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Benjamin F. Hall
Benjamin F. Hall,
86, retired farmer,
died at a Greer
nursing home
yesterday at 7:05
A.M., after five
weeks of serious
illness and a long
period of declining
health.
A son of the
late Benjamin F. and
Caroline Smith Hall,
he was born in
Greenville County
June 2, 1876. Most
of his life was
spent in the Double
Springs community.
Recently he had
lived with his
daughter, Mrs.
Lucille Barron, 9
Ellendale Avenue.
His wife,
Mrs. Eva Dean Hall,
died April 29, 1962.
He was a
member of Double
Springs Baptist
Church and the Men's
Bible Class.
Surviving
also are 2 other
daughters, Mrs.
Norman R. Cantrell
of Greenville and
Mrs. Betty Jo
Surrett of Bethel,
Ohio; 3 sons,
Charles L., Willie
A., and Thomas Hall
of Greenville; 2
half brothers James
Hall of Greenville
and John Hall of
Pickens; 26
grandchildren, and
25
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at Reedy
River Baptist Church
Saturday morning at
11 A.M., by Rev. S.
P. Hester and Rev.
Curtis J. Waters.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be Jason Hall,
Ercil Cantrell,
Andrew Hall, Leroy
Hall, Jerry Hall and
Harold Hall.
Honorary
escort will be the
Men's Bible Class of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and of Double
Springs Baptist
Church.
The body is
at Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home. It
will be placed in
the church at 10
a.m.
The family is
at the home of Mrs.
Barron, but will
receive friends at
the funeral home
from 7 to 9 p.m.
today.
(The
Greenville News,
April 5, 1963-
obituary courtesy of
Melissa Hall Smith)
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Dora Hall
Mrs.
Dora Black Hall of
Poinsett Highway,
Rt. 7, Greenville,
widow of Fred H.
Hall, died at her
home Friday at 4:30
p.m.
She was a
native of Greenville
County, a daughter
of Mrs. Mary Hall
Rice and the late
Henry Black. She
spent most of her
life in the Reedy
River community and
lived 11 years in
Taylors. She was a
member of Double
Springs Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are two daughters,
Mrs. James S.
(Sarah) Staton of
Rt. 3, Easley and
Mrs. James Andrew
(Judy) Armstrong of
Rt. 7, Greenville;
six sons, Fred
Andrew Hall of Rt.
3, Easley, James
Leroy Hall of
Greenville, Buddy
David Hall of
Travelers Rest,
Horace F. Hall of
Greenville and Paul
and Raymond Lee Hall
of Rt. 7,
Greenville; a
brother, J.D. Black
of Greenville; two
stepsisters, Mrs.
Bertie Vaughn and
Mrs. Frances
Southerland of
Greenville; and 17
grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Sunday at
2 p.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by the Rev. Seth P.
Hester and the Rev.
J.B. Marchbanks.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be Jerry,
Harold, Jason, Glenn
and Wayne Hall,
Urshell Cantrell,
Roger Barrow and
Carroll Sutherland.
The body is
at Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home and
will be placed in
the church at 1 p.m.
Sunday. The family
is at the home of
her son, Jamie L.
Hall, 9 Berea Drive.
(Compiled from two
Greenville News
obituary notices)
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Mrs. B. F.
Hall
Mrs. Eva Hammett
Hall, 71 of 6
Ellendale Ave,
wife of Benjamin
(Ben) F. Hall,
died at her home
yesterday at 12:50
am after several
years of declining
health and two
weeks of serious
illness.
A lifelong
resident of
Greenville County
she had lived in
the Double Springs
community for some
time and later for
many years in the
Reedy River
community, before
moving to her
latest address two
years ago.
Her parents
were the late
Elijah and Susan
Grice Hammett,
natives of South
Carolina.
Mrs. Hall was
a member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
also are 3
daughters, Mrs.
Lucille H. Barron,
and Mrs. Ila
Cantrell of
Greenville and
Mrs. Betty Jo H.
Surrett of
Baltimore, MD; 3
sons, Thomas,
Willie A. and
Charles Lee Hall
of Greenville; 28
grandchildren; and
19
great-grandchildren.
A son, Fred
Hall, died in
Greenville July
29, 1961.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at Reedy
River Baptist
Church Tuesday at
11 am by Rev. Seth
P. Hester and Rev.
Robert A. Lyles.
Burial will be in
the adjoining
cemetery.
Grandsons
will be
pallbearers;
Andrew Hall, Ercil
Cantrell, Roger
Barron, Wayne
Hall, Jerry Hall,
and Jason Hall.
The Men's
Bible Class of
Reedy River
Baptist Church
will be honorary
escort.
The body is
at Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home, but
will be placed in
the church at 10
am Tuesday.
The family is
at the home of her
daughter, Mrs.
Barron, but will
receive friends at
the funeral home
from 7 until 9 pm
today.
(Obituary courtesy
of Melissa Hall
Smith)
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Fred H. Hall
Fred
Henry Hall, 54, of
Rt. 2, Dill Road,
Taylors, in the
Double Springs
community, died at a
local hospital at
7:30 a.m. yesterday
following nine
months illness.
Mr. Hall was
a native of
Greenville County
and spent most of
his life in the
Reedy River
community until he
moved to the Double
Springs community 11
years ago. Born Aug.
22, 1906, he was a
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin F. Hall. He
was an automobile
mechanic, presently
employed by Bill
Cooley's Auto
Service.
He was a
member of the Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Dora Black Hall; six
sons, Fred Andrew
Hall of Easley,
James Leroy Hall of
Greenville, Buddy
David Hall of Rt. 7,
Greenville, Horace
Franklin Hall of Rt.
1, Travelers Rest,
Paul Edward Hall and
Raymond Lee Hall of
the home; two
daughters, Mrs.
Sarah Ann and Judy
Louise Hall of the
home; three
brothers, Charlie
Lee Hall, Willie A.
Hall and Thomas Hall
of Greenville; three
sisters, Mrs.
Lucille H. Barron
and Mrs. Ila H.
Cantrell of
Greenville and Mrs.
Betty Jo H. Surrett
of Baltimore, Md.;
and eight
grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted by Rev.
S.P. Hester at 4:30
p.m. Monday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church. Burial will
be in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be Jerry Hall,
Harold Hall, Jason
Hall, Glenn Hall,
Roger Barron and
Urshell Cantrell.
Honorary
escort will be Frank
Marchbanks, T.T.
Dill, Edgar League,
Dean Stiles, Earl
Styles, Dean
Edwards, H.P. Moody,
Dr. Stanley Coleman
and Dr. T.E.
Coleman.
The body
will remain at
Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home until
3:30 p.m. Monday
when it will be
placed in the
church.
The family
will receive friends
at the funeral home
between 3 and 5 p.m.
Sunday.
(The Greenville
News)
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Geneva Hall
Funeral services for
Miss Geneva Hall,
20, who died at her
home at Travelers
Rest yesterday
morning at an early
hour following
several months of
illness, will be
held from the Reedy
River Baptist church
this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. The
Rev. Mr. Brown, of
Williamston, will
officiate and
interment will be in
the church cemetery.
Serving as
pallbearers will be
Aaron Pruitt, Earl
Gossett, Walter
Bridwell, Frank
Marchbanks, Ruthel
Duncan and Alvin
Hester.
Miss Hall was
the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Hall
and had spent her
entire life in the
Travelers Rest
community. Prior to
her illness she was
employed at the
Nuckasee
Manufacturing
company.
She was a
member of the Reedy
River Baptist
church.
In addition to
her parents, she
leaves four sisters,
Lucile, Illa, Annie
Sue and Betty Joe
Hall, and five
brothers, Fred,
Charlie, Willie,
Thomas and Franklin
Hall, all of
Travelers Rest.
The body is at
the home pending the
hour of service.
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Paul Edward
Hall
Paul Edward Hall, 60, 18 Melodyaire Ct, died
Saturday, July 31,
2010 at Greenville
Memorial Hospital.
He was the son of the late Fred and
Dora Hall.
Surviving is his wife, Sandra Hall; sons,
Tony Hall and
Bobby Hall;
brothers, Horace
Hall, and Raymond
Hall; sisters,
Judy Armstrong and
Sara Staton;
grandchildren,
Tori Hall, Tyler
Hall, and Colleen
Hall.
The family will receive friends from 11
A.M. until noon
Tuesday at the
Johnson Funeral
Home. Funeral
services will be
at 12:00 at the
funeral home.
Burial will be at
Reedy River
Baptist Church.
The family is at
the residence.
(The Greenville News, Aug. 2, 2010)
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John I. Hamby
John
Isaac Hamby, 71, of
1203 West Parker
Road, died Friday,
Dec. 13, 1991, at
Greenville Memorial
Hospital following a
period of declining
health.
Born in
Greenville County,
he was the son of
the late John
Leonard and Myrtle
Forrester Hamby. He
was a graduate of
Parker High School
and formerly owned
and operated
Superior Dry
Cleaners on Cedar
Lane Road. Mr. Hamby
had been a member of
City View First
Baptist Church for
63 years; president
of the Pruitt
Memorial Sunday
School Class, former
president of the
Keenagers Senior
Group Club of the
Church, former
deacon and chairman
of the Board and
served as
Brotherhood
president, former
chairman of the
Building Committee
and for many years
was superintendent
of the Sunday School
and was also a choir
member of the
church.
During
World War II, he
served with the U.S.
Army.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Peggy Moody Hamby;
twin daughters, and
son-in-law, Miss
Connie Lee Hamby of
the home and Bonnie
and Carl V. Enlow,
also of the home; a
sisters, Mrs. Velma
H. Campbell of
Greenville; and one
grandson, John
Christopher Enlow.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at 2 PM
Monday at City View
First Baptist
Church. Burial will
follow in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery, near
Travelers Rest.
The body is
at the Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home where
the family will
receive friends from
3 to 4:30 PM Sunday
and will be placed
in the church at
1:30 PM Monday.
The family
is at the residence.
Memorials
may be made to City
View First Baptist
Church Building
Fund, 2300 W. Blue
Ridge Dr.,
Greenville, SC
29611.
Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home
(The
Greenville News)
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Catherine Grice
Hammett
Mrs.
Catherine Grice
Hammett, one of the
oldest citizens of
the Locust Hill
section, died
yesterday. She was a
native of
Lincolnton, N.C.,
but had lived in
Locust Hill for over
50 years.
Survived
by daughter, Mrs. A.
Hunt of Locust Hill;
2 sisters, Mrs.
Martha Odom and Mrs.
J.D. Cartee of
Greenville and 5
grandchildren.
Buried:
Reedy River Baptist
Church 28 Mar 1930.
(The
Greenville News,
March 28, 1930,
Thanks to Mel Odom
for sharing this)
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Mollie Harris
Mrs.
Mollie Gwaltney
Harris, 72, wife of
John Harris of the
Reedy River
community, Travelers
Rest, died at a
Greenville Hospital
Thursday at 9:20
a.m. following a
long period of
declining health
with six weeks of
serious illness.
Mrs.
Harris was a native
of Marshall, N.C.,
and lived in
Glenville, W.Va. For
some time prior to
coming to the Reedy
River section 21
years ago. Here
parents were the
late George G. and
Sara Ann White
Gwaltney, natives of
Virginia and North
Carolina,
respectively.
She was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and of the Mother's
Class of the Sunday
School.
In
addition to her
husband, survivors
include three
sisters, Mrs. A.E.
Cole, Raleigh, N.C.,
and Misses Lottie
and Georgia Gwaltney,
both of Marshall,
N.C., and one
brother, Leon
Gwaltney of
Asheville, N.C.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Saturday
at 2 p.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by the Rev. Seth P.
Hester. Interment
will be in the
adjoining cemetery.
Pallbearers will be
Clyde Hester, Will
Batson, Bub Hill,
Douglas Coleman,
Allen Batson and
James Jewell. They
will meet at the
church at 1:50 p.m.
The
members of the
Mother's Class of
Reedy River Church
will compose the
honorary escort and
will meet at the
church at 1:50 p.m.
The body
will remain at the
Stilwell Mortuary
until the hour of
departure for the
church. It will be
placed in the church
at 1 p.m. for one
hour before
services.
(The Greenville News)
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Nancy M.
Harrison
LIBERTY, Dec. 14 --
Mrs. Nancy
Marchbanks Harrison,
90, died at the home
of her daughter,
Mrs. James W. Davis
here late today. She
was a widow of the
late Joseph T.
Harrison.
Grandmother
Harrison, as she was
known to many, was
near her 91st
birthday. She was a
member of the Reedy
River Baptist
church.
She is
survived by the
following children:
W.Y. Harrison, Wade
H. Harrison, H.M.
Harrison, G.W.
Harrison, Frank P.
Harrison, Mrs. W.J.
Mullinax and Mrs.
James W. Davis.
Three brothers,
William Marchbanks,
Marian B. Marchbanks
and Geo. W.
Marchbanks survive,
as does one sister,
Mrs. Annie Ponder.
Thirty-eight
grandchildren and 29
great-grandchildren
also survive.
Funeral
services will be
held from Reedy
River Baptist church
Monday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock,
conducted by the
Rev. George Pennell
and the Rev. H.A.
Knox.
(The Greenville
News, Sunday, Dec.
15, 1935)
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Ida Hart
TRAVELERS REST --
Mrs. Ida Hammett
Rider Hart, 90, died
at a Greenville
Hospital Sunday
morning after an
illness of the past
several years.
Born in
Greenville county,
she was daughter of
the late Elijah and
Catherine Hammett.
Mrs. Hart had lived
all her life in the
Travelers Rest
section of upper
Greenville county.
At the time of her
death she lived with
a son, Eugene Rider
of the Pleasant View
Welcome community.
She was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
church.
Mrs. Hart was
married twice, first
to Herman Rider.
Surviving are their
four sons, General
Rider, Avery Rider,
Eugene Rider and
Dean Rider, all of
Travelers Rest. Her
second marriage was
to Anthony Hart and
surviving are three
stepdaughters, Mrs.
Etta Mitchell of
Greer, Mrs. Cora
Odom of Taylors and
Mrs. Effie Davis of
Laurens; two
stepsons, W.W. Hart
of Woodruff and D.W.
Hart of Greer; and
thirteen
grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at Reedy
River Baptist Church
Tuesday at 4 p.m. by
Rev. S.P. Hester.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers
are B.F. McDaniel,
Norwood Childs, Troy
Grant, Jim Bragg,
Leon Looper and Rev.
Lynell Peterson.
After 3 p.m.
today the body will
be at the son of her
home, Dean Rider, on
Tubbs Mountain Road.
O'Dell
Mortuary is in
charge of
arrangements.
(The Greenville
News, Jan. 14, 1963)
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Hawkins Infant
Funeral services for
the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs.
Barney S. Hawkins of
Griffin, Ga., were
held yesterday
afternoon at the
graveside in the
Reedy River Baptist
church cemetery near
Travelers Rest.
Mrs. Hawkins
before marriage was
Miss Elizabeth Hill
of Greenville.
Besides the
parents, the child
is survived by two
brothers, the
maternal
grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Hill,
and the paternal
grandmother, Mrs. J.
B. Hawkins.
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Alice Kennemore
Hawkins
Mrs. Alice Kennemore
Hawkins, 75, widow
of Frank Hawkins, of
Route 4, Travelers
Rest, died at a
Marietta hospital at
7:10 a.m. Wednesday
after a long period
of declining heath
and a serious
illness of four
weeks.
Mrs. Hawkins
was a daughter of
the late Asa and
Savannah Green
Kennemore and was
born November 22,
1883 in Greenville
County. At one time
she lived in the
Forrestville
community but for
the past 50 years
had made her home in
the Little Texas
community near
Travelers Rest. Her
husband, Frank
Hawkins, died
October 5, 1930.
She was a
member of Clearview
Baptist Church.
Surviving are
1 son, Ansel Hawkins
and 1 daughter, Mrs.
Grace H. Kelly, both
of Travelers Rest; 5
grandchildren and 1
great-grandchild; 1
brother, Arthur
Kennemore of
Greenville and 1
half-sister, Mrs.
Perry Batson of
Travelers Rest.
Funeral
services will be
conducted by the
Rev. Paul Tankersley,
the Rev. Don Howell
and the Rev. J. A.
Stewart at 11 a.m.
Friday at the
Clearview Baptist
Church. Burial will
be in the Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Nephews will
be pallbearers:
Edward Phillips,
Willard Kennemore,
James Kennemore,
Grady Hawkins,
Thomas Bridwell and
Frank Bridwell.
Honorary
escort will be
members of the
Mother's Class and
of the Willing
Workers Class of the
Sunday School, with
deacons of the
church and Dr. T. E.
Coleman. The body
will be taken to the
home of his
daughter, Mrs Grace
Kelly on State Park
Rd. in the Little
Texas Community at
11 a.m. today.
(The Greenville
News, Thursday,
August 27, 1959)
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Ann
Elizabeth Roe
Hawkins
Funeral services for
Mrs. Ann Elizabeth
Roe Hawkins, 70,
prominent matron of
Paris Mountain
township, whose
death occurred at
her home at 11:20
o'clock Friday night
following several
years of declining
health, will be held
Sunday afternoon at
5:30 o'clock at
Reedy River Baptist
Church. The services
will be conducted
by. Dr. Frank K.
Pool, assisted by
Rev. J. Sam Shaw.
The body will be
laid to rest on the
family plot in the
adjoining cemetery.
The
following will serve
as the pallbearers
and will meet at the
residence at 5
o'clock: Fred Roe,
Henry Roe, Hubert
Roe, James B.
Hawkins, Ford
Thackston and
Hawkins H. (W.?)
Ashmore.
Mrs.
Hawkins was a
daughter of the late
Henry D. and Mary
(Gibson) Roe and was
born and reared in
the O'Neil section
of Greenville
county. Some 45
years ago she moved
to Paris Mountain
township.
Mrs.
Hawkins was a
devoted member of
the Reedy River
Baptist church, and
was a regular
attendant as long as
her health
permitted,
maintaining an
interest in all
affairs of the
church as long as
she lived.
She is
survived by her
husband, Walter C.
Hawkins.
Also
surviving are two
brothers, J. Eugene
and Joel T. Roe and
one sister, Mrs.
Della R. Wever.
Pending the
hour of service the
body is at the home.
(The Greenville
News)
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Annice Hawkins
Mrs.
Annice Batson
Hawkins, 74, of 1
Hawkins Creek Road,
Rt. 7, Greenville,
widow of Herman C.
Hawkins, died
Sunday.
Born in
Greenville County,
daughter of the late
Hosea Wesley and
Leatha Rainey
Batson, she was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs.
Johnny Weems of
Greenville; a son,
Harold H. Hawkins of
Greenville; a
sister, Mrs. Ford
Hester of
Greenville; three
brothers, Jones W.
and Hosea C. Batson
of Greenville and
Woodrow W. Batson of
Ware Shoals; four
grandchildren and a
great grand-child.
Funeral
services will be
Tuesday at a time to
be announced at
Reedy River Baptist
Church, with burial
in the church
cemetery.
The family
is at the home of
Mrs. Weems, 1
Hawkins Creek Road.
The body is
at The Mackey
Mortuary, where the
family will receive
friends Monday from
7 to 9 p.m.
(The
Greenville News,
Oct. 28, 1974)
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Claude Hawkins
Claude David
Hawkins, 81, of No.
8, Texas Ave., died
Saturday.
He was
retired from
Zonolite Division of
W.R. Grace & Co.,
Travelers Rest.
Surviving
are his wife,
Margaret P. Hawkins,
a son, Truman
Hawkins of Myrtle
Beach; and
daughters, Lois
Deanovich, Doris
Marquis and Beatrice
Rainey, all of
Greenville, and
Patricia Martin of
Silver Springs, Md.
Services
will be at 3 p.m.
Monday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Visitation:
7-9 p.m. Sunday at
The Howze Mortuary,
Travelers Rest.
(The
Greenville News and
Greenville Piedmont,
Sunday Feb. 7, 1982)
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H. C. Hawkins
Herman C. Hawkins,
73, of Rt. 7,
Greenville, died
yesterday at 6 a.m.
in Austin, Tex.,
following a sudden
attack. He was
visiting his
daughter, Mrs.
Johnny Weems of
Austin (Texas),
when he suffered the
attack.
Born in
Greenville County,
he was a son of the
late Jim Barney
Hawkins and Lurana
Stewart Hawkins.
Before his
retirement, Mr.
Hawkins was
associated with
Greenville Ice and
Fuel Co.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and the Men's Bible
Class of the church.
He was a veteran of
World War I.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Annice Batson
Hawkins; one
daughter, Mrs.
Johnny Weems of
Austin (Texas);
a son, Harold H.
Hawkins of
Greenville; three
sisters, Mrs.
Houston Batson of
Travelers Rest, Miss
Ruth Hawkins and
Mrs. Mae H. Watson,
both of Rt. 7,
Greenville; six
brothers, J.C.
Hawkins, Dayton
Hawkins and C.
Eugene Hawkins, all
of Greenville,
Barney Stewart
Hawkins of Griffin,
Ga., Frank Hawkins
of Lavonia, Mich.,
and Boone Hawkins of
Rt. 7, Greenville;
and three
grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted today at 4
p.m. at Reedy River
Baptist Church by
Rev. S. P. Hester
and Rev. W. D.
Weathers. Burial
will be in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers, meeting
at the church at
3:45 p.m., will be
Clarence Keeler,
Arthur, Don and Drew
(Dreugh) Batson and
Jimmy Hawkins and
Carroll League.
Honorary
escort, meeting at
the church at 3:50
p.m., will be the
deacons and Men's
Bible Class of the
church.
The body is
at the home of Boone
H. Hawkins and Miss
Ruth Hawkins. It
will be placed in
the church at 3 p.m.
today.
The Mackey
Mortuary is in
charge.
(Compiled from two
Greenville News
obituaries)
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Isabell Hawkins
Miss Isabell
Hawkins, 67,
Travelers Rest, died
at her home there
yesterday morning at
11 o'clock from an
illness extending
over a period of
several months. Her
condition had seemed
greatly improved
during the last few
weeks, however, and
her death was
unexpected. Miss
Hawkins was well
known in Travelers
Rest and throughout
Greenville county as
she had spent her
entire life at the
place of her death.
She was from
childhood a devoted
member of the Reedy
River Baptist
church.
The deceased
is survived by one
brother, L.J.
Hawkins, two
nephews, Bub and
Frank Hawkins and
one niece, Mrs. J.W.
Bridwell, all of
Travelers Rest.
Funeral
services will be
conducted from the
Reedy River Baptist
church this
afternoon at 3
o'clock by the Rev.
Mr. Wood. Interment
will be in the
family plot in the
churchyard. The
following have been
asked to serve as
pallbearers: J.N.
Batson, G.W.
Bridwell, C.C.
Smith, Arthur
Henderson, J.R.
Keeler and W.B.
Coker.
(The Greenville
News)
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J. Barney
Hawkins
J. Barney Hawkins, a
highly respected
citizen of Paris
Mountain township,
died at his home
yesterday after
week's illness. Mr.
Hawkins was a
popular man
throughout his
section and well
known in Greenville.
He never aspired to
any official
position in
politics, preferring
the quiet life of a
farmer, of which
vocation he made a
success.
He was a
veteran of the war
between the States,
having been a member
of
Earle's battery of
artillery.
Mr. Hawkins
was seventy-five
years of age. He
leaves surviving him
eight children: Mrs.
M.A. Talley, Mrs.
Josephine Green,
Mrs. Hattie League,
Mrs. Alice Ashmore,
Mrs. Ella Thackston,
J.B., W.C. and J.B.
Hawkins.
For many
years, Mr. Hawkins
was a deacon of
Reedy River church,
and the funeral
services will be
held there today at
2 p.m., conducted by
the Rev. Edward
Ashmore.
(The Greenville
News)
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J. Boone Hawkins
J.
Boone Hawkins, 80,
of Route 7, Hawkins
Creek Road, died
Saturday.
He was a
retired farmer and a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church, where he was
a member of the
Men's Bible Class
and the Adult
Christian
Fellowship.
Surviving
are a brother,
Barney Stewart
Hawkins of Griffin,
Ga., and two
sisters, Ruth
Hawkins of the home
and Mrs. Houston
Batson of Travelers
Rest.
Services:
11 a.m. Monday at
Reedy River Baptist
Church with burial
in the church
cemetery.
Visitation:
7 to 9 p.m. Sunday
at the Howze
Mortuary, Travelers
Rest.
Memorials
may be made to the
Greenville County
Cancer Society or to
the building fund of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
(The
Greenville News, May
6, 1984)
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James Barney
Hawkins
James
Barney Hawkins, a
widely known farmer
of the Buncombe road
section just north
of Greenville,
dropped dead at noon
Thursday while he
was thrashing grain
in his fields.
Co-workers
with Mr. Hawkins ran
to his assistance
and a physician was
immediately
summoned. However,
all efforts to
revive him proved
futile. After an
examination the
attending physician
announced that heart
failure was the
cause.
Mr. Hawkins
was 62 years of age.
He is
survived by his wife
and the following
sons and daughters,
Mrs. J. R. Keeler,
Mrs. J. L. O.
League, Mrs. Houston
Batson and Miss Ruth
Hawkins, Herman,
Eugene, Dayton, J.
C., Frank, Boone and
"Mutt" Hawkins.
Mr. Hawkins
was born and reared
within sight of his
present home and the
place of his death.
He was well thought
of among a wide
circle of friends,
and had reared a
large and useful
family.
The deceased was a member for
many years of Reedy
River church.
Funeral
services will be
held at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning at
Reedy River church,
conducted by the
Rev. Mr. Hester.
The
pallbearers will be
Crawford League,
Clyde Ashmore, Paul
Thackston, Walter
Greene, Barney
Talley and Ansel
Hawkins. Interment
will be in the
church cemetery.
(Compiled from three
obituary notices)
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J. C. Hawkins
James
Crawford Hawkins,
76, of Pilot Road,
Rt. 7, Greenville,
died Sunday.
Born in
Greenville County,
son of the late
James Barney and
Lurana Stewart
Hawkins, he retired
in 1955 as a Captain
on the Greenville
Fire Department
after 32 years
service. He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and a 50-year member
of Cooper Masonic
Lodge at Travelers
Rest.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Nellie Shockley
Hawkins; a daughter,
Mrs. James W.
Kennedy of
Greenville; a son,
James C. Hawkins Jr.
of Rt. 7; three
sisters, Mrs. May
Watson and Mrs. H.
L. Batson of
Travelers Rest and
Miss Ruth Hawkins of
Greenville; three
brothers: Frank
Hawkins of Azalea,
Mich.; Boone Hawkins
of Greenville and
Barney Stewart
Hawkins of Griffin,
Ga.; and five
grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
Tuesday at 4 p.m. at
Reedy River Baptist
Church, with burial
in the church
cemetery.
The body is
at The Mackey
Mortuary, where the
family will receive
friends Monday from
7 to 8:30 p.m. and
will be placed in
the church Tuesday
at 3 p.m.
(The
Greenville News)
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Jaredie B.
Hawkins
Mrs. Jaredie Belle
(Cox)
Hawkins, wife of J.
Crawford Hawkins and
a beloved resident
of the Buncombe
road, near this
city, passed away at
a hospital in
Greenville Tuesday
morning after
several weeks of
failing health.
Mrs.
Hawkins was 38 years
of age and before
her marriage was a
Miss Cox of the
Travelers Rest
section of this
county. Her husband
and five small
children, one girl
and four boys,
survive her, the
youngest being twins
three months old.
one sister, Mrs.
J.B. League, of
Travelers Rest, and
a brother, Ford Cox,
of Travelers Rest,
also survive.
Mrs.
Hawkins has been a
devout member of
Reedy River church,
near her home, since
girlhood, and her
funeral services
will be held at the
church Wednesday
afternoon at 2
o'clock, the
services being
conducted by her
pastor, Rev. F.K.
Poole. Interment
will follow in the
church cemetery.
(The Greenville
News)
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John Crawford
Hawkins
Funeral services for
John Crawford
Hawkins, well known
resident of the
Buncombe Road, will
be held at 11
o'clock Sunday at
Reedy River Baptist
church, near his
home. The Rev. Mr.
Hester will conduct
the services and the
interment will be in
the church cemetery.
The following
gentlemen, nephews
of Mr. Hawkins, will
be the pallbearers:
Messrs. J. B.
League, J. C.
Hawkins, P. D.
Hawkins, Clyde C.
Ashmore, Walter E.
Green and Paul K.
Thackston.
Mr. Hawkins
died in this city
late Thursday night
after an illness of
about three weeks.
He was 50 years of
age. His wife
preceded him to the
grave, her death
occurring on the
15th of last
January. he is
survived by four
sons and a daughter,
besides a large
family connection.
For many
years Mr. Hawkins
was a member of
Reedy River church
and he was also a
member of the
Woodmen of the
World, Paris Camp,
and of Cooper Lodge
No. 282, of Masons,
which fraternity
will have charge of
services at the
grave.
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Lurana Hawkins
Funeral services for
Mrs. Lurana Stewart
Hawkins, resident of
the Buncombe road,
will be Monday
afternoon at 3
o'clock at Reedy
River Baptist
church, conducted by
Rev. S. P. Hester
and Rev. S. J.
Gardner. Interment
will be made on the
family plot in the
church cemetery.
The
following will serve
as pallbearers and
are asked to meet at
the home at 2:30
o'clock: Clarence
Keeler, Carroll
League, Harold
Hawkins, Arthur
Batson, Frank
Hawkins and Fletcher
Hawkins.
The
honorary escort will
be composed of the
deacons of the Reedy
River Baptist church
and the following
who are asked to
meet at the church
at 2:50 o'clock; Roy
Pace, Edgar League,
C. J. Hill, A. G.
Hill, Johnie
Marchbanks, Hosea
Batson, Frank
Shockley, Barney
Talley, Ford
Thackston, Walter
Green, Hawkins
Ashmore, Claude
Stewart, Jr., Edward
Stewart, Dr. Harry
Navarre, Edgar
Lipscombe and Twyman
Dill.
Mrs.
Hawkins had lived in
the community in
which she died for
the past 62 years
and died at 7:40
o'clock Saturday
morning, following
several months of
failing health.
She was a
daughter of the late
Henry and Caroline
(Jones) Stewart and
was born at Fountain
Inn 79 years ago.
She lived at
Fountain Inn until
she moved to the
homesite on the
Buncombe road. She
was always
interested in all
activities looking
to the upbuilding of
the community in
which she lived so
long. She was a
member of the Reedy
River Baptist church
and took a very
active part in the
work of the church.
She was the
widow of J. B.
Hawkins, who died in
August 1925.
Surviving
are seven sons,
Herman Hawkins,
Eugene Hawkins,
Dayton Hawkins, J.
C. Hawkins and Boone
Hawkins, all of
Greenville; Frank
Hawkins, Northville,
Mich., and Stewart
Hawkins, Griffin,
Ga.; four daughters,
Mrs. J. R. Keeler
and Mrs. Houston
Batson, Travelers
Rest, Mrs. Mae H.
League and Miss Ruth
Hawkins, both of
Greenv1lle; one
brother, W. C.
Stewart, two
sisters, Mrs. Metta
Dill and Mrs. Eva
McHugh, all of this
city; 20
grandchildren, 15
great-grandchildren
and one
great-great-grandchild.
Pending the
hour of the service
the body will remain
at the residence.
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Luther Jackson
Hawkins
Funeral services for
Luther Jackson
Hawkins, 70, who
died at the home of
Ernest Batson
yesterday morning at
7:30 o'clock after
an illness of 20
months, will be held
this afternoon at 3
o'clock from the
Reedy River Baptist
Church conducted by
the Rev. L. B. White
of Travelers Rest.
Mr. Hawkins
was the son of the
late Henry Hawkins
of Travelers Rest.
He spent his entire
life in this
community and was a
prosperous farmer.
He was a
member of the Reedy
River Baptist church
since early
childhood. Mr.
Hawkins was the last
member of his
immediate family, as
his sister Miss Bell
Hawkins preceded him
to the grave in
1925.
He is
survived by his two
foster children,
Mrs. O. L. Collins
Greenville; Ernest
Batson, Travelers
Rest; one niece,
Mrs. Mary Bridwell,
one nephew, Bob
Hawkins, both of
Travelers Rest.
The
following are
requested to serve
as pallbearers: W.
J. I. Edwards, J. M.
Williams, B. F.
Burns, R. E. Benson,
L. H. Shelton, and
N. J. Batson.
Interment
will be made in the
adjoining cemetery.
(The
Greenville News,
October, 1931)
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Margaret P.
Hawkins
Margaret Phillips
Hawkins, 83, of 10
Callahan Ave., died
Oct. 22, 1993, at
Baptist Medical
Center Easley. She
was an employee of
Stone Manufacturing
Co. before she
retired and a member
of Reedy River
Baptist Church.
A
lifelong resident of
Greenville, she was
the daughter of the
late Elford and
Hattie Marchbanks
Phillips.
Surviving
are four daughters,
Mrs. Bernard (Lois)
(D)eanovich and Mrs.
Jordan B. (Bea)
Rainey, both of
Greenville, Mrs.
Richard (Pat) Martin
of Silver Spring,
Md., and Mrs. Frank
P. (Doris) Smith of
Easley; a son,
Claude Truman
Hawkins of Myrtle
Beach; four sisters,
Bertie Harmon,
Frankie Hightower,
Hazel Addis and
Helen Jenkins, all
of Greenville; and
two brothers,
Gilbert Phillips and
Roy Phillips, both
of Greenville; seven
grandchildren and
seven
great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased
by two brothers,
Alvin Phillips and
Dean Phillips.
Private
services, for
immediate family
only, will be held
Sunday at Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home,
Downtown Chapel,
with burial in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Visitation: 7 to
8:30 p.m. Saturday
at the funeral home.
The
families are at
their respective
homes.
(Compiled from two
Greenville News
obituaries)
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Nellie Hawkins
Nellie Shockley
Hawkins, 86, of
Route 7, Pilot Road,
died Tuesday.
She was a
former school
teacher.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs.
James W. Kennedy of
Greenville; a son,
James C. Hawkins Jr.
of Greenville; and a
brother, Frank M.
Shockley of
Greenville.
Services
will be at 3 p.m.
Thursday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Visitation: 7-8:30
p.m. Wednesday at
The Mackey Mortuary.
(The Greenville
News, Sept. 30,
1981)
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Ruth Hawkins
Margaret Ruth
Hawkins, 78, of
Route 7, Hawkins
Creek Road, died
Friday.
She was a
retired sales clerk
at Vernon Drug Store
and was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving are
a brother, Barney S.
Hawkins of Griffin,
Ga., and a sister,
Mrs. Houston Batson
of Travelers Rest.
Services: 11
a.m. Monday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church, with burial
in the church
cemetery.
Visitation: 7
to 9 p.m. Sunday at
the Howze Mortuary,
Travelers Rest.
The family is
at the home.
Memorials may
be made to Reedy
River Baptist
Church, Travelers
Rest.
(The
Greenville News,
Sept. 8, 1985)
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Susan Hawkins
Mrs. Susan Hawkins,
aged 65 years, is
dead at the home of
her husband, J.B.
Hawkins, in Paris
Mountain Township
near Reedy river
Baptist church.
Death occurred
yesterday from heart
disease.
Mrs. Hawkins was born Oct. 27, 1833
and died April 3,
1899 in her
sixty-sixth year.
She was
married to Mr. J. B.
Hawkins Oct. 13,
1851. She was a joy
and a comfort to her
husband, whom she
leaves behind in
great bereavement.
She was well
known and highly
connected in that
section and leaves
many friends to
sympathise with the
family in their sad
loss. Beside the
widower, eight
children survive.
The funeral will be
held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon from
the Reedy river
Baptist church, of
which she was one of
the oldest members.
She loved her church
and the cause of
Christ.
(Information
gathered from two
obituary notices)
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Susan Roe
Hawkins
Susan
Roe Hawkins, 84,
formerly of Old
Buncombe Road, died
May 29, 1993.
She was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are three brothers,
James B. Hawkins
III, Fletcher J.
Hawkins and Frank G.
Hawkins, all of
Greenville.
Graveside
services: 3 p.m.
Monday in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery.
The family
requests that
flowers be omitted.
- Mackey Mortuary.
(The
Greenville News)
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Walter Ansel
Hawkins
Walter Ansel
Hawkins, 61, of
Buncombe Road, Rt.
7, Greenville, died
Monday at 12:20 p.m.
at a local hospital.
He was a
lifelong resident of
Greenville County,
son of the late
Crawford and Jaredie
Cox Hawkins, and was
a member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church. He was an
employee of Batson
Oil Co. at Travelers
Rest.
Surviving
are a sister, Miss
Susan Hawkins of
Greenville; and
three brothers, J.B.
“Buster”, Fletcher
J. and Frank G.
Hawkins of
Greenville.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Wednesday
2:30 p.m. at the
Mackey Mortuary by
the Rev. Seth P.
Hester. Burial will
be in Reedy River
Baptist Church
cemetery.
The family
requests that any
memorials be made to
Connie Maxwell
Children's Home,
Greenwood. The body
is at the mortuary.
(The
Greenville News,
Tuesday, Jan. 28,
1969)
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Walter Choice
Hawkins
Funeral services for
Walter Choice
Hawkins, lifelong
resident of
Greenville County,
will be conducted
Friday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock, at the
Reedy River Baptist
Church by the Rev.
S. P. Hester.
Interment will be in
the church cemetery.
The
following
pallbearers will
meet at the Church
at 4:15 o'clock: J.
Ford Thackston,
Barney Talley,
Hawkins Ashmore; Roy
League, P. Dayton
Hawkins and Walter
Greene.
Mr. Hawkins
died at 11.55
o'clock Wednesday
night in a Travelers
Rest Hospital,
following several
years of declining
health and an
illness of three
weeks.
Born July
5, 1872, in
Greenville County,
he was a son of the
late James Barney
and Susan Roe
Hawkins. He engaged
in farming until his
retirement several
years ago.
Mr. Hawkins
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
His wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth
(Betty) Roe Hawkins,
died in 1943.
He is
survived by a number
of nieces and
nephews. He was the
last member of his
immediate family.
The body
will remain at the
Mackey Mortuary
until 3:30 o'clock
Friday afternoon
when it will be
placed in the church
to lie in state
until the hour of
the service.
The family
is at the home of
Miss Susan Hawkins
and Ansel Hawkins,
on the Buncombe
Road.
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W. F. Hawkins
Walter Frank
Hawkins, 73, of 521
Pemberton Drive,
Grosse Point, Mich.,
died Saturday in
Michigan.
A native of
Greenville County,
he was a son of the
late James Barney
and Lurana Stewart
Hawkins. He was
retired from Edison
Electric Co. in
Detroit, Mich., and
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving are
his wife, Mrs. Grace
Hawkins Hawkins;
sisters, Mrs. H. L.
Batson of Travelers
Rest and Mrs. (Miss)
Ruth Hawkins of
Greenville;
brothers, Boone
Hawkins of
Greenville and
Barney Stewart
Hawkins of Griffin,
Ga.
The funeral
will be Friday at 3
p.m. at Reedy River
Baptist Church.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
The body will be at
Mackey Mortuary late
Wednesday and the
family will receive
friends at the
mortuary Thursday
from 7 to 9 p.m.
The body will
be placed in the
church Friday at
2:30.
The family
will be at the home
of a sister and
brother, the old
Hawkins home on
Buncombe Road. It is
requested that any
memorials be made to
the charity of one's
choice.
(Greenville
Piedmont, Wednesday,
Jan. 1, 1975)
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Mr. William E.
Hawkins died at
his home near
Enoree church
Monday morning
after a week's
illness of
pneumonia, age 65
years.
Mr. Hawkins
is survived by two
sons. Mr. Henry M.
Hawkins and Mr.
William F. Hawkins
and Mrs. Mary
Bridwell, all of
this county.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church and his
funeral services
will be held there
Tuesday at 11
o'clock.
(The
Greenville Daily
News, March 28,
1916 - information
courtesy of Nancy
Hawkins)
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William Franklin
Hawkins
Funeral services for
William Franklin
Hawkins, 48, who
died at his home in
the Bates Township
at noon Sunday
(October 5) will be
held today at 11:00
at the Reedy River
Baptist Church,
conducted by the
Rev. Claude Looper,
assisted by the Rev.
Jesse Smith. The
interment will be
made in the family
plot in the
adjoining cemetery.
Mr. Hawkins
was a son of the
late William E. and
Louise Hester
Hawkins. He had been
in failing health
for the past 3
years. He was one of
Greenville County's
progressive farmers
and had lived his
entire life in the
home where his death
occurred. Mr.
Hawkins was a member
of the Reedy River
Baptist Church and
the Woodmen of the
World.
He is
survived by his
wife, Mary Alice
Kennemore Hawkins,
one son, Ansel
Hawkins and one
daughter, Miss Grace
Hawkins, all of
Travelers Rest; one
brother, H. M.
Hawkins and one
sister, Mrs. Mary
Bridwell, both of
Travelers Rest.
Pall bearers
will be Luther
Gallard, John Hart,
Tom Langley, Hoke
McAlister, Thomas
Sprouse and William
Vest.
(The
Greenville News,
October 7, 1930)
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Alberta S. Hayes
Alberta Summerall
Hayes, 78, of 8 N.
Texas Ave., died
Feb. 17, 1988 at St.
Francis Community
Hospital following
an extended illness.
She was a
retired employee of
Poinsett Mill and a
member of Tabernacle
Baptist Church.
Surviving
are three sisters,
Evie S. Southers of
Gainesville, Ga.,
Corrine S. Burdette
and Bessie S. Davis,
both of Greenville.
Graveside
services: 11 a.m.
Saturday in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery near
Travelers Rest.
Visitation:
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Friday at the Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home.
The family
is at the home of
Bessie S. Davis, 108
Highlawn Ave.
(The
Greenville News,
Friday, Feb. 19,
1988)
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Alvin P. Hester
Alvin Pressley
Hester, 65, of North
Parker Road,
Greenville, died
Tuesday.
A son of the
late Robert B. and
Mattie Foster
Hester, he was a
native of Greenville
County and co-owner
of Ruth M. Hester
Draperies on North
Parker Road, a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and served in the
U.S. Army during
World War II.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Mauldin Hester;
two daughters, Mrs.
Kenneth C. Porter of
Greenville and Mrs.
Joe A. Russell of
Travelers Rest; a
son, Gary A. Hester
of Greenville; four
sisters, Mrs. Henry
Hommell, Mrs. Harold
Dupree and Mrs.
Richard Kellett of
Greenville and Mrs.
Haskell Poole of
River Falls; four
brothers, J. Clyde
Hester of Travelers
Rest, Crawford W.
Hester and Charles
R. Hester of
Greenville and W. O.
Hester of Honea
Path; two
grandchildren.
Services
will be at 2 p.m.
Thursday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church, with burial
in the Church
Cemetery.
The body is
at Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home where
the family will
receive friends from
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday and will
be placed in the
church at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday.
(The
Greenville News,
June 23, 1976)
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Charles R.
Hester
Charles Robert
Hester, 62, of 6
Derwood Circle,
husband of Mary
Ellen Spell Hester,
died Friday at a
local hospital
following an
extended illness.
A lifelong
resident of
Greenville, he was
the son of the late
Robert B. and Mattie
Foster Hester.
Before his
retirement, he was
employed with
Piedmont Industries.
He was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and a former
member of the choir.
Surviving
in addition to his
wife of the home are
two daughters, Mrs.
Charles Cole Jr.
(Sharon) of
Cleveland, S.C., and
Mrs. William Perry
Kellett (Joan) of
Greenville; two
grandchildren, John
and Beth Kellett,
both of Greenville;
two sisters, Mrs. E.
R. Kellett (Evelyn)
of Greenville and
Mrs. Harold DuPree
(Frances) of Taylors;
two brothers, Clyde
J. Hester of
Travelers Rest and
Willie O. (Bill)
Hester of Honea
Path, S.C.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at 2 p.m.
Monday at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by Rev. Gerald
Martin and Rev.
Seth. P. Hester.
Interment will be in
the Reedy River
Baptist Church
Cemetery.
On Monday,
the body will be
placed in the church
at 1:30 p.m.
The family
is at the residence.
The body is
at the Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home where
the family will
receive friends from
4 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
(The
Greenville News,
Dec. 4, 1983)
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Clyde Hester Sr.
TRAVELERS REST --
James Clyde Hester
Sr., 84, of 200
Frontage Road, died
Jan. 7, 1990, at St.
Francis Hospital.
He was a
retired farmer and a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Mary
Pike Hester of the
home; two daughters,
Annie H. Finley of
Travelers Rest and
Katherine Poston of
Dallas, Ga.; a son,
Ralph B. Hester of
the home; two
sisters, Evelyn
Kellett and Frances
Dupree, both of
Greenville; and a
brother, Bill Hester
of Honea Path.
Services:
3 p.m. Wednesday at
Reedy River Baptist
Church with burial
in the church
cemetery.
Visitation: 7 to
8:30 p.m. Tuesday at
The Howze Mortuary,
Travelers Rest.
The family
is at the residence.
(The
Greenville News,
Jan. 9, 1990)
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Crawford Hester
Crawford Walter
Hester, 66, of Route
7, Viewmont Drive,
husband of Grace
Vickery Hester, died
Monday.
Born in
Greenville, he was a
son of the late
Robert and Mattie
Grace Foster Hester,
an employee of Bahan
Textile Machinery
Co. and a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
also are a son,
Daniel Hester of
Greenville; sisters,
Anna H. Poole of
River Falls, Frances
H. DuPree and Evelyn
H. Kellett of
Greenville;
brothers, Clyde
Hester of Travelers
Rest, Bill Hester of
Honea Path and
Charles Hester of
Greenville, and two
grandchildren.
Services
will be announced by
Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home.
The family
will receive friends
7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday
at the funeral home.
(The
Greenville News,
Nov. 13, 1979)
|
Diane Hester
The infant
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Hester
Jr., of Travelers
Rest, died at a
local hospital
Monday at 4:05 p.m.
Mrs. Hester
was the former Miss
Marie Starkey,
daughter of L.M.
Starkey and the late
Mrs. Starkey of
Greenville.
Mr. Hester
is with the United
States Air Force at
Edwards Air Force
Base, Calif.. he
will return home for
the funeral
services.
Besides the
parents and the
maternal
grandfather,
survivors include
the paternal
grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde
Hester of Travelers
Rest.
Funeral
arrangements will be
announced by
Stilwell Mortuary.
(The
Greenville News,
Tuesday, Sept. 2,
1952)
|
Dora Hester
Dora
Robertson Hester,
88, of 2 Nora Drive,
widow of J. Norman
Hester, died Friday.
Born in
Greenville County,
she was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are sons, Fred. J.
and Hovey W. Hester
of Greenville; a
sister, Mrs. Mamie
R. Culbertson of
Greenville; a
brother, Ernest
"Ted" Robertson of
Greenville; five
grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren,
and one
great-great-grandchild.
Services
will be at 3 p.m.
Saturday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church; burial in
the church cemetery.
The body
will be placed at
the church at 2:30
p.m. Saturday.
The family
is at the home of
Fred J. Hester, 2
Nora Drive. --
Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home.
(The
Greenville News,
Aug. 11, 1979)
|
Eugene E. Hester
Eugene Edward
``Gene'' Hester,
husband of Margaret
Prince Hester, died
Oct. 21, 1991 at his
home in Greenville,
SC. He was 74 years
old.
Born in
Greenville County
July 5, 1917, he was
the oldest son of
Steven Perry and
Irene Spearman
Hester.
During his
work career, he was
affiliated with the
meat packing
industry, beginning
at age 17 with
Balentine Packing
Company and
continuing with this
firm 7 years,
followed by
employment with
Armour and Company
as a shipping clerk.
World War II
interrupted his
civilian life and he
served our country
for 30 months with
the U.S. Naval
Construction
Battalions in the
Pacific Theater of
War. When honorably
discharged from
service, he again
resumed work with
Armour as a
salesman. His
promotions included
Branch Manager,
District Manager and
for several years
before his
retirement in 1979,
was a Zone Manager
over the Carolina
Zone of Armour-Dial
Inc. In all, he had
worked for Armour
and its affiliates
for 38 years.
He was a
lifelong member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church. For many
years he was the
secretary of the
Adult Assembly of
his church and was a
former member of the
choir. He was a
member of Cooper
Masonic Lodge, A.F.M.
242 and a former
member of the
Civitan Club.
Surviving in
addition to his wife
are three daughters
and sons-in-laws,
Genia and E.E.
Lennert of
Greenville, Rosalind
and Dan E. Wood of
Travelers Rest and
Susan and Rick G.
Townsend of Glen
Allen, Va..; four
grandchildren:
Christopher Lennert,
Zachary Wood, Tanna
and Hayden Townsend.
Also surviving are a
sister, Mrs. Alvin
(Mary Sue) Bridwell
and two brothers:
Troy W. Hester and
Floyd S. Hester, all
of Greenville. He
was predeceased by
another brother, Roy
Hester.
Services
will be held
Wednesday at 11 a.m.
at Reedy River
Baptist Church by
Rev. Gerald Martin
and Rev. Seth P.
Hester. Interment
will follow in the
church cemetery.
In lieu of
flowers, memorials
may be made to Reedy
River Baptist
Church, 1012 Mauldin
Road, Greenville, SC
29607.
(The
Greenville News,
Oct. 22, 1991)
(Note that
the address for the
other Reedy River
Baptist Church was
listed)
|
Hovey W. Hester
Hovey
William Hester, 64,
of Route 9, Davidson
Road, died Sunday.
He was a
retired machine
operator for Union
Bleachery and a
former deacon and
Sunday school
superintendent of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Hazel
Dawson Hester; and
brother, Fred J.
Hester of
Greenville.
Services
will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church. Burial in
the church cemetery.
-- Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home.
(The Greenville
News, Feb. 15, 1983)
|
Fred J. Hester
Fred
James Hester, 69, of
2 Nora Drive, died
Saturday at a local
hospital after a
period of declining
health.
A lifelong
resident of
Greenville County,
he was born on
November 21, 1915
and was a son of the
late J. Norman and
Dora Robertson
Hester. He was
associated for 38
years with the L.B.
Clardy Company until
his retirement in
1978. During World
War II, he served
with the U.S.
Marines.
Mr. Hester
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Mildred James
Hester; four
daughters, Mrs.
Barbara H. Campbell
of Rock Hill, Mrs.
Norma Jean McKinney
of Calhoun Ga., Mrs.
(Betty Alice) H.
Winegard of Easley
and Mrs. Linda H.
Ray of Greenville; 8
grandchildren and 5
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at 4 p.m.
Sunday at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by Rev. Gerald C.
Martin, Rev. Seth
Hester, and Rev.
Joel Jenkins. Burial
will be in the
church cemetery.
The body is
at the Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home and
will be placed in
the church at 3:30
p.m. Saturday.
The family
is at the residence.
Those
desiring may make
memorials to the
Heart Association of
Greenville County,
209 E. Stone Avenue,
Greenville, S.C.,
29609 or South
Carolina Diabetes
Association, P.O.
Box 8378.
(The Greenville
News, Sept. 29,
1985)
|
Irene Spearman
Hester
Funeral services for
Mrs. Irene Spearman
Hester, 67, wife of
S. Perry Hester of
Patrol Club Road
will be conducted
today at 4 p.m. at
Reedy River Baptist
Church by Rev. S.P.
Hester and Rev. C.
Leon Chandler.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be
Roy G. Pace, J. Ed
Lipscomb, Roy K.
Bridwell, Jones W.
Batson, Gilbert M.
Phillips and Roy O.
Hudson. They will
meet at the church
at 2:50 p.m.
Honorary
escort will be the
Mothers' Class of
the church, with Dr.
Landrum McCarrell,
Dr. James F.
Barnett, Dr. Robert
(Jackson?),
Dr. George Grimball,
Dr. Jim Anderson and
Dr. James Gowan,
They will meet at
the church at 3:50
p.m.
Mrs.
Hester died
yesterday at 8:25
a.m. at a local
hospital after
several months of
declining health and
an illness of two
weeks.
Born in
Greenville County,
she was a daughter
of the late Henry
Spearman and Susie (Golightly)
Spearman and had
spent her entire
life here.
She was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and the Mothers'
Class of the Sunday
School and was
active in all phases
of work of the
church.
Surviving
also are a daughter,
Mrs. Alvin Bridwell
of Greenville; 4
sons, Eugene, Troy
and Floyd Hester of
Greenville and Roy
Hester of Travelers
Rest; 3 sisters,
Mrs. Matt Grady of
Macon, Ga., Mrs.
Clara Campbell of
Greenville and Mrs.
Mamie Bolt of
Atlanta; 2 brothers,
Joe Spearman of
Cheraw and Lewis
Spearman of
Columbia, and 10
grandchildren.
The body
is at the home and
will be placed in
the church at 3 p.m.
The Mackey
Mortuary is in
charge.
(The Greenville
News)
|
James Homer
Hester
Funeral
services for James
Homer Hester, 74,
retired farmer of
Davidson Road,
Duncan's Chapel
community, will be
conducted Monday at
3 p.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by the Rev. S.P.
Hester, the Rev.
Leon Chandler and
the Rev. R.J. Marsh.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
The
following nephews
will serve as
pallbearers: Ruthel
Duncan, Fred Hester,
Eugene Hester, Ansel
Bridwell, Alvin P.
Hester and Martin L.
Robinson.
Honorary
escort will be the
Men's Bible Class of
Reedy River Baptist
Church with Dr.
Everett Poole, Dr.
Ernest Williams, Dr.
Stanley Coleman and
Dr. Perry T. Bates.
He died at
a local hospital
Saturday at 4:45
p.m. after a serious
illness of four
weeks.
Born in
upper Greenville
County, he was a son
of the late W.
Martin Hester and
Mary Marchbanks
Hester and had been
a resident of
Greenville County
all his life.
Mr. Hester
was a member and
former deacon of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and had been
Sunday School
teacher. He was a
member of the Men's
Bible Class of the
Sunday School.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Ollie Brown Hester;
3 daughters, Mrs.
Alvin Bryson and
Mrs. Carol Gilreath
of Greenville and
Mrs. John T. Batson
of Columbia; 8 sons,
Grover N. Hester,
Ford R. Hester,
Allen W. Hester,
James Paul Hester,
Milton H. Hester,
Raymond D. Hester,
F. Theodore Hester
and Norwood T.
Hester, all of
Greenville; 5
sisters, Mrs. Evie
H. Duncan of
Greenville, Mrs.
Fannie H. Black of
Rt. 1, Travelers
Rest, Mrs. Lula H.
Bridwell, Mrs.
Modell H. Robinson
and Mrs. Sunie H.
Turner, all of
Greenville; 2
brothers, S. Perry
Hester and Wilburn
M. Hester, both of
Greenville; 24
grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren.
The body
will be at Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home
until one hour
before the service
when it will be
placed in the
church.
(Compiled from two
Greenville News
obituaries)
|
J. Norman Hester
Funeral services
for J. Norman
Hester, 55,
Greenville County
resident, will be
held at Reedy River
Baptist church at 2
o'clock this
afternoon. Services
will be conducted by
Rev. Frank K. Pool
and Rev. S.J.
Gardner and
interment will be in
the church cemetery.
Serving as
active pallbearers
will be Alvin
Hester, Clyde
Hester, Ruthel
Duncan, Allen
Hester, Troy Hester
and Ford Hester.
The
following will meet
at the church at
1:50 o'clock to
compose the honorary
escort: Dr, Frank
Kitchen, Dr. T.E.
Coleman, Hosea
Batson, Tom Sprouse,
W.N. Miller, E.C.
Berry (Burry?)
Sr., Alvin Bridwell,
Roy Bridwell, Roy
Pace, C.J. Hill,
P.E. Hudson and R.W.
Schenck.
The death
of Mr. Hester
occurred at his home
on the Patrol club
road at 5:15 o'clock
yesterday morning,
He had been in
declining health for
some time.
Mr. Hester
had lived his entire
life in Greenville
county and was a son
of the late Wesley
Martin and Mary
Elizabeth Marchbanks
Hester, He had been
engaged in farming
until his health
failed several years
ago.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
church.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Dora Hester; one
daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Sprouse; two sons,
Fred J. Hester and
Hovie (Hovey)
Williams (Hester);
five sisters, Mrs.
Evie Duncan, Mrs.
Fannie Black, Mrs.
Lule Bridwell, Mrs.
Modelle Robinson,
and Mrs. Sunie
Turner; three
brothers, J.H.
Hester, S.P. Hester
and W.M. Hester; and
four grandchildren.
Until the
hour of service the
body is at the home
(The
Greenville News)
|
Mary Elizabeth
Hester
Mary
Elizabeth
Springfield Hester,
84, of 5505 Old
Buncombe Road,
Greenville, wife of
Wilbur Martin
Hester, died
Wednesday, Mary 27,
1991 at Greenville
Memorial Medical
Center.
Born in
Greenville County,
October 12, 1906,
Mrs. Hester was a
daughter of the late
William Henry and
Mary Waldrop
Springfield. She was
retired from
Piedmont Industries
in Greenville. She
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and also was
a member of the
Mother's Day
(sic) Sunday
School class, Adult
Christian Fellowship
and Evie Duncan
Circle #1 of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Survivors
in addition to her
husband of the home
are 1 daughter, Mrs.
Jean H. Freeman and
son-in-law, Bruce L.
Freeman, of
Greenville; two
grandchildren, Brent
L. Freeman and Bryan
M. Freeman of
Greenville. Mrs.
Hester was the last
member of her
immediate family.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at 11 a.m.
Friday March 29,
1991 at the Reedy
River Baptist
Church, conducted by
Rev. Gerald Martin
and Rev. Sethie P.
Hester. Burial will
follow in the church
cemetery. Active
pallbearers, to meet
at the church at
9:45 a.m., are as
follows: Dan Hester,
Larry Plumblee,
Ruthel Duncan,
Harold Cox, Floyd
Hester, Robert
Robertson and Jack
Russell. The Escort
of Honor, to meet at
the church at 10:45
a.m. are as
follows.: Mothers
Sunday School Class,
Evie Duncan Circle
#1 and the Adult
Christian Fellowship
of Reedy River
Baptist Church.
The body
is at the Howze
Mortuary, Travelers
Rest and will be
placed in the church
at 10 a.m. Friday.
In lieu of
flowers memorials
may be made to the
Reedy River Baptist
Church, 871 By Pass
25 North,
Greenville, S.C.
29609.
The family
will be at the home,
5505 Old Buncombe
Road, Greenville,
S.C.
(The Greenville
News, Friday, March
29, 1991)
|
Mattie Hester
Mrs.
Mattie Foster
Hester, 84, widow of
Robert Balla
(sic) Hester of
Rt. 4, Travelers
Rest, died at the
residence at 1:46
p.m. Saturday.
Born
Jan. 11, 1884, in
the Sandy Flat
Community of
Greenville County,
she was a daughter
of the late Winfield
Scott and Rebecca
Belue Foster. Most
of her life was
spent in the
Travelers Rest
Section. Her husband
died in 1933. She
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving are four
daughters, Mrs.
Ollie M. Hommel, St.
Petersburg, Fla.,
Mrs. Haskell Poole
(Anne) of Marietta,
Mrs. Harold M.
Dupree (Frances) and
Mrs. Ernest R.
Kellett (Evelyn) of
Greenville; five
sons, James Clyde
Hester of Travelers
Rest, Alvin P.
Hester, Crawford W.
Hester and Charles
R. Hester, all of
Greenville and
Willie O. Hester of
Honea Path; a
sister, Mrs. Marvin
Robertson of
Greenville; one
stepsister, Mrs.
Cliff Bramlett of
Greenville; a
stepbrother, Layton
Duncan of Travelers
Rest, 15
grandchildren and
eight
great-grandchildren.
The
body is at the
Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home, where
the family will
receive friends
Sunday from 7 to 9
p.m.
(The Greenville
News, Sunday, August
11, 1969)
|
Milton H. Hester
Milton Homer Hester,
63, husband of Elva
McCollum Hester of
Route 9, N. Parker
Road, Greenville,
died Friday.
Born
December 14, 1919,
in Greenville
County, son of the
late Homer and Ollie
Brown Hester, he was
a salesman for
Moore-Tinsley Supply
Company, In., and
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church, the church
choir and the
Brotherhood Bible
Class. He was a
veteran of World War
II, having served in
the United States
Navy.
Surviving in
addition to his wife
are three sons,
Donnie L. Hester of
Pickens, M. Steve
Hester and Jeffrey
L. Hester, both of
Greenville; two
sisters: Mrs. Alma
H. Bryson and Mrs.
Carol H. Gilreath,
both of Greenville;
two grandchildren,
Heather and Brandon
Hester, both of
Greenville.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at 3 p.m.
Sunday at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by Rev. Gerald
Martin and Rev. S.
P. Hester. Interment
will be held in the
church cemetery.
The family
is at the residence
and the body is at
the Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home and
will be placed in
the church at 2:30
p.m. Sunday.
(The
Greenville News,
Jan. 9, 1983)
|
Norwood T.
Hester
Norwood Thomas
Hester, 54, of Route
7, Patrol Club Rd.,
husband of Cornelia
Legare Hudson
``Connie'' Hester,
died Thursday.
Born in
Greenville County,
he was a son of the
late James Homer and
Ollie Brown Hester.
He was
associated with
Union Bleachery and
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and the
Willing Workers
Sunday School Class.
He was an Army
veteran of the
Korean Conflict.
Surviving
in addition to his
wife are two
daughters, Mrs.
Pamela Jayne English
of Greenville and
Miss Rebecca Helen
Hester of the home;
two sisters, Mrs.
Alvin (Alva) Bryson
and Mrs. Ray (Carol)
Gilreath, both of
Greenville; and two
brothers, Allen W.
Hester and James
Paul Hester of
Greenville.
Funeral
Services will be
Saturday at 11:00
a.m. at Reedy River
Baptist Church
conducted by Rev.
Gerald Martin, Rev.
Richard King and
Rev. Seth Hester.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be Terry Rumler,
David Batson, Jimmy
Batson, Doug Hester,
Richard Hester,
Steve Hester, Jeff
Hester, Benny Bryson
and Teddy Hester.
The family
is at the home but
will receive friends
at the Mackey
Mortuary Friday from
7:00 until 8:30 p.m.
The body
will be placed in
the church at 10:30
a.m. Saturday.
(The
Greenville News,
Dec. 16, 1983)
|
Ollie Hester
Mrs.
Ollie Brown Hester,
87, of Davidson
Road, Rt. 7,
Greenville, widow of
James Homer Hester,
died Monday.
Born in
Greenville County,
daughter of the late
Frank and Malinda
Smith Brown, she was
a member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are two daughters,
Mrs. Alma H. Bryson
and Mrs. Carol H.
Gilreath of
Greenville; six
sons, Grover N.,
Ford Robert, Allen
Wesley, James Paul,
Milton H. and
Norwood Thomas
Hester of
Greenville; a
brother, Luther
Brown of Travelers
Rest, 23
grandchildren and 27
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be at
11 a.m. Wednesday at
Reedy River Baptist
Church, with burial
in the church
cemetery.
The body
is at Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home, where
the family will
receive friends from
7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday,
and will be placed
in the church at
10:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
The
family is at the
home of a daughter,
Mrs. Carol H.
Gilreath, Patrol
Club Road, Rt. 7,
Greenville.
(The Greenville
News)
|
James C. Hester
Jr.
Airman
second class James
C. Hester Jr., 22,
who was fatally
injured in an
automobile accident
July 1 in
California, arrived
in Greenville
yesterday afternoon.
He had
spent his entire
life in the Reedy
River community
until March, 1952,
when he entered the
service.
He was a
member of the Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his wife, the
former Marie
Starkey; one son,
James C. Hester III;
his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Hester
Sr.; two sisters,
Mrs. Marvin E.
Finley, Marietta,
Rt. 2, and Katherine
Hester, Travelers
Rest, Rt. 1; two
brothers, Robbie and
Ralph Hester,
Travelers Rest, Rt.
1, and his paternal
grandmother, Mrs.
Mattie Hester,
Greenville, Rt. 7.
The body
will be at the home
of his mother and
father after 2 p.m.
today.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Wednesday
at 5 p.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by the Rev. S.P.
Hester and Rev. John
Turner. Interment
will be in the
church cemetery with
military honors at
the grave.
Active
pallbearers will be
J.B. Turner, James
Willis, Jimmy
Bouchillon, Truman
Hawkins, Raymond
Moody and Ernest
Clayton.
The
honorary escort
consist of the Men's
Bible Class of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and Dr. S.R. Gaston,
R.A. Jolley Sr., Joe
Allen, Pete Kerns
and Lawrence C.
Nichols.
The active
pallbearers will
meet at the home at
4:40 p.m. and the
honorary escort will
meet at the church
at 4:50 p.m.
Stilwell Mortuary is
in charge.
(The
Greenville News,
July 6, 1954)
|
J. Paul Hester
James Paul Hester,
73, of 1008 N.
Parker Road, died
Saturday, December
1, 1990, at Saint
Francis Hospital
after a brief
illness.
Born
February 20, 1917 in
Greenville County,
he was the son of
the late James Homer
and Ollie Brown
Hester. Before his
retirement he was
associated with Cone
Mills, Union
Bleachery Plant. Mr.
Hester was a member
of Reedy River
Baptist Church and
the Men's Bible
Class of the Sunday
School and was a
veteran of World War
II, U.S. Army.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Katherine Brewer
Hester; two sons,
Richard L. Hester of
Fayetteville, N.C.,
and Douglas L.
Hester of
Greenville; two
sisters, Mrs. Alma
H. Bryson and Mrs.
Carol H. Gilreath,
both of Greenville;
a brother, Allen W.
Hester of
Greenville; and two
grandchildren, Terri
and Alan Hester.
Graveside
services will be
conducted at 2 p.m.
Monday at Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery by the
Reverend Gerald
Martin and the
Reverend S.P.
Hester.
The family
is at the residence,
1008 N. Parker Road.
Memorials
may be made to the
Cancer Society of
Greenville County, 8
Aberdeen Drive,
Greenville, SC 29605
Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home.
(The Greenville
News, Dec. 2, 1990)
|
Randy P. Hester
Randy
Perry Hester, 36, of
186 Old Farrs Bridge
Road, died June 3,
1992, at his home.
He was an
employee of Gaylord
Box Co., a U.S. Navy
veteran of the
Vietnam War and a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving are
his wife, Joyce
Eastburn Hester of
Greenville; his
parents, Troy Wesley
Sr. and Ruth Masters
Hester of
Greenville; a son,
Randy Perry Jr. of
Greenville; a
daughter, Charity
Dawn of Greenville;
a brother, Troy
Wesley Hester Jr. of
Greenville; and a
sister, Brenda
Hester Workman of
Spartanburg.
Graveside
services: 4 p.m.
Friday in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Visitation: 3
to 3:45 p.m. Friday
at The Howze
Mortuary, Travelers
Rest.
The family
will be at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Troy
W. Hester Sr., 150
Honeysuckle Drive,
Greenville, S.C.
29609.
Memorials may
be made to Reedy
River Baptist
Church, 871 N.
Highway 25 Bypass,
Greenville, S.C.
29609.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Raymond Hester
Funeral
services for Raymond
D. Hester, 41, will
be conducted at
Reedy River Baptist
Church at 4 p.m.
today by Rev. Warren
Stephens and Rev.
S.P. Hester. Burial
will be in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers
are nephews, Ted,
Donnie and Robert
Hester, Jimmy
Batson, Bennie
Bryson and Jimmy
McCoy.
Honorary
escort meeting at
the church at 3:45
are the Brotherhood
Sunday School Class
of the church, Frank
Watkins, Herbert
Earnhart and Mutt
West.
Mr. Hester
died Friday at 10:15
p.m. after a sudden
attack. He was born
and lived his entire
life in Greenville
County. He was the
son of Mrs. Ollie
Brown Hester and the
late J.H. Hester. An
Army veteran of
World War II, he at
one time was
employed by Southern
Worsted Co.
Surviving in
addition to his
mother are his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Wakefield
Hester; a daughter,
Miss Emma Ann Hester
of the home; two
sisters, Mrs. Alvin
Bryson (Alma) and
Mrs. Ray Gilreath
(Carol) both of
Greenville; seven
brothers, Grover,
Norwood, Paul,
Milton, Theodore,
Allen and Ford
Hester, all of
Greenville.
The body is
at the O'Dell
Mortuary at
Travelers Rest and
will be placed in
the church at 3 p.m.
today.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Robbie K. Hester
Robbie
Kenneth Hester, 21,
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Hester of
Travelers Rest, was
accidentally killed
Saturday at 8 a.m.
while at work with a
construction firm on
New Buncombe Road.
The youth
was a life-long
resident of
Travelers Rest and
was a graduate of
Travelers Rest High
School. He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
In addition
to his parents,
survivors include
two sisters, Mrs.
Marvin E. Finley of
Rt. 2, Marietta, and
Miss Katherine
Hester of the home;
one brother, Ralph
Hester of the home;
and the paternal
grandmother, Mrs.
Mattie Hester of Rt.
7, Greenville.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Monday at
5 p.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by the Rev. Seth P.
Hester. Burial will
be in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be James
Trammell, Roger
Smith, Truman
Hawkins, Jack
Anderson, James
Willis, Jack Fisher,
John Faile and Bill
Williams.
Honorary
escort will be the
members of the Young
Men's Class of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
The body
will be at the home
after 3 p.m. Sunday
and will be placed
in the church at 4
p.m. Monday.
Stilwell
Mortuary is in
charge of
arrangements.
(The
Greenville News,
Sunday, May 19,
1957)
|
Robert Ballas
Hester
Robert Ballas
Hester, better known
to his many friends
as "Rob”, died at
his home on the
Buncombe road
yesterday morning.
Mr. Hester
had made his home in
Greenville county
his entire life. He
was a son of the
late W. M. Hester
and Mary Marshbanks
Hester. He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist church
and also of the
Woodmen of the
World, at Paris camp
No. 339. Mr. Hester
was born October 13,
1880.
Surviving are
his wife, Mrs.
Mattie Foster
Hester, Greenville
county; four
daughters, Misses
Ollie, Anna, Frances
and Evelyn Hester,
Greenville county;
six sons, J. Clyde,
Alvin, Crawford,
Wesley, Charles and
Willie Hester,
Greenville county;
five sisters, Mrs.
Evie Duncan,
Greenville county;
Mrs. Walter Black,
Travelers Rest; Mrs.
E. L. Bridwell,
Mrs.. R. W. Robinson
and Mrs. W. T.
Turner, Greenville,
and four brothers,
S. P., J. N., J. H.,
and W. M. Hester,
Greenville county.
Funeral
services will be
held this afternoon
at 4 o'clock from
Reedy River Baptist
church, Dr. Frank K.
Poole officiating.
Interment will be
made in the church
cemetery. Serving as
active pallbearers
will be W. H.
Ashmore, C. J. Hill,
S. D. Addis, Jim
Moody, Edward Moody
and C. L. Norton.
The honorary escort
will be composed of
the following: F. S.
Moody, Sr., E. M.
Gillespie, Dr. S. R.
Gaston, Walter
Hawkins, Dave
Stansell, J. D.
Childress, Sr.,
Frank Marchbanks,
Sr., John Neighbors,
J. A. Phillips, Sr.,
and W. K. Thackston.
The body will
remain at the
residence until the
hour of the service
|
Roy Hester
TRAVELERS REST _
Roy Henry Hester,
69, of Pine Crest
Drive, died Nov. 22,
1987 at his home
following a period
of declining health.
He was a
retired employee of
Union Bleachery and
was a builder. He
was a U.S. Army
veteran of World War
II and was a member
of Reedy River
Baptist Church.
Surviving
are two sons,
Stephen H. Hester
and Donald R.
Hester, both of
Greenville; a
sister, Mary Sue
Bridwell of
Greenville; and
three brothers,
Eugene Hester, Floyd
Hester and Troy
Hester, all of
Greenville.
Services: 2
p.m. Tuesday at
Reedy River Baptist
Church with burial
in the church
cemetery.
Visitation:
Monday from 7 to
8:30 p.m. at The
Mackey Mortuary.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Ruby Hester
TRAVELERS REST _
Ruby Hughey Hester,
53, died Sunday.
Surviving
are her widower, Roy
H. Hester; sons,
Stephen H. and
Donald R. Hester of
Greenville; sisters
Lois Jones of
Greenville, Bobbie
Ayers and Dorothy
Burns, both of
Travelers Rest, and
Viola Burns of
Moncks Corner;
brothers, Bill
Hughey of
Summerville and Dan
Hughey of Travelers
Rest.
Services
will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at the Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Visitation:
7-8:30 p.m. Monday
at the Mackey
Mortuary.
(The
Greenville News,
Feb. 9, 1981)
|
Ruth M. Hester
Ruth
Mauldin Hester, 86,
of 1415 N. Parker
Road, died Monday,
Sept. 7, 1998.
Born in
Pickens County, she
was a daughter of
the late David Urias
and Hattie Nix
Mauldin and widow of
Alvin P. Hester.
She owned and
operated Ruth M.
Hester Draperies,
which is now Gary A.
Hester Interiors.
She was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and the Mother's
Sunday School Class.
Survivors:
daughters, Mrs.
Kenneth C. (Helen)
Porter and Mrs.
Geary M. (Judy)
Jones; son, Gary A.
Hester; sisters,
Mrs. W. Earl
(Stella) Bannister
and Mrs. W.C.
(Martha) Vess, Jr.;
granddaughters, Mrs.
David A. (Wendy)
Wilson and Leslie
Porter; and
grandson, Matthew
Jones, all of
Greenville.
Memorials:
Reedy River Baptist
Church, 871 Bypass
25 N., Greenville,
S.C. 29617.
Services:
3:30 p.m. today at
Reedy River Baptist
Church. Burial:
Church cemetery. The
family is at the
residence. -- Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home,
Downtown.
(The
Greenville News)
|
S. Perry Hester
Stephen Perry
Hester, 73, retired
farmer of Patrol
Club Road, died at a
local hospital at
11:40 a.m. yesterday
after several years
of declining health
and a week of
serious illness. He
was a native of
Greenville County, a
son of the late
Martin W. and Mary
Marchbanks Hester
and had spent all of
his life in the same
section.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and the Men's Bible
Class. He was active
in all of the work
of the church as
long as he was able
and was a former
deacon and
superintendent of
the Sunday School.
His wife,
Mrs. Irene Spearman
Hester, died Aug.
20, 1962.
Mr. Hester is
survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Alvin
Bridwell of
Greenville; four
sons, Eugene E.,
Troy W., and Floyd
S. Hester, all of
Greenville, and Roy
H. Hester, of
Travelers Rest; five
sisters, Mrs. Evie
Duncan, Mrs. Lula
Bridwell, Mrs.
Modelle Robinson and
Mrs. Sunie Turner,
all of Greenville,
and Mrs. Fannie
Black of Travelers
Rest; a brother, W.M.
Hester of
Greenville, 10
grandchildren and
two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
held at 4 p.m.
tomorrow at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by Rev. Seth. P.
Hester. Burial will
be in the church
cemetery.
The body is
at The Mackey
Mortuary. It will be
carried to the home
at 3 p.m. today and
will be placed in
the church at 3 p.m.
tomorrow.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Stephen Perry
Hester
Funeral
services for Stephen
Perry Hester,
seven-weeks-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
J. Hester of New
Buncombe road, will
be held at Reedy
River Baptist church
at 11 o'clock this
morning. Services
will be conducted by
Rev. S.P. Hester.
The child
died at the family
home at 6 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
Before her
marriage Mrs. Hester
was Miss Mildred
James of this city.
In addition
to his parents the
child is survived by
four sisters,
Barbara Ann Hester,
Norma Jean Hester,
Betty Alice Hester
and Linda Marie
Hester; his paternal
grandmother, Mrs.
Dora Hester, and his
maternal
grandfather, R.T.
James.
Pending the
hour of the service
the body is at the
home.
(The Greenville
News, Sept. 27,
1945)
|
Sharon Elaine
Hester
Sharon Elaine
Hester, 44, of 6
Derwood Circle,
Berea, died June 12,
1993, at her home,
following a period
of declining health.
She was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving are
her mother, Mary
Ellen Spell Hester
of Greenville; and a
sister, Joan Hester
Kellet of
Greenville.
Services: 4
p.m. Monday at Reedy
River Baptist Church
with burial in the
church cemetery.
The family is
at the home.
Memorials may
be made to the
Hospice Program,
Greenville Hospital
System, 701 Grove
Road, Greenville,
S.C. 29605.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Sherry Lynn
Hester
Funeral
services for Sherry
Lynn Hester, infant
daughter of the Rev.
and Mrs. S.P.
Hester, were
conducted at 5:30
p.m. Friday at the
graveside in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery by Dr. B.F.
Rogers and the Rev.
Roy Hester.
The child
died Thursday night
at a local hospital.
Mrs. Hester was Miss
Ruth Miller before
her marriage. For
eight years, the
Rev. S.P. Hester has
been pastor of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and the residence is
in that community.
Surviving, in
addition to the
parents, are one
sister and two
brothers, Marian,
Ben and Terry
Hester, and the
paternal
grandmother, Mrs.
Mariah Hester, all
of Greenville.
Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home was in
charge of
arrangements.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Tony M. Hester
Tony
Martin Hester, 41,
of Ridgeview
Condominiums, died
Jan. 2, 1993, at
Greenville Memorial
Hospital.
He was a
self-employed
contractor and a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church. He attended
Monaghan United
Methodist Church.
Surviving
are his wife,
Patricia Carey
Hester; his mother
and stepfather,
Pauline T. and
Jewell Hammond of
Greenville; two
stepdaughters,
Tiffany M. Watkins
and Michelle L.
Cieslak, both raised
in the home; two
sons, Wesley M.
Hester and Sean
Hester, both of
Greenville; two
stepdaughters, Liesa
Clayton and Carie
Hanley, both of
Baltimore; and a
sister, Janet P.
Vaughn of
Greenville.
Services: 2
p.m. Tuesday at
Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home,
Northwest, with
burial in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery.
The family
is at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jewell
Hammond, 319
Westcliffe Way,
Greenville.
(The Greenville
News)
|
Troy W. Hester
Sr.,
Greenville
Troy Wesley Hester
Sr., 76, of 150
Honeysuckle Drive,
died May 25, 1995,
at his home.
Born in
Greenville County,
he was a son of the
late S. Perry and
Irene Spearman
Hester.
He was
retired from Union
Bleachery after 30
years and was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
where he was a
member of the Men's
Sunday School Class.
Surviving
are his wife, Ruth
Masters Hester of
the home, a
daughter, Brenda
Hester Workman of
Spartanburg; a son,
Troy Wesley Hester
Jr. of Greenville; a
brother, Floyd S.
Hester of
Greenville; eight
grandchildren,
Joseph Holton
Workman Jr. Jacob
Perry Hester, Colin
Isaac Hester, Aaron
Wesley Hester,
Charles Jessee
Zelinder V, Becca
Workman. Randy Perry
Hill and Charity
Dawn Scott; and one
great-granddaughter,
Valerie Scott.
He was
predeceased by a
daughter, Shirley
Ann Hester, and a
son, Randy Perry
Hester.
Memorials
may be made to Reedy
River Baptist
Church, 871 North
Highway 25 By-Pass,
Greenville, S.C.,
29609.
Services: 11
a.m. Saturday at The
Howze Mortuary
Chapel, Travelers
Rest, conducted by
the Revs. Sethie P.
Hester and Gerald C.
Martin. Burial will
be in Reedy River
Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Visitation:
10 to 11 a.m.
Saturday at The
Howze Mortuary.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Wesley Hester
Wesley M. Hester, 40
of 201 McMakin
Drive, died at 5
p.m. yesterday
following a sudden
attack.
Mr.
Hester, who had
lived all his life
in Greenville
County, was employed
with Carolina Blouse
Co.
He was a
son of Mrs. Mattie
Foster Hester and
the late Robert
Hester.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church, a member of
the choir and
director of the
Royal Ambassadors of
the church.
Survivors
include his wife,
Mrs. Pauline
Thompson Hester; a
daughter, Miss Janet
Hester; one son,
Tony Hester; his
mother; four
sisters, Mrs. H.
Hommel of St.
Petersburg, Fla.;
Mrs. H.W. Poole,
Mrs. E.W. Kellett
and Mrs. H.M.
Dupree, all of
Greenville; and five
brothers, Clyde
Hester, Alvin
Hester, Crawford
Hester, Charles
Hester and Willie
Hester, all of
Greenville.
Funeral
arrangements will be
announced by Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home.
(The
Greenville News,
Dec. 25, 1955)
|
Wilbur(n)
M. Hester
Wilbur(n)
Martin Hester, 94,
formerly of 5505 Old
Buncombe Road, died
Oct. 18, 1995, at
Oakmont East Nursing
Center.
Born in
Greenville County,
he was a son of the
late William Martin
and Mary Marchbanks
Hester and the
husband of the late
Mary Elizabeth
Springfield Hester.
He was the
former owner and
operator of Hester's
and was a postal
carrier.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church. Surviving
are a daughter and
son-in-law, Jean and
Bruce Freeman of
Greenville; two
sisters, Sunnie
Turner and Modell
Robinson, both of
Greenville; two
grandsons, Brent
Ligon Freeman and
Bryan Martin
Freeman; and two
great-granddaughters,
Mari Kate Freeman
and Jordan Allison
Freeman.
Memorials
may be made to Reedy
River Baptist
Church, 871 N.
Highway 25 Bypass,
Greenville, S.C.
29609.
Graveside
services: 11 a.m.
Friday in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery with the
Revs. Sethie P.
Hester and Joe D.
Seay officiating.
Visitation:
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday at The
Howze Mortuary,
Travelers Rest.
The family
is at the home of
Bruce and Jean
Freeman, 215
Crestview Drive,
Greenville.
(The
Greenville News)
|
W. Martin Hester
Funeral services for
W. Martin Hester,
life-long resident
of Paris Mountain
township, who died
at one o'clock
Wednesday afternoon
at his home, will be
held on Friday
morning at 11
o'clock, at the
Reedy River Baptist
church, conducted by
the Rev. Frank K.
Pool, and the
interment will be
made in the family
plot in the
adjoining cemetery.
Serving as
the active
pallbearers will be
Messrs. W.C.
Hawkins, Frank
Marchbanks, Jerry
Phillips, J.D.
Childers Sr., C.J.
Hill and P.D.
Hawkins.
The honorary
pallbearers will be
Messrs. K.M. Nabors,
S.D. Addis, Tom
Burns, Dr. T.E.
Coleman, P.E.
Hudson, H.W. Batson,
J.G. Lipscomb, H.C.
Hawkins, W.H. Taft
and Carroll Mills.
Mr. Hester
was 76 years of age,
and his death
followed one week's
illness. He was a
member of the Reedy
River Baptist
church, and was
highly respected in
his community.
Surviving are
the following sons
and daughters: Mr.
Robert B. Hester,
Mr. J. Homer Hester,
Mr. J. Norman
Hester, Mr. S. Perry
Hester and Mr. W.M.
Hester, all of
Greenville; Mrs. W.Y.
Black, of Travelers
Rest; Mrs. Evie
Duncan, Mrs. E.L.
Bridwell and Mrs.
W.T. Turner, all of
this city. He is
also survived by 42
grandchildren and
four
great-grandchildren.
(Greenville
Piedmont)
|
Hester Infant
The infant
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Hester died
at a local hospital
Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
The family
residence is on
Greenville Rt. 1.
The child's mother
was Miss Ethel
Taylor before her
marriage.
Survivors
beside the parents
are the
grandparents, Mrs.
Mattie Hester,
Greenville, and Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond
Taylor, Honea Path.
Funeral
arrangements will be
announced by Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home.
(The
Greenville News,
Monday, Dec. 14,
1953)
|
William K.
Hightower Jr.
William King
Hightower Jr.,
founder and
president of the
William K. Hightower
Real Estate and
Insurance Agency,
died Jan. 18, 1995.
He was 70.
Hightower,
of 114 Davidson
Road, was a rural
mail carrier for the
U.S. Postal Service
for 36 years before
he retired. He
founded the real
estate and insurance
agency in 1956,
serving as
president.
He was a
member of the
Professional
Insurance Agents
Association and the
South Carolina
Association of Auto
Insurance Agents. He
was a member of
Greenville Board of
Realtors.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
on the North Highway
25 Bypass, a former
deacon, Sunday
School teacher and
superintendent. He
helped organize and
served as chairman
of the Cemetery
Perpetual Trust of
the church.
He was a
U.S. Army veteran of
World War II and was
the recipient of the
Bronze Star and
Purple Heart.
He was
former president of
the District 3
Parent-Teachers
Association and was
awarded a lifetime
P.T.A. membership
for service at
Duncan Chapel
school.
Surviving
are his wife,
Frances Phillips
Hightower of the
home; a son, William
King "Kin" Hightower
III of Greenville;
and a daughter,
Carol Leake of
Simpsonville.
Services: 2
p.m. Saturday at
Reedy River Baptist
Church with burial
in the church
cemetery.
The family
is at the residence.
Memorials
may be made to Reedy
River Baptist
Church, Cemetery
Trust, 871 N.
Highway 25 By-Pass,
Greenville, S.C.
29609, or to Miracle
Hill Children's
Home, P.O. Box 492,
Greenville, S.C.
29602. - The Mackey
Mortuary, Century
Drive.
(The
Greenville News)
|
William King
(Kin) Hightower
III
William King
Hightower, III
died Sunday,
August 29, 2010.
Born May 26, 1947 in Greenville, he was the son of
William K., Jr.,
and Frances
Phillips
Hightower; and
grandson of
William K., Sr.,
and Jennie Baber
Hightower, and
Elford E. and
Harriett
Marchbanks
Phillips.
Kin was a graduate of Travelers Rest High School,
attended Furman
University, and
retired from the
U.S. Postal
Service. He was
owner of Foothills
Tax Service, and a
member of the SC
Taxpayers Assoc.
He was a member of Reedy River Baptist Church where he
was a teacher of
the Men's
Fellowship Class.
Kin was a member of Greenville Chapter SC Genealogical
Society, and 16th
SC Volunteers Camp
#36 Sons of
Confederate
Veterans on record
of his
great-grandfather,
Peter Cauble
Marchbanks.
Survived by his mother, Frances Hightower; son, Brian
Hightower and wife
Jennifer; daughter
Annette
Hightower-Henson;
sister, Carol
Leake and husband
Mike;
grandchildren,
Kelsey, Jackson
and Grayson
Hightower;
Alexandria and
Michaela Henson;
nephews, Sam and
Mitch Leake; aunts
Birdie Harmon and
Lilly Phillips;
and uncle, Howard
Addis.
Visitation Tuesday, August 31 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at
Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home,
Northwest.
Funeral service at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1,
at Reedy River
Baptist Church,
with burial
following in the
church cemetery.
Eph. 1:4.
Memorials may be made to Cemetery Trust Fund, Reedy
River Baptist
Church, 871 N.
Hwy. 25 Bypass,
Greenville, SC
29617.
The family will be at 114 Davidson Road, Greenville.
Condolences may be made to the family by visiting
www.thomasmcafee.com.
(The Greenville News, August 31, 2010)
|
C.J. (Bub) Hill
Charlie Jackson (Bub)
Hill, 71, of the
Reedy River Church
community, died
Wednesday at a local
hospital following a
sudden illness. he
had been in
declining health for
some time.
He was a
native of the Duncan
Rd. section, a son
of the late Charlie
B. and Addie
Thackston Hill and
had spent all his
life in the county
and engaged in
farming.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church, the Men's
Bible Class of the
Sunday School and
since his health
failed had become a
member of the
extension department
of the church. He
was also a member
and past master of
Cooper Masonic Lodge
at Travelers Rest.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Nannie League Hill,
and one niece and
two nephews.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Thursday
at 3 p.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by the Rev. S.P.
Hester. Burial will
be in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be
Roy Pace, Frank
Marchbanks Jr.,
Raymond Williams,
Ansel Hawkins, Ford
Thackston and Young
Bridges. They will
meet at the church
at 2:45 p.m..
The Men's
Bible Class will
compose the honorary
escort.
The body
is at the Mackey
Mortuary but will be
placed in the church
at 2 p.m.
(The
Greenville News,
Thursday, Oct. 30,
1958)
|
Nannie Sue
League Hill
Mrs. Nannie
Sue League Hill, 78,
of Old Buncombe
Road, Rt. 7,
Greenville, widow of
Charlie J. (Bub)
Hill, died Monday at
10:55 p.m. at a
local hospital
following two weeks
of serious illness.
A native
of Greenville
County, she was a
daughter of the
George M.A. and
Hattie T. Hawkins
League.
She was a
lifelong member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and had
served as treasurer
of the W.M.U. of the
church. She taught
in the Sunday School
for many years and
was a member of the
Mothers class of the
Sunday school.
Surviving
are a sister, Mrs.
L.H. Childers of
Greenville; and
three brothers,
George A. League and
Edgar B. League of
Greenville and
Crawford C. League
of Waynesville, N.C.
Funeral
services will be
conducted today at
11 a.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by Rev. Seth P.
Hester. Burial will
be in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be
Guy Childers,
Manning League,
Bobby League,
Woodruff League,
Raymond League and
Joe Phillips.
The body
is at The Mackey
Mortuary, but will
be placed in the
church today at 10
a.m.
It is
respectfully
requested that
flowers be omitted.
The
family is at the
home of a brother,
Edgar B. League in
the Reedy River
Church community.
(The Greenville
News)
|
Annie
Hollingsworth
Annie Hipp
Hollingsworth, 92,
of 16 Tenth St.,
Judson, widow of
Jacob A.
Hollingsworth, died
Saturday.
Born in
Greenville County,
she was a retired
textile employee and
the oldest member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are daughters,
Lucille H. Irvin of
Greenville, Mildred
H. Armstrong and
Juanita H. McCall of
Easley, sons, W.C.
(Bill) and Sam G.
Hollingsworth of
Greenville; 30
grandchildren, 54
great-grandchildren
and 22
great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at
4 p.m. Monday at
Reedy River Baptist
Church; burial in
the church cemetery.
The
family is at the
home of a son, W.C.
Hollingsworth, 33
Fourth St., Judson,
but will receive
friends 7-9 p.m.
Sunday at the Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home.
The
body will be placed
in the church at
3:30 p.m. Monday.
(The
Greenville News)
|
J.A.
Hollingsworth
Jacob
Andrew
Hollingsworth, 73,
died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs.
J. Clyde Sexton, 13
Rowley St., Thursday
at 3:55 p.m. after
two weeks of serious
illness and a period
of failing health.
He was
born and raised in
Pickens County, a
son of the late
Clinton and Mary
Weams Hollingsworth.
Most of his life was
spent in Greenville
where he engaged in
carpenter work and
farming until his
retirement. The
family home is 16
10th St., Judson.
He was a
member of Tabernacle
Baptist Church of
Pelzer.
His wife,
Mrs. Annie Hipps
Hollingsworth,
survives him with 6
daughters, Mrs.
Sexton, Mrs. Ganell
Ellison, Mrs. Willie
Irvin, Mrs. Hubert
Stegall and Mrs.
John L. Armstrong of
Pickens; two sons,
W.C. and Sam
Hollingsworth of
Greenville; 1
sister, Mrs. L.B.
Case of St.
Petersburg, Fla.; 3
brothers, E.H.
Hollingsworth of
Greenville, Dan
Hollingsworth of
Rock Hill and Bruce
Hollingsworth of
Pendleton; 28
grandchildren and 18
great-grandchildren.
At 2 p.m.
Friday the body will
be taken to the
home, 16 10th St.,
Judson.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Saturday
at 4 p.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by the Rev. S.P.
Hester, the Rev.
R.J. Marsh and the
Rev. Esley Campbell.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be
the following
grandsons: Claude
Spoon, J.W.
Hollingsworth, Ralph
Armstrong, Ronnie
Irvin, Jack
Hollingsworth and
Charles
Hollingsworth.
(Compiled
from two Greenville
News obituaries)
|
|
Bill
Hollingsworth
Wilburn
Clinton (Bill)
Hollingsworth, 83,
of 33 Fourth Street,
Judson Community of
Greenville, died
Thursday, December
10, 1987 at a
Greenville Hospital
following a period
of declining health.
Born August
22, 1904 in
Greenville County,
he was the son of
the late Jacob A.
and Annie Hipp
Hollingsworth. He
was a retired
building contractor
and was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and The Man's
Bible Class.
Mr. and Mrs.
Hollingsworth would
have celebrated
their 62nd wedding
anniversary on
December 12, 1987.
Surviving
are his wife,
Gertrude Propst
Hollingsworth; a
daughter, Mrs.
Curtis (Doris) Smith
of Thomson, Ga.; two
sons, Jack R.
Hollingsworth and
Charles F.
Hollingsworth, both
of Greenville; a
sister, Mrs. Juanita
H. McCall of Easley;
a brother, Sam G.
Hollingsworth of
Piedmont, thirteen
grandchildren and
nineteen
great-grandchildren.
A daughter,
Mrs. Wilma J.
Hawkins, died in
1970.
A son, J.W.
Hollingsworth, died
in 1975.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church. Burial will
follow in the church
cemetery.
Visitation
will be from 7:00 to
8:30 p.m. Friday at
the Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home.
On Saturday,
the body will be
placed in the church
at 10:30 a.m.
The family
will be at the home
of his son, Jack
Hollingsworth, 106
Riverview Drive.
(The Greenville
News, Friday, Dec.
11, 1987)
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Charles Frank
Hollingsworth
Charles
Frank
Hollingsworth,
80, of 12
Woodtrace
Circle,
Rolling
Green,
passed away
Sunday,
February 27,
2011 at
McCall
Hospice
House.
He was a native of Kings Mountain, NC and a
son of the
late William
and Gertrude
Propst
Hollingsworth.
He is survived by his loving family, wife,
Ann Pruitt
Hollingsworth,
of the home;
daughter and
son-in-law,
Karen and
Greg Sieber
of
Greenville;
son and
daughter-in-law,
Rick and
Donna
Hollingsworth
of Ware
Shoals;
brother and
sister-in-law,
Jack and Ann
Hollingsworth;
sister, Dot
Smith;
grandchildren,
Coy
Hollingsworth,
Amy H.
Benoit,
Blake,
Hunter and
Kendall
Sieber; and
great-grandchildren,
Charlie,
Mary and
Ethan.
Services will be Wednesday, March 2nd at
2:00pm at
The Mackey
Mortuary
with the
Reverend
Benny
Littlejohn
officiating.
Interment to
follow at
Reedy River
Baptist
Church
Cemetery -
Greenville,
SC .
The family will receive friends Tuesday
evening from
6 to 8pm at
the
mortuary.
Flowers are accepted or memorials may be
made to St.
Jude
Children’s
Hospital,
P.O. Box
1893,
Memphis, TN
38101.
(The Mackey Mortuary, 311 Century Drive)
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Margaret Hood
Mrs.
Margaret "Rita"
Lipscomb Hood, 71,
of Rt. 1, Travelers
Rest, Enoree
community, died
Saturday.
Born in
Greenville County,
she was a daughter
of the late James G.
and Linda Stewart
Lipscomb and lived
in Seattle, Wash.,
before moving to
Travelers Rest six
years ago. She was a
retired employee of
Boeing Aircraft Co.
in Seattle and a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are four daughters,
Mrs. Rufus Robertson
of Rt. 1, Travelers
Rest, Mrs. Ken Smith
of Mountain Home,
Ark., Mrs. Henry
Nevers of Bellevue,
Wash., and Mrs.
James Grubbs of
Sandston, Va.; a
son, R. Henry Hood
of Bainbridge,
Wash.; three
sisters, Mrs. Maude
L. Dawson of Rt. 7,
Greenville, Mrs.
Jessie L. Burns of
Rt. 4, Travelers
Rest, and Mrs.
Louise L. Melton of
Bremo Bluff, Va.;
two brothers, Henry
B. Lipscomb of
Gastonia, N.C., and
J. Edgar Lipscomb of
Hardeeville; nine
grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be at
Reedy River Baptist
Church Monday at 4
p.m.. Burial will be
in the church
cemetery.
After 11
a.m. Sunday the body
will be at the home
of a daughter, Mrs.
Rufus Robertson,
Tigerville Road, Rt.
1, Travelers Rest.
The body will be
placed in the church
Monday at 3 p.m. _
Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home.
(The Greenville
News)
|
Dock B. Howard
Funeral services
for Dock B. Howard,
65, whose death
occurred in a local
hospital late
Tuesday night, will
be held this
afternoon at 2:30
o'clock from Cedar
Lane Baptist church.
The services will be
conducted by the
Rev. Robert Rhyne
and the Rev. S.W.
Jolly and interment
will be in the Reedy
River church
cemetery.
Cooper Lodge
No. 282, A.F.M.,
will have charge of
the services at the
graveside and all
members of the lodge
were requested to
meet at the hall in
Travelers Rest at
2:30 this afternoon.
The
following will serve
as active
pallbearers: Leonard
Nix, Dave Burns, W.M.
Ward, C.J. Hill, Sam
Aiken and Alex
Olson. A group of
Masons will serve as
the honorary escort.
Flower
bearers will be
Rebecca Williams,
Betty Jo Galloway,
Peggy Hipps, Leona
Gosnell, Virginia
Brown and Edith
Phillips.
Mr. Howard
was born and reared
in Travelers Rest
and there began his
career as a
merchant. Later he
came to Greenville
and operated grocery
stores in several
textile communities.
He was a retail
merchant on the
Cedar Lane road for
15 years until two
years ago.
Mr. Howard
was a member of
Cooper Masonic lodge
at Travelers Rest
for 32 years. In
November of last
year he was
presented a
lifetime, dues
paid-in-full,
charter membership
by the lodge as one
of its oldest
constituents. He was
a member of Reedy
River Baptist
church.
Surviving
are his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Allsep
Howard; three
daughters: Mrs. S.A.
Callaham, Miss
Dorothy Howard and
Miss Doris Howard of
Greenville; five
sons, James B. D.B.
Jr., Carl and Walter
Howard of Greenville
and Paul Howard of
Lovelock, Nev.; two
brothers: W.G.
Howard, of Travelers
Rest, and E.W.
Howard, of Slater;
and one sister, Mrs.
W.S. Marchbanks, of
Travelers Rest. Six
grandchildren also
survive.
Until the
hour of the burial
services, the body
will be at 300 Hill
street, Riverdale.
Pallbearers were
requested to meet
there at 2:15
o'clock.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Elizabeth Allsep
Howard
Mrs. Elizabeth
Allsep Howard, 85,
of Saluda Dam Road,
widow of Dock
Benjamin Howard,
died Tuesday.
A native of
Greenville County,
daughter of the late
Elija and Sue Brown
Allsep, she lived in
Greenville County
since 1911, was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and a charter member
of Eastern Star.
Surviving
are three daughters,
Mrs. S.A. Callaham
and Mrs. Robert L.
Moore of Greenville
and Mrs. Curtis C.
Watson of Easley;
four sons, James E.
Howard of Travelers
Rest, Thomas Carl
Howard of Maudlin
and Walter L. and
Dock B. Howard Jr.
of Greenville; two
sisters, Mrs. Marley
Loftis of Greenville
and Mrs. Clayton
Batson of Woodruff;
a brother, the rev.
E.C. Allsep of
Greenville; 19
grandchildren and 27
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
held at 4 p.m.
Thursday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church. Burial will
be in the church
cemetery.
The body is
at the Jones
Mortuary where the
family will receive
friends Wednesday
from 7 to 9 p.m. The
family is at the
home of Mrs. Robert
L. Moore.
(Compiled
from two Greenville
News obituaries,
Nov. 4-5, 1970)
|
James E. Howard Sr.
EASLEY -- James
Elijah Howard Sr.,
75, of Route 7, Old
Hunts Bridge Road, Dacusville
Community, died
Wednesday.
He was a
retired salesman and
a member of Cedar
Lane Baptist Church.
Surviving
are his wife,
Virginia Webb
Howard; two sons,
James E. Howard Jr.
and Michael F.
Howard, both of
Easley; three
brothers, D.B.
Howard Jr. and
Walter L. Howard,
both of Greenville,
and T.C. Howard of
Mauldin; and three
sisters, Mrs. S.A.
(Nora) Callaham and
Mrs. Robert L.
(Doris) Moore, both
of Greenville, and
Mrs. Curtis C.
(Dorothy) Watson of
Easley; five
grandsons, three
great-grandchildren.
Services: 2
p.m. Friday at the
Jones Mortuary
Chapel with burial
in Reedy River
Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Memorials
may be made to
Miracle Hill
Children's Home.
The family
will be at the home.
(Compiled from two
Greenville News
obituaries)
|
Paul Howard
Paul
Howard, former
Greenville resident,
drowned Sunday when
a boat capsized near
his home at Dillon,
Mont.
Mr. Howard
is survived by his
mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Howard;
four brothers,
James, Carl, Walter
and D.B. Howard; and
three sisters, Mrs.
S.A. Callahan, Mrs.
Robert Moore and
Mrs. Curtis Watson.
All are of
Greenville, except
Mrs. Watson, who
lives near Easley.
(The
Greenville News,
Tuesday, Dec. 19,
1951)
|
Clifton B. Hudson
Clifton B. Hudson,
39, retired Army
captain, died at 9
a.m. Sunday at his
home, Greenville,
Rt. 7. He had been
in ill health for
several years and
his condition became
series three weeks
ago.
A native of
Greenville County,
Mr. Hudson was a son
of Mrs. Eva
Lipscombe Hudson and
the late Perry Edwin
Hudson.
Mr. Hudson
entered service in
1941 and served in
France, Germany and
Belgium during World
War II. he did
occupational duty in
Okinawa. In 1950 he
retired from the
Army and returned to
Greenville to live.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his widow, Mrs.
Janie Atkinson
Hudson; his mother,
Mrs. Perry E. Hudson
and a sister, Mrs.
Harlen Jones, of the
home; four brothers,
Homer C. Hudson of
Winston-Salem, N.C.,
Roy O. Hudson,
Ernest B. Hudson and
Perry A. Hudson of
Greenville.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Tuesday at
11 a.m. in Reedy
River Baptist Church
by Rev. S.P. Hester.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery
with military rites
at the graveside.
The
following nephews
will serve as
pallbearers: Robert
Hudson, Roy Hudson
Jr., Bruce Hudson,
Eugene Jones, Ronald
Hudson, Marvin
Styles and Norwood
Hester.
The
honorary escort will
be Perry Hester,
Walter Turner, Roy
Pace, Frank Watkins,
J.P. Traynham Jr.,
Edgar Lipscomb,
Clyde Sprouse,
Eugene Hester,
Robert Clayton,
Floyd Hester, J.P.
Traynham Sr., Ford
R. Hester and Roy
Bridwell.
The body
will be placed in
the church at 10 a.m
Tuesday. Until then
it will be at the
R.D. Jones and Sons
Funeral Home.
(The
Greenville News)
|
E.A. Hudson
Elliott
Austin Hudson,
esteemed citizen of
Paris Mountain
township, died
suddenly late Monday
afternoon at his
home, six miles
north of this city
at the advanced age
of seventy-seven
years.
Funeral
services are to be
conducted on
Wednesday morning at
eleven o'clock from
Reedy River church.
Friends and
acquaintances of the
family are
respectfully invited
to attend the
services.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Ernest B. Hudson
Ernest Bruce Hudson,
50, resident of
Patrol Club Road,
died at Clearwater
Beach, Fla., Friday
at 4:30 p.m. Mr.
Hudson suffered an
attack while
swimming.
Mr. Hudson
made his home on
Patrol Club Road the
past several years
and had been a
resident of that
community his
lifetime. He was
employed by the U.S.
Post Office in
Greenville the past
18 years.
Born in
Greenville county,
he was the son of
the late P.E. Hudson
and Mrs. Eva
Lipscombe Hudson. He
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his mother, Mrs.
Eva Lipscombe Hudson
of Greenville; his
wife, Mary Louise
Barnett Hudson of
the home; three
sons, Bruce F.
Hudson of Rome, Ga.,
Lt. Glenn Hudson of
U.S. Air Force,
Tampa, Fla., and
Raymond E. Hudson of
Charlotte, N.C.; one
sister, Mrs. Harlen
E. Jones of
Greenville; three
brothers, Homer
Hudson of
Winston-Salem, N.C.,
Roy Hudson and Perry
Hudson of Greenville
and one grandchild.
Funeral
arrangements are
incomplete and will
be announced later
by the Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home. The
family is at the
residence on Patrol
Club Road, Rt. 7,
Greenville.
(The
Greenville News)
|
Eula E. Hudson
Miss Eula E. Hudson,
beloved resident of
this county, died at
her home at 2:45
o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Miss
Hudson had been in
declining health for
more than a year.
Miss Hudson
was born and reared
and had spent her
entire lifetime in
the community where
she died. Her
parents were Elliott
A. Hudson and
Adeline Phillips
Hudson.
Miss Hudson
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
church. She was
keenly interested in
the activities of
the church where she
had been a member
since early
childhood.
Surviving are
one brother. P. E.
Hudson, of Paris
Mountain township
and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral
services will be
held this afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock from
the Reedy River
Baptist church. The
services will be
conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Loudermilk and
interment will be
made in the
adjoining cemetery.
The following
persons are
requested to meet at
the Jones mortuary
at 3 o'clock to
serve as active
pallbearers: Perry
Hester, Roy Pace,
Herman Hawkins,
Walter Turner, Lloyd
Dawson and R. W.
Schenck.
Composing the
escort of honor will
be John L. Watkins,
J. G. Lipscombe, S.
F. Lowery, H. Y.
Thackston, H. W.
Batson, J. T.
Bridges, H. E.
Stewart, B. L.
Bridges, Dr. T, E.
Coleman, Walter
Hawkins, T. L.
Rodgers, Frank Altom,
J. W. Kerns, P. C.
Thompson and Tom
Burns. Honorary
pallbearers will go
direct to the
church.
Until the
hour of the service
the body will remain
at the Jones
mortuary.
|
Eva Hudson
Mrs.
Eva Lipscombe
Hudson, 85, widow of
Perry Edwin Hudson
and resident of
North Parker Road,
died at a Greer
nursing home
Saturday at 7 p.m.
following 15 months
of declining health.
Mrs. Hudson
was a daughter of
the late Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Lipscombe
and was born and
reared in Greenville
County. She was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church.
Surviving are
a daughter, Mrs.
Lucille Jones of
North Parker Road;
three sons, Roy O.
and Perry A. Hudson
of Greenville and
Homer C. Hudson of
Greensboro, N.C.
Also there are 15
grandchildren and 16
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted by Rev.
S.P. Hester at 2
p.m. today in Reedy
River Baptist
Church. Burial will
be in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be Robert C.
Hudson, Roy Hudson
Jr., Bruce F.
Hudson, Raymond
Hudson, Ronald C.
Hudson and Norwood
T. Hester.
Members of
the Mothers Class of
the Sunday School of
Reedy River Baptist
Church will be
honorary escort.
The body will
be carried to the
church at 1 p.m.
Prior to that time
it is at Jones
Funeral Home.
(Compiled
from two Greenville
News obituaries)
|
Lillian Hudson
Mrs. Lillian
Morgan Hudson, of
Honeysuckle Drive,
Rt. 7, Greenville,
died in a Greer
nursing home at 9
p.m. Saturday after
several years of
declining health.
She was the wife of
Roy. O. Hudson.
A native of
Seneca, she was a
daughter of the late
Jesse M. and Lenora
Holley Morgan. She
came to Greenville
from Washington,
D.C., in 1950. She
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and Group 6
of the W.M.S.
Surviving
also are one
daughter, Mrs.
Joseph (Margaret)
Weinstein of
Charleston; two
stepdaughters, Mrs.
A.W. (Patricia)
Tyson Jr., of
Atlanta, and Mrs.
Norwood T. (Connie)
Hester of
Greenville; one
stepson, Roy O.
Hudson Jr., of
Greenville; two
sisters, Mrs. Lois
Carter of Easley and
Mrs. W. Clyde
(Jessie) Christopher
of Greenville; one
brother, O'Dell
Morgan of Seneca;
six grandchildren
and four
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services were to be
conducted today at 4
p.m. at Reedy River
Baptist Church.
Burial was to be in
the church cemetery.
(Greenville
Piedmont, March 17,
1969)
|
Perry E. Hudson
Perry Edwin Hudson,
74, farmer and
former school
teacher, died at his
home at 6 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Hudson
was a son of the
late Elliott Austin
and Adeline Phillips
Hudson and was born
and reared in
Greenville county.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
church.
In addition
to his wife Mr.
Hudson is survived
by five sons, Homer
C. Hudson of
Winston-Salem, N.
C., Roy O., Ernest
B., Perry A. and Lt.
Clifton Beattie
Hudson, all of
Greenville; one
daughter, Mrs. H. E.
Jones, of Marietta.
Funeral
services will be
this afternoon at 4
o'clock at Reedy
River Baptist
church. Rev. S P.
Hester will
officiate and
interment will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be J. Edgar
Lipscombe, Ford
Hester, Clyde
Sprouse, Roy K.
Bridwell, E. G. Pace
and Russell Burns.
The following
will compose the
escort of honor: S.
P. Hester, S. D.
Addis, J. G.
Lipscombe, Walter
Hawkins, H. W.
Batson, Elford
Phillips, C. J.
Hill, J. P. Traynham,
Sr., Edgar League,
A. G. Hill, F. M.
Barnett, T. L.
Rodgers, Alex McBee
Scruggs, L. A.
Cothran, W. C.
Potts, P. C.
Thompson, Grady
Hines, W. T.
Bridges, W. D.
Hudson, A. A. Otto,
W. E. McLawhorn and
W. E. Turner, Sr.
The body is
at the home and at 3
o'clock this
afternoon it will be
placed in the church
to remain until the
hour of the service.
(Compiled from two
obituary notices)
|
Doris Marett Hughes
Doris Marett Hughes,
73, of 5 S. Parker
Road, died Monday,
March 1, 1999 at her
home.
Born in
Oconee County, she
was the daughter of
Fay Driver Marett
and the late Richard
B. Marett of
Greenville. She was
a retired bookkeeper
and a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and Esther
Sunday School Class.
Survivors:
her mother, Fay
Driver Marett of
Greenville;
daughters, Vicki
Dix, husband, Carl,
of Travelers Rest,
and Lisa Waldrop of
Pickens; a sister,
Margaret Burden of
Mauldin; a brother,
Bradford Marett of
Greenwood;
grandchildren, the
Rev. Toby Dix and
wife, Julieann, Tori
Dix,
Travis Dix and Kerry
Cole;
great-grandchildren,
Brooke Dodgens and
Madison Dix.
She was
predeceased by her
husband, Glen Hughes
and father, Richard
B. Marett.
Funeral
services will be
held at 3 p.m. today
at Howze Mortuary
Chapel, with burial
in Reedy River
Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Memorials
can be made to Meals
on Wheels, 15 Oregon
St., Greenville,
S.C. 29605.
(The
Greenville News,
March 3, 1999)
|
Gertrude Hughes
Mrs. Gertrude Taft
Hughes, 58, native
of Plymouth,
Michigan, but for
the past 15 years a
resident of this
city, died at the
family home, on the
Old Buncombe road,
at 7:30 o'clock
yesterday morning,
following one week's
illness. Mrs. Hughes
was for a number of
years connected with
the Burroughs Adding
Machine company and
had more recently
done clerical work
in the office of the
delinquent tax
collector. She was a
member of the
Christian church.
She is
survived by her
husband, Floyd
Hughes of this city.
Her father and
step-mother, Mr. and
Mrs. J.W. Taft, of
Greenville, also
survive, as does one
sister, Mrs. C.S.
Butterfield of
Medford, Oregon, and
one half-sister,
Mrs. C.S. Mills, of
Greenville.
Funeral
services for Mrs.
Hughes will be held
this morning at 11
o'clock, at the
Mackey mortuary,
conducted by the
Rev. C.T. Squires,
pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian church,
and interment will
be made in the
cemetery of the
Reedy River Baptist
church.
The
following persons
will serve as
pallbearers and meet
at the mortuary
shortly before 11
o'clock: E. Inman,
Estes Howell, W.K.
Thackston, E.E.
Chapman, Edwin
Meyers, J.A.
Barrett, Walter
Hawkins and Dayton
Hawkins.
Pending the
hour of the service,
the body will remain
at the mortuary.
(The Greenville
News)
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Glen Hughes
Glen Hughes, 54, of
1 South Parker Road,
died Sunday.
A native of
Orangeburg County,
son of Mrs. Ida
Hughes Hughes and
the late Gilbert C.
Hughes, he was
associated with
American Security
Guard, Inc., a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and a veteran of
World War II.
Surviving
also are his wife,
Mrs. Doris Marett
Hughes; two
daughters, Mrs.
Vicki Dix of
Greenville and Miss
Lisa Hughes of the
home; a sister, Mrs.
Marjorie Standard of
Griffin, Ga.; two
brothers, G.C.
Hughes of Tucker,
Ga., and Lindbergh
Hughes of Neeses;
and three
grandchildren.
Services
will be 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church, with burial
in the church
cemetery.
The body
will be placed in
the church at 1:30
p.m. Tuesday. _ The
Mackey Mortuary.
(The Greenville
News, Tuesday, Sept.
14, 1976)
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James Hughes
James Michael
Hughes,
three-day-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Hughes of Rt. 7, New
Buncombe Road, died
at a local hospital
at 7:45 a.m.
Wednesday.
Mrs. Hughes
was the was the
former Miss Doris
Marett of
Greenville.
In addition
to his parents, the
little boy is
survived by one
sister, Glenda
Victoria Hughes;
paternal
grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. C.L.
Hughes, Neeses;
maternal
grandmother, Mrs.
R.B. Marett,
Greenville.
Funeral
services, conducted
by the Rev. S.P.
Hester, will be held
at the graveside in
the Reedy River
Baptist Church
Cemetery Thursday at
5 p.m.
Pending the
hour of the service
the body will remain
at the Mackey
Mortuary.
(The Greenville
News, Thursday, May
26, 1955)
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Daniel F. Hughey
TRAVELERS REST --
Daniel Frederick Hughey, 70, died at
his home on Pine
Crest Drive,
yesterday at 1:30
p.m. after three
weeks of serious
illness.
He was born
in Anderson County,
a son of the late
J.D. and Anna
Roberts Hughey.
He was a
Baptist.
Surviving
are his wife,
Rosanna Williamson
Hughey; five
daughters, Mrs.
Julius Jones (Lois)
of Taylors, Mrs.
Bruce Burns (Viola),
Mrs. J.B. Burns
(Dorothy) and Mrs.
Roy Hester (Ruby) of
Travelers Rest and
Miss Bobbie Jean
Hughey of the home;
two sons, Raymond H.
(Bill) Hughey of
Summerville and
Daniel W. Hughey of
Greenville; three
sisters, Mrs. Mary
Vaughan of New York
City, Mrs. Clarence
Broom (Lillian) of
Williamston and Mrs.
Bob Browning (Annie
Mae) of Pendleton; a
brother, Sam Hughey
of Williamston; 15
grandchildren and a
great-grandchild.
Funeral
services will be
conducted at Reedy
River Baptist Church
Wednesday at 4 p.m.
by Rev. S.P. Hester
and Rev. W.P. Lark.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
After 11
a.m. today the body
will be at the home,
but will be placed
in the church
Wednesday at 3 p.m.
O'Dell
Mortuary is in
charge of
arrangements.
(The Greenville
News)
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Ricky Hughey
Daniel Richard
“Ricky” Hughey, 16,
son of Daniel W. and
Sue Edens Hughey of
Pinecrest Drive, Rt.
4, Travelers Rest,
died Friday night of
injuries received in
an automobile
accident at the
intersection of
Highway 25 and
by-pass 25.
Born in
Greenville, he was a
tenth grade student
at Travelers Rest
High School. He was
a member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and the Royal
Ambassadors of the
church.
Surviving
also are two
sisters, Misses
Teresa and Robin
Hughey of the home;
two brothers, Randy
Hughey and Timmy
Hughey of the home;
and his
grandparents, Mrs.
D. F. Hughey of
Travelers Rest and
Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Younce of Piedmont.
Funeral
services will be at
3 p.m. Sunday at
Reedy River Baptist
Church by Revs. Seth
P. Hester and John
J. Bandy Jr., with
burial in the church
cemetery.
The body is
at the Thomas McAfee
Funeral Home, where
the family will
receive friends from
7 to 9 p.m. today.
The body will be
placed in the church
at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Rosanna Hughey
TRAVELERS REST --
Rosanna Williamson Hughey, 80, of Rt.
4, Pine Crest Dr.,
died Friday.
Born in
Anderson County, she
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are five daughters,
Mrs. Julius W. Jones
of Taylors, Mrs.
Bruce P. Burns of
Moncks Corner, Mrs.
Roy H. Hester of
Greenville, and Mrs.
Bobbie Jean Ayers
and Mrs. J.B. Burns
of Travelers Rest;
two sons, R.H.
Hughey of
Summerville and
Daniel W. Hughey of
Travelers Rest; a
brother, M.O.
Williamson of
Pelzer; 16
grandchildren and 14
great-grandchildren.
Services
will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday at Reedy
River Baptist Church
with burial in the
church cemetery.
The body
will be taken to the
residence at 11 a.m.
Saturday and will be
placed in the church
at 1:30 p.m. on
Sunday -- Thomas
McAfee Funeral Home.
(The
Greenville News and
Greenville Piedmont,
Saturday, Nov. 13,
1976)
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Boyce W. Hunt
Boyce Waymon Hunt,
71, of Rt. 3, White
Horse Road, died
Monday at 1 p.m. at
a local hospital
after one day of
serious illness and
several years of
declining health.
Born in
Greenville County, a
son of the late
Warren and Emma
Clement Hunt, he had
spent his life here.
He was a
retired farmer and
for several years
was with the Farm
Security
Administration.
Mr. Hunt
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Helen Thackston Hunt
of Greenville; one
daughter, Mrs.
Vernon Jameson of
Liberty; two sons,
Milton Edward Hunt
of Travelers Rest
and Robert Thackston
Hunt of Anderson;
one sister, Ella H.
Hunt of Greenville,
and five
grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Wednesday
at 11 a.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by Rev. S.P. Hester.
Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be Frank,
Raymond and Warren
Hunt; Douglas Jones,
Furman Watkins and
Walter Greene.
The body is
at the Mackey
Mortuary, and will
be placed in the
church at 10 a.m.
Wednesday.
(Greenville
Piedmont)
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Ella H. Hunt
TRAVELERS REST --
Mrs. Ella H. Hunt,
81, of Rt. 4,
Travelers Rest,
widow of Thomas
Martin Hunt, died
Thursday at 7:35
p.m. at a local
hospital.
She was a
daughter of the late
Warren M. and Emma
Clement Hunt and
spent all of her
life in Greenville
County. She was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and the WMU.
Surviving
are five daughters,
Miss Francis Hunt of
Charleston, Mrs.
Thomas B.
(Elizabeth) Hanson
of Mt. Pleasant,
Mrs. Homer E.
(Eleanor) Bishop,
Mrs. Charles H.
(Mildred) Bishop and
Mrs. Charlie J.
(Evelyn) Reeves of
Greenville; three
sons, T. Wilson Hunt
of Pickens, Raymond
A. Hunt of
Greenville and
Warren M. Hunt of
Travelers Rest; and
12 grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Saturday
at 2 p.m. at Reedy
River Baptist Church
by the Rev. Seth. P.
Hester. Burial will
be in the church
cemetery.
The body
is at The Mackey
Mortuary and will be
taken to the home of
a son, Warren M.
Hunt, Rt. 4,
Travelers Rest,
Friday at 4 p.m.
(The Greenville
News)
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Helen Hunt
Helen Thackston
Hunt, 88, of White
Horse Road, widow of
Boyce Waymon Hunt,
died Sunday.
Born in Greenville
County, a practical
nurse at Gaston
Hospital, Travelers
Rest, she attended
Tigerville Academy
and Chicora College,
was a member of
Reedy River Baptist
Church and of the
Mother's Sunday
School class.
Surviving are
a daughter, Martha
Hunt Jameson of
Liberty; sons,
Milton E. Hunt of
Travelers Rest and
Robert T. Hunt of
Anderson; sisters,
Juanita T. Watkins,
Maude T. Mauldin and
Louise T. Neeves all
of Greenville,
Christine T.
Carpenter of Los
Angeles, Calif. and
Rachel T. Gurnell of
Chapin, S.C.; a
brother J. Ford
Thackston of
Greenville, seven
grandchildren. and
nine
great-grandchildren.
Services will
be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday at Reedy
River Baptist
Church; burial in
the church cemetery.
The body will
be placed in the
church at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday.
Memorials may
be made to Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery Fund, Route
7, Greenville, S.C.
29609.
(The
Greenville News,
Nov. 12, 1979)
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Mary Frances Hunt
MOUNT PLEASANT --
Mary Frances Hunt,
74, of 936-B Lansing
Drive, died
Saturday.
She was a
retired key punch
operator with
Charleston Naval
Supply Center and
was a member of
Citadel Square
Baptist Church.
Surviving
are three brothers,
Thomas Wilson Hunt
of Pickens, Raymond
A. Hunt of
Greenville and
Warren M. Hunt of
Travelers Rest; and
four sisters, Mrs.
Homer Bishop, Mrs.
Charles Bishop and
Mrs. Charlie Reeves,
all of Greenville,
and Bette Hanson of
Mount Pleasant.
Services: 10
a.m. Monday at
Stuhr's Downtown
Chapel, Charleston.
Burial will be at 5
p.m. Monday in Reedy
River Baptist Church
Cemetery,
Greenville.
Visitation
will be after 6 p.m.
Sunday at the
funeral home.
Memorials
may be made to Reedy
River Baptist
Church, Greenville.
(The
Greenville News and
Greenville Piedmont)
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Peggy Cauble Hunt
ANDERSON, May 17
--
Mrs. Peggy Cauble
Hunt, 26, died
Thursday morning at
Anderson Memorial
Hospital after an
illness of about 10
days.
She is
survived by her
husband, Robert T.
Hunt; one brother,
Alfred L. Cauble of
Charlotte; one
sister, Mrs. R.P.
Watson of
Greenville; and her
parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lucius L.
Cauble of Charlotte.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Friday at
3 p.m. at the Grace
Episcopal Church in
Anderson by the Rev.
M.H. Tilson.
Interment will
follow in the Reedy
River Baptist Church
near Travelers Rest.
Pallbearers
will be Hearst
Sullivan, Verner
Jameson, Jimmie
Ezelle, R. Pat
Watson, Walter Brank
and Edmond H. Webb.
Honorary
escort will be
members of the
vestry of the Grace
Episcopal Church and
Douglas McDougald,
Dr. W.B. Fewell, Dr.
J.M. Fewell, Dr. W.
Charles Bolt, Dr.
Claude T. Prevost,
Dr. Clyde S. Bowie,
W.M. Walker, V.W.
Swan, J.C. Nelson,
J.D. Crayton, W.K.
Rankin and Lee
Ellison.
The body is
at the McDougald-Johnston
Funeral Home.
(The Greenville
News)
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Raymond A. Hunt
Raymond Arthur Hunt,
71, of Route 3, Roe
Ford Road, died of
natural causes March
23, 1987.
He was owner
and operator of R.
A. Hunt Lumber and
Pallet Co.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist Church
where he was former
Sunday School
superintendent and
treasure of the
Cemetery Trust Fund.
He was a
former teacher at
Valley Springs High
School in Skyland,
N.C.., and
Fairforest High
School in
Spartanburg.
He was a
baseball player and
coach for several
local textile teams.
He was manager of
baseball teams in
North Carolina and
Florida and a member
of the St. Louis
Cardinals farm club
in Washington, Pa.
He served with
the U.S. Air Force
for four years and
was a retired
lieutenant colonel
in the Air Force
Reserve.
Surviving is
his wife, Patricia
Summey Hunt; four
sisters, Mrs. Thomas
P. (Elizabeth)
Wright of Mt.
Pleasant, Mrs. Homer
E. (Eleanor) Bishop,
Mrs. Charles H.
(Mildred) Bishop and
Mrs. Charles J.
(Evelyn) Reeves, all
of Greenville; and
two brothers, T.
Wilson Hunt of
Pickens and Warren
M. Hunt of Travelers
Rest.
Services: 4
p.m. Wednesday at
Reedy River Baptist
Church with burial
in Reedy River
Baptist Church
Cemetery.
The family is
at the residence.
Memorials may
be made to the
Cemetery Trust Fund
of Reedy River
Baptist Church or
the Travelers Rest
High School Choral
Music Boosters Grand
Piano Fund, Route 4,
Box 617, Travelers
Rest, S.C. 29690. _
The Mackey Mortuary.
(The
Greenville News,
March 25, 1987)
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Roger T. Hunt
Roger Truett Hunt,
36, of Mauldin, died
at a local hospital
at 3:40 p.m.
following an illness
of three days. He
had been in
declining health for
the past four years.
He was a
native of Greenville
County and a son of
Mrs. Ella Hunt Hunt
and the late Thomas
M. Hunt and had
spent all of his
life in this county.
He graduated from
Travelers Rest High
School, Mars Hill
Junior College and
Furman University.
He was a
member of Reedy
River Baptist
Church, near
Travelers Rest, and
was a member of
Cooper Lodge AFM. He
was a 14-degree
Mason. He was a
Veteran of World War
II and was wounded
in the battle of St.
Lo in Normandy.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs.
Lavinia Vickery Hunt
of the home; his
mother of White
Horse Road; five
sisters, Mrs.
Frances Hunt of
Charleston, Mrs.
Charles H. Bishop of
Augusta, Ga., Mrs.
T.P. Hanson of Mt.
Pleasant and Mrs.
H.E. Bishop and Mrs.
C.J. Reeves, both of
Greenville; and
three brothers, T.
Wilson Hunt, of
Pickens and Raymond
A. Hunt and Warren
M. Hunt, both of
Greenville.
Funeral
services will be
conducted Thursday
at 2:30 p.m. at
Reedy River Baptist
Church by the Rev.
S.P. Hester. Burial
will be in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers
will be Lake Thomas,
Belton Hunt, Milton
Hunt, Frank Robinson
Hunt, Dr. J. Harold
Arnold and Richard
Chiles.
Honorary
escort will be the
deacons of Reedy
River Baptist Church
and Dr. J.L.
Anderson, Sr., Dr.
J.L. Anderson Jr.,
J.L. Hawkins, Ed
Sloan, Ed Chiles,
Otis Pearson, Alex
Mostella, T.M.
Verdin , Frank
Roberts and Sam
Aiken.
The body is
at the Mackey
Mortuary and will be
placed in the church
at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday.
The family
is at the home near
Mauldin.
(Compiled
from two Greenville
News obituaries)
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Sarah B. Hunt
Mrs. Sarah Broadman (Roe) Hunt,
78, wife of T.W.
Hunt and a lifelong
resident of the
Paris Mountain
township of this
county, passed away
at her home at 7
o'clock yesterday
morning following a
very brief illness.
Mrs. Hunt was ill
for only a few
hours. She was the
daughter of the late
T.W. and Sarah
Stradley Roe and was
well known
throughout the
county. She was a
member of the Reedy
River Baptist
church.
Mrs. Hunt is
survived by her
husband, one
daughter, Mrs.
Sallie H. Thomas of
Greenville, and
three sons, Thomas
M. Hunt and Dana B.
Hunt, both of this
city, and S.J. Hunt
of Batavia, N.Y.
One brother,
T.W. Roe of
Greenville, and four
sisters, Mrs. Mary
Hawkins and Mrs. A.W.
Carter, both of
Greenville; Mrs. B.M.
Moore, of
Simpsonville, and
Mrs. R.A. Kay, of
Easley, also survive
in addition to 12
grandchildren.
Funeral
services for Mrs.
Hunt will be held at
the Reedy River
Baptist church,
conducted by her
pastor, the Rev.
Frank K. Pool,
tomorrow, further
announcements
concerning which
will be made later.
(The
Greenville News)
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Sadie Hunt
Sadie, the
seven-month-old
infant of Mr. and
Mrs. Boyce Hunt,
died at the home of
her parents near
Montague, early
Monday morning
following a short
illness.
The family
have the sympathy of
a large number of
relatives and
friends in the sad
dispensation and
removal of this
little child.
The funeral
services and
interment will be
held at Reedy River
church at 11 o'clock
Tuesday.
(The
Greenville News)
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Thomas M. Hunt
Thomas M. Hunt, 56,
of the Hunt's Bridge
section, died
yesterday afternoon
following a brief
illness.
Mr. Hunt was a
farmer and
proprietor of Hunt's
fish house near his
home. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs.
Ella Hunt, and the
following sons and
daughters: Wilson,
Raymond, Roger,
Warren, Mrs.
Frances, Eleanor,
Mildred, Elizabeth
Evelyn Hunt, all of
Greenville county;
two brothers: S.
Jeter Hunt of
Moundsville, and
Dana B. Hunt, of
Greenville county,
and a sister, Sallie
H. Thomas, of
Greenville county.
Mr. Hunt was a
member and a deacon
of Reedy River
Baptist church. He
was also a member of
Cooper Masonic lodge
No. 282, Armstrong
camp, Woodmen of the
World, and of Ticoma
chapter of the
Eastern Star.
Funeral
services will be
held at 3 o'clock
this afternoon at
Reedy River Baptist
church. The Rev.
Archie Brickle will
officiate, assisted
by the Rev. Frank K.
Pool. The honorary
pallbearers will be
the deacons of Reedy
River Baptist church
and the members of
the Cooper lodge of
Masons. Those
serving as active
pallbearers will be
Will Hawkins, James
M. Whitmire, George
Carter, Roe Kay,
Thomas Moore and
Thomas Roe.
Until the hour
of service, the body
will remain at his
home. The interment
will be in the
church cemetery.
(Compiled from two
obituary notices)
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Thomas W. Hunt
Funeral services for
Thomas Washington
Hunt, 81, widely
know Confederate
veteran of this
county, will be held
tomorrow morning at
Reedy River Baptist
church. The services
will be conducted by
the Rev. F.K. Pool.
The following
persons will be the
pallbearers: James
M. Whitmire, Wm. M.
Brockman, Yates
Moore, Roe Kay,
Thomas A. Roe, W.R.
Hawkins and John
Carter. Interment
will be made in the
church cemetery.
The death of
Mr. Hunt occurred
yesterday morning at
2 o'clock at the
home of his
daughter, Mrs.
Sallie H. Thomas,
226 Laurens street
following an illness
of 10 days.
The family
home is in Paris
Mountain township,
and the death of Mr.
Hunt follows closely
to that of his wife,
who died on March of
this year.
The following
sons and daughters
survive him: Mrs.
Sallie H. Thomas of
Greenville, S.T.
Hunt of Batavia,
N.Y., and T.M. and
D.B. Hunt of
Greenville county. A
sister, Mrs. F.J.
Whitmire of
Travelers Rest, also
survives him.
(The Greenville
News, July 4, 1929)
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