Blaney Yearbook Editor
Blaney – Betty Jean Branham has been elected editor-in-chief of The Sycamore, yearbook of Blaney high school. Continue reading Blaney Yearbook Editor
Month: September 1951
Deaths
Barney Bessinger, Walterboro, formerly of Bamberg. Mrs. Charles Caulder, Chesterfield county. Mrs. Grady Edwards, Woodruff. Mrs. Mamie Brooks Doolittle, Edgefield county. James Robert Irwin, Bradley. Miss Florence Walker, Clarendon county, formerly of Lancaster county. John M. Grigsby, Blaney. Mrs. Angie Stack Jackson, St. Matthews Sidney Frances Sandlin, infant, Columbia. Mrs. Ethel Padgett, formerly of Columbia, in Los Angeles, Calif. Charlie Hartley, Jr., Swansea. Mrs. Lillie … Continue reading Deaths
John M Grigsby
1876 John M Grigsby was born on May 26, 1876, a son of James Abney Grigsby and Charlotte A Reeds Grigsby. 1951 Blaney – Sept. 26 – Funeral Services will held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Union Baptist church, near here, for Union Baptist church, near here, for John M. Grigsby, 75, who died at his home here last night following three years of illness. … Continue reading John M Grigsby
Grigsby-Taylor
Mrs. W. D. Grigsby, the widow of Dr. W. D. Grigsby of Blaney, and Mark Crosson Taylor, builder and contractor of Columbia, were married at Main Street Methodist church in the chapel on September 13 at 10 a.m. by their pastor, the Rev. A. B. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor left after the ceremony for a short trip. They will be at home in Columbia … Continue reading Grigsby-Taylor
Palmetto Men In Service
Pvt. CLAUDE E. CAMPBELL, Blaney, has completed the eight-week leaders course conducted by the 41st Tank battalion of the 8th Infantry division’s Specialist Training regiment at Fort Jackson. Continue reading Palmetto Men In Service
Auto Crash on Colonial Drive Kills Columbia Mother, Child
A midnight automobile crash on Colonial drive claimed the lives of a Columbia mother and daughter Saturday night and Sunday morning. The mother was burned to death at the scene of the wreck while the daughter, though severely burned, clung to life for 12 hours at the COlumbia hospital before expiring. Three-year-old Dianne Ford, died in the Columbia hospital at 11:55 yesterday morning. Her 19-year-old … Continue reading Auto Crash on Colonial Drive Kills Columbia Mother, Child
Dianne Ford
1948 Dianne Ford was born October 6, 1948 in Richland county, South Carolina, a daughter of John Hazel Ford and Fannie Mae Shelton Ford. 1951 Dianne Ford, 2, passed away on September 9, 1951. On September 10, 1951, Dianne Ford was listed in the newspaper article “Auto Crash on Colonial Drive Kills Columbia Mother, Child.“ Tombstone Information: Continue reading Dianne Ford
Fannie Mae Shelton Ford
1932 Fannie Mae Shelton Ford was born May 23, 1932 in Richland county, South Carolina, a daughter of John Henry Shelton and Emma Pearl Wallace Shelton. 1951 Fannie Mae Shelton Ford, 19, passed away on September 9, 1951. On September 10, 1951, Mrs. Annie Mae Ford was listed in the newspaper article “Auto Crash on Colonial Drive Kills Columbia Mother, Child.“ Tombstone Information: Continue reading Fannie Mae Shelton Ford
Weekend at Folly Beach
Mrs. Earl Jacobs and Miss Eloise Jacobs of Pontiac, Mrs. Willie Coleman of Dentsville, and Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand (Earline LeGrand) and sons, Wayne and Gerald, of West Bayview spent last weekend at Folly Beach. Continue reading Weekend at Folly Beach
Herman L Nickens
1906 Herman L Nickens was born 1906 in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of Andrew Nickens and Nancy Gray Nickens. 1951 Camden, Sept. 1 – (Special) – Herman L. Nickens, 45, died at the Camden hospital this afternoon after an extended illness. He had been employed in the spinning department of the Wateree Cotton mill for the past 26 years. Born in Huntsville, Ala., he was … Continue reading Herman L Nickens