U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Sally Bestall
ROCK HILL - Mrs. Sally Hamilton Bestall, 96, of 1330 India Hook Road died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center.
A native of Belfast, Ireland, Mrs. Bestall was a homemaker and former member of Sardis Presbyterian Church, New Members and Cedarwood Country Club in Charlotte.
Surviving are her husband, Gus Bestall; her son, Brian Bestall of Rock Hill; and two grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at 7 tonight at Westminster Towers Community Room, 1330 India Hook Road.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Westpark Plaza, Columbia, SC 29210.
Cauthen Funeral Home is in charge.
David Davis
LANCASTER - Mr. David Lee Jordan Davis, 31, of 1719 Summit Ave. died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000.
The funeral will be noon Saturday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, with the Rev. Benjamin Murdock officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
A native of Chester County, Mr. Davis was a son of David Jordan and the late Mattie Crockett Jordan. His adoptive parents were the late Neal Davis and Annaline Crockett Davis. Mr. Davis was a construction worker.
Surviving in addition to his father are his wife, Renae Miller Davis; three sons, Davis Lee Davis Jr. of Rock Hill, and TyQuarious Miller and De'Yonta Miller, both of Lancaster; two daughters, Shaneka Cornwell of Rock Hill and Jac'Kiya Davis of Lancaster; four brothers, Rodney Harris and Marveesa Colbert, both of Lancaster, and William Crockett and Charles Crockett, both of Richburg; and seven sisters, Angela Davis, Elaine D. Walker, Nissey Harris, Tawana Harris, Bertha C. Boulware and Yvonne Crockett, all of Rock Hill, and Debra D. Cousar of Fort Lawn.
The family will receive friends at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Crawford Funeral Home in Lancaster is in charge.
Clifford Fields Jr.
HEATH SPRINGS - Mr. Clifford D. Fields Jr., 56, of 5040 Muskett Road died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2000.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Fork Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Benjamin Simmons officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
A native of Cairo, Ill., Mr. Fields was a son of the late Clifford D. Fields and Belvia Luella Sutterfield Fields Sr. He was retired from General Tire and served in the Marines during the Vietnam era. He was a member of Fork Hill Baptist Church, where he was active in the Golden Age Group.
Surviving are his wife, Sylvia Sims Fields of Heath Springs; his sister, Debra Pitcher of Anna, Ill.; and five brothers, David Fields of Rock Hill, and John Fields, Larry Fields, Lyndell Fields and Gary Fields, all of Clover.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 tonight at Mahaffey Funeral Home in Lancaster.
Memorials may be made to Fork Hill Baptist Church building fund, 1125 Fork Hill Road, Heath Springs, SC 29058.
Louise Green
ROCK HILL - Mrs. Louise E. Green, 91, of 127 Murrah Drive, formerly of York, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at Magnolia Manor.
A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Neely's Creek ARP Church, with the Revs. Jan Senneker and Eddie Ramsey officiating.
A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Green was a daughter of the late Rev. Will Looney and Maude Looney. She was the widow of Fred Green. Mrs. Green was retired from Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co. She was a member of Park Baptist Church and the York Senior Citizens in York.
Surviving are two sons, Edwin Eugene Green of Parkersburg, W.Va., and Curtis Henry Green of York; 22 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Greene Funeral Home and after the service.
Memorials may be made to Park Baptist Church, 717 E. Main St., Rock Hill, SC 29730.
Rebekah Hinton
ROCK HILL - Mrs. Rebekah Johnson Hinton died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at the Piedmont Medical Center.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church, with the Rev. Charles Woods. Internment will follow at Grandview Memorial Park.
A native of Clarendon County, Mrs. Hinton was a daughter of the late Harrison Johnson and Janie White Johnson. She was a former member of Hermons Presbyterian Church and was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School.
She attended the public schools of Clarendon County and graduated from the first class for patient sitters from York Technical College. She was a member and officer of Rose of Sharon chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Robinson Funeral Home. Viewing will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Louise Killian
FORT LAWN - Mrs. Louise "Lu" Hindman Killian, 90, of 5626 Justice Drive died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at Springs Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be 3 p.m. Saturday at El Bethel United Methodist Church. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
A native of Chester County, Mrs. Killian was a daughter of the late W.J. Hindman and Dora Stogner Hindman. She was the widow of Thomas Killian Sr. A homemaker, she was a member of El Bethel United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her daughter-in-law, with whom she lived, Jeannie Killian; her sister, Martha Bryant of Rock Hill; and two grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Hartley Funeral Home and at other times at the home of her granddaughter, Jean Langford, 2846 Catawba River Road, Fort Lawn.
Woodrow Marze
LANCASTER - Mr. Woodrow Davis "Woody" Marze, 83, of 4043 Red Doc Road died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
The funeral will be 4 p.m. today at Bethlehem Baptist Church, with the Revs. Kenny Coker and Charles Bradley officiating. Burial will be at the Bethlehem Baptist Church cemetery.
A native of Waxhaw, N.C., Mr. Marze was a son of the late Lester Davis and Nora Lee Keziah Marze. He was the widower of Ruth Dale Funderburk Marze.
Mr. Marze, who attended Bethlehem Baptist Church, was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and a retired carpenter.
Surviving are two daughters, Jennie Ruth Guy and Mary Ann Clifton, both of Lancaster; two stepdaughters, Maude Catoe and Jacqueline Carnes, both of Lancaster; his stepson, A.T. Funderburk Jr. of Moncks Corner; two brothers, William Marze of Greenville and Lester Marze Jr., of Pineville; two sisters, Dorothy Miller of Charlotte and Brite Cook of New Orleans; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at the home.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, P.O. Box 1609, Columbia, SC 29202 or the charity of one's choice.
Frances Mosteller
LAKE CITY, Ga. - Mrs. Frances Kay Hilderbrand Mosteller, 59, of 2055 Rex Road, formerly of Clover, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Ga.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home in Clover, with the Rev. Wayne Kirk officiating. Burial will be at Woodside Cemetery in Clover.
A native of Gaston County, N.C., Mrs. Mosteller was a daughter of the late James Marshall Hilderbrand and Johnsie Azelee McClure. She was the widow of Bobby Eugene Mosteller Sr.
Surviving are two sons, Bobby E. Mosteller Jr. of Forest Park, Ga., and James C. Mosteller of Gastonia, N.C.; four daughters, Barbara Melton of Gastonia, Loretta Cline of Columbia, Debra Greene of Stanley, N.C., and Patricia Curry of Clover; two brothers, Wylie Hilderbrand and Carl Hilderbrand, both of Gastonia; her sister, Judy McCarter of Clover;
15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home.
Christina Whitfield
ROCK HILL - Christina Whitfield, infant daughter of Ronald and Sandra Webb Whitfield of 1161 Pelhamwood Drive, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center.
The funeral will be 4 p.m. Saturday at Greene Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mike Ditton officiating. Internment will be private.
Surviving in addition to her parents are her brother, Alexander Whitfield of Rock Hill; her half-brother, Ryan Newman of Sandston, Va.; her paternal grandmother, Thelma Whitfield of Beckly, W.Va.; her great-grandmother, Lucille Gladesbrook of Madisonville, Ky.; and her maternal grandmother, Sandra Webb of Beckly.
The family will receive friends after the memorial service.
Herbert Williams
BOONTON, N.J. - Mr. Herbert Hoover Williams, 70, formerly of Chester, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2000, in Boonton, N.J.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. today at Mount Zion Baptist Church, with the Rev. Rodney T. Francis officiating. Burial will be in 
New Jersey.
A native of Chester county, Mr. Williams was a son of the late Garrett Williams Sr. and Willie Jackson Williams. He attended the public schools of Chester County and was a retired finisher and porter for Scerbo Buick Co. He was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, where he served on the Hymn Choir. He was a former member of Black Rock Baptist Church in Chester.
Surviving are his wife, Louise Dixon Williams; two brothers, Harvey Williams of Chester and Garrett Williams Jr. of Kannapolis, N.C.; four sisters, Josephine Coleman, Modistelle Mobley, Louvenia Adams, all of Chester and Willie Mae Reid of Charlotte.
King's Funeral Home, 135 Cemetery St., Chester, was in charge of local arrangements.
Betty Adams
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Mrs. Betty Rayfield Adams, 76, of 5329 Mastin Lake Road died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2000, at home. The funeral will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Gober Funeral Chapel in Arab, Ala., with the Rev. T.C. Jackson officiating. Burial will be at New Friendship Cemetery in Arab. Mrs. Adams was a daughter of the late George Walter Rayfield and Mary Etta Rayfield. She was the widow of Ottis R. Adams. Surviving are her daughter, Belinda Atchley of Morgan City, Ala.; her brother, George Rayfield Jr. of SouthCarolina; and two grandchildren.
Anna Lou Casada
BRYSON CITY, N.C. - Mrs. Anna Lou Casada, 86, of Black Hill died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at Autumn Wind Assisted Living Facility. The funeral was Friday at Bryson City Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Dick Shelor officiating. Burial was at Swain Memorial Park. A native of Cherokee County, N.C., Mrs. Casada was a daughter of the late Donald
Moore and Clyde Ledford Moore and adoptive parents Cloe and Nettie Ledford. Mrs. Casada was a former librarian of the Marianna Black Library. She was a member of Bryson City Presbyterian Church Surviving are her husband, Commodore A. Casada; two sons, Jim Casada
of Rock Hill and Don Casada of Knoxville, Tenn.; her daughter, Annette Casada Hensley of Benton Harbor, Mich.; her brother, Thomas
Ledford of Huntsville, Ala; her sister, Hazel Colville of Bryson City; and five grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Bryson City Presbyterian Church or the Presbyterian Children Children's Home in Black Mountain, N.C. Bill Moody Funeral Home, Bryson City, was in charge.
Wade Ellis
CHESTER - Mr. Wade W. Ellis, 82, of 928 Pittman Road died Friday, Jan. 14, 2000, at Chester County Hospital. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Sunday at First Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. Greg Keller officiating. Burial will follow at Chester Memorial Gardens. A native of Lancaster, Mr. Ellis was a son of the late Lemuel Ellis and Margaret Ellis. He was retired from Springs Industries.
Surviving are five daughters, Sue Pressley of Great Falls, Pam Spradley of Rock Hill, Jerry McCarley and Isabel Pittman, both of Chester, and Gloria McCreary of Lancaster; four sons, Bobby Ellis, Donald Ellis, Hardy Ellis and Ronald Thomas, all of Lancaster; 36 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Wright's Home for Funerals. Memorials may be made to the First Church of the Nazarene, Pinckney Street, Chester, SC 29706.
Benjamin Franklin Jr.
ROCK HILL - Mr. Benjamin Morgan Franklin Jr., 86, of Rock Hill died Friday, Jan. 14, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Fort Mill Church of God, with the Rev. David Kemp officiating. Burial will be at Forest Hills Cemetery. A native of Blountstown, Fla., Mr. Franklin was a son of the late Ben Morgan Franklin Sr. and Melissa McKeown Franklin. He was a mechanic for the Jacksonville Coach Co. in Jacksonville, Fla. He attended the Fort Mill Church of God. Surviving are his wife, Lucille Conrad Franklin; his son, Alton David Franklin of Rock Hill; and his granddaughter. The family will receive friends at the home of Alton Franklin, 1996 Rosehaven Lane, Rock Hill, after the service. Memorials may be made to the Fort Mill Church of God, 221 Academy St., Fort Mill, SC 29715. Bass Funeral Home is in charge.
Eva Gregory
ROCK HILL - Mrs. Eva Clinton Gregory, 76, of 310 Keels Ave. died Friday, Jan. 14, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Greene Funeral Home, with the Rev. Eddie Ramsey officiating. Burial will be at Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery. A native of York, Mrs. Gregory was a daughter of the late Palmer Reid Clinton and Irene Smith Clinton. She was the widow of Carl Webster Gregory. A homemaker, she was a member of Park Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, Billy Ray Gregory of Rock Hill and Herman A. Griswell of Auroa, Colo.; her daughter, Linda G. Edwards of Charlotte; her brother, Palmer Ray Clinton of Bartlett, Tenn.; her sister, Ruth Clinton Carter of Rock Hill; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Greene Funeral Home and at other times at the home of her nephew, Fred Collins, 225 Cummings St. Memorials may be made to Park Baptist Church, 717 E. Main St., Rock Hill, SC 29730.
Juanita Heath
ROCK HILL - Mrs. Juanita W. Heath of 222 Miller St. died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at home. The funeral will be 1 p.m. Monday at New Mount Olivet AME Zion Church, with the Rev. W. B. White officiating. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Park. A native of Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Fred Wright and Inez Howie Wright. Mrs. Heath was a retired school teacher in Rock Hill. She was a member of New Mount Olivet AME Zion Church, where she was a member of the Progressive Club. She was a member of the Miller Street Neighborhood Club. She was a graduate of Benedict College in Columbia. Surviving are her husband, James R. Heath; her daughter, Sylvia H. Renwick of Rock Hill; her brother, Robert H. Wright of Lancaster; and her granddaughter. The body may be viewed from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday at Robinson Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the church at noon Monday. The family will receive friends at home and at the home of Sylvia Renwick, 1055 Hough Circle, Rock Hill.
Evelyn Hinton
ROCK HILL - Mrs. Evelyn Rebekah Johnson Hinton died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church, with the Rev. Charles Woods officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memorial Park. A native of Clarendon County, Mrs. Hinton was a daughter of the late Harrison Johnson and Janie White Johnson. She was the widow of Charlie Hinton. She was a former member of Hermon Presbyterian Church and was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where she sang in the Hymn Choir, taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School, former president of the Missionary Society and was treasurer of the Pastor's Aid Fund for many years. She attended the public schools of Clarendon County and graduated from the first class for patient sitters from York Technical College. She was a member and officer of Rose of Sharon chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are her stepson, Nathaniel Miller; stepgrandchildren; and nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at Robinson Funeral Home. Viewing will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Lucille Jones
CHESTER - Mrs. Lucille Corder Jones, 79, of 1512 Sulverters Drive died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2000, at Chester County Hospital. A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Uriel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, with the Revs. David Stover and Ronnie Green officiating. A native of Chester County, Mrs. Jones was a daughter of the late Charles W. Corder and Elizabeth Wages Corder. She was the widow of Robert S. Jones. A homemaker, Mrs. Jones was a member of Uriel Presbyterian Church. She attended Chester County schools. Surviving are four sons, William Beaty Jones, Robert Charles Jones, Marion Lee Jones, Randy Patterson, all of Chester; two daughters, Bobby Beaty and Cynthia Fleming, both of Chester; three sisters, Sarah C. Varnadore, Wilma C. Thomas and Elmira C. Lewis, all of Chester; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Barron Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Uriel Presbyterian Church or Uriel Cemetery Fund, 1578 Stringfellow Road, Chester, SC 29706.
Harold Ivy
ROCK HILL - Mr. Harold "Hal" Taylor Ivy, 69, of 830 Rocklyn Drive died Friday, Jan. 14, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday at Catawba Baptist Church, with Dr. Tommy Huddleston officiating. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Park.
A native of Norcross, Ga., Mr. Ivy was a son of the late Tom Ivy and Lessie Lawson Ivy. He was a retired printer with Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co., with 37 years of service. He was a former professional baseball player for the Rock Hill Chiefs, with whom he played catcher and right field. Mr. Ivy was a member of Catawba Baptist Church, where he worked with adult and youth athletic programs.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel Greer Ivy; three daughters, Danny Ivy Hall of Fort Mill, and Donna Ivy Strickland and Denise Ivy Wallace, both of Rock Hill; his brother, Thomas Ivy of Norcross; his sister, Louise Ivy Clark of Eatonton, Ga.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren, and three stepgreat-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Greene Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Memorials may be made to Catawba Baptist Church Fruits that Remain Building Fund, 2639 Catawba Church Road, Rock Hill, SC 29730.
