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Walter Goodman
Departed this transitory life on the 20th inst. at his residence in Newberry District, Mr. Walter Goodman, in the 76th year of his age.? a native of Ireland, but for the last forty-five years a citizen of the United States (Apr. 11, 1826).

Ruth Grant
NEWBERRY - Services for Ruth Stockman Grant, 81, widow of Thomas Grant Jr., will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Rosemont Cemetery. Visitation is 7-8 p.m. Monday at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. She died December 3, 2004. Surviving are son, Tommy Grant; brother, Max Stockman; grandchildren; one great-grandchild

Annie Garnett
NEWBERRY - Services for Annie K. Garnett, 88, formerly of Green Tree Road, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at McSwain-Evans Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow in Rosemont Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. The family suggests that those desiring may make memorials to First Baptist Church Building Fund, 1020 Boundary St., Newberry 29018, or to the American Diabetes Association.

Mrs. Garnett, widow of J.W. Garnett, died Monday. Born in Canton, N.C., she was a daughter of the late Lee Haulk and Effie Stone Kesterson. She was a member of Newberry First Baptist Church and the Parks Prayer Group.

Surviving are her sons, Walter Garnett of Belmont, N.C., Homer Garnett of Newberry; daughters, Drusilla Kauke, Lavonne Coats, Donna Davenport, all of Newberry, Alice Farr of Belmont, N.C.; sister, Hazel Cagle of Lincolnton, N.C.; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren.

Berniece Gregory
NEWBERRY - Berniece "Boo" Ludwick Gregory, 79, of 1401 Jefferson St., Newberry, widow of Curtis R. Gregory, died Tuesday, January 6, 2004, in Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Gregory was born May 30, 1924, in Cherryville, N.C., a daughter of the late James E. and Mabel Waters Ludwick. She was a former employee of Gilder and Weeks Drug Store and was a member of Newberry A.R. Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Gregory is survived by two daughters, Vickie Gregory Carter of Chester and Donna Gregory Quinn of Newberry; a sister, Marcie Crooks of Norfolk, Va.; a brother, Louis L. Ludwick of Summerville; four grandchildren, Rev. Kevin Carter of Greenwood, Neal Carter of Rock Hill, and Alexandra Lopez and Desiree Lopez both of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her son, James. H. "Jimmy" Gregory and a brother, James E. Ludwick.

Funeral services for Berniece "Boo" Ludwick Gregory will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Newberry A.R. Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Doug White. Interment will be in Rosemont Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Whitaker Funeral Home and the family will be at her residence, 1401 Jefferson St. Memorials may be made to Newberry A.R. Presbyterian Church, 1701 Main St., Newberry, SC 29108. Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home, 1704 College St., Newberry, is assisting the family

Martha Gilbert
NEWBERRY - Services for Martha McCombs Gilbert, 95, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Whitaker Funeral Home with burial in Rosemont Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-7:30 this evening at the funeral home.

Mrs. Gilbert, widow of Beaufort D. Gilbert, died Sunday. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late J.E. and "Ludie" Hinton McCombs. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church.

Surviving are sons, David, Joseph Gilbert; sister, Margaret Richardson; brother, William McCombs; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren.

Ethel Holman Galloway
LEXINGTON - Ethel Holman Galloway, 72, 815 Old Cherokee Road, Lexington, died Wednesday at Lexington Medical Extended Care.  Born in Prosperity, she was the daughter of the late Furman Banks Counts and the late Georgia Holman Counts.  Funeral schedule and additional information will be provided later by Wilson Funeral Home of Newberry.

Arthur Jekins Gauntt - contributed by Butch Younginer
Death of Mr Gauntt - Mr A J Gauntt died at the home of his father, Mr W R Gauntt, at the Henry Caldwell place, R.F.D. 2, on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock and was buried at Rosemont Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, service by the Rev. J N Booth.  Mr Gauntt was 30 years old.

Olivia D. Gresham
Olivia D. Gresham, 77, of 2038 Montgomery St., Newberry, wife of Elbert “Hub” Gresham, died Friday, September 4, at her residence.
She was born on February 4, 1932 in Newberry County to the late John William and Daisy Ready Davis.

Mrs. Gresham was the oldest living member of the Newberry Church of God where she was involved with the Ladies Auxiliary and the Secret Sisters. She was a member for the AARP and the Senior Citizens Singing Group, and was a community volunteer for the Meals on Wheels. Mrs. Gresham was a recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award and she loved singing hymns in her church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Larry Goforth of Newberry, and Elaine and Tony Wise of Kinards; grandchildren, Elbert Goforth, Terry Crapps, Pacha Harlow, Krystal Durham, and Natosha Phillips; ten great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Gussie Lawson of Whitmire; and many treasured nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. She was predeceased by three sisters and two brothers.

Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 P.M., Tuesday at Newberry Church of God by Rev. Wayne Tobias, Rev. Paul Rowe, and Rev. Michael Shirley. Interment will be in the Whitmire Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:00 PM Monday at Whitaker Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Newberry Church of God, 2693 College St., Newberry, SC 29108.  Pallbearers will be Skip Davenport, Donnie Cockrell, Shawn Phillips, Jay Durham, Billy Gresham, and Kent Prather.  Honorary pallbearers will be Hospice Care of Tri County, Shakisha Redmond, and Dr. Michael Bernardo.  The family would like to say a special Thank You to Kelly, Doris, & Shelia of Hospice Care of Tri County, Shakisha Redmond, and Dr. Michael Bernardo for their support and care of Mrs. Gresham.  Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com.  Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry is assisting the family.

James Gregory
LITTLE MOUNTAIN - Services for James H. "Jimmy" Gregory, 53, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Newberry A.R. Presbyterian Church with burial in Rosemont Cemetery. The family will be at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Lopez, 1125 Hunt St., Newberry. Whitaker Funeral Home is in charge.

Mr. Gregory died Friday, August 11, 2000. Born in Newberry, he was a son of Bernice Ludwick Gregory and the late Curtis Ray Gregory. He attended Newberry High School.

Surviving are his mother of Newberry; sisters and brothers-in-law, Vickie and Jack Carter of Chester, Donna and Rafael Lopez of Newberry; nephews, the Rev. Kevin Carter of Spindale, N.C., Neal Carter of Rock Hill.

Elnora Goree Myers Milligan Griffin
NEWBERRY -- Homegoing services for Mrs. Elnora Goree Myers Milligan Griffin, 102, of Newberry, South Carolina, will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 12, 2007, at Fairview Baptist Church, 6424 SC Hwy. #34, Newberry, SC. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home of Newberry is in charge of arrangements.  Mrs. Griffin passed Thursday, March 8, 2007.

She is survived by her loving nieces, Esteree Anderson, Elease Kemmer, Nora L. Sims, Mary Byrd, Sarah Glasgow, Evelyn Marshall, Margaret Shumate and Lula Knuckles; devoted nephews, West Goree, Frenzie Goree, Joseph Goree, Nolan Goree, James Glymph and Adam Glymph; stepchildren; cousins; and other relatives.

Ezilphia Gauntt - contributed by Butch Younginer
Death Notice - Newberry Observer, January 22, 1918 --- Death of Mrs Gauntt:  Mrs Ezilphia Gauntt died at her home near the Mollohon Mill Village Tuesday morning at five o'clock in the 79th year of her age and will be buried in Rosemont Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock, the funeral procession leaving the home at two o'clock.  She was the mother of the late Mark L. Gauntt.

Thelma Counts "Sparky" Graham
NEWBERRY -- Thelma Counts "Sparky" Graham, 83, formerly of the Mt. Pleasant community, widow of Ryan E. Graham, died November 1, 2007, in Springfield Place.

Mrs. Graham was a graduate of Newberry College and retired as the Newberry County voter registrar and was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church.

She is survived by daughters, Jennifer Ryan Chapman and husband Benjie of Newberry, Nancy Riggin of Newberry and Ellen Brown and her husband Jack of Greer; grandchildren, Jennifer Rhodes and husband Robert, Ben Chapman and wife Nikki, Lauren Chapman, Jonathan Chapman, Ryan Riggin, Jeffrey Riggin and wife Lorianne, Phillip Brown, Emily Brown and Schuyler Brown; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Rhodes, Sarah Louise Rhodes and Emma Chapman.

A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday in Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service. Services entrusted to McSwain- Evans Funeral Home.

Wilbur Rhett Gantt 
W.R. Gantt, 92; Dies at Home --- Wilbur Rhett Gantt, 92, of 3100 Clark Street died at his home at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon after an illness of three weeks.  Mr. Gantt was born in Aiken County on November 22, l863.  He was the oldest male member of Reformation Lutheran Church in Columbia.  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lizzie Gantt; two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Graddick and Mrs. Lillie Dawkins; four sons, L. R. Gantt, A. C. Gantt, H. B. Gantt and W. R. Gantt; a number of grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the Paschal Funeral Home, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. A. Kenneth Hewitt.  Entombment will follow in Rosemont Cemetery at Newberry.  Active pallbearers will be:  Joe S. Lowman, C. A. Jacobs, O. T. Amick, J. Grady Paschal, E. M. Younginer and W. W. Davis. (contributed by Butch Younginer)

Florence Elizabeth (Lizzie) Morris Gantt
Mrs Gantt's Rites Are Held --- Funeral services for Mrs. W. R. Gantt, 1217 Harvey St., were to be held this afternoon from Paschal Funeral Home by the Rev. A. K. Hewitt with interment in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry.  She died Sunday at her home after several years illness.  She was born November 20, l877 in Newberry County and was a member of Reformation Lutheran Church.  Surviving are three sons, L. R. Gantt of Greenville, A. C. Gantt and H. B. Gantt, both of Columbia; three granddaughters, Mrs. E. M. Younginer, Mrs. L. M. Mann, Mrs. A. W. Hatcher, all of Columbia; and six great-grandchildren.  Pallbearers were to be E. M. Younginer, Jr., L. M. Mann, A. W. Hatcher, T. D. Hoyt, E. L. Huffman and O.T. Amick. (contributed by Butch Younginer)

Lois Grimsley
POMARIA - Services for Lois G. Grimsley, 77, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at McSwain Evans Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in the Graham family cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight 7-9. The family suggests those desiring may make memorials to New Hope United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Grimsley died Tuesday. Born in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Oscar and Lucy Hentz Graham. She was a retired employee of Newberry Mills and a member of New Hope United Methodist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Johnnie Grimsley; son, John Frankie Grimsley of Pomaria; sister, Mary Helen Graham of Pomaria and Dorothy Nell Halfacre of Newberry; two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren.

Julia Golden
LITTLE MOUNTAIN - Services for Julia Ball Golden, 89, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Zion AME Church with burial in the church cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Golden died January 10, 2002. Born in Newberry Co., she was the daughter of the late Adam and Eula Ball. She was a member of Mt. Zion AME Church. Surviving are son, Sam Golden Jr.; nieces, Mary Clark, Elizabeth Davis; nephews, Monroe Kessler, Willie Miller, Jasper Brown; cousins; other relatives; friends.

Johnnie Graham
POMARIA - Services for Johnnie H. Graham, 99, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, with the Rev. James H. Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. today at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, 2442 Mt. Pleasant Road, Pomaria, SC 29126.

Mr. Graham, widower of Katie Lou Vaughn, died April 5, 2002. Born in Pomaria, he was a son of the late Henry Samuel and Annie Cromer Graham. Mr. Graham was a retired merchant and farmer. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, where he was the oldest member of the congregation and a member of the 55+ group.

Surviving are his stepdaughter, Florence Murphy of Pomaria; nieces; nephews. He was predeceased by brothers, George Graham, Joseph Graham, and Morris Graham.

Louise Gilliam
POMARIA -- Mary Louise Doolittle Gilliam, 89, widow of Thomas Moore Gilliam, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 at White Oak Manor.

She was born December 8, 1919, in Plum Branch, SC, to the late Jessie Joseph and Addie Brooks Doolittle. Mrs. Gilliam was reared by her aunt, Mamie Brooks Doolittle of Edgefield. She was a graduate of Consolidated High School in Plum Branch and was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church.

Surviving are her son, Arnold Moore (Sandra) Gilliam of West Columbia; granddaughters, Celeste (Brad) Morgan of Lexington and Alice (Duke) McIver of West Columbia; a grandson, Sanford M. Gilliam of West Columbia; great-granddaughters, Lacee (Devon) Ashe, Grace Morgan and Maddie Rose Morgan, all of Lexington, Mack McIver and Harley Mae McIver, both of West Columbia; a great-great-grandson, Collin Ashe of Lexington. She was the last surviving sibling of eight brothers and sisters.

Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church by the Rev. Marian Dyer. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, 2442 Mt. Pleasant Road, Pomaria, SC 29126 or to White Oak Manor, 2555 Kinard Street, Newberry, SC 29108.

McSwain-Evans Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

Lurlene Graham
POMARIA - Services for Lurlene K. Graham will be at 11 A.M. Tuesday at New Hope United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Graham Family cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 PM. Monday at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to New Hope United Methodist Church c/o Robert Davis, 256 Graham Cemetery Rd., Pomaria, SC 29126, or to Palmetto Health Hospice, PO Box 352, Newberry, SC 29108.

Mrs. Graham, 86, widow of Earl A. Graham, Sr., died March 19, 2005. Born in Newberry County, Mrs. Graham was a daughter of the late Dantzler and Mary Alice Koon Kinard. She was a homemaker and devoted mother and grandmother. She was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church and the Adult Sunday School class.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Earl, Jr. and Dianne Graham, of Pomaria; a daughter and son-in-law, Alice and Robert Davis of Pomaria; a sister, Maybelle Wright of Prosperity; a brother, John Kinard of Chapin; grandchildren, Elaine Bedenbaugh, Roger Graham, Michael Davis, and Melissa Davis Caldwell; and great-grandchildren, Elise and Justin Bedenbaugh. She was predeceased by a sister, Mary Bundrick, and brothers, Joe Kinard, Colie Kinard, Sr., and Virgil Kinard.

Bennie Gallman
Newberry - Bennie Gallman, of 204 Mt. Bethel Garmany Road, died Friday, April 21, 2000, at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital.
Survivors: wife, Estelle G. Gallman; daughters, Sandra G. Goodwin of Atlanta, Ga., Ruby G. Flateau of Columbia and Glenda G. Suber of Pomaria; sons, Bennie E. and Eddie C. Gallman, both of Newberry; sisters, Maebelle Tucker, Helen Toland and Dorothy Sims; brothers, Sammie Lindsay, Wilbur, Lomas and Luther Gallman; and six grandchildren. Predeceased: parents, Eddie "Pugh" and Sallie M. Gallman.
Service: 2 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church. Burial: Church cemetery. F.B. Pratt & Son Funeral Home.

Albert J. Gibson
Newberry - Albert J. Gibson, one of the most highly respected citizens of Newberry, died suddenly early Sunday morning. Mr. Gibson had appeared to be in his usual health. On Saturday night he was at the chamber of commerce with some friends until 10 o'clock. After going home he drank a glass of milk, and shortly afterwards told his daughter, Mrs. O. B. Cannon, that he had a severe pain about the heart. She got a hot water bottle and applied it to his side, but it did not seem to give relief. As she turned to replenish the fire she heard a gurgling sund, and turning to the bedside saw that he was dying. She called Prof. Cannon and he hurred to Dr. Kibler's, but when the doctor arrived a few minutes later life was extinct.

Mr. Gibson was born in Fairfield county June 16, 1850, and moved to this county when a boy. He married Miss Elizabeth Caldwell, daughter of the late Joseph Caldwell of this county. Eight children were born to them. Three sons died young. The surviving children are Mrs. L. H. Hunt and Mrs. O. B. Cannon of Newberry, Mrs. Cecil Reid of Fredericksburg, Va., Mrs. Jas. N. McCaughrin of Newberry and Miss Nina Gibson, a student at Winthrop college.

Mr. Gibson was a faithful member of the Associate Reformed church. He was clerk of court of this county from 1897-1901. He was a man of gentle and quiet manner and fine appearance and had hosts of friends in this city and county.

William Fair Graham
Captain William Fair Graham, the first Superintendent of the Citadel Academy, to who death came in the form of consumption, was born June 15, 1818, in the town of Newberry, SC. He was the eldest son of Major James Fair Graham and Mary, his wife. Captain Graham's ancestors were Scotch-Irish on both sides, whence he no doubt derived his high sense of duty. He received his early training in Newberry. Subsequently he completed his education at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Appointed Superintendent of the Citadel Academy upon the organization of its first Academic Board, February 24, 1843, he died on April 26, 1844, while in the discharge of his trust after a brief but faithful service of fourteen months.
Captain Graham is represented as having been a strict disciplinarian but urbane and polite, and "as amiable as a sweetly tempered woman." These are the qualities attributed to him by Messres. John L. Branchand John H. Swift, the surviving members of the first Graduating Class - that of 1846 - who served under him as cadets.
Col. Branch under date of October 8, 1892, writes as follows in relation to Captain Graham: _ "I was the last person who saw him alive. Early in the night, as officer of the Guard, I knocked at his room door with a view of giving him the countersign. A deep, hoarse, and almost inaudible voice responded - 'come in.' Upon opening the door, I approached his bedside, remarking, 'here is the countersign, Sir?' He laid his arm over towards me, and I placed the little triangularly folded and sealed paper in his right hand and left the room. It was found the next morning unopened. At what hour during that night
he died, no one ever knew. I found his hired man servant seated in a corner on the floor, and I suppose he remained
there all night. The next morning he reported to Lieutenant Capers: - 'I believe the Captain is dead.'
Captain Graham would not allow himself to give trouble or inconvenience to any one , and when the officers of the Institution offered on occasions to sit up with him, he courteously declined their kindness. Hence his being along the last night of his life. The corps of cadet fired volleys by the vault in St. Pauls Churchyard in which his body was placed."
Subsequently his mortal remains were laid away in the Newberry Cemetery among his kindred dead, having been escorted from the Citadel to the railway depot by the Corps of Cadets and the Washington Light Infantry. All the testimony goes to show that Captain Graham, who thus died in the service of the Citadel and led the way to the grave, was an accomplished officer and a true man, tender and dutiful.

Julius Earl Graham
Pomaria, Oct 22 - Julius Earle infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Graham, died Saturday, October 16, at the age of 10 months and 5 days, and was buried the next day in the Graham graveyard by the Rev. S. C. Ballentine.

J. Wistar Gary, Capt.
Newberry, Jan. 22 - Capt. J. Wistar Gary died at his home at Kinards, this county, last night at 10 o'clock, aged about 75 years, and will be buried tomorrow afternoon at Rosemont cemetery on the arrival of the 3:20 train over the Atlantic Coast Line bringing his body. Capt. Gary was a native of Newberry county, a son of the late Dr. John K. Gary, and spent his entire life in Newberry except the four years of the war. He entered the army as an officer of Company G of the Second South Carolina cavalary, being promoted from lieutenant to captain when Capt. Thos. J. Lipscomb was promoted to colonel. For a number of years after the war he bought cotton at Newberry, retiring a few years ago. Capt. Gary was married when a young man to Miss Moria Harrington, who died years ago. He had hosts of friends who loved him for his high character and his gentle and kindly disposition.

Emily J. Goggans
Emma J. Goggans, daughter of Daniel and Emily Goggans, Newberry District, died at the residence of her father on 18th inst. of congestive fever, in the 23rd year of her age. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Long eulogy.

Lavinia E. Glymph
Died on 2nd February, Mrs. Elvira (sic) E. Glymph, wife of J.B. Glymph, aged 30 years, 2 months and 13 days. Mrs. Glymph was an affectionate mother, a devoted wife and exemplary Christian. She was a member of the Beth Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Died at her residence in Eutaw, on the 27th February, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert. She was born in Newberry, S.C. in the year 1811. In 1830 she intermarried with Abram Gilbert and shortly thereafter moved with her husband to Columbia. They emigrated thence to Texas in 1840 (?). In 1842 she moved to this county and resided here until her death. She was the mother of five children, al of whom she survived but one, who is now one of the proprietors of the West Alabamian at Carrolton. She joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1853. Mrs. Gilbert was most excellent woman (long description of character).

Eugenia Ann Glenn
Died at her residence near Beth Eden Church, Newberry District on 9th of October, Mrs. Eugenia Ann Glenn, wife of Dr. G.W. Glenn in the 40th year of her age. The subject was born in Abbeville District in 1827. She was know as a lady of most excellent and beautiful qualities...a truly Christian woman, wife and mother (description of many virtues. No family information).

Thomas West Gary
Col. Thomas West Gary died at his father’s residence near Gary’s Lane in Newberry District on 21st ult. after a brief illness with pneumonia, aged 30 years, 1 month and 27 days. It is seldom that tidings of death strikes the ear so unexpectedly and so painfully as in the above instance. He appeared in fine health only a few days before he died.
Col. Gary, tho a young man, filled a deservedly high place in the appreciative respect and regard of our people. His manliness of character, incorruptible integrity and staunch devotion to principle under all circumstances… but he remembered as one of our gallant defenders in the time of war. While in the Senior class of South Carolina College, at the call of his State (which was his country) he took up arms in her defense. As Orderly Sgt. of Company B in the 3rd S.C. Regt. he began military life. At the first opportunity he was elected Lt. and a few weeks afterward, at the death of lamented S.N. Davison, he was promoted to the Captaincy serving until October 1864 throughout most of the memorable campaigns of Lee’s Army in Virginia. The writer well remembers his gallantry at Chancellorsville. In 1864 when the death of the veteran leaders—Col. Nance and Rutherford—developed the command upon other hands he acted as Major. So great were his abilities he was commission by Govern Orr as Colonel of the 38th Regt. of Militia.
His body was buried in the graveyard of the Bush River Baptist Church where so many of his family sleep the last sleep.

Roberta Glymph
PHILADELPHIA -- Services for Roberta Glymph, 100, formerly of Newberry, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at F.B. Pratt and Son Funeral Home of Newberry, with burial in Werts Cemetery.
Mrs. Glymph died Monday, July 3, 1995. Born in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Tyme and Ada Wilson.
Surviving are daughters, Sallie Grazier of Newberry and Agnes Glymph of Philadelphia; nine grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; 58 great-great-grandchildren; and four great-great-great-grandchildren.

 Grace Bobb Gilstrap
Grace Bobb Gilstrap, 91, formerly of Newberry, widow of Samuel Alson Gilstrap, died Sunday, Oct., 24, 1999.  Born in Newberry, Mrs. Gilstrap was a daughter of the late Commadore Francis and Agnes Zeigler Bobb.  She was a homemaker and a member of Central United Methodist Church.  Survivors: a daughter, Barbara Gilstrap Douglas of Columbia four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.  Services will be private. -- McSwain-Evans Funeral Home.

Cecil Samuel Glymph
POMARIA- Cecil Samuel "Sam" Glymph, 91, a Pomaria farmer and a resident of J. F. Hawkins Health Care Center, died Feb. 15 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Pomaria April 20, 1914, the son of the late Malcomb E. K. Glymph and Eunice Cochran Glymph. He studied agriculture at Clemson College and was a lifetime Tigers fan.

Ineligible for military service, he taught vocational agriculture at Monticello, Pomaria and Little Mountain High Schools during WWII. He pioneered metal canning in the Midlands with boilers at both Monticello and Little Mountain. After the war he administered the Veterans Administration farm recovery program in Fairfield County.

After some years as produce manager for grocery stores in Newberry and Columbia, he joined Hiller Hardware at the Lady St. store. He retired as a fasteners specialist for health reasons at age 85. He was a lifelong member of Pomaria Lutheran Church where he taught Sunday School for many years, held many church offices and was a frequent delegate to SC Synod conferences.

Surviving are a sister, Sarah G. Wilcox, Alexandria, Va.; a son, Robert, Columbia; a daughter, Virginia "Ginny" Crouch of Pomaria; seven grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren and one greatgreat- granddaughter. Mr. Glymph was predeceased in 1983 by his wife of 46 years and by his brothers Eakin and Charles.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Pomaria Lutheran Church with burial to follow in Pomaria Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Sunday at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Pomaria Lutheran Church Building Fund or to a charity of one's choice. Services entrusted to McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. A memorial message may be sent to the family at www.mcswainevans.com. 

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