The State (Columbia): Wednesday, June 27, 2001 Deryle Chavis FLORENCE (--) Memorial services for Deryle Wesley Chavis, 66, will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2001, in Waters-Powell Funeral Home Chapel. Memorials may be made to the Toys for Tots Foundation, P.O. Box 1947, Quantico, VA 22134. Mr. Chavis died Sunday, June 24, 2001, after an illness. Born in Marlboro Co., he was a son of the late Eliab L. and Ruby Gladys Griggs Chavis. He graduated from Buffalo University in Buffalo, N.Y. Mr. Chavis served in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps. He was a lifelong gold prospector and the author of Southern Gold, a history of gold mining in North and South Carolina (donated to the Florence County Library and the Marlboro Academy). In 1966, he joined Electro Motive, Inc., as a chemist. Then in 1975 he began working for Lion Chemical Laboratories as a research chemist, where he remained until his death. Surviving are several cousins and friends.