church, P.O.
Box 8396, Greenville, SC 29604. -Leroy Gaines, Simpsonville Leroy Gaines, of 106 Tripmont Court, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001. Employed: Truck driver and General Electric. Survivors: Daughter, Latoya Gaines of Greenville; a son, Lerion "Nick" Gaines of Simpsonville; brothers, Curtis Gaines of Toledo, Ohio, Walter Gaines of Piedmont, Wilton Gaines of Pelzer, James Gaines of Simpsonville; and three grandchildren.
Predeceased: Parents, Houston and Elizabet Dogan Gaines. Visitation: 7 to 7:30 p.m. today at Watkins Garrett Woods Mortuary. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary.
Burial: New Forksville Baptist Church Cemetery. Corey Glenn, Baltimore Inc. Joseph Leon Glover, Wellford Corey Glenn, 29, of 628 Wildwood Park Road, native of Spartanburg, died Monday, Dec. 17, 2001. Survivors: Father, Ronnie Glenn Reidville; a daughter of Baltimore; and a brother, Reggie Glenn of Baltimore.
Predeceased: Mother, Shirley Woodruff Glenn. Graveside services: 2 p.m. today at Walkers Chapel Presbyterian Church-Sullivan Bros. Mortuary Joseph Leon Glover, 56, of 143 Forest died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001.
DEATHS IN THE REGION BALTIMORE: Glenn, Corey CLINTON: Wallace, Alfreeda FOREST PARK, Crider, Richard Hollis FOUNTAIN INN: John Funeral Home GREENWOOD: Mangum, Jack A. GREENWOOD: Warner, H.T. IVA: Bertha LIBERTY: Rankin, Reba H. MARIETTA: Gravely, Harold Craig MAULDIN: Joseph Mackey Mortuary PIEDMONT: Shirley CooleyGray Mortuary, Pelzer SIMPSONVILLE: Gaines, Leroy TAYLORS: Monroe Survivors: Wife, Clemtine McDonald Glover of the home; parents, Charlie and Della Vernon Glover, Inman; daughters, Knicky Henry, Spartanburg, Patricia Pringle and Kimberly Smith, Greenville, Jaeinta Rookard, Wellford, and Beveraly Thomas, Spartanburg; sons, Anthony L. Glover, Altanta, Anthony Q.
Watson, Wellford, Minister Stacy T. Glover, Landrum, and Andre L. Dawkins, Wellford; Isabell Staggs and Annie Stephens; 16 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at New Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Burial: church Bros. Mortuary Inc. Harold Craig Gravely, Marietta Harold Craig Gravely, 59, of 101 Valeview Circle, died Sunday, December 23, 2001, at Greenville Memorial Medical Center. Born in Pickens County, he was a son of the late Benson and Aurie Dodson Gravely. Mr.
Gravely finishing supervisor for J.P. Stevens Slater Plant for 41 years, was an avid golfer and was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church, where he was the head usher and the president of his Sunday school class. Surviving are his wife, Janet B. Gravely of the home; three daughters, Lisa and Chuck Taylor, Joy Gravely, and Mitzi and Jackie Chambers; three stepdaughters, Teresa Collins, Carla Jason Thomas, and Christy and Chris Mealor; a stepson, Tim and Jennifer Collins; brothers, Pete Gravely and Dennis Gravely; two sisters, Sue Cantrell Mozelle Clark; and 10 grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother, B.C.
Gravely. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Holly Springs Baptist Church, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30 at The Howze Mortuary. Memorials may be made to Holly Springs Baptist Church, 3450 Table Rock Road, Pickens, SC 29671. The family will be at the home.
The Howze Mortuary, Funeral Directors, Travelers Rest, is in charge of arrangements. Otto. B. Harris, Taylors Otto Bennefield Harris, 80, passed into the presence of his Saviour on Sunday, December 23, 2001. He was at his residence with family in attendance at the bedside.
He was born in Heath Springs, S.C., to the late Otto Rivers Harris and Maggie Bennefield Harris. He was the last remaining member of his immediate family, having been To read past obituaries on the Internet, go to greenvilleonline.com Greenville News publishes free obituaries up to 20 lines written in traditional newspage style. Longer obituaries up to 30 lines, or those with non-traditional news content such as testimonials, cost $75 daily and $100 Sunday. Lines exceeding 30 cost $4 per line. Obituaries outside the Upstate cost $75 for 20 lines and $4 for each additional line.
Pictures $25 and funeral announcements in Today's Services cost. $25. Veteran. predeceased by three sisters and one brother. He was also predeceased by his daughter, Anne Harris Thomason; his granddaughter, Susan Thomason Humphries; and his great-grandson, Michael Jon Peifer.
Those remaining are his wife of 56 years, Ellen Garvin Harris; his daughter, Nancy Harris Peifer; his grandchildren, David J. Thomason, Jonathan R. Peifer, Joel H. Peifer, and Jill Peifer Burrell. There are also nephews and nieces who will miss his presence.
was a veteran and former potto of World War II, having joined the U. S. Navy in 1940. He was stationed in the Philippine Islands at the commencement of the war, where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese. He survived the Bataan Death March and 40 months in a Japanese prison camp.
the conclusion of the war, he returned to Greenville, married his high school sweetheart and served in the Navy with 20 years of honorable service for the country he loved so much. In 1986, Otto retired from Kmart Automotive as automotive manager. He was a member of Choice Hills Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to either Choice Hills Baptist Church, 5910 Old Buncombe Road, Greenville, SC 29609 or Hospice of Greenville, 255 Enterprise Suite 140, Greenville, SC 29615. Visitation: 7 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. Service: 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home chapel, with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park. The family is at the residence. Luis Hurtado, Greenville Wood Mortuary TAYLORS: Harris, Otto B.
WELLFORD: Glover, Joseph Leon Incomplete: OBITUARY GUIDELINES Laundry in Portsmouth, R.I.; Veteran: World War II. Faith: Baptist. Survivors: Wife, Claire Chandanais Mangum of the home; sons, Jack Allen Mangum of Sitka, Alaska, and Jack W. Walker of Mountville; a daughter, Sherry Lemieszek of Laurens; a sister, Patricia Humphries of Inman; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorials service: 11 a.m.
Thursday at Harley Funeral Home Chapel. Memorials: Hospice of the Piedmont. Funeral Home. Reba H. Rankin, Liberty Reba Hilley Rankin, 84, of 1440 Melton Road, died Sunday, Dec.
23, 2001. Retired: LaFrance Industries. Member: Six Twenty Baptist Church. Survivors: Sister, Mattie Ward Smith of Unterro, stepdaughter, Jo Ann Rankin Wigington of Hilton Head; two stepgrandchildren; and four stepgreatgrandchildren. Predeceased: Parents, George Washington and Bessie Pearl Heaton Hilley; husband, George W.
Rankin; and a daughter, Barbara Anne Rankin. Visitation: 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday at Northeast Chapel. Services: Thursday at the mortuary. Burial: Old Silver Brook Cemetery.
Memorials: charity of one's choice. Robert E. Stephens, Greenville Robert Everett "Steve" Stephens, 13 Meyers Drive, died December 23, 2001, at Greenville Memorial Medical Center. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late Loving Leonard and Lela Martin Stephens and the widower of Glennis Cudd Stephens. He was a U.S.
Army Air Corps World War II veteran former J.P. Stevens plant manager. He was a retired salesman from Textile Supplies Day International and was a member of Eastlan Baptist Church. Manning Surviving are a Mauldin; a daughter, sister, Rita Fan- S. nie Ward of Marietta; two brothers, T.A.
"Wink" Stephens of Greenville, and Howard Lee Stephens of Powdersville; and one grandchild, Joel P. Manning. Service: 11 a.m. Thursday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, with visitation at 10 until 10:50 a.m. prior to the service.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Section Alfreeda Wallace, Clinton Clinton Alfreeda Wallace, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001. Member: Zion Hill Baptist Church of Cross Hill. Employed: Whitford's Restaurant of Clinton. Builders want to put up homes in Valley Forge park Property privately owned, but inside park By Michael Rubinkam THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VALLEY FORGE, Pa.
A plan to build luxury homes within Valley Forge National Historical Park has sparked a new battle where George Washington's ragged Continental Army spent a miserable winter nearly 225 years ago. Toll Brothers plan to build 62 houses on private property within the park, about 20 miles from Philadelphia, is causing an outcry from preservationists and park users who say that land is sacred. "Valley Forge truly is a national. shrine and one that should be one of America's best national parks, not a park under siege," said Joy Oakes of the National Parks Conservation Association. A 1999 report by the National Park Trust identified 110,000 acres of privately owned property, in and next to 20 national parks as being at greatest risk of being sold for commercial purposes.
The land in question is valued at more than $70 million. The development by Toll Brothers, the nation's largest builder of luxury homes, would be built on the site of a former tree nursery for which the company has an agreement of sale. Named Valley Forge Overlook, Survivors: Daughter, Destiny Davis of the home; a son, Montavious Davis of the home; mother, Sally Ann Wallace of Mountville; a sister, Stacey Campbell of Mountville; a brother, Milton Wallace of Mountville; grandmother, Lola Bluford of Mountville; and special friend, George Lindsay of Clinton. Predeceased: Father, Jim Oscar. Services: 2 p.m.
Thursday at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Cross Hill. The family: 172 Bluford Road, Mountville. Funeral Home. Warner, Greenwood Horace Tillman Warner, 73, of 1821 Highway 221 South, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001.
Member: Main Street United Methodist Church. Survivors: Wife, Betty Coursey Warner of the home; daughters, Susan W. Johnson, Goose Creek, and Elizabeth "Betsy" W. Clem, Columbia; sisters, Marian W. Eskew and Evelyn W.
Page; a brother, Andrew Elbert "Boo" Warner; and two grandchildren. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Blyth Funeral Home. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday in the funeral chapel.
Burial: Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Memorials: Main Street United Methodist Church, 211 N. Main Greenwood, SC 29646. Sylvester 'Whit' Whitfield, Anderson Sylvester Harrison Whitfield, 69, of 2215 Ridgewood died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001.
Veteran: Korean War. Retired: Singer Co. Attended: Osborne Avenue Church of God. Faith: Holiness. Survivors: Wife, Patricia Fields Whitfield of the home; a son, Michael D.
Whitfield of Belton; a sister, Sarah Whitfield Poore of Anderson; and two grandchildren. Predeceased: Brother, Lawrence "Lonnie" Whitfield; and parents, Lonnie Columbus and Ethel Chasteen Whitfield. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at the McDougald Funeral Home. Services: 3 p.m.
Thursday in the funeral chapel. William D. Whitmire, Greenville Luis Hurtado, 49, of 2207 Wade Hampton died Saturday, December 22, 2001. Employer: Sodetal USA. Faith: Catholic.
Survivors: Wife, Cielo Fuentes Hurtado; a son, Nelson Ricardo Hurtado of Colombia; daughters, Ana Maria and Viviana Alejandra Hurtado of the home; parents, Luis Felipe Hurtado and Maria del Rosario Guerrero of Colombia; brothers, Felipe Antoni and Manuel; and sisters, Flor de Maria Hurtado Guerrero and Maria Eufemia Hurtado. Funeral mass: Today at Blessed Trinity Catholic -Cremation Society of South Carolina, Greenville. Jack A. Mangum, Greenwood Jack A. Mangum, 80, of 204 Lakeshore Drive, died Tuesday, Dec.
25, 2001. Former manager: Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Inn of Clinton. Former owner: Isle Park the nation's Park, about 20 wants to build 62 outcry from Valley Forge say that land is ple visit the park annually, according to the Valley Forge Convention Visitors Bureau. Congress expanded the park's boundaries after designating it a national historical park in 1976. The park service was able to purchase hundreds of acres of private land within the new borders, but Congress did not appropriate enough money to finish the job, park officials say.
William "Donald" Whitmire, 75, of 11 E. Lenhardt Drive, died December 24, 2001, at his home. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late William Robert and Grace Myers Whitmire. He was a U.S. Army and Navy Veteran of World War II, European Theater, and served in the Navy Reserves during the Korean War.
Mr. Whitmire worked for Carolina Belting for 22 years and was a barber before retiring from Procter and Gamble after 17 years. He was a member of West Gantt First Baptist Church, where he served as treasurer for 25 years. He also served as deacon and teacher of the first- and second-grade class and was active in the Royal Ambassadors. Surviving are his wife, Frances Flack Whitmire of 30 years; a son and daughter-in-law, David and Laurie Whitmire of Abbeville; two grandchildren, Grace Anne and William Whitmire; a sister, Sarah H.
Williams of Anderson; two brothers, Walter Edward Whitmire, and Thomas E. Whitmire of Greenville; and was predeceased by a son, Walter Tommy Whitmire. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice. Visitation: p.m. Wednesday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown.
Service: 2 p.m. Thursday at West Gantt First Baptist Church, with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park. The family is at the residence. ON THE NET the project would command views of the rolling countryside, where some 11,000 Revolutionary War fighters camped from December 1777 to June 1778. Worn out by a lack of food, clothing and decent shelter, more than 2,000 soldiers died.
"We believe the land was set aside to be protected for the American people forever," said Bob Krumenaker, deputy park superintendent. The tree nursery is separated from the park's main section by the Schuylkill River and a highway, and it's unclear whether any houses would actually be seen from Washington's headquarters, the Washington Memorial Chapel and other landmarks. However, the development would be visible from a road cutting through the park and from a little-used park-owned tract called the Fatlands, Krumenaker said. Robert Toll, the developer's chairman and chief executive officer, said he would cooperate if the National Park Service wanted to acquire the land. In a statement, Toll noted the property is "not part of the operating park" and that there is no access from the park to the land.
He added that the company had agreed to preserve views from the park. According to Toll, the park's Toll Brothers: www.tollbrothers.com Park history: www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/ Valley Forge Convention Visitors Bureau: www.valleyforge.org/ PETER DOYLE The Associated Press from Philadelphia, causing an and park users who As a result, about 460 of the park's 3,466 acres are privately owned. Those tracts include an old trailer park obscured by trees, a few houses, church property, open space, and the tree nursery. Krumenaker said the trailer park and church property also could be vulnerable to development. The park is already surrounded by office completes and hotels.
Toll still needs approval from the Lower Providence Township supervisors, who plan to vote on Jan. 17. While there has been no decision, Township Manager Dan Olpere said the board is limited in what it can do, because the land is zoned for residential use. "If the developer meets all the conditions, it is difficult to really stop it effectively for the long term," Olpere said. Rep.
Joseph Hoeffel, and Sen. Arlen Specter, want to designate the land as a veterans cemetery, citing a need for burial space for war veterans. But park officials oppose that idea as well, fearing it would interfere with the park's value as a historical site. Regular park users said they just want the land to be left alone. "I understand (the company) wants to build," said Richard Way, 67, who has been coming to the park for 40 years.
"But sometimes, you have to walk away from something for the public Still a battlefield: Toll Brothers largest builder of luxury homes, houses on private property within General Management Plan notes that development of "areas around the park is not considered to be an intrusion." Park officials said they are in the process of rewriting that plan. In recent years, Valley Forge has come under considerable development pressure because of its proximity to major highways and the vagaries of congressional funding. More than 2 million peo- miles preservationists sacred..
