By Morning News Staff Reports
South Carolina campaign officials for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, a Democratic presidential candidate, today announced the support of elected, grassroots and religious leaders from across the Pee Dee and Grand Strand.
Florence City Councilman Billy D. Williams had previously endorsed Obama.
Obama also has been endorsed by Georgetown Mayor Pro Tem Brendon Barber; Florence School District 1 board member Thurmond Becote; Chesterfield Mayor Pro-Tem Amy Brown; Bishopville City Councilman Ennis Bryant; Myrtle Beach Mayor Pro Tem Michael Chestnut; Marion Mayor Pro Tem Bobby Davis; Francis Marion University Rural Community Health Programs Director Dr. Paul DeMarco; Latta Town Councilman Trudy Drawhorn; Clarendon County school board member Bobby Fleming; Former Chesterfield town councilman Larrie Foster; Florence School District 1 board member Pat Gibson-Hye; Hartsville City Councilwoman Adlena Graham; Pageland City Councilwoman Martha Hamilton; Bennettsville City Councilman Roosevelt Henegan; Darlington City Councilwoman Gloria Hines; Bennettsville City Councilman Freddie Hodges; Manning Mayor Kevin Johnson; Clio Town Councilman Samuel McCollum; Clio Mayor Hamer McCrae; the Rev. Henry McGill of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church; Florence School District 1 board member Alexis Pipkins; Florence City Councilman Edward Robinson; Bennie Swans of the S.C. African Heritage Foundation; Atlantic Beach Town Councilwoman Charlene Taylor; Dillon Branch NAACP President Famon Whitfield; Dillon County Councilman Macio Williamson; Marlboro County Councilman Anthony Woods; and Florence attorney Steve Wukela of Wukela Law Firm
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