WEST COLUMBIA – Services for Johnson N. Graddick, 71, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Baptist Church, with burial in King Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Swansea. Visitation will be 7-9 tonight at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Mr. Graddick died Monday, July 27, 1998. Born February 14, 1927 in Blaney, he was a son of the late Carrie Graddick Peke. … Continue reading Johnson Graddick

KERSHAW – Services for Clyde Vinson Goff, will be held at 3 today, July 24, 1998 at Talbert-Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel. Interment will be in Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church, Elgin. Mr. Goff died Wednesday, July 22, 1998. Born in Blaney, he was a son of the late William Goff and Elvie Brown Goff. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a … Continue reading Clyde Goff

ELGIN – Services for Bobby “Roosie” Branham, 61, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 18, 1998, at Blaney Baptist Church with burial in Old Macedonia Cemetery. The Rev. Lawrence Dennis will officiate. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel. Memorials may be made to Blaney Baptist Church Building Fund, 1400 Blaney Road, Elgin 29045. Mr. Branham died Wednesday, July 15, 1998. Born … Continue reading Bobby Branham

1919 Robert Mahlon Oppenlander was born March 10, 1919 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the son of Harry J. Oppenlander and Sarah Jane Bosler Oppenlander. 1942 On November 22, 1942, Staff Sgt. Robert M. Oppenlander was listed in the newspaper article “Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Robert M. Oppenlander.“ November 22, 1942, Staff Sgt. Robert M. Oppenlander was listed in the newspaper article “McCaskill – Oppenlander.“ … Continue reading Robert Mahlon Oppenlander

WEST COLUMBIA – Services for Wallace Edwin Thornton Sr., 82, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oakwood Baptist Church, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Larry Thornton, Donald Thornton Jr., Tim Hulst, Grady Satcher, Tetie Paul and Dennis Mangum. Honorary pallbearers will be the Men’s Class II of Oakwood Baptist Church. Visitation will be 6-8 tonight at Thompson Funeral Home … Continue reading Wallace Thornton Sr.

1925 Johnnie Willis Brassell Jr. was born October 19, 1925 to Johnnie Willis Brassell and Esther Mitchum Brassell Morris. 1998 Services for Johnnie Willis Brassell, Jr., 72, will be held 2 o’clock today, July 11, 199, at Pontiac First Baptist Church. Services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Clayton J. Shook. Interment will be in Hillcrest Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Gideon … Continue reading Johnnie Willis Brassell Jr.

1922 Gilbert Boykin Jacobs was born June 25, 1922 in Great Falls, South Carolina, son of Glenn T. Jacobs and Leila R. Jacobs. 1943 On November 14, 1943, Pfc. Gilbert B. Jacobs was listed in the newspaper article “Jacobs – Turpin.“ 1998 Gilbert Boykin Jacobs passed away on June 26, 1998, he was buried in Elmwood Memorial Gardens in Columbia. 2004 On March 10, 2004, … Continue reading Gilbert Boykin Jacobs

1925 Naomi Elizabeth Goff Urmston was born Jaunary 17, 1935 in South Carolina, a child of Edward Cleveland Goff and Ola Mae Ross Goff. 1930 Naomi E Goff was counted in the census on 03 May 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA as a 6-year-old, female, single, white, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Eddie C Goff; her mother, Ola M Goff; and … Continue reading Naomi Elizabeth Goff Urmston

1915 Frances Ruby Davis was born on 13 Jul 1915 in Richmond, Virginia, USA a child of Tom H Davis and Lillie V Barnes Player Davis Wood. 1930 Francis R Davis was counted in the census on 28 Apr 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 14-year-old, female, single, white, adopted daughter. Also in the home was her adopted father, James W. Wood; … Continue reading Frances Ruby Davis Collins

1990 Adam Whitaker was born on 01 Mar 1990 in Richland, South Carolina, USA as the first child of Johnie Marvin Whitaker Jr. and Pamela Huggins Whitaker. 1998 He died on 20 Apr 1998 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at 639 Sessions Road. Adam Whitaker was buried on 24 Apr 1998 in Richland, South Carolina, USA at Greenhaven Memorial Gardens. His cause of death … Continue reading Kenneth “Adam” Whitaker