EUSTIS — Ernest R. Pike was a great admirer of Civil War history who enjoyed studying the Battle of Gettysburg and collecting books on the war. “He was interested in history and the military, and had ...

Ernest R. Pike, a Buffalo native and retired Bethlehem Steel millwright, died Oct. 9, 2002, in Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, Fla., after a four-year battle with lung cancer. He was 57.

Funeral services for Ernest "Pike" Whetstone, 72, of 809 Chitwood St., Orangeburg, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, at Williams Chapel AME Church, with the Rev. Caesar R. Richburg ...