Aug. 7, 2007

Daniel Franklin ‘D.F.’ Davis
RUBY – Daniel Franklin “D.F.” Davis Jr., 64, died July 28, 2007 at his home. A funeral service was held July 30 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Elizabeth Baptist Church Cemetery.
Davis, born in Chesterfield, was a son of the late Daniel Franklin and Vera Beatrice White Davis. He was a retired employee of Chesterfield Webbing and a former employee of Bo-Buck Mill. He enjoyed fishing, working on cars and playing his guitar. He was a former member of the Melody Makers.
He was preceded in death by brother James Eddie Davis; and sisters Vickie Warner, Stella Carrick and Janice Tucker.
Surviving are wife Bonnie L. Blackburn Davis; sons Danny (Marie) Davis, of Chesterfield, and Mikey (Sandy) Davis, of Ruby; daughter Michelle Atkinson, of Ruby; and grandchildren Ashton Gaddy, Kara Davis and Jasper Davis.
Memorials can be sent to Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, SC 29709.
Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield was in charge of the arrangements.

Helen Powe M. Morrison
CHERAW — Helen Powe M. Morrison, of Cheraw, died July 23, 2007 at Chesterfield General Hospital. A funeral services was held July 28 at Goodman Creek Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Morrison resided several years in Baltimore, Md., and later returned to Cheraw. She was a lifelong member of the Goodman Creek Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by husbands Cletus Miller and Bannister Morrison; daughter Mildred M. Rabb; and son Robert Miller Sr.
Surviving are son-in-law Warren Rabb III, of San Diego, Calif.; grandchildren Janet V. Rabb and Roderick A. Rabb, of San Diego, Calif., and Robert Miller Jr.; three great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Flemming Funeral Home of Cheraw was in charge of the arrangements.

Ruth Lindsay Pigg Kirk
LANCASTER — Ruth Lindsay Pigg Kirk, 87, died July 29, 2007 at her home. Services were held Aug. 1 at First Baptist Church with burial in Lancaster Memorial Park.
Kirk, born in Union County, N.C., was a daughter of the late Benjamin Troy and Jesse Funderburk Pigg. She was a graduate of Wingate College and attended Winthrop College. She was a public school teacher and taught at Pageland Elementary School for seven years. Kirk and her husband established a successful business, Lancaster Feed and Farm Supply, Inc. where she was bookkeeper for 38 years before retiring in 1984. She will be remembered for her love of flowers, gardening, and bird watching. She was an active member of First Baptist Church.
Surviving are husband James M. Kirk, of the home; daughter Mary Kathryn “Kathy” K. (Scott) Douglass, of Durham, N.C.; son James B. (Jayne) Kirk, of Lancaster; sister Elsie M. Graves, of Pageland; and grandson Robert James Douglass, of Cary, N.C.
Hartley Funeral Home of Lancaster, S.C., was in charge of the arrangements.

Heyward D. ‘Sleepy’ ‘Buck’ Sellers
PAGELAND – Heyward D. “Sleepy” “Buck” Sellers, 91, died Aug. 2, 2007 at Hospice of Union County, Monroe, N.C.
Services were held Aug. 4 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Carolina Memorial Park, in Concord, N.C.
Sellers, born in Ruby, was a son of the late Sinclair C. and Leila Mae Smith Sellers. He was a retired employee of Fieldcrest Cannon Inc. with over 30 years of service. His first job was working with the W.P.A., building the Ruby-Hartsville Highway and later with the C.C.C. building Cheraw State Park. He was a faithful member of Cross Roads Baptist Church where he was instrumental in the building of the Family Life Center.
He was preceded in death by wife Eleanor Quick Sellers; sisters Maude Rushing, Annie Sellers and Sarah Moses; and brothers Robert, John Franklin, and Carroll Lucas Sellers.
Surviving are special niece Jean Rushing, of Mt. Croghan; special sister-in-law Martha Sellers, of Kannapolis, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials can be sent to Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, S.C., 29709 or to Cross Roads Baptist Church, 4963 Cross Roads Church Rd., Ruby, S.C., 29741.
Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield was in charge of the arrangements.

Virginia Polson “Peggy” Wallace
MONROE — Virginia Polson “Peggy” Wallace, 65, died July 29, 2007. A graveside service was held July 31 at Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Wallace, born in Chesterfield, was a daughter of Nealie Brown Polson McLain and the late Wilson Robert Polson. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by husband James “J.W.” Wallace and granddaughter Heather Nicole Wallace.
Surviving are son Ricky J. Wallace, of Charlotte, N.C.; daughter Regina Graven, of Monroe, N.C.; grandchildren Tiffany, Heather, Hannah, Robert, Dina, and Kimi; brothers Wilson Polson, Billy Polson, and Gerald Polson, all of Chesterfield; and sisters, Bonnie Jean Gibson and Kathy Polson, of Chesterfield. Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield was in charge of the arrangements.

William Marion Privett
CHERAW — William Marion Privett, 63, died July 29, 2007 at his home. A funeral service was held Aug. 1 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Privett was born in Wadesboro, N.C., and was a son of the late Clarence Marion and Carrie Wrenn Privette. He was a retired supervisor with Delta Mills.
He was preceded in death by son Bobby Wayne Jordan; brothers Clarence D., Carl, and Thomas F. Privette, and sister Grace Privette.
Surviving are wife Eva Mae Crowley Privett, of the home; sons Scott Privett, of Enoree, S.C., Darrel Jordan, of Cheraw, William Jordan, of Ruby, and Perry Jordan, of Patrick; daughters Marion Warner, of Troy, S.C., Crystal Jordan, of Cheraw, Jackie Quick, of Cheraw, and Elaine Moore, of Cheraw; brother Robert Privette, of Ruby ;eight grandchildren; special little girl Macy Sanders and a number of nieces and nephews.
Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield was in charge of the arrangements.