Harriett Rebecca Saunders Emanuel

1893

Harriett Rebecca Saunders was born on 04 Mar 1893 in Stateburg, Sumter, South Carolina, USA a child of George McCall Saunders and Louise Wertenbaker Saunders.

1910

Harriette R Saunders was counted in the census on 01 May 1910 in Stateburg, Sumter, South Carolina, USA, as a 16-year-old, female, single, white, daughter. Also in the home was her father, George M Saunders; mother, Lula Saunders; and her siblings, Charles Bruce Saunders, Fannie L Saunders, Mary E Saunders and George M Saunders Jr.

1920

Harriet Emanuel was counted in the census on 06 Feb 1920 in Rafting Creek, Sumter, South Carolina, USA, as a 25-year-old, female, married, white, wife. Also in the home was her husband, Charles Emanuel; and their daughter, Louise Emanuel.

1930

Harriet Emanuel was counted in the census on 22 Apr 1930 in Rafting Creek, Sumter, South Carolina, USA, as a 35-year-old, female, married, white, wife. Also in the home was her husband, Charley M. Emanuel; their children, Louise Emanuel, Charley M Emanuel, Jr., and Francis Emanuel; and her mother-in-law, Mary F. Emanuel.

1949

On March 20, 1949, Harriett Saunders was mentioned in the newspaper article, Sarah Catherine Bowen.

1951

Harriett Rebecca Saunders Emanuel died on 12 Aug 1951 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA at Columbia Hospital. She was buried on 13 Aug 1951 in Rembert, Sumter, South Carolina, USA at Episcopal Church of the Ascension Cemetery.

Hagood Rites Scheduled for Mrs. Emanuel

SUMTER, Aug. 13 – Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today for Mrs. Harriett Saunders Emanuel, 57, of Rembert.

The services will be conducted at the Church of Ascension (Episcopal), at Hagood, by the Rev. Claude Hobart. Interment will follow in the family plot at the church cemetery.

Mrs. Emanuel, the wife of Charles M. Emanuel, Sr., died at 3:20 in the morning at the Columbia Hospital yesterday, following an illness of several weeks.

She was a native of Stateburg, a daughter of the late George M. Saunders and Mrs. Louise Wertenbaker Saunders. She attended a private school at Stateburg and Columbia college.

Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gordon H. Strite of Columbus, Ohio; two sons, Charles M. Emanuel, Jr., of Blaney and Francis C. Emanuel of Sumter; one sister, Mrs. Frances Saunders of Stateburg; two brothers, Bruce C. Saunders and George M Saunders of Stateburg, and two grandchildren, Edna Winfield Strite and Camella Emanuel.

Mrs. Emanuel Of Rembert Dies; Rites Today

SUMTER, Aug. 12 – (Special) – Mrs. Harriett Saunders Emanuel, the wife of Charles M. Emanuel, Sr., died at 3:20 this morning at the Columbia hospital after an illness of several weeks.

The funeral party will leave the Shelley-Brunson Funeral home at 3:30 Monday afternoon, for the Church of Ascension at Hagood, where funeral services will be conducted at 4 o’clock by the Rev. Claude Hobart. Interment will follow in the family square in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Emanuel was born at Statesburg on March 4, 1894, a daughter of the later George M. Saunders and Louisa Wertenbaker Saunders. She attended a private school at Stateburg and the Columbia College for Women in Columbia.

Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gordon H. Strite of Columbus, Ohio; two sons, Charles M. Emanuel, Jr., of Blaney and Francis C. Emanuel of Sumter; one sister, Mrs. Frances Saunders of Stateburg; two brothers, Bruce C. Saunders and George M Saunders of Stateburg, and two grandchildren, Edna Winfield Strite and Camella Emanuel.

August 13, 1951  Columbia Record (published as The Columbia Record)  
Columbia, South Carolina
Page 12
August 13, 1951  State (published as The State)  
Columbia, South Carolina
Page 8
Located in Episcopal Church of the Ascension Cemetery
Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA
Photo added by Vikki

1962

On February 10, 1962, Harriott Sanders Emanuel was mentioned as the deceased wife in the death record and obituary of Charles M Emanuel.

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