Sumter National wins district tournament B1 OBITUARIES Former Speaker of the South Carolina House Of Representatives Ramon Schwartz Jr. dies. See page A12 SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2017 $1.75 There will be no Tuesday edition of The Sumter Item Funeral procession for Les Tindal PHOTOS BY JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM LEFT: The cortege of former South Carolina Agriculture Commis- sioner Les Tindal passes among farm buildings and corn fields on its way to the Calvary Baptist Church near Pinewood on Friday morning. ABOVE: Members of the South Carolina State Guard pre- pare to carry the flag-draped casket of Tindal into the church. Missing man’s case still a mystery after 39 years BY ADRIENNE SARVIS In the article
[email protected] published in 2007, Logan said The Sumter Item’s Cold Case se- she assumed ries continues with Sumter County her brother had Sheriff’s Office’s second-oldest died and hoped missing person case from 1978. that someone • • • would tell her Maxwell Allen Graham, 26, of family where Pinewood was reported missing on his body was lo- Aug. 24, 1978. However, he was last cated so they could give him a prop- seen on Aug. 8, 1978. er burial. That gap between the time Gra- An investigation becomes a cold ham was last seen and the time he case after a year of investigating, RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM was reported missing but investigators periodically re- The AirCare crew of pilot Alan West, flight nurse Robin Lewis and flight paramedic Dusty made the original in- view those older cases, he said.