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Death and
Obituarues
Pickens County, South Carolina Genealogy
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Easley, Jan. 5 – Mrs. W. C.
Jackson of Ametia, Va., died here at noon today
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John H. Cheatham, after an illness
of a few weeks. She was 62 years of age. Before marriage she was
Miss Victoria McGee of Belton.
The body will be carried to
Virginia for interment Tuesday. Surviving are the husband and two
sons, and one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Cheatham and the following
sisters, Mrs. John M. Geer, Greenville, Mesdames Prior and McGee of
Anderson, Mrs. McCullough of Darlington, Mrs. Dr. Campbell of
Atlanta and one brother, Eugene McGee of Chattanooga. (The State -
January 6, 1913 )
Died...April
10th, at the residence of her husband, near Bachelor's Retreat, in
Pickens District, Mrs. Susan
Amanda Davis, wife of Mrs. James G. Davis, in the 19th
year of her age. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. Ransom and Mrs.
Nancy A. Kelly. She was born in Anderson District. (The Charleston
Mercury, May 3, 1858)
Died..February 1st, in Pickens
District, Mr. Samuel
McWhortee, in the 84th year of his age. He was a
native of North Carolina, but in early life was
brought to Abbeville District, and there educated. Thence he
moved to Pickens District, in which he resided
till his death. (Charleston Mercury, 3-1-1859)
Mrs. Vina Mauldin
Black
Mrs. Vina Mauldin Black, 83, wife of the late Riley B.
Black, well known resident of the Mt. Calvary church community near
Easley died at the family home at 2:10 last Thursday morning after
an illness of almost one week.
Mrs. Black was a native of
Anderson county, but the greater part of her life was spent in
Pickens county. She was a daughter of the late John and Kate Sheriff
Mauldin and was a member of a well known family of this part of the
state. She was a faithful member of the Mt. Calvary Wesleyan
Methodist church.
Surviving are eight sons and five
daughters, Paul, Silas, Sam, Charlie, George, Frank and Ansel Black,
Easley; Dave Black, Greer; Mrs. Frank Freeman, Pelham, Ga.; Mrs. D.
E. Freeman, Lakeland, Fla.; Mrs. Henry Hammett, Mrs. Hubert Lesley
and Mrs. Jim Smith, Easley; one brother, J. S. Mauldin, Greenville
and three sisters, Mrs. Dennis Smith, Danville, Va.; Mrs. I. B.
Black, Westminster; Mrs. John Abbott, Seneca; 106 grandchildren; 104
great-grandchildren and two great-great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the Zion Methodist church. Rev. Fred Hunter
officiated, assisted by Rev. G. L. Stewart, Rev. J. H. Bell, Rev. J.
D. Elrod and Rev. Levi Rigdon. Internment was made in the family
plot in the church cemetery.
The following grandsons served
as active pallbearers: Edmund Black, Ervin Black, Truman Black,
Riley Hammett, Martin Lesley and J. D. Smith. (Easley Progress,
March 28, 1940, submitted by Yuna Black)
Jake R. Black Loses Life
In Land Dispute
Henry Addington Arrested And Charged With Killing
Monday
Jake Black, 54, a former resident of Anderson county,
was fatally shot about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon about five miles
east of Easley and near Croswell school. He was killed by a shot gun
blast in the head and died instantly. Henry Addington, about 40, was
lodged in the Pickens jail charged with the shooting.
Sheriff
Ross was quoted as saying that Addington admitted the shooting
declaring he did it in self defense when Black came at him with an
axe.
It is stated that there were two eyewitnesses to the
killing, Ellison Richey and Henry Addington, Jr.
Reports of the
killing said that the two men, who were known to be good friends,
met between their respective homes in the Croswell section and a
dispute ensued over the boundary line separating their property.
Black was killed almost instantly by a shotgun charge of buckshot in
his body.
He was a native of Pickens county, but had resided
in Anderson county for about 15 years prior to moving to near Easley
several years ago.
He was the son of Mrs. Vina Mauldin Black
and the late Riley Black.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mya Kirby Black; eight sons, Cecil, Ray, Tom, Lang, Wade, J. C. and
Roy Black, all of Easley; Leland Black, Greenville; four daughters,
Mrs. Carl Lockaby, Anderson county; Mrs. Jim Garrick, Mrs. Jim
Horton and Mrs. Doris Black, all of Easley.
Eight brothers,
Paul, Silas, Sam, Charley, George, Frank and Ansel Black of Easley;
Dave Black, Greer; five sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Freeman, South Georgia;
Mrs. D. E. Freeman, Lakeland, Fla.; Mrs. Mamie Hammett, Mrs. Zora
Lesley, Mrs. Bernice Smith, all of Easley, and eighteen
grandchildren also survive. (The Easley Progress, February 22, 1940,
submitted by Yuna Black, Note: Jacob Riley Black was buried at Zion
Methodist church, Easley, S.C.)
Ruth S. Black,
Easley
Ruth Stewart Black, 88, formerly of 1510 Anderson
Highway, died Feb. 20, 1996, at Easley Nursing Center.
Born In Anderson County, she was a daughter of the
late Thomas Ferdinand and Mattie Pryor Stewart.
Most of her life was spent in Pickens County. She was
a homemaker and a member of Mount Calvary Wesleyan
Church.
Surving are three sons and daughters-in-law, Leon and
Betty Black, Joel and Gladys Black, and Donald and Gail Black, all
of Easley; a daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Roger Day of
Pickens; a stepdaughter, Maebelle Rogers of Winston-Salem, N.C.; a
brother, Ligon Stewart of Phoenix; nine grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; 10 stepgrandchildren; 14
great-stepgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She
was predeceased by her husband, Charlie Ligon Black; four stepsons,
J. O. Black, Morris Black, Fulton Black and Tommy Black; a
stepdaughter, Rosa Smith; a sister, Mary Owens; three brothers, Paul
Stewart, Willie Stewart and James Stewart; and a grandson, James
Day.
Services: 3 p. m. Wednesday at Robinson Funeral Home
chapel, Easley, conducted by the Revs. Foster Gentry and Lewis
Edwards. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Wesleyan Church
cemetery. Pallbearers will be Alan Day, Scott Day, Patrick
Black, Harold Wayne Black, Billy Miller and Morris Gray. The
escort of honor will be granddaughters and stepgranddaughters.
Visitation: 2 to 3 p. m. Wednesday at the funeral home. (The
Greenville News, Feb. 21, 1996 ) submitted by Yuna Black
William C.
McKinney, Sr.
William Courtney McKinney, Sr., 83, of 114 Schoolhouse
St., husband of Laura Turner McKinney, died June 3, 1998, at his
home following several months of declining health.
Born Oct. 27, 1914, in Brevard, N.C., he was the son
of Shedrick Eliza and Mindy Searcy McKinney. He retired from
Mayfair Mills, Pickens plant, and was a Baptist.
Survivors: his wife of the home; sons, William
Courtney "Bud" McKinney Jr., Donald Edward McKinney of Pickens,
James Harold McKinney of the home; daughters, Mrs. Leon (Betty)
Black of Easley, Mrs Jack (Louise) Davis, Mrs. Bill (Dorothy)
Mulkey, Mrs. Gene (Carolyn) Lawson, Mrs. Steve (Glenna) Coleman of
Pickens; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; four great-stepgrandchildren; one
great-great-stepgrandchild predeceased: brother, Wilson
McKinney.
Visitation: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. today at Dillard
Memorial Funeral Home in Pickens. Services: 2 p.m. today at
the funeral home chapel. Burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Pallbearers: grandsons, Rodney Mulkey, Michael Mulkey, Jimmy Davis,
Mitchell Davis, Jason McKinney, David Lawson. The family is at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mulkey, Pickens. ( Greenville News -
June 1998) submitted by Yuna
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