StateLocal emocrat Page 12B, Orangeburg, S.C., Sunday, August 24, 1997 Inmate autopsy returns inconclusive tacked a female guard. Jail director Perry Eichor said they followed proper restraining procedures and all remain on active duty. But RadclifFs brother said he witnessed the con-! frontation and jail guards must have suffocated his brother. Corey Radcliff, 20, also was picked up Thursday on a charge of violating his probation. Corey Radcliff said he heard his brother tell a guard, "You ain't got to put your hands on me," and Jamel drew back his fist and bumped into a female officer behind him.
"She was standing just behind him," Corey Radcliff said. "He probably didn't even see her." Then a male officer put his hands around Jamel RadclifFs neck, his brother said. "He's one of them types who ain't going to let nobody hold him down, and he was kicking and trying to get loose. I saw knees and elbows. So many officers was on him I couldn't see him no more." Corey Radcliff said he was shoved against the wall and couldn't see anything for a few moments.
When he could see his brother again, he was in handcuffs and leg irons on the floor and his neck was limp. By The Associated Press GREENVILLE An autopsy on a 21-year-old inmate who died after being subdued by guards at the Greenville County Detention Center is inconclusive, a deputy coroner said. Meanwhile, Jamel RadclifFs brother said Friday he witnessed the confrontation and jail guards must have suffocated him. "They came from nowhere and was all over my brother," said Corey Radcliff, 20, who also was arrested Thursday. Deputy coroner Mike Ellis said it appears crucial that the man's heart stopped beating immediately after guards subdued him Thursday.
Analyses of microscopic tissue and body fluids hopefully will show the cause of death, he said. Jamel Radcliff was pronounced dead Thursday evening at Greenville Memorial Hospital, Ellis said. He had been arrested that morning on a bench warrant for failing to appear in court on a charge of unlawfully carrying of a pistol. Four guards helped restrain Radcliff after he at Creditor deadlines squeezing troubled Air South company doesn't comment on specific customers. But Air South's president said he was confident GE Capital wouldn't take such a drastic step.
"GE isn't going to pull the rug out from under us," John Affel-tranger said. "They realize if they yank the airplanes, then that's the end of the airline." Affeltr anger took over for John Tague in June after Tague resigned to become head of another airline. In SEC documents made public Friday, Air South reported a loss of $7.9 million in the second quarter of 1997 on revenues of $17.8 million. In the same period a year ago, the company lost $5.9 million on revr enues of $13.8 million. The company had hoped the busy summer travel season would stop the red ink, but repeated equip- Oscar P.
Wetherington, who designed gameco*ck logo for USC, dies at 76 Oscar Pinckney Wetherington, 76, of Charleston, who designed the "Fighting Gameco*ck" logo for the University of South Carolina, died Saturday at a Charleston nursing home. Memorial services will be private. Mr. Wetherington was born Feb. 28, 1921, in Savannah, a son of the late Lonnie Z.
Wetherington and Susie P. Johnson Wetherington. He was a World War II Army veteran. He was an artist and art teacher and designed the familiar "Fighting Gameco*ck" for Paul Dietzel in 1965. His career in art began in the Orangeburg schools.
In high school he was artist for the annual. In 1942, he entered military service and after training as a combat engineer, was assigned to General Eisenhower's headquarters in England as graphic artist, and later to the North African Campaign Headquarters in Algiers and finally to the Royal Palace at Caserta, Italy. After World War II, Mr. Wetherington attended the California School of Arts and Crafts at La Jolla, where he received his bachelor's degree in arts and continued as a graduate student for teacher training. He then went to work as an art teacher of both children and adults, acting at the same time as Art Department supervisor for the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune newspapers, a position he held for 10 years.
In 1960, Mr. Wetherington returned to South Carolina, where he worked as art director for a national advertising agency. His next position was on the art staff of the R.L. Bryant Printing Co. in Columbia.
While there, he designed the gameco*ck logo. In 1972, he retired from the graphic arts field and since has devoted his time to the fine arts. Mr. Wetherington has been a special student of the great American wa-tercolorist Theodore Kausky and has also studied with Rex Brandt, eminent painter of the West Coast. A member of the Southeastern Wa-tercolor Society and of the Orangeburg League of the Arts, he taught master classes in watercolor and critique classes.
Survivors include a brother, William B. Wetherington Sr. of Belvedere; and three sisters, Caroline W. Bessinger and Agnes W. Faircloth, both of Charleston, and Suzanne W.
Westbury of Neeses. The family suggests memorials be made to Brookland Boys Home, 3105 Five Chop Road, Orangeburg, S.C. 29115. J. Henry Stuhr, Inc.
North Area Chapel in Charleston is in charge of arrangements. Otis Boyd Sr. The funeral for Otis Boyd 87, of 4816 Charleston Highway, Rowesville, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Forest Chapel United Methodist Church in Orangeburg, with the Rev. Joseph Abram Jr.
officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Mr. Boyd died Wednesday.
He was born Oct. 16, 1910, in Orangeburg County, a son of the late William Boyd and Maggie James Boyd Gilyard. At an early age, he joined Zion United Methodist Church in Jamison and later joined Forest Chapel United Methodist Church, where he served as trustee, choir member and member of the United Methodist Men. He was a self-employed farmer and barber in Bowman and was employed in the Bowman schools as a custodian. Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Clemmie Boyd of the home; three sons, Hugo Boyd of Washington, D.C., Thomas Boyd of Orangeburg and Otis Boyd Jr. of with the Rev. Marvin Clark, the Rev. Julian Long and the Rev. Dr.
William Coates officiating. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Gardens in Orangeburg. Mr. Livingston was born Feb. 29, 1932, in Neeses, a son of the late Daniel Talmage Livingston and Rebecca Lou Livingston Livingston.
He was a retired residential builder and He attended Clemson College and the University of South Carolina. Mr. Livingston was a member of First Southern Methodist Church, a Mason and a member of Progress Lodge and The Home Builders Association. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Lynn Godwin Livingston of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Jovan L. (Danna) Ackiss, Mrs. Teddy W. (Lisa) Johnson and Mrs.
Stephen J. (Debbie) England, all of Orangeburg; two sons, Robert W. "Robby" Rutherford of Newark, and John Daniel "Jay" Livingston of the home; a sister, Mrs. Elouise L. Burns of Orangeburg; two brothers, J.
Bryan Livingston of Houston and C.J. "Pete" Livingston of Irmo; and nine grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials be made to First Southern Methodist Church Building Fund or the Hospice of The Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Virginia McGeever Mrs. Virginia Ellen Bennett McGeever, 80, of 208 Glover Walterboro, died Friday at Bayview Nursing Center in Beaufort following an extended illness. The funeral will be held at 3 p.m.
Monday at Grace Advent Christian Church in Walterboro, with the Rev. Wayne Lucas officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. McGeever was born May 5, 1917, in Dillon, a daughter of the late Thomas McRae Bennett and Margaret McKinnon Bennett.
She was a lab technician with Colleton Regional Hospital and a member of Grace Advent Christian Church. She was the widow of Donald Joseph McGeever. Survivors include a son, Don McGeever of San Antonio, Texas; a daughter, Dorothy Lucas of Walterboro; and three grandchildren. Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home of Walterboro is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Ruth C. President Mrs. Ruth Collins President, of IHS Driftwood Health Care Center, Charleston, and formerly of Pineville, died Saturday at the center following an extended illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Shuler-Marshall Funeral Home of Holly Hill.
Friends may call at the residence of Mrs. Barbara Collins Butler, 285 Bigwoods Road, Eadytown, and at the funeral home. Lawrence K. Williams The funeral for Lawrence Keitt Williams, 77, of 135 Mack St. Matthews, will be held at 1 p.m.
Monday at Bethel AME Church in St. Matthews. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The casket will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Mr.
Williams died Thursday. He was born in Calhoun County, a son of the late Roger Williams and Adella Williams. He was educated in the public schools of Calhoun County and graduated from South Carolina State College. He served in the U.S. Army, was a member of VFW Post 8166 and was a retired principal of the Calhoun County public schools.
He was a member of Bethel AME Church. Survivors include two brothers, Jefferson Augustus Williams of Bronx, N.Y., and Marcus Garvey Williams of St. Matthews; and a sister, Vernice Moore of New York. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at J.P.
Holley Funeral Home, St. Matthews Chapel, St. Matthews. The family will receive friends at the residence of his brother, Marcus G. Williams, 137 Mack St.
Matthews. Rowesville; five daughters, Maggie Mack of Bowman, Mary McGowan of Washington, Margie Oliver of Detroit, Ollie Boyd of Rowesville and Belivia Boyd of Irmo; four brothers, Curtis Boyd and Levi Boyd, both of Orangeburg, Thomas Boyd of New Carlington, and Julius Gilyard of Rowesville; three sisters, Ora Mae Wideman and Mazie Boyd, both of Rowesville, and Omega Berry of Aiken; 26 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence and at Glover's Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Mrs. Sarah L.
James Mrs. Sarah Louise James, 80, of Bowens Street, P.O. Box 381, Springfield, died Friday at The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg following a brief illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Fulmer's Funeral Home of Springfield. Friends may call at the residence.
Mrs. Rosa C. Johnson Mrs. Rosa Conyers Johnson, 88, of 712 Poplar Denmark, died Thursday at her residence. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m.
Monday at Capernaum Baptist Church in Denmark, with the Rev. N.A. McNeal, the Rev. Willie Williams and the Rev. George Walker officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be sons. Mrs. Johnson was born April 9, 1909, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Alfred Conyers and Mamie Conyers. She was a former member of Saint Mark Baptist Church and presently a member of Capernaum Baptist Church.
She was the widow of Wesley Johnson Sr. Survivors include six daughters, Helen Steward, Barbara Johnson and Dorothy Johnson, all of Denmark, Loretta Reed of Blackville, Mamie Nimmons of Orangeburg and Mary Jenkins of Columbia; 10 sons, Canty Johnson of Brooklyn, N.Y., Jerry Johnson of Knoxville, Terry Johnson of Hanover, Harold Johnson, Wesley Johnson David Johnson and Buddy Johnson, all of Columbia, Tony Johnson of Atlanta, Walter Johnson of Coral Springs, and Larry Johnson of the home; four sisters, Willie Johnson of Marion, Leatha Conyers and Evangelist Virginia Canty, both of Silvers, and Mamie H. Tate of Cheraw; four brothers, James Conyers of New York, Morgan Conyers of Philadelphia, John Tindal of Paxville and Thomas Ma-honey of Silvers; 50 grandchildren, including a grandson reared in the home, Charles Johnson of Columbia; and 10 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lebby Funeral Home of Denmark.
Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Mrs. Martha W. Lambert Mrs. Martha Wrenn Lambert, of Washington, D.C., died Tuesday in Washington following a brief illness.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at New Bethany Baptist Church in Fort Motte, with the Rev. J.D. Ulmer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Lambert was born in Calhoun County, a daughter of the late Abraham Wrenn and Hattie Jackson Wrenn. At an early age, she joined New Bethany Baptist Church of Fort Motte. She later resided in Washington. Survivors include four sons, Calvin Wrenn, Lucious Pinkney, Leonard Pinkney and Vernon Pinkney, all of Washington; a daughter, Nancy Pinkney of Washington; two sisters, Mrs.
Leila Wrenn Glover of Fort Motte and Alberta Wrenn Haynes of Patterson, N.J.; and two brothers, the Rev. Dearl Wrenn of Washington, D.C. and Felix Wrenn of Hackensack, N.J. Friends may call at Jenkins Funeral Home of Orangeburg. D.T.
'Dan' Livingston Jr. Daniel Talmage "Dan" Livingston 65, of 4136 Columbia Road, Orangeburg, died Saturday at his residence. The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at First Southern Methodist Church in Orangeburg, ment problems have prompted Air South officials to acknowledge that the airline won't record a profit this summer. In 1994, South Carolina lent Air South $12 million in federal Housing and Urban Development funds to finance start-up costs.
'Little Shop of Horrors' player incorrectly named In Saturday's review of the Orangeburg Part-Time Players' production of "Little Shop of Hor-; rors," one of the street urchins was incorrectly identified. We identified Geri Wood as one of the four, while in fact the role was played by Lou Warth. We apologize for the mistake. accused of kidnapping a Taylors boy has been brought back to face charges in Greenville County. James Edward Dawson Jr.
was returned to the Upstate late Friday night, authorities said. He faces charges of kidnapping and breach of trust following last week's capture. Dawson and 12-year-old Christopher Perry disappeared Aug. 9 and were not found until a routine traffic stop Thursday on Interstate 95 in Port Wentworth, Ga. The boy was unharmed and returned to his family Thursday night.
Clemson donations increase 18 percent CLEMSON Money donated to Clemson University for scholarships reached $4.3 million this past fiscal year and has more than doubled in the past two years, the school says. Private gifts have allowed the unfver-, sity to award 2,503 scholarships, from $250 to $7,500 each for the 1 996-97 academic year, Clemson said Friday. Donors gave a total of $20 million to the university for academic and student aid programs in the 1 996-97 fiscal year, with 21 percent earmarked for scholarships. That proportion is up from 18 per-, cent in 1995-96 and 10 percent in 1994-95. Alumni gift-giving was up 9 percent to $6.4 million for the fiscal year that ended' June 30.
Bond denied for Dillon arson suspect DILLON Bond has been denied for a man charged in a series of fires that burned 11 structures in six days. James Graham, 50, of Dillon was denied bond Wednesday by city and coun-, magistrates, State Law Enforcement ivision Lt. Mike Brown said. Graham faces 1 6 charges of arson or robbery for a series of crimes in Dillon County. The county library is among the buildings that burned from Aug.
8-13. New CHE director promotes accountable, responsive colleges CLEMSON Public colleges should be more responsive and accountable to businesses, parents and students, the new executive director of the state Higher Education Commission said. "We must do everything possible to set a higher education agenda that is more cooperative, more responsive and flexible, more accountable," Raybum Barton said Tuesday during Clemson University's opening convocation. Barton took over the commission in June after an almost yeariong search for a new director. He succeeded Fred She-heen.
The commission is in the process of implementing a new performance-based funding system ordered by the Legislature to insure more accountability. Card of Thanks The family of the late Roger Dantzler would like to thank you for your prayers, cards, food, flowers, telephone calls, visits and all other expressions of sympathy during our bereavement. May God bless you abundantly. Mother, Sisters Brothers By The Associated Press COLUMBIA Air South, already facing mounting losses, may lose some of its planes unless it can successfully restructure a contract with one of its creditors by late next week. The low-cost carrier also is renegotiating a $12 million state loan after Air South missed a $624,000 payment earlier this month.
Air South has until Thursday to revise a defaulted lease with GE Capital Aviation Service, from which the airline gets five of its seven aircraft. GE Capital can start repossessing the planes if the deal can't be reworked, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Officials with GE Capital in Stamford, said the financing Autopsy results of man hit by train inconclusive STARTEX Spartanburg County officials don't know how a man hit by a train died. Richard Eugene Fowler, 37, of Well-ford was struck by a northbound CSX train early Friday morning. Eric Lawson, Spartanburg County Sheriff's office spokesman, said Fowler was lying on the tracks and didn't try to get out of the way of the slow moving train.
Lawson said railroad workers blew the horn, sounded the bell and applied the train's emergency brakes, but Fowler didn't respond. A cause of death should be determined by next week said Randy Smith of the Spartanburg County Coroner's office. Four die in Florence traffic accidents involving law enforcement officers FLORENCE Four people are dead in a pair of Florence County accidents involving law-enforcement officers. A high-speed chase through the eastern part of the county ended Saturday night when a stolen car carrying two teen-agers crashed into a tree near Claussen. The accident killed Ronald David Godwin, 1 8, of Kingstree and Jaime Michael Cummings, 16, of Lake City.
The other accident claimed the lives of two youths outside New Hope. Officers say a car driven by Tiffany Cisco, 1 7, of Johnsonville failed to yield the right-of-way while making a left turn and was struck by a Highway Patrol car. The Friday night accident killed Cisco's 6-month old son, Tayshawn Domonique Davis, and 15-year-old sister, Jessica Fay Cisco. Both were pronounced dead at the scene said Florence County Coroner M.G. "Bubba" Matthews.
Sixty to lose jobs in Mauldin due to Crown Cork closure MAULDIN A plastic containers plant will be shut down this fall and put about 60 people out of work. Crown Cork Seal Co. Inc. says the Mauldin plant closure is among six that will take place within the next two months. The Philadelphia-based company anticipates the move will save $20 millin a year in operationg costs.
The company makes containers from a plastic resin. 2nd candidate to seek Limbaugh vacancy FLORENCE A second candidate intends to enter the special election to fill the vacancy in House District 63. Florence County Councilman John Hyman said Friday he will run as a Republican for the seat vacated by Rep. Hunter Limbaugh. An official announce- The Family Of James E.
Graham expresses gratitude to each friend who has walked beside us during this past week. Your support has sustained us during our loss. ment is expected early in the week. Limbaugh, R-Florence, resigned from the House earlier this month when he was appointed Gov. David Beasley's chief legal counsel.
He was serving his second term in the House. MUSCtoldit will get top marks CHARLESTON The Medical University of South Carolina has been told it will receive high marks from the national organization that evaluates hospitals, officials said. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations told MUSC that it will receive a preliminary grade in the high 90s out of a possible 100. That is likely to put MUSC among the top fifth of the nation's hospitals. 'They had no specific recommendations in any part of the survey," said Pam Cipriano, chief operation officer at MUSC's Medical Center.
"We had significant or complete compliance in every area." An accreditation team spent all week touring MUSC and checking into its procedures. MUSC's last accreditation grade three years ago was 90 percent. State to ask grand jury for reckless homicide indictment vs. deputy GREENVILLE The state will ask a Greenville County grand jury to indict a deputy for reckless homicide in connection with a fatal accident last September. Deputy Attorney General Jack Rior-dan likely will present the case against Deputy Paris Fant to the grand jury in November, spokesman Robb McBurney said Friday.
Riordan's decision stems from a Sept. 2 wreck in which Fant's patrol car struck a car turning onto White Horse Road. The crash killed Christie Shannon Vaughn Chandler, 26, of Greenville, and injured her 4-year-old daughter. Fant is the second law-enforcement officer in Greenville county this week against whom prosecutors have recommended a reckless homicide indictment. The other was Greenville police Officer Marty Wilkes, whose patrol car hit another car March 4.
Cynthia Chaddock, 38, of Easley, died in that crash. S.C. company buys INDIANAPOLIS A South Carolina broadcasting company is purchasing the struggling Indianapolis-based WNDY television station. WNDY officials said Friday that Spartan Communications a small, family-owned company based in Spartanburg, S.C, is expected to assume control of the independent station soon. Man accused of kidnapping returned to Greenville GREENVILLE A 21 -year-old man In Loving Memory of Joseph Birgil Nettles who departed this life 17 years ago today, August 24, 1980.
It was 17 years ago when you left us. You will always be in our hearts, our thoughts and memories. Rest in peace, we know you are in God hands. Loved Sadly Missed by. Sister; Evelyn Rudd and Family 4 Card of Thanks The family of the late Magaleane "Dump" Shuler Smith extends their sincere thanks to the many friends and relatives for the cards, telephone Calls, visits, flowers, food and prayers during the bereavement of our dear mother.
May Oodblcss each of you. The Shuler Family Card Of Thanks The familv of the Late MR. RICKIE DALE MILTON wishes to express their appreciation to their friends and relatives for the food, cards, flowers, prayers and other acts of kindness shown them during their bereavement. Perhaps you sang a lovely song or, sat quietly in a chair. Perhaps you sent beautiful flowers.
If so, we saw them there. Perhaps you sent or spoke kind words; as any friend can say. Perhaps you were not there at all. Just thought of us that day. Perhaps you prepared some tasty food, or maybe furnished a car.
Perhaps you rendered a service unseen, near at hand of from afar. Whatever you did to console the heart, we thank you so much whatever the part. The Glover and Brown Families IN LOVING MEMORY OF Dekrah "Carle" Blevins Sunrise Sunset Sept. 20,1969 Aug. 24, 1988 There is a place within our hearts that none but you can fill, for no one ever meant the same and no one ever will.
The gates of memories will never close. We miss you more than anyone knows. Gone are the days we use to share, but in our hearts, you will always be there. Lasting Love Shrimp, Mom- Donna Belcher, Pop Bob Belcher, Brothers, Sisters, Nieces ft Nephew In Loving Memory Of ESSIE MAE "SISTER" JAMISON MIDDLETON who departed this life on August 25, 1994. It seems as though it was yesterday -The hurt we felt, still has not gone away.
We miss you and talk about you everyday. Rest in the Lord, we will see you again one day. Love, The Jamison, Jones, O'Neal, Franklin, Murphy Tyler Families.
