HISTORIC CEMETERIES GIVE VISITORS ‘A REAL SENSE OF PLACE’

With Halloween approaching, Camden’s “City of the Dead” is beckoning. But a trip through the city’s three historical cemeteries along Campbell Street doesn’t have to be scary. Instead, it can be calming and informative. Quaker Cemetery is the better known of the three cemeteries, located within several blocks of one another in the downtown area. But Beth-El Jewish Cemetery and Cedars Cemetery are garnering more … Continue reading HISTORIC CEMETERIES GIVE VISITORS ‘A REAL SENSE OF PLACE’

BLANEY ELEMENTARY

Caption: PHOTO: BW Portraying Ben Franklin, Rich Davis spoke to Blaney Elementary students to promote a love of history and love of reading. Among the things that Franklin did was invent bifocal glasses and establish the first lending library in the country. Franklin also did some unusual things, as Davis shared: flew a kite in a thunderstorm, lobbied for the national bird to be the turkey, invented … Continue reading BLANEY ELEMENTARY

Willie Emma Addison Whitaker

1917 Willie Emma Addison Whitaker was born October 19, 1917 in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a daughter of Chester Addison and Nellie Motley Addison. 1998 On April 20, 1998, Willie Whitaker was mentioned as a living grandmother in the obituary of Kenneth Adam Whitaker. 2005 Willie Emma Whitaker COLUMBIA – Services for Mrs. Willie Emma Addison Whitaker, of 301 Pickens St., at 2 p.m. at … Continue reading Willie Emma Addison Whitaker

Esther Lee Thompson

1922 Esther Lee Thompson was born on May 20, 1922 in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, she was a daughter of the late Rosa Lee Jones. 2005 Esther Lee Thompson ELGIN – Funeral service for Esther Lee Thompson, 83, of Elgin, will be held 11 o’clock Saturday morning, September 24, 2005, in Hillcrest Baptist Church, with the Reverend Kenneth M. Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in Hillcrest … Continue reading Esther Lee Thompson