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The Passing of a Giant Influence in Upstate, SC
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- By James Spurck, Publisher
Colonel Bobby M. Dill Is Now At Peace With His Wife LaVerle
Bob and LaVerle Dill's photo published in June 5th, 1996 in The Times Examiner’s 2nd Anniversary issue with the article you can read below after publisher's comments.
Colonel Bobby M. Dill, the Founder of The Times Examiner has gone on to be with his Lord on August 14, 2023, just ten days after turning 91 years old. All those who have been in politics, not just in the Upstate of SC but in South Carolina, know very well his influence here. But some of you may not know his influence within America's military and how The Times Examiner came to be. In honor of his memory, we will publish the following article that was published in the 2nd Anniversary edition of the June 5th, 1996 issue of The Times Examiner.
May God be with his family and friends as they prepare to honor a man and a legend here in the upstate of South Carolina. God bless his memory. Details of funeral and visitation arrangements will be forth coming.
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Faith, Experience Motivate Publishers
Published by the Editor of The Times Examiner on Wednesday, June 5, 1996
Editor’s note: “How did you ever get into this?” people ask Bob and LaVerle Dill, owners of The Times Examiner. As the paper begins its third year of publication, we’ll try to answer that question and also introduce you to members of our newspaper “family.”
Bob and LaVerle Dill never dreamed they would one day publish a newspaper. In fact, they agreed to an early retirement beginning in July 1980.
No more stress, no more late night and weekend work. It would be wonderful.
But as time passed, there was a void. There was so much to be done, and others seemed too busy to do it.
Back in Greenville County, after an absence of 30 years, except for visits, they noticed that things seemed different. People complained about schools, government, taxes, undependable public officials, declining moral, and ethical standards, and "the media." Greenville was becoming a miniature Washington, DC - a place about which the Dills knew plenty.
COL Bobby M. Dill, US Army, Ret.
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COL Bobby "Bob" Mendel Dill, US Army, Ret., 91, husband of the late LaVerle Griffin Dill, passed away August 14, 2023.
A native of Greenville County, son of the late Harvey Alton and Nelle Dean Beacham Dill, he was a retired Colonel for the U.s. Army, having served during Vietnam, a retired newspaper founder for The Times Examiner, and of the Baptist faith. He was a member of the American Legion Post 214, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and Order of the Palmetto.
Surviving are two sons, Timothy "Tim" Mendel Dill (Patti) of Grovetown, Georgia, and Glenn Alton Dill (Annette) of Auburn, Georgia; two brothers, Warren Cleo Dill and Joseph "Joe" Beacham Dill (Deidra) of Landrum; and six grandchildren, Jamie, Tori, Lauren, Austin, Brandon, and Andrea.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 19, 2023, at The Wood Mortuary, conducted by Rev. Mark Evans and Mr. James Spurck. Burial will follow in Highland Baptist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Austin Dill, Mac Dill, Joel Dill, Clay Dill, Corey Dill, and Paul Marwede.
Honorary escorts will be Joe Dill, Cleo Dill, Zachary Anglin, Brandon Briscoe, Scott Forrester, Rock Forrester, American Legion Post 214, and Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Visitation will be held 11:30 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at The Wood Mortuary.
The family is at their respective homes.
Memorials may be made to American Legion Post 214, 3110 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors, SC 29687, or The Museum and Library of Confederate History,
15 Boyce Ave., Greenville, SC 29601.
Online condolences may be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com
In Memory Of A Titan: Bobby Dill
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- By W.H. Lamb
We all know it is inevitable—that instant that we breathe out our final breath, perhaps knowing that there is no more “breathing in” the next breath, and we take that first step into Eternity when the “thump, thump, thump” in our chest makes its final “thump”. When our Creator made “man”, we were the only living creature on this planet that realized its own mortality—that knew from our youth that our lives were finite, that we had only so many “heart thumps”—so many sunrises and sunsets—so many changes of seasons—before we joined that vast number of humans who have gone before us, ever since our Creator made the first male and female in His beautiful Garden. That instant, for Col. Bob, came in the early morning of August 14, 2023.
5 Things You Should Know about Human Trafficking
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- By Arielle Del Turco and Alaina Cothran - The Washington Stand
“Sound of Freedom” tells the true story of Tim Ballard, a Homeland Security agent who quits his job and joins forces with local Latin American law enforcement and underground contacts to rescue children caught in human trafficking. The film portrays Ballard as he sets up a sting operation that successfully frees a young Honduran boy and reunites him with his father. When the boy tells him about his sister who is still in captivity, Ballard becomes determined to find her. The heartfelt thriller has proven surprisingly successful, beating “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” at the box office on July 4.
MinistryWatch Offers Advice for Those Who Want to Stop Human Trafficking
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- By MinistryWatch
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Human trafficking, either for sex or for forced labor, is a horrible crime.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including many Christian ministries, raise hundreds of millions of dollars to fight human trafficking.
Indeed, sex trafficking has become something of a cause celebre for evangelicals. International Justice Mission's revenue has doubled in the past five years. Operation Underground Railroad didn't exist a decade ago, but has now grown to the point that it was able to pay its president Tim Ballard more than a half-million per year.
Alton Thomas Durham, 98 of Greenville, SC Passed Away Friday, July 21, 2023
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Alton Thomas Durham, 98 of Greenville, SC passed away on Friday, July 21, 2023.
Born September 28, 1924, in Burlington, N.C., the son of the late Charles John Durham Sr. and Mary Emily Rich Durham. He was the youngest of seven children.
He graduated from Burlington High School in 1942. He attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill for a year and later attained his bachelor’s degree in general science from Elon College, Elon N.C. in 1958.
GFA World Helps Families 'Sew Their Way Out of Poverty'
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WILLS POINT, Texas -- A new three-month campaign aims to help some of the poorest families in Africa and Asia "sew their way out of poverty" -- one stitch at a time.
Texas-based mission GFA World's "Sewing Their Way Out of Poverty" campaign aims to provide 500 new sewing machines and vocational training for 500 desperately poor families struggling to survive day-to-day.
"Countless people trapped in grinding poverty literally live from hand to mouth," said GFA World founder K.P. Yohannan, also known as Metropolitan Yohan. "It breaks my heart each time I see an ocean of slum dwellings in major cities, or when I watch children digging in garbage heaps for food scraps."
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