Lucille Golson - 11/29/1929
Source of submission: The State Newspaper
Special to The State
St. Matthews, SC, Nov. 29, 1921
Miss Lucile Golson, daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. John D. Golson, died at her home a few miles from here Thanksgiving Day following an illness of many months. Miss Golson was 21 years of age having been born to the union of John D. & Lula A. Golson, October 28, 1900. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon and the remains were laid to rest in the Wesley Chapel Church Cemetery after the funeral services conducted by Rev. J. T. Peeler. The death of Miss Golson has caused much sorrow in the community as she was such a fine Christian girl. She had been a pious and patient sufferer for nearly two years and while the end was not unexpected it brought grief to her many friends. Miss Golson was a student at Summerland College for one year and won high honors there. After finishing her scholastic year at Summerland she was forced to take to her bed and had never recovered. While at Summerland, Miss Golson and her sister, Miss Alma Golson, tied for the scholastic medal offered by the Andrew Xontey, each making over 93. As a member of Wesley Chapel Church, Miss Golson had spent much of her time in working for her Master. She is survived by the following brothers and sisters: J. R. Golson of Bennettsville, D. H. Golson of St. Matthews, L. D. Golson of Bookman, Mrs. W. M. Robinson, Miss Aliene Golson, Miss Alma Golson, Miss Grace Golson, and Miss Annette Golson.
(Submitter's note: Lucile Golson, b 10-23-1900, d 11-25-1921)
Submitted by: Joyce Watts
Email address: jwatts4991@aol.com

Oliver Joe 'Joey' Murphy Jr.
St. Matthews
Oliver Joe "Joey" Murphy Jr., 23, of 313 Church St., St. Matthews, died Monday, April 21, 2003, in St. Matthews.
The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, April 25 at Canaan Baptist Church in Cope, with the Rev. Jimmy Sanders, the Rev. Darrell Boyleston, and the Rev. Bobby Williams officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The casket will be placed in the church one hour before the service.
He was born Oct. 30, 1979, in Orangeburg, the son of Oliver Joe Murphy, Sr. and Grace Hiott Murphy. He was a member of Canaan Baptist Church. He was an employee of Bearing Distributors, Inc. in Orangeburg. He was a volunteer policeman and fireman in St. Matthews.
Survivors include his parents the Rev. Oliver Joe Murphy and Grace H. Murphy of Cope; his fiancé, Joy Wise of St. Matthews; one brother and sister-in-law, Michael Ray Murphy and Helen Murphy of Canaan community; two sisters and brother-in-law, Belinda Jo Murphy of Cordova, Melissa Murphy Kinsey and Jim Kinsey of Bamberg; and five nieces.
Friends may call at the at the residence of his parents, 1074 Hudson Road, Cope, and at Thompson Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Canaan Baptist Church, 4977 Cannon Bridge Road, Cope SC 29038 or to a charity of one's choice.
Oliver Joe 'Joey' Murphy Jr. -- St. Matthews
Oliver Joe "Joey" Murphy Jr., 23, of 313 Church St., St. Matthews, died Monday, April 21, 2003, in St. Matthews.
The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, April 25 at Canaan Baptist Church in Cope, with the Rev. Jimmy Sanders, the Rev. Darrell Boyleston, and the Rev. Bobby Williams officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The casket will be placed in the church one hour before the service.
He was born Oct. 30, 1979, in Orangeburg, the son of Oliver Joe Murphy, Sr. and Grace Hiott Murphy. He was a member of Canaan Baptist Church. He was an employee of Bearing Distributors, Inc. in Orangeburg. He was a volunteer policeman and fireman in St. Matthews.
Survivors include his parents the Rev. Oliver Joe Murphy and Grace H. Murphy of Cope; his fiancé, Joy Wise of St. Matthews; one brother and sister-in-law, Michael Ray Murphy and Helen Murphy of Canaan community; two sisters and brother-in-law, Belinda Jo Murphy of Cordova, Melissa Murphy Kinsey and Jim Kinsey of Bamberg; and five nieces.
Friends may call at the at the residence of his parents, 1074 Hudson Road, Cope, and at Thompson Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Canaan Baptist Church, 4977 Cannon Bridge Road, Cope SC 29038 or to a charity of one's choice.
Beloved fiance will never be forgotten and always loved. Reserve Police officer badge #67 and volenteer fire fighter with St. Matthews Dept. 2.
Submitted by: Joy Nicole Wise

Lesley Mims Riley
Source of submission: The Calhoun Times; St. Matthews, SC
December 21, 2000
Mrs. Lesley Mims Riley - Mrs. Lesley (Les) Mims Riley, 90, 1000 Methodist Oaks Drive, Orangeburg, SC, formerly of St. Matthews, SC, died Tuesday, December 19, 2000, at The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m., Thursday, December 21, at West End Cemetery, in St. Matthews with the Rev. Kermit Shrawder officiating. Thompson Funeral Home, Inc. of Orangeburg was in charge of arrangements.
Born June 26, 1910, in Elloree, SC, Mrs. Riley was a daughter of the late Iverson E. Mims and the late Talluah Myra Rivers Mims. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in St. Matthews. She was the widow of Julian L. Riley, and was pre-deceased by a son, Dr. Mims Riley.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Donald Nelson (Myra) Noel of Florida; a sister, Carolyn Mims Lucas of Walterboro; a grandson, Craig K. Noel of St. Louis, MO; two great-grandchildren, Nicholas Craig Noel, and James Noel, both of St. Louis; and a daughter-in-law, Barbara Creel of Clinton, SC.
Submitted by: Laurie Davis Hannah

Lottie S. Robinson
Source of submission: The State Newspaper
April 7, 2001
Lottie Robinson
North - Graveside services for Lottie Smoak Robinson, 99 of Rt. 1, Box 670, will be held at 3 p.m. today, April 7, 2001, in West End Cemetery, St. Matthews, with the Rev. Jack A. Poole and the Rev. Fred Davis officiating. Friends may call at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Robinson, 315 Dantzler Street, St. Matthews and at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church, 202 East Bridge St., St. Matthews, SC 29135 or Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church, c/o Splawn R. Davis, 237 Horse's Neck Road, Swansea, SC 29160.
Mrs. Robinson died Thursday evening, April 5, 2001 in The Regional Medical Center. Born in White Stone, she was a daughter of the late Claude Golson Smoak and Leette Murph Smoak. She graduated from Lander College in 1922 and was an elementary school teacher at Green Sea and Campobello prior to her marriage in 1930. Subsequently, she taught in Calhoun County schools at Sandy Run, Sunny Plain and St. Matthews, where she retired in 1963. Mrs. Robinson was the widow of Leland A. Robinson.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Johnnie (Edna) Saylor, North, Mrs. Dwight (Charlotte) Bachman, Sandy Run; sons, Leland A. (Carol) Robinson, Jr., St. Matthews, Richard "Dick" (Monique) Robinson, Roissy En Brie, France; sister, Mrs. Claudia Smoak Grant, Panama City, Fla., stepbrother, William Anderson, Spartanburg; grandchildren, Paul Russell Robinson, Auburn, Ala., Patrick Lee Robinson, Aiken, Michael Todd Robinson, Lexington, Sandra R. Mourjan, Roissy En Brie, Laura R. Dilly, St. Germain En Laye, France; great-grandchildren, Jordan, David and Elisa Mourjan, Roissy En Brie, Charlotte Dilly, St. Germain En Laye. She was predeased by a son, Claude R. Robinson.
Submitted by: Joyce Watts
Email address: jwatts4991@aol.com

Shellie J. Robinson, Sr.
Source of submission: The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, SC
Shellie J. Robinson, Sr., 73, died at 1:15 a.m. Wednesday at his residence in the Murph Mill Community after an extended illness.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the graveside in West End Cemetery with the Rev. W. A. Watson officiating, assisted by the Rev. Dr. W. McLeod Frampton.
Friends may call at the residence and at the Dukes-Harley Funeral home. Memorial gifts may be made to a favorite charity.
Active pallbearers will be Eldred Robinson, Rudy Robinson, Willie Robinson, Ned Robinson, Peter Robinson, Jr., Hydrick Robinson, John Ray Wactor and Leland Robinson.
Mr. Robinson, a retired farmer, was born in Calhoun County, son of the late Melvin W. and Cora Houser Robinson and was a member of the Presbyterian Church in St. Matthews.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Grace Golson Robinson of the home; three daughters, Mrs. L. L. (Edith) Davis, Mrs. W. F. (Jewell) Davis and Mrs. L. T. (Betty) Davis, all of Orangeburg; one son, S. J. Robinson, Jr. of St. Matthews; one brother, Peter B. Robinson, Sr. of St. Matthews; and a number of grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
(Submitter's Note: Shellie (Sheck) Johnson Robinson, Sr., b. 1-15-1897, d. 10-7-1970)
Submitted by: Laurie Davis Hannah

William K. Ryan
The Washington Post, January 3, 1896, pg. 9
Mrs. Nash’s Sudden Bereavement
Mrs. Francis S. Nash, of this city, has been called to Charleston, S. C., by the sudden death of her father, William K. Ryan. Mr. Ryan was for many years a cotton factor and prominent in the commercial life of Charleston for the last half century. He served during the war as a lieutenant in the Confederate army, and on Lee’s surrender at once resumed his cotton business in Charleston, where he had extensive real estate interests. Many years ago Mr. Ryan invested in real estate in Washington, and for several years has divided his time between the National Capital and his native city. Mr. Ryan was a man of dignified bearing and had many friends in Washington. His only son, Arthur B. Ryan, died here several years ago.
Transcribed by: Jamie M. Perez jamiemac@flash.net
“Trying to confirm or refute that CORNELIUS McLEAN SR. (circa 1774-Sep. 12, 1836) of Washington, D.C., was the uncle of WILLIAM McLEAN CRIPPS (1799-1876) of Washington, D.C, and RICHARD McLEAN CRIPPS (b. BTW 1804-1808, NY) of Philadelphia, PA, and, furthermore, that Cornelius was born in Staten Island, NY.”

Jesse Hoyt Shuler
The State, 5 January 1996
State's senior coroner dies at 84
South Carolina's longest serving coroner was remembered Thursday as both a down-to-earth public servant and as one who was athletic in his earlier years despite a handicap.
Calhoun County Coroner J. Hoyt Shuler, 84, died Tuesday. His funeral was Thursday.
Shuler served as coroner for 39 years and was just one year shy of finishing his final term.
"You couldn't have asked for a nicer person," said Calhoun County Chairman David Summers.
Summers said Shuler rarely talked about his job. But he did mention having to work a bad auto accident that killed some local college students.
"That accident really stuck in his mind," Summers said. "He had daughters who were a little younger."
Calhoun County Administrator Kenneth Rickenbaker said Shuler always worked well with him and the County Council on budget matters.
"He would say, 'whatever the council can do for me.' I admire someone like that," Rickenbaker said.
A lifelong friend, T.C. Moss of Cameron, said Shuler sometimes talked of how difficult it was being a coroner.
"He said the hardest part of his job was telling a parent, a wife, a husband that a loved one had been killed," Moss said. "But it was his job. He did it with the best of his ability."
Moss has fond memories of Shuler. Despite losing an arm at age 9 because of blood poisoning, Shuler was athletic.
"He was an excellent golfer; he beat the tar out of me," Moss said.
Shuler was a Cameron resident who spent 21 years managing the Calhoun County Country Club in addition to his duties as a coroner. He also worked as a farmer.
Times & Democrat
Longtime Calhoun County Coroner Hoyt Shuler of Cameron dies at 84
Cameron, S.C. - Jesse Hoyt Shuler, 84, of Route 2 Box 48, Cameron, who served as Calhoun County COroner for 39 years, died Tuesday morning at Providence Hospital in Columbia.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Camerona United Methodist Church, with the Rev. John Preer officiating. Burial will be in Cameron Cemetery.
Shuler was born in Parler, a son of the late Walter Duncan Shuler and Jessie E. Snell Shuler. He attended Wofford College and was a retired farmer and former manager of the Calhoun Country Club. He was a member of the Cameron United Methodist Church, Coroners Association, Elks Lodge #897 of Orangeburg, Cameron Business Men's Club and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Association. He was first married to the late Mildred Clements Shuler.
In 1992 Shuler, a Democrate, ran unopposed for the Calhoun County coroner's office and began serving yet another four-year term.
"He never met a stranger and everybody just thought the world of him," Calhoun County Council Chairman David K. Summers Jr. said Tuesday.
Summers remembered Shuler as a quiet man who never complained about anything, including his physical disability. Shuler's left arm had to be amputated to save his life after he fell out of a tree and developed blood poisoning when he was 9 years old. Despite what many people would consider a handicap, Shuler never thought of it as such and was an accomplished golfer and member of the National Amputee Golf Association.
Survivors include his widow, Leila "Ricky" Smith Shuler of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Elton (Betty) Smith of San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Jim (Donna) Garrett of Suwanee, Ga., and Mrs. Bill (Camille) Rowell of Peoris, Ark.; two stepsons, Donald J. Smith of Fripp Island and Norman R. Smith of Cameron; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Carter of Orangeburg; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the residence and at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home of Orangeburg.
The family suggests memorials be made to a charity of one's choice

Mary Henderson Wannamaker
Source of submission: The Times and Democrat
January 25, 2004
Mrs. Mary Henderson Wannamaker -- St. Matthews
Mrs. Mary Henderson Wannamaker, 101, of St. Matthews, current resident of The Methodist Oaks, died Friday, Jan. 23, 2004.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at the St. Matthews Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Craig Pipkin officiating. A private family interment will follow at the Old Methodist Cemetery.
Mrs. Henderson was born July 16, 1902 in Monticello, Ga., the third of four children of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Henderson. She attended Mary Baldwin College and graduated from the Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, Ga., coming to St. Matthews as a second grade school teacher in 1925.
In 1927, she married L. Banks Wannamaker Sr. and assisted him in operating their family farm and seed business. The large metal building still standing next to the railroad in St. Matthews was constructed in large part with her personal savings and stored cotton seed of improved varieties which were processed and sold throughout various southern states. During the Depression years, she traveled Calhoun County dispersing government aid to distressed families for a local agency headed by Mr. Skottowe Wannamaker. In the 1940's, the Calhoun County efforts to raise funds to combat tuberculosis were chaired by her.
Mrs. Wannamaker was an active and devoted member of St. Matthews Presbyterian Church for over 75 years. The combined longevity and quality of life of she and her husband, Banks, who lived to be almost 101, is remarkable.
Surviving are her son, Luther and his wife Doraine; three grandchildren, Elizabeth Salisbury, of Cleveland, Ohio, Banks Wannamaker III, of Charleston, and Mary Jordan Wannamaker, of St. Matthews; and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the St. Matthews Presbyterian Church or to a charity of one's choice.
Dukes-Harley Funeral Home of Orangeburg is in charge.
Submitted by: Joyce Watts
Email address: jwatts4991@aol.com