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PAGE 2A THE DAILY ITEM SUMTER SC MONDAY JANUARY 11 1IT7 Murder Investigations Continue In NC Obituaries last August and said his men have been checking both sides of the border but none of their leads have panned out Investigators are also checking vehicles abandoned in the Wadesboro area in an attempt to match tire tracks found on the dirt road where the murders were committed Sketches and descriptions of the victims have been shown around the Wadesboro area Sheriff's deputies are heading back to North Carolina today to continue following leads in the murders of two young people near Interstate 95 last August Chief Deputy TL McJunkin Investigator Ron Foisey and SLED agent Robert Stewart left this morning for Wadesboro NC to continue questioning a 58-year-old man who owned a 357 Magnum pistol which has been positively killings Last week deputies were able to trace ownership of the weapon from the time it was manufactured until it was found in Latta But so far they have not been able to determine who used the gun to kill the two young people McJunkin said investigators are trying to determine how the weapon got to South Carolina FREAMON JACKSON JR SUMMERTON Freamon Jackson Jr 46 was pronounced dead on arrival at the Clarendon Memorial Hospital Thursday night Bom in Jackson County Fla be was the only child of Mrs Thelma Hewitt and the late Freamon Jackson He was a veteran of the Korean War Surviving are his widow Mrs Sarah Jackson three sons George Jackson and Jerome Jack-son Miami Fla and Daryl Jackson of Summerton two daughters Mrs Alfreds Shipp and Miss Thelma Jackson of Miami Fla five grandchildren his mother Mrs Thelma Hewitt of Chattahoochee Fla and two aunts Services will be held in Chattahoochee Fla on Sunday Peoples Funeral Home of Marinna Fla is in charge King Funeral Home Summerton is in charge of local WESMARK PLAZA ROBERT HAYNIE Robert Jason Havme infant son of Robert Bruce and Lark Bone) Haynie died Saturday morning at the Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia Surviving are his parents his maternal grandparents Mrs Leslie (Irene I Boney Jr of Sumter his paternal grandparents Col (ret) and Mrs Frank Haynie of Myrtle Beach his maternal greatgrandmother Mrs Leslie Boney Sr of Sumter his paternal greatgrandmother Mrs Robert Haynie of Atlanta and his paternal great-grandparents Mr and Mrs Wilbur Willis of Beauford NC Graveside services were conducted at 11 am today in the Sumter Cemetery by Dr Cliff McLeod Shelley-Brunson Funeral Home was in charge AARON OLIVER SUMMERTON-Aaron Oliver died Thursday in Clarendon Memorial Hospital after a long illness He was bom in Clarendon County a son of the late Refus and Louisa Lawfon Oliver He was a member of the New Mt Pleasant AUME Church and a member of the Silver Masonic Lodge Surviving are his wife Mrs Beatrice Oliver two sons Frank and Moses Lee Oliver an adopted son Cleaphus Oliver seven daughters Mrs Maxine Spinnie of Philadelphia Pa Mrs Agnes Green of Sumter Mrs Bertha Mae Thomas Misses Delores Lula Marie Nattie Mae and Betha Oliver a sister Mrs Ida Wright of Philadelphia four sons-in-law a sister-in-law 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren Services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 pm at New Mt Pleasant RUME Church Penola in the WE WILL BE CLOSED Tuesday February 1 BRADHAM RITES Services for Charles Edwin "Snooky" Bradham were conducted at 4 30 Sunday afternoon from the chapel of the Shelley-Brunson Funeral Home by the Rev Bob Norris and the Rev Jerry Jones Burial followed in the Sumter Cemetery Pallbearers were Stephen Norris David Norris Glenn Bradham Kelley McDaniel William Jordan and Ronald Jordan Memorials may be made to Harmony Church Building Fund identified as the murder weapon No arrests have been made The man had been arrested in Latta SC last November on a driving under the influence charge and the pistol was found in his car Latta police turned the pistol over to SLED earlier this month and a routine ballistics check proved that the gun was the one used in the twin Police Arrest 4 Four persons were arrested in separate incidents at Pub on Broad Street early Sunday morning According to police reports officers were called to investigate a complaint about someone having a gun in the private club at 1:50 am Officers arrived and reported seeing two men leaving the club and a third person told the officers those men had a gun A search was made and a gun was found under a car Marion Leroy Eadon Jr 37 of Rt 3 Box 1-F Manning was arrested and charged with violation of gun laws and pointing a fire arm Eadon is being held in jail on $4225 bond In another incident three persons were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of prescription drugs According to reports officers were called to investigate a van parked outside the club at 4:45 am After a search of the van and its occupants was made several bags of marijuana and various types of pills were found Jo Ann Redmond 34 of 205 Dixie Dr was arrested and charged with possession Of marijuana and unlawful prescription drugs Reports said one plastic bag of marijuana a small marijuana cigaret and 27 capsules identified as dexepin hydrochloride were found in Redmond's purse William Floyd Callen 32 of 28 Wayne St owner of the van was arrested on the same charges Reports said one bag of marijuana was found under a mattress in the van one bag of marijuana was in his pocket and eight pills were found Arthur Joseph Poole Jr 31 of 1313 Field St Camden was also charged Reports said a pipe containing marijuana was found in his guitar case in addition to two white pills and an unspecified amount of psilocybin mushrooms All three persons were taken to the County Law Enforcement Center where a thorough search was made Callen and Poole were released on $1200 bond Redmond is still in jail on $1200 bond Joseph in the (Photo by Heyward Crowson I Dousing A rire Firemen work to extinguish a blaze under the hood of a 1967 Oldsmobile that resulted in an estimated $350 damages but no injuries Margaret Fowler 85 Willow Drive called the fire department when the fire started under the hood of her car at about 8:30 am A leaky carburetor was being blamed for the fire EDGAR McNAIR Edgar Truitt McNair 49 died Saturday in Tuomey Hospital after a short illness Born in Wrens Ga he was a son of the late Robert and Lola Terry McNair He was a farmer and a road construction worker Surviving are his widow Mrs Dorothy Gibbons McNair two sons Gibbons Lee and Truitt McNair four sisters Mrs AT Kelly of Mullins Mrs Mary Reeves of Wrens Mrs Nancy Mitchell of Augusta Ga and Mrs Jane Holly of North Augusta and two brothers LA McNair of Jackson and WE McNair of Aiken Services will be at 3 pm today in Turbeville First Baptist Church Floyd Funeral Home is in charge community by the Rev Stukes Burial will follow church cemetery The family will be at King Funeral Home tonight at 7 HENRY CARTER SUMMERTON-Henry Carter 56 died Sunday night at Clarendon Memorial Hospital after a brief illness He was bom in Clarendon County son of the late Retus Brunson Surviving are two children several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements are in-plete and are to be announced compl for Inventory A Re-open 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2 by King Funeral Home Ag Commissioner Patrick Speaking Here Tuesday The South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Bryan Patrick Jr will speak at a barbeque supper Tuesday night at the Bar-B-Que Hut on 4 Die In Crash By The Associated Press A one-car crash in Georgetown County claimed the lives of four young men early Sunday In all eight persons died on South Carolina's roads over the weekend the state Highway Patrol reported The victims of the Georgetown County accident were David Poison 17 of Patrick Cecil Cumbie 21 of Mc-Clellanville Nathan Blakley 22 of Georgetown and Donald Moore 19 also of Georgetown A pedestrian Ernest Bradley 59 of Bishopville was killed Saturday night along South Carolina 34 six miles east of Camden in Kershaw County A two-car collision in Chesterfield County Saturday killed 24-year old Charlie Crowley of Patrick Larry Roger McDowell 27 of Simpsonville died when his car and a tractor-trailer collided on 276 in Fountain Inn Barry A Clemmons 29 of Tabor City NC died Friday when the car he was driving crashed on secondary road 31 a half mile north of secondary 306 in Horry County Woman Charged In Murder A 23-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Wedgefield man Saturday night Sheriff's reports said Rebecca Anderson of 24 Wil-Jons Estates was arrested and charged with the murder of 53-year-old Francis Tucker of Rt 1 Box 10A Wedgefield When ambulance crews arrived at the scene they found Tucker on the kitchen floor the victim of a stab wound in the chest Tucker was reportedly dead when authorities arrived at the home A butcher knife was used in the killing reports said Anderson was taken to the County Correctional Center where she is being held without bond Thefts Investigated Sheriff's deputies are investigating several thefts in the county over the weekend Booker Brunson 1010 Dibert St reported that someone stole a chain saw from his truck sometime Friday night The chainsaw which was valued at $450 was reportedly in his truck at the time of the theft Frances Bradham Rt 1 Box 148 Dalzell told deputies that someone broke into her house sometime last week and stole an aquarium two cake pans six glasses four dishes a rug a spice rack a table lighter a clock two vases and a bottle of perfume Value of the stolen goods was set at $263 James Clarkson Rt 3 Box 149C reported that someone broke into his house sometime Friday and stole a small metal box containing coins and foreign money valued at $100 Someone broke into a Cedar Avenue residence and stole a pistol sometime Saturday night Clarence Jones 215 Cedar Ave that the thieves pried open a truck after breaking into his house and stole a 32 caliber revolver valued at $42 Someone stole a 4 horsepower Ambassador electric pump from under the Nazarene Church Rt 2 sometime last week Value of the pump was set at $150 Wilson Hall Closed Wilson Hall School remained closed today because of the flulike illness reported last week in Sumter Eugene Nalley headmaster said he determined from a telephone survey Sunday that 35 to 40 per cent of the elementary-age children would be absent if school were held He said a -number of teachers have also contracted the flu-like symptoms The school will be closed Tuesday The Wateree District Department of Health reported today that it will be Thursday before the Department of Health and Environmental Control in Columbia has completed an analysis of throat cultures taken from Sumter residents who have the flu-like symptoms Council Meets Tuesday Sumter City Council will discuss Community Development Entitlement Funds at its 9:30 am meeting Tuesday An application for $620000 in CD funds must be submitted to the federal government by March 2 Council 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