The Item from Sumter, South Carolina (2024)

March 26, 1992

Publication:

The Itemi

Location:

Sumter, South Carolina

Issue Date:

Thursday, March 26, 1992

Page:

6

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Htf Tyson denies he raped woman Davis plan to resign dozen pickets chanted One carried a sign that read gold-digger preys on Iron Mike Prosecutor: Wake The boxer was convicted Feb 10 of one count of rape and two counts of sexual deviate conduct He was found guilty of attacking Miss Washington a Miss Black America contestant in his hotel room July 19 The three charges carry up to 20 ybars in" prison each Prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett said recommended eight to 10 years in prison and the maximum' $30000 fine Prosecutors on' Wednesday also asked the court to order Tyson to reimburse the state the $150000 spent to prosecute him He said he would argue that Tyson should be imprisoned immediately not freed on bail during his appeal a bad Garrison said earlier this week not far short of ones that take Because of the seriousness of the crime Tyson could not be sent to a minimum-security prison Miss Washington was not at the sentencing business partner Frank Edwards who is chairman of the Sumter City-County Zoning Board of Adjust ments Single- tonquestioned whether a partner should DAVIS beghairmanof the board The board hears appeals pf zon- Ing decisions and determines whether to grant variances of zoning regulations Edwards said his role on the board has nothing to do with position as a councilman Edwards was first appointed to the board by county council in May of 1986 six months before Davis was1 elected to his first council term was appointed to the board before Joe was Edwards said today I was elected chairman (two weeks ago) by the nine members on the board The board of adjustments does not pay a salary serving the community by giving of my time not like getting any hearingbegan Davis left the room saying he had previously done business with Marjorie Nettles the owner of the proper- ty After the hearing Davis returned jto SINGLETON chambers for the remainder of the meeting Davis said he has nofinancial interest in the Warehouse Bpule-' vard land He also left council meetings earlier this year during deliberations of a rezoning request involving property on South Guignard Drive Davis represents the owner of the property Wilson Amerson whose property was rezoned for industrial use Davis did not vote on the matter Davis said he writes the state Ethics Commission each time an -issue involving a potential conflict of interest comes before council He said he also presents a letter to Council Chairman Ruben Gray each time explaining his reasons for not participating Singleton said behavior also reaches to Da FROM PAGE 1 A tures has resulted in jabs from local media and jokes from his colleagues Singleton left meeting early for example and was not present when council voted to appropriate $150000 for new sheriff's department patrol cars and $10000 in emergency funds to keep the Sumter Gallery of Art open' SUmter County Council Clerk -Mary Lewis said today she keeps attendance Records for council meetings but does not record whether councilmen leave early She said however she has been asked to begin doing so Lewis declined to say who made the request but said she will begin the practice at the next council meeting When asked if he would resign Davis said today not I was elected to a four-year term and I intend to serve the Davis was re-elected to his-second term in 1990 Davis excused himself from a public hearing at council meeting concerning the rezoning of property at 2640 Warehouse Blvd Before the Pentagon to FROM PAGE 1 A releasing the list at a Pentagon briefing today Congress has balked at deep cuts in the reserve forces arguing that such reductions are much too painful for the country to accept in the midst of a recession However Powell and Cheney argue that lawmakers advocating cuts in the defense budget and a smaller active-duty force must be willing to trim the reserves To reduce charges of political favoritism units to be cut are directly tied to active-duty units slated for elimination of these units (being FROM PAGE 1A deviate conduct against a teen-age beauty pageant contestant last summer A prosecutor recommended an eight-to-10-year sentence In 10-minute address to the court the former heavyweight champion spoke in a calm voice but was sometimes rambling Be- fore he spoke he sat at the defense table appearing to be study-' fng from notes expect the worst I know if I can deal with said1 Tyson be afraid but not guilty of this crime I hurt anybody no blackeyes no brp- ken Whilq maintaining his inno- ccnce he sajd that he would apologize to Desiree Washington the 19-year-old he was convicted of" raping if he had the chance would like to apologize to her but not he said At another point he said rape anyone I attempt to rape anyone soriy I agree done something but I mean He acknowledged that his behavior in Indianapolis last summer was of crass" I JAMES TILLER PAMPLICO James Wray Tiller died this morning March 26 1992 at his home Services will be announced by El-more-Hill Funeral Home vioLA HEYWARD 'Viola Heyward of 858 Harvin St died Wednesday March 25 1992 at her home The family will receive friends at tile home Services will be announced by Community Funeral Home CAMILLA GIBSON BALTIMORE Camilla Green Gibson died Tuesday March 24 992 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center Born in Rimini SC she was a daughter of the late Morris and Eliza Green and the wife of Edward Gib-sdn of Baltimore The family will receive friends at the home of her sister-in-law Bessie Gfeen Route 1 Box 532 Rimini SC Services will be announced by Home for Funerals of Sum- mbrton SC JESSIE JOHNSON I Jessie Johnson of Route 5 Box ltO-T died this morning March 26 1992 at Tuomey Regional Medical Cinter I Born in Clarendon County he was a son of the late Silas and Sarah Johnson and the husband of Virginia Npwkirk Johnson The family will receive friends at the home Services will be announced by Mortuary Inc WILLIE ROGERS BISHOPVILLE Willie Rogers oC Route 3 Box 99 Elliott died Wednesday March 25 1992 at Lake City Hospital -4 He was a brother of Essie Mae TOney Services will be announced by Boatwright Funeral Home ROSAD ROSS RETIRED EDUCATOR COLUMBIA Rosa Mae Dwyer Ross 57 of 304 Carlton Drive died Sunday March 22 1992 at Richland Memorial Hospital Born in' Sumter County' she was a daughter of James Marcus Clyde and Julia Givens Dwyer Mrs Ross was a cum laude graduate of Morris College where she received a degree ROSS School investigates 2 fights She denied his petition for bail meaning he will go straight to prison In announcing the sentence Gifford commended Tyson for rising above his upbringing think from everything read looking at two different Mike she said attorney Vincent Fulled urged her to sentence Tyson to a work-release center or another place other than prison where he could be rehabilitated asking the court for leniency but I am asking for compassion" Fuller said4 "This cake ip a tragedy but what I fear most is that years of incarceration' would ndo nothing for MrvTyson but put him back where he came from and make him worse" he said Fuller noted past as a juvenile delinquent and how he worked himself up to success through his boxing talent Tyson arrived at the City-County Building minutes before the scheduled 9 am start of the hearing looking straight ahead as he walked up the steps to the second-floor courtroom He was checked by a hand-held metal detector Across the street about two OBITUARIES Givjens both of Sumter Edith Green of New York City and Laura Davis of Brooklyn an uncle Willie Givens of Sumter five nieces Lisa Dwy -er-Danztler Natasha Monique and Anita Dwyer and Monica Jones-Gatson all of Sumter and Cheryl Butler ofRosedale four nephews Andre Leroy and James Marcus Dwyer III and Clifford Leonard Dantzler all of Sumter and Ricky Johnson of San Antonio Texas a grand-niece Julisa Gabrielle Dantzler of Sumter and a sister-in-law lone Dwyer of Sumter A memorialwake service will be held from 6 to 8 pm Friday at St John Baptist Church 3404 Beltline Blvd with the Rev RC Wilson officiating The body will be placed in Jehovah Baptist Church at 11 am Saturday Services will be held at 1 pm Saturday at Jehovah Baptist Church with the Rev Marion Newton officiating assisted by the Revs RC Wilson Napoleon Bradford Larty Weston Robert Bligen and Ellie Palmer Burial will be in Hillside Memorial Park The family will receive friends from noon to 3 pm Friday at Mortuary Inc and at other times at the home of her parents 526 Main St Sumter Memorials may be made to the BF Weston Scholarship Foundation at Jehovah Baptist Church Mortuary Inc is in charge of arrangements DR CHARLES HOLMES COLUMBIA Dr Charles ledge Holmes 68 died Wednesday March 25 1992 Born in Columbia he was a son of the late James Gadsden and Minnie Farmer Holmes Mr Holmes was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina and did post grad-' uate work at University Hospital in Baltimore He graduated from the Medical University Charleston in internal medicine Mr Holmes retired in 1989 He was a member of the Columbia Medical Society the SC Medical Association the American Medical Association the Southern Medical Association and the SC Society of Internal Medicine Mr Holmes was a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of Forest Lake Club and tjie Palmetto Club He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Survivors include his wife Lucille Overstreet Holmes of Columbia three sons Charles Holmes of Columbia Christopher Holmes of Charleston and Thomas Holmes of Ross Calif two daughters Lucy Little of Columbia and Melissa White of Sumter a brother James Holmes of Columbia and nine grandchildren Services will be held at 11 am Friday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Gardens Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army or to the Carolina Home Dunbar Funeral Home Gervais Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements LLOYD A BRISTOL JR MANNING Ret Army Sgt Lloyd A Bristol Jr died Friday morning March 20 1992 at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence after an illness Born in Morganton NC he was a son of the late Lloyd A Sr and Henrietta Copeming Bristol Mr Bristol attended the public schools of Morganton and was a member of Hart-land Church of God ofMorganton He served in the US Army and was honorably discharged after 24 years of service Survivors include his wife Ellen Wilson Bristol of the home a son Llwd A Bristol III nf Manning a daughter Bresha Bristol of Man release unit proposed for elimination) are targeted directly to reinforcing said one military officer all excess force 1 In their fiscal 1993 budget Cheney and Powell proposed slashing the 12 million-strong Guard and reserve by 300000 troops by 1997 The active force of 2 million also would be cut by 25 percent by then In this budget the administration sought a cut of 105000 reserve positions but Congress agreed only to trim 37500 from the ranks The reserves supplement or replace regular members of the Army Navy Air Force and Marines during time of war or nation by asked to call their parents The parents met with Bolen from 8 am to noon Plagens said The parents met with Lefft at the district office Friday to further express their anxiety concerns when they met with Mr Bolen and Joe Lefft on Friday is the reason why the off-duty deputies were called Plagens said Plagens said district officials have determined that reports of black youths beating up other students at High Hills is merely a rumor been any (racial) Plagens said Mims said deputies have been called to High Hills more than a dozen times this year mostly for larceny and vandalism Plagens said Bolen has confis 5 PM til Camden's Largest A list al emergency Members are ject to call-up to active duty as individuals or as part of organized units and usually serve in support functions although some units' have combat roles The National Guard functions as state militia Guard units report to their state governors in peacetime and may be used for a' variety of functions during emerr gencies Rep GV Montgomery! D-Miss a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and a key supporter of the Guard and reserve said Wednesday the proposed cuts will target one out of every three Guard armories across the country cated eight knives from student this year four of which were taken through the Crime Stop-- pers program The principal has also confiscated one BB gun an4 one small wooden Atlanta Braves3 bat All but the toy bat were over to the sheriff Plagens said 2 Plagens said Bolen has twefi small pocket knives in his desk- drawer that were not taken fron students but Were found on the school grounds In the aftermath of the recent incidents at the school deputies responded to a bomb threat at" High Hills Friday and parents have complained of rock-throwing 5 and other violence A teacher last week took an empty M-16 rifle1 magazine from a student said jU wmmammn i vd 1 DMia 2 2 ning three sisters Faye Ervin of Virginia Beach Va Geraldine Freeman of Fayetteville NC and Evelyn Morrow of Morganton NC and four grandchildren Services will be held at 4 pm Friday at Biggers AME Church SC 261 with the pastor the Rev Alfred Darby officiating assisted by the Revs SW Whack and Venoy Pearson Burial with full military honors will be in Muldrow Cemetery The family will receive friends at the home Route 2 Box 540 SC 261 Samuels Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements HENRY GCARRISON SR RETIRED NAVY COMMANDER CAMDEN Henry George Carrison Sr of Rembert died Monday March 23 1992 Born in Camden he was a son of Henry and Phyllis Hickson Carrison Mr Carrison attended area schools and The Citadel He served in the local National Guard and joined the US Navy at the beginning of World War II After attending officer candidate school in New York City Mr Carrison went on to serve as an ensign on the USS Meredith aboard which he escorted the Doolittle Raid His ship was sunk at the Battle of Guadalcanal Mr Carrison also served as a lieutenant commander in later battles and retired from the Navy as a commander Following the war he worked at his Camden bank Commercial National Mr Carrison Xter joined his uncle PM Brown at Mill Ten years later he moved into the timber and pulpwood business Mr Carrison first worked with LW Boykin and then formed Carrison Timber In 1972 he changed careers and joined Tom Mc-Teer Real Estate in Columbia Years later Mr Carrison joined the Keenan Company Although he officially retired in 1985 he continued brokering real estate until his death Mr Carrison was a member of the Church of Ascension where he served as warden vestryman and superintendent of Sunday schools Survivors include his wife Mary Alden Haynsworth Carrison two sisters Phyllis Haile of Camden and Elizabeth Boykin of Horvell Hill three sons Henry Carrison of Greensboro NC Kirk Carrison of Columbia and Perry Carrison of Rembert and five grandchildren Services were held at 10 am today at the Church of the Ascension in Hagood Memorials may be made to the Ascension Cemetery Fund in Rembert FRED PINKNEY Fred Pinkney 85 widower of Virginia Johnson Pinkney died Sunday March 22 1992 at National Healthcare Center of Sumter Born in Sumter County he was a son of the late Wash and Mollie Cabbagestalk Pinkney Mr Pinkney was a member of Mt Olive AM Church in Woodrow Survivors Include five sons Cleveland and Harmon Pinkney both of Sumter Frank and Charles Pinkney both of Bronx NY and Herbert Glover of Rembert -two daughters Shirley Pinkney Hunter of Brooklyn NY and Sarah Mitchell of Freeport Long Island NY and a sister Delia Pinkney Abrams of Sumter A wake service will be held frpm 7 to 8 tonight Williams Funeral Home Inc Services will be held at 2 pm Friday at Mt Olive AME Church with the pastor the Rev TJ Slater officiating assisted by Bishop Joseph Heyward Burial will be in the church cemetery The body will be placed in the church at 1 pm The funeral cortege will leave the home 106 St at 1:15 pm The family will receive friends at the home Williams Funeral Home Inc is in charge of arrangements FROM PAGE 1 A persed About 10 to 15 students gathered in the lobby afterward and told Bolen they were afraid to go to class Plagens said Plagens said the fights and the concerns for safety were not related believe a connection between the two Plagens said While students were gathered in the lobby a student threatened Bolen Plagens said and was charged by law enforcement officials with disturbing a school Soon afterward 10 to 15 parents came to the school after some of the students in the lob Milk ill fcnwr 1 urn wm'- r- HJE 1 i "vn 1 i ArtMM 1 u' t'' I 4 rr- MET She received a degree in education from SC State College and also earned an additional 30 hours in education Mrs Ross was a retired Richland County School District I school teacher who taught for 32 years primarily at Fairworld Elementary and WA Perry and Crayton middle schools in Columbia She was Crayton Middle Teacher of the Year in 1985 Mrs Ross was a member of Jehovah Baptist Church in Sumter and St John Baptist Church in Columbia At St John she was the leader of the Pauline Russell Missionary Circle a tutor and a member of the Cor-IcyRussell Family Ministry Unit Mrs Ross was also a member of the Columbia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc and the Newcastle Concerned Citizens Group and a member of local state and national education associations Survivors besides her parents of Sumter include two sisters Mary Louise and Erma Viola Dwyer both of-Sumter and three brothers James Jr and Cornelius Albertus Dwyer both of Sumter and Henry Leroy Dwyer of New York City Other survivors include four aunts Margaret Bradley and Gladys Thursday Friday Saturday 5 pm til SC Oyster7 Shrimp Sausage Fresh (Potatoes Corn 3- All-You-Can-Eat Tea Beer Wine Old Coca Cola Bottling Warehouse Downtown.

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