SPORTS
THE SUMTER ITEM
TSA FROM PAGE B1 The teams faced each other in the semifinals last year as well with Ashley Hall win-
OBITUARIES MARY A. GAYMON Mary A. Gaymon, 65, entered eternal rest on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, at Royal Park Nursing Home in Matthews, North Carolina. The daughter of the late Peter Gaymon Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Jones Prince, she was born May 29, 1950, in Sumter GAYMON County. She received her education in Sumter County public schools. She was a member of Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church and was employed with Sumter Electrical and Rewinding Co. Survivors are her children, Jerome Gaymon and Lethia Gaymon; two brothers, Ulysses Gaymon and James Willie Winn; three sisters, Sadie Mae Sharper, Delphina (Ervin) Gordon and Alice (Abraham) Champagne; a stepgrandchild, Samuel Grant; an aunt, Alice M. Beckham; and a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing will be from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Nate Brock. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her sister, Delphina (Ervin) Gordon, 1440 Woods Road, Sumter. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.
LINDA B. MORGAN Linda Brunson Morgan, daughter of the late Freddie J. and Thomasina H. Brunson, departed this life on Oct. 21, 2015, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill. She was born on Dec. 26, 1951, in Sumter County. She was educated in the public MORGAN schools of Washington, D.C. At an early age, she accepted Christ as her personal savior and united with Bible Way Worldwide Church. She was a member of New Life Ministries, Sumter. Before her retirement, she served as an administrative assistant at Sumter Resource Center. Survivors include her sons, Anthony (Temerly) Brunson and Philip Morgan, of York; two grandsons, Dajon McCray of Atlanta and Ty Quan McCray of the home; a granddaughter, Ivana Miller of the home; a sister, Juliana Brunson of Sumter, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Public viewing will be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary Inc. The body will be placed in St. Paul Holiness Church, 129½ West Moore St., at 11 a.m. on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held on Saturday at noon at St. Paul Holiness Church with Elder Barrington Pierson, officiating; Elder Frank Garrett, eulogist. Family is receiving friends at the home of her niece and nephew, Jeremiah and Kimberly Oliver, 570 Alpine Drive. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.
SHAKIMA N. RUTHERFORD Shakima Nicole “Nikki” Rutherford, 34, departed this life on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on Dec. 10, 1980, in Sumter, she was the daughter of Naomi Rutherford Gordon of Sumter and Garth Wayne RUTHERGordon Sr. of FORD
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ning 6-0. Reed said Thomas Sumter easily played its best match of the season against Heathwood. The Lady Generals split the six singles matches with
the Lady Highlanders before taking two of the three doubles matches. They won both doubles matches by 8-6 scores. “In any sport you talk about playing your best at the end
of the season, and collectively as a team that was easily our best match of the season,” Reed said. “They played hard, they played smart, they hit with great strokes.
“I’m just so proud of the way they handled the strategy side of things, the toughness that they showed and the way they were encouraging each other to find a way to win.”
Queens, New York. Rutherford was a graduate of Sumter High School, Class of 1999. She later studied science and health care at Central Carolina Technical College and was formerly employed with National Healthcare Center. Survivors include her parents; grandmother, Ina Sinclair; a son, Quavon Nylik Rutherford; a daughter, Laila Simone Chandler; a sister, Therese Simone Gordon of Conyers, Georgia; five brothers, Garth Wayne Gordon Jr., Terrane Raymond Gordon, Shaun Terrell Rutherford, Eddie Marquise Howard of Sumter and Shah Brown of Richmond, Virginia; a niece; five nephews; three aunts; five uncles; a godson, Sequan Russ; a dear friend, Christine Hill Parker; and a host of other relatives and friends. There will be no public viewing. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Salem Chapel & Heritage Center (Westend Community Church), 101 S. Salem Ave., with Pastor Napoleon Bradford, officiating. Interment will follow in Walker Cemetery. Family is receiving friends at the home, 11 Neal St. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com, or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.
tached to the Casualty Office with the American Red Cross. She attended more than 132 funerals between her tours from October 2002 to 2003. In 2005, she was stationed at the Republic of Korea Arm Support Group as executive administration assistant with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army. While serving in Korea, Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Martz recommended LaDeaner to be appointed to serve as secretary to Lt. Gen. James L. Campbell, director of the Army Staff at the Pentagon in 2005, where she served until she became ill. After a year of hospitalization, she went to work at the Naval Sea Systems Command Wounded Warrior Program as the national capital region coordinator. She traveled across the U.S., matching Wounded Warriors with Navy civilian job opportunities. She was also an Army veteran and a Wounded Warrior herself and was accompanied by her service dog, Romeo. She was a member of Sumter VFW Post 10813 Ladies Auxiliary and later became a life member of Amvets, where she served as 2nd vice commander for the State of Maryland Post 115 and the National Ladies Committee of AMVET. She received numerous commendations. In 2009, she retired after serving our nation. Deaner was a strong-willed, compassionate person who loved children. She will always be remembered for her beauti-
ful smile and her kind, gentle spirit that touched everyone she met. Her willingness to help others and the special way she made people feel like a part of her family will always be cherished. She loved golf and won many tournaments. She leaves to cherish her memory: her loving parents, Ruby Mae McQuillar Williams and John Larry Williams Sr.; her devoted brother, John L. Jr. (Clarissa); two nieces, Jaylyn Cierra and Cassidy Jordyn of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; grandparents, Janerette and Annie Mae McQuiller of Sumter; four aunts, Rosanna Sanders, Teresa Lennon (Robert) of Brooklyn, New York, Sallie Jacobs (Oualdo “Butch”) of Long Island, New York, and Paulette Rahmaan of Birmingham, Alabama; eight uncles, Janerette S. Mcquiller Jr. (Viriginia), Emmanuel McQuiller (Pamela) of Brooklyn, New York, Arnold McQuiller (Anna) of Queen, New York, Girard McQuiller (Syvannia), Gordon Mcquiller (Sharon), Raleigh McQuiller of Sumter, Paul Williams (Laura) and Charles Williams of Birmingham, Alabama; godmother, Frances Clark Moss of Sumter; four special cousins, Rosalind Moss of Atlanta, Georgia, Taykell R. McCray, September and Tylee Craft of Sumter; and a host of cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Lillie Williams Walker; godfather, Theo W. Moss Sr.; nephew John
Larry Williams III; and special cousin Theo W. Moss Jr.; and Rashawn McQuiller. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., with the Rev. Lillian H. Washington, officiating, the Rev. Doris R. Bright, eulogist. The family is receiving friends at the home of Frances Moss, 728 Estate Drive. A wake was held on Thursday at John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home, Inc., 821 N. Main St. The remains will be placed in the church today at 9 a.m. The procession will leave from the home at 9:20 a.m. Floral bearers will be classmates of 1989 Sumter High School and Post 10813 Ladies Auxiliary. Pallbearers will be classmates of 1989 Sumter High School and VFW Post 10813. Burial will be in Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Percival Road, Columbia. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Wounded Warriors Project in memory of LaDeaner C. Williams. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home, Inc., 821 N. Main St. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com or on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.
LADEANER C. WILLIAMS LaDeaner Chuemeils Williams, retired staff sergeant, was called home by her heavenly father on the evening of Oct. 14, 2015, at Washington Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Deaner, as she was affectionately called, was born WILLIAMS at sunrise on Dec. 14, 1970, in Sumter, to Ruby Mae McQuillar Williams and John Larry Williams Sr. Her early education began in Sumter and Charleston counties finishing in Alconbury, England. Deaner graduated from Sumter High School in the Class of 1989 and received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from St. Augustine, Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1993; master’s in business administration from Hope International University in 2008; master’s in public administration from Strayer University in Washington, D.C., in 2013; and was working on her doctoral degree at University of Phoenix, Arizona. Deaner received her early Christian experience at Mt. Moriah U.M.C., St. Charles, where she was baptized at an early age. Growing up in a military family, she began traveling at the age of six and was part of many congregations. She sang in the children’s choir in Alconbury, England. Upon her graduation from college, she did one year of missionary work in the U.S. She was a part of God’s house in the various areas where she was stationed. Upon settling in the Washington, D.C., area, she joined McKendree-SimmsBrookland U.M.C. in January 2013. There she sang in the chancel choir, worked with the youth ministry, served on the Sick and Recovering Ministry, served as the assistant director of vacation Bible school and assisted the secretary in the church office. She enlisted in the U.S. Army in February 1999, completing basic training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, and continued her training in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her first duty station was the 18th Personnel Service Battalion at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina. She was attached to the HQ 377th Theater Support Command in New Orleans, Louisiana. She completed overlapped tours while being stationed in New Orleans. She was deployed to serve in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in both Arisjan, Kuwait, and Iraq, where she was at-
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