Light a Light
Photo contributed.
On December 5th Mayor Gloria Hines joined members of the Pilot Club of Darlington and guests in front of the City Administration Building for the lighting of the Light-A-Light Christmas tree. The tree’s lights are symbols of the donations made to the Pilot Club in honor of or in memory of special people. Light-A-Light donations become part of the scholarship fund for an Anchor Club senior each year. The tree-lighting ceremony included special music by Kathy Shuler.
The following donations have been made in honor of these individuals:
•Janet M. Blackmon, Jason Blackmon, Kayse Blackmon, and Kim Blackmon by B. J. Blackmon.
•All my family members by Janice Flowers.
•Jane Baldwin; Darryl and Mary Gettys; Terry and Patricia Gettys; Renny Johnson; Mary and James Langley; Nancy Lee; Dot and Jim Stone; and David Vaughan by Oleene Gettys.
•Letha Barnhill, Damon Campbell, Christine Hursey, Jane Hursey, Sully Lane, Bobbie Langston, Eloise Smyre, and Cecil Weaver by Martha Griggs.
•Henry and Tania Bailey; Chesley and Barbara Benjamin; Larry and Peggy Benton; Roy and Maggie Blackmon, Royce and Rivers; Reverend and Mrs. Randy Bowers; John and Bebe Frank, Funnel Cake Volunteers at the Sweet Potato Festival; Charles Gaskins; Wallace and Eleanor Haynes; Leon and Bonnie Langley, Pilot Club of Darlington, Jason and Laura Smith, Gracie and Langley; Jim and Dot Stone; David Vaughan; Wilbur and Donna Vaughan; and City of Darlington Street and Sanitation Department; City of Darlington Recreation Department; City of Darlington Administrative Offices; City of Darlington Police Department; City of Darlington Fire Department; Takis Restaurant; by Rodney and Judy Langley
•Anchor Club members; Jane Baldwin; Robert Bridgers; Frank Cole; “Happy” Haynes; Pilot Club members; and Carolyn Scott by Nancy Lee.
•Gracyn and Pierce Benton by Grammy and Cee; Love Sunday School Class at First Baptist and Region 2 Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries by Ginger Ridgill.
•June and Charlie Berry; Dona Jo, Barry, Brycen and Braydon Brown; Gil, Tammy, Gillie, and Garrett Revel; Tony and Pam Sherrill & Family; Trey and Staci Weinberg & Family by Don and Peggy Ruthven;
•Rudell DuBose; Becky Lee; Cal, Julie, and Ron Scott; and Anne Sprayberry by Mary Scott.
The following donations have been made in memory of these individuals:
•Billy Blackmon; Van Hudson; Jeff Lee; Edna McClam; James Singletary; and Ruth Singletary by B. J. Blackmon.
•Rosa Hudson by Belinda Copeland.
•My family members by Janice Flowers.
•Annie Leigh Flowers and Ila Lane by Oleene Gettys.
•Ed Hursey and Georgie W. Jordan by Martha Griggs.
•Cropsy L. Cheeseboro; Early Cheeseboro; and Leor Kittrell by Gloria Hines.
•Terry Andrews, Tommy Britt, Frank Burch, Peggy Cross, John and Margaret Frank, Rosa Hudson, Dot Watts Jordan, Horace and Laura Langley, Margaret Parnell, and Jean Taylor by Judy Langley.
•Alger Blackmon; Billy Blackmon; Sandra Blackmon; Genoise Elmore; Annie Leigh Flowers; Lib Galloway; Rosa Hudson; Mabel Johnston; Dan Lee; Jeff Lee; Newell Lee; Margaret Parnell and Nan Ressler by Nancy Lee.
•Rosa Hudson by Ginger Ridgill.
•Bill and Ila Marshall, Otis and Lois Ruthven, Bill and Emma Sherrill, Billy Weinberg, Thad and Lena Weinberg, by Don and Peggy Ruthven.
•John and Mary Stewart Calhoun, Margaret C. Calhoun, Benjamin and Inez Scott, by Mary and Ron Scott.
