On Dec. 3, Darlington Mayor Gloria Hines joined members and guests of the Pilot Club of Darlington 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 a deserving high school senior in Darlington each year.
The following donations have been made in honor of these individuals: Jimmy Blackmon, Kim Blackmon, Janet Blackmon, Jason Blackmon, Kayse Blackmon, Maverick Blackmon, Judy Graham, Thomas Graham, Bobby Odom, and Mary Odom by B. J. Blackmon; Ruth Flowers and Mary Scott by Belinda Copeland; Jeannette Odom, Bill Dority Jr. and Marilyn Garrison by Angie Dority; Junior Clark, William Dority Sr. and Anna Dority by Angie and Bill Dority; Baby Jesus by Janice Flowers; The Pilot Club of Darlington, Darlington Anchor Club, Chesley and Barbara Benjamin, Wilbur and Donna Vaughan, Henry and Tania Bailey, Jim and Dot Stone, Wallace and Eleanor Haynes, Jason, Laura, Gracie, and Langley Smith, Roy, Maggie, Royce, and Rivers Blackmon, Marlena Hanna Lownsberry, St. John’s High School Class of 1968, and The Wednesday Wanderers by Rodney and Judy Langley; Norton and Annie L. James, Barry, Dona Jo, Brycen, and Braden Brown, June and Wayne Brown, June and Charlie Berry, Lilabelle Moody, Tony and Pam Sherrill, and Tommy and Gilbe Revell by Don and Peggy Ruthven; Dona Jo Brown and the Darlington Anchor Club by Mary Scott.
The following donations have been made in memory of these individuals: L. G. and Rheba Duckworth, Boyd and Ruth Copeland and Walter Copeland by Belinda Copeland; Happy Clark, George and Mary Clark, Hopson and Laura Gandy by Angie Dority; Robert Odom and Juliet Dority by Angie and Bill Dority; Nell and Les Newsome by Janice Flowers; Bobbie Howle Rouse by Randi Kirkley; Tommy Britt, John and Margaret Frank, Horace and Laura Langley, Eileen Benton, Michael Sigmon and Terry Boyles by Rodney and Judy Langley; Russell N. Odom, Charles Kelly Sr., Levon Player Kelly, Sarah Kelly Isgett, Cindy Kelly McKinley, Wanda Kelly Pearce, Mettie Howle Pilgrim, and Jada Isgett by Anita Pohl Odom; Edith M. Willoughby, Andrew Willoughby, Gussie Z. Pooler, Timmons Pooler and Daisy M. Sims by Andrena W. Pooler; Billy Weinberg, Bill and Emma L. Sherrill, Thad and Lena Weinberg, Otis and Lois Ruthven, Bill and Ila Marshall by Don and Peggy Ruthven; Ronald F. Scott by Mary, Julie and Cal Scott.