Ron Owenby
President and General Manager of Gaffney Broadcasting Inc. WAGI FM and WEAC AM
      Ronald Dean Owenby, 68, of 127 Coventry Court, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Marion, N.C., he was the husband of Sybil Jean Harris Owenby and son of the late Roy Davis Owenby and Stella Sowers Owenby.
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Dr. Craven Sumerell
Founder of Educational Industrial Systems; formerly worked at Limestone College
      CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Dr. Craven Howard Sumerell died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center - Main. Dr. Sumerell was born Nov. 7, 1930, in Ft. Barnwell, N.C. He was formally educated at Atlantic Christian College (B.S.); East Carolina University (M.A.); Duke University (M.A.); and Columbia Pacific University (Ph.D.).
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Peggy Ann Means
      Services for Peggy Ann Means, 61, of 100 Fairfield Drive, Apt. 11B, Gaffney, will be held on Monday, Jan. 5, at 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Righteous Church of God, 210 Claremont St., conducted by the Rev. Julia Tate, Pastor Bishop A.E. Williford, Bishop Ronnie C. Wilkins Sr., the Rev. Vincent Wilkins and Elder Wayne Penn.
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Anna Potter Carpenter
Retired from Carolina Freight in Cherryville, N.C.
      SHELBY, N.C. - Anna Lee Potter Carpenter, 74, of Shelby, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2008, at Carolina Care of Cherryville. Born in Gaffney, she was retired from Carolina Freight in Cherryville and was a lifelong member of Landmark Baptist Church.
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