Deaths
• M. Wayne Belcher, 63, of 1017 Henry St., Princeton, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 at his residence. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.
• Sarah C. Farmer, 86, of Glacier Lane, Princeton, died Saturday evening, Jan. 30, 2010. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.
• Floyd Gamaliel Goins, 87, of 587 Mt. Horeb Road, Princeton, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.
• Jerry Wayne Goings, 70, of Church Lane, Princeton, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va. Arrangements are incomplete at Memorial Funeral Directory & Cremation Center on the Athens Road in Princeton.
• Otis R. Mann Sr., 92, of 803 Beckett Hill Rd. , Athens, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 at his residence. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.
• David Thomas Miller, 75, of the Old Springs Road, Princeton, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital following a sudden illness. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.
• Kenna D. “K.D.” Noble Jr., 82, of the Old Pisgah Road, Princeton, died Tuesday evening, Jan. 26, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital after a brief illness. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.
• Cornell Braxton “Sonny” Pugh Jr., 73, of Princeton, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.
• Michael Anthony “Tony” Ratliff, 47, of 105 1/2 Wallace St., Princeton died Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.
• Geraldine Elizabeth Richmond Thompson, 86, of Caldwell Street, Athens, died peacefully Tuesday evening, Jan. 26, 2010 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary
Donald Vadis “Don” Wallace Sr,
LARGO, Fla. — Donald Vadis “Don” Wallace, Sr., age 83, of 5011 Rushland Dr., passed away on January 31, 2010 in Largo, Fla.
Born in Dott, W.Va. on Oct. 18, 1926, he was a son of the late Frederick Cecil Wallace and Hettie Lovell Wallace. He retired as the rank of Tech Sergeant from the United States Air Force after twenty-one years of service. Following retirement from the USAF, he began employment with AT&T;, later retiring after twenty years. Mr. Wallace was a Ham Radio enthusiast, a lover of restoring antique cars, and was an avid traveler.
Survivors include his wife of fifty-eight years, Anna Carolyn Baddley Wallace of the home; daughter, Patricia Ann “Trisha” Wallace of Miami, Fla.; son, Donald Vadis “Butch” Wallace, Jr. and wife, Tonya, of Largo, Fla.; two sisters, Virginia Sweeney of Portsmouth, Va., and Christie Ritter of Ocala, Fla.; and a brother, Bob Wallace of Hopewell, Va. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews, grand-nieces and nephews, and their families whom he dearly loved.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Lou Wallace and Woodrow Wallace.
The funeral service with military honors will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in the mausoleum chapel of Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson, S.C. The Reverend Jack Taylor will conduct the service.
The family is at the home of Mary Elizabeth Rigell, 2504 Saxony Dr., Anderson, S.C.
It is suggested that memorials be made to the charity of one’s choice.
A message of condolence may be sent by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com
The McDougald Funeral Home of Anderson, S.C. is in charge of the funeral arrangements.
