The State (Columbia): Saturday, September 22, 2001 William Vereen MCCOLL -- Services for William E. "Bill" Vereen, 69, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 23, 2001 at Main Street United Methodist Church with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 tonight at Main Street United Methodist Church Family Center. Rogers Funeral Home is in charge. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Scotland County, P.O. Box 1033, Laurinburg, N.C. 28352 or McColl Rescue Squad, Railroad Ave., McColl, SC 29570. Mr. Vereen died September 21, 2001. Born in Dillon, he was the son of the late Eugene and Mable Parham Vereen. He was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church for 41 years. Mr. Vereen retired as a banker and personnel director from The South of the Border. Surviving are wife, Jean Page Vereen of McColl; son, Ernest Vereen of Clio; daughter, Sylvia Vereen Thomas, Grottoes, Va.; sister, Florence Kathrine Martin of Pickens; grandchildren, Marie Vereen Chandler Thomas, Jeanette Thomas and Eleanore Vereen. He was preceded in death by sister, Dorothy Jean George.