Kershaw Area Deaths

KATHRYN ALINEPIGG ROSS

KERSHAW –Kathryn Aline PiggRoss, born April 5,1932, beloved mother,sister, aunt, andfriend, closed her eyesand found her way toeternal peace on June27, 2017.

Kathryn was thedaughter of Lawsonand Bess Pigg ofPageland and grew upattending Zion UnitedMethodist Church.Kathryn mothered 4children of herown, William Taylor,Nita Zillman, PhillipTaylor and Amy Tay-lor. She is survived byher sister, MarthaCole and her daugh-ters, Nita and Amy,and an extended fam-ily of nieces andnephews.

Kathryn raised herchildren with her for-

mer spouse, T.W.Taylor in 3-C Com-munity in Kershawand later remarried toCharles Ross, also ofKershaw. She was amember of HangingRock UnitedMethodist Churchwhere she was activein the Busy Bee Circleand enjoyed much fel-lowship and love inher church and hercommunity. A privateservice will be held inher memory. The fam-ily asks that thosewishing to honor hermemory make a con-tribution/donation toHanging Rock UnitedMethodist Church inlieu of flowers or gifts;but please know yourthoughts and prayersare more thanenough.

Any personal mes-sages in honor ofKathryn or in out-reach to her daugh-ters can be sent toataylorflorida@yahoo.com.

WILLIAMNORMAN ELLIS

KERSHAW – Afuneral service forWilliam Norman Ellis,89, of Kershaw, was

held at 4 p.m., Satur-day, July 15, 2017, inthe sanctuary of Ker-shaw Second BaptistChurch. The Revs.Dr. Bill Mackey andRonnie Hinson offici-ated. Burial followedin the Kershaw CityCemetery with mili-tary honors andMasonic rites.

Mr. Ellis died Fri-day morning, July 14,2017, at NHC-Colum-bia. Born December2, 1927, in the ForkHill community ofHeath Springs, SC, hewas a son of the lateFred Lee and CoraLee Hinson Ellis. Hewas the youngest andlast surviving of hissiblings. Mr. Ellisenlisted in the USNavy and served hiscountry over 3 years.He served duringWorld War II on theUSS Mustin and USS

Bausell. He wasemployed for 40 yearsat Grace Bleacheryand had worked forSuperior Electric andKershaw RecreationDepartment. Mr. Elliswas a member of Ker-shaw Second BaptistChurch where he hadserved as deacon,Sunday SchoolTeacher, RA Leaderand Training UnionDirector and in othercapacities. He was alifetime member ofFork Hill MasonicLodge # 316 and hadserved as past mas-ter. Mr. Ellis was pre-ceded in death by lov-ing wife of 57 years,

Macie Glenda HendrixEllis and his siblings,Ray Ellis, RobertEllis, Fred Ellis, MaxEllis, Georgia Adamsand Evelyn Mackey.

Surviving are hisdaughter, NormaJean E. Mobley andher husband Alton ofColumbia; 2 sons,Jerome H. Ellis andhis wife Robbie ofKershaw and JamesClay “Jimmy” Ellisand his wife Ruth ofColumbia; six grand-children, Paul H.Mobley of Fort Mill,Mary Alison Andersonand her husbandMatt of Blythewood,William Robert “Will”

Ellis of Kershaw,James Clay Ellis, Jr.of Anderson, SusanE. Ellis and Macie R.Ellis both of Colum-bia; two great grand-children, Perrin Eliza-beth Anderson andWilliam EverettAnderson both ofBlythewood and sev-eral special niecesand nephews.

The family greetedfriends immediatelyfollowing the burial atBaker Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers,memorials in memoryof Mr. Ellis may be

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tions for Hillarythan I did for herhusband. I figuredshe was smarterand had bettertaste than Bill.

Let’s face it, forman in his positionof power and pres-tige, his choice ofparamours waspretty lame. JohnKennedy was evi-dently a presiden-tial hound dog too,but at least he wastrailing after Mari-lyn Munroe. James

Carville’s crackabout dollar billsand trailer parksdescribes Bill Clin-ton’s taste inwomen perfectly.

While Bill’s tastein women was a lit-tle on the trashyside, at least heliked humans. Tellme. What wasHillary’s attractionto an alien?

Looking at thephoto, it couldn’thave been physical.Aliens have enor-

mous heads whichshould hold morebrains than thehead of a humanmale, so maybe sheloved him for hismind.

Maybe he couldread her thoughts,meaning there is aremote possibilityhe actually under-stood the workingsof the female mind.

Maybe that’s whythey broke up.

one way to make moneyto help restore this build-ing.

I don’t think thiswould be a bad idea tohave and it may be ananswer to the situation. Iam sure that peoplewould be willing to helpas much as possible.After all, this is the lasthistoric building left here.

I really wonder if therehas been enough check-ing into options andbuilding ideas to helpwork on it before anothermistake is made and welose the last part of histo-ry. The town councilreally needs to put theirheads together and helpthis cause.

In Virginia they haveConfederate soldiers whoperform, why couldn’t we

have a history day inKershaw? Camden doessome type of show. Havesome music and chargea little fee or take dona-tions for attending theevent? Anything wouldhelp. Fix this motel a lit-tle at a time until it isrestored with originalfurniture that was of thatperiod. Get schools inter-ested in coming to seethe history for small feeor free for school kids tostart with and a dona-tion/fee for other peopleto visit the hotel. Thiswould help for theupkeep.

To me, having like apark there would causemore trouble to happenin town. I don’t thinkthat this is a good idea. Ifthis were to be done, it

should be where Hat-field’s grocery store andGriffin’s 88 Cent Storewas. There needs to besome type of activity forkid’s such as a skatingrink or a place wherethey have skating boardsor whatever you callthem to learn to do tricksand have a safe place topractice on. We needsomething to come in todraw people.

Everyone has theirown opinion and this ismine. Thank you forreading my thoughtsAgree or disagree, that isup to the reader.

Carol FaulkenberryKershaw

policy concessionsthat should instead beconsidered on theirown merits. Even therun-up to an eventualvote is likely to bechaotic, risking a dipinto a recession bydamaging confidencein our economy.

This yearly battleisn’t worth it. Theissue isn’t the debtceiling, it’s the debtitself — and deficitspending. Our politi-cal efforts should gotoward finding long-term solutions thatrestrain spending andboost tax revenue.

With all the built-inspending we have —Social Security,Medicare, defensespending and the like— the deficit problemis only going to getworse if we don’taddress it now.

It’s worrisome thatthere appears to be noplan to address thedebt ceiling in Con-gress, despite pleasfrom the President’seconomic advisers todo so by the end ofJuly. It’s even moreworrisome that con-gressional leadersdon’t appear ready to

address the core need:realistic, long-termdeficit reduction.

Lee Hamilton is aSenior Advisor for theIndiana UniversityCenter on Representa-tive Government; aDistinguished Scholar,IU School of Globaland InternationalStudies; and a Profes-sor of Practice, IUSchool of Public andEnvironmental Affairs.He was a member ofthe U.S. House of Rep-resentatives for 34years.

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