U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
WILLIAM A. HAYDEN Sr.
William Albert Hayden Sr., 62, husband of Beatrice Ray Hayden, died Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at the Dorn Veterans Medical Center in Columbia.
Born June 1, 1942, in Hartsville, he was a son of the late Mary Hayden Douglas. He was a retired disabled U.S. Army veteran, retired from Sumter Builders and was a member of Boulevard Church of Nazarene.
He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Luke Douglas, and brother, Heyward C. Douglas.
Surviving besides his wife of Sumter are two daughters, Sally Shirer and husband, George, of Sumter, and Debbie Covert and husband, Mark, of Soda Springs, Idaho; three sons, Bill Hayden Jr. and wife, Kristin, Jody Parks and wife, Darlene, and Fred Parks and wife, Joyce, of Sumter; three brothers, Billy Douglas and wife, Judy, and Danny Douglas and wife, Robin, of Camden, and Glenn Douglas and wife, Betty, of Sumter; four sisters, Elaine Smith and husband, Steve, of Sumter, Nina Jerome and husband, Tom, of Oklahoma City, Okla., Linda Groth and husband, Jeff, of Raleigh, N.C., and Cynthia Griffin of Sumter; 14 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Boulevard Church of Nazarene with the Rev. Bill Watts and the Rev. Bill Carter officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow in Sumter cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home in Sumter and at other times at the residence, 120 Phifer St., Sumter.
Memorials may be made to Boulevard Church of Nazarene, P.O. Box 1405, Sumter, SC 29151.
Stephens Funeral Home and Crematory of Manning is in charge of the arrangements.
GRACE SPIGNER
Grace Dellaney Derrenbacher Spigner, 71, wife of Harry Lamar Spigner Sr., died Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at her home.
Born in Lexington County, she was a daughter of the late William Perry Derrenbacher Sr. and the late Merna Grace Lucas Derrenbacher. She was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. She served in church music for more than 30 years, 14 of which were at Northside Memorial Baptist Church.
Survivors besides her husband include three sons, Harry Lamar Spigner Jr. and his wife, Joanne, Michael Perry Spigner and his wife, Colleen, and Drue Everette Spigner and his wife, Dee Dee, all of Sumter; a daughter, Julia Caroline Kirmse and her husband, Kevin, of Mesa, Ariz.; a sister, Susan Perry Branham of Lexington; a brother, William Perry Derrenbacher Jr. of Chapel Hill, N.C.; four grandchildren, Caroline Ropp and her husband, John, of Hartsville, Melissa Dawkins and her husband, Kevin, Jeffrey Spigner and his wife, Tracy, and Sarah-Kathryn Spigner, all of Sumter; and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Michelle Dellaney Spigner.
Funeral services will be held at noon Friday in Northside Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Holley and the Rev. Mark Barnette officiating.
Graveside services will be in the Beulah Methodist Church cemetery in Sandy Run at 3 p.m. Friday.
Pallbearers will be Jeffrey Lamar Spigner, Dr. John Ropp III, Kevin Dawkins, Matt Derrenbacher, Sam Hawthorne and Ned Davis.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ronnie Atkinson, Robert Blackmon, George Corbett, Benny Hodge, Melvin Holloman, E.W. Lucas Jr., Larry McGee, Alvin Moore, Tommy Rogers, Henry Sievers, Daryle Skey and Carlisle White.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hank Spigner, 521 Godwin St.
Memorials may be made to the Northside Memorial Baptist Church Music Ministry, 1004 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29150.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of arrangements.
PAULINE A. JOHNSON
REMBERT -- Mrs. Pauline Allen Johnson, 75, widow of Mr. Burrell Johnson Jr., died June 2, 2004, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter.
She was born Oct. 28, 1928, in Gaffney.
The family will receive friends at the residence, 4640 Peach Orchard Road, Rembert, SC 29128.
Services will be announced by Fleming & DeLaine Funeral Home of Manning.
PAUL HOLLAND
Paul "Big Bubba" Holland died June 3, 2004, at CM Tucker Center, 2200 Harden St., Columbia.
Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Nathaniel and Rena Wells Holland.
The family will receive friends at the home of his aunt, Sally Holland, 330 Love St., Sumter 29150.
Services will be announced by Job's Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.
MATILDA L. EPHRON
Matilda L. Ephron, 68, of 18 Shuler Drive, entered eternal rest at her home.
Born Jan. 15, 1936, in New York City, she was a daughter of the late Mr. John Ephron and Mrs. Norma Blackwell Ephron. Mrs. Ephron received her education in the public schools of New York City. She was a licensed evangelist with the Fire Baptized Holiness Church. Upon moving to South Carolina, she joined Greater Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Gloria Ephron of Manhattan, N.Y.; one brother, John Ephron and wife, Mildred, of Ebony, N.Y.; two sisters, Joyce Ephron of Manhattan, N.Y., and Barbara Keith of Sumter; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Greater Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Marion Hodge. Burial will follow in Greater Mt. Pisgah cemetery, Rembert.
The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 18 Shuler, Sumter.
Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of arrangements.
CECILIA McCRAY
MANNING -- Cecilia McCray, 46, died May 30, 2004, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.
Born May 17, 1958, in New Zion, she was a daughter of the late Willie "Son" McCray and Lugenia Eaddy McCray and stepdaughter of Josephine Dickey McCray. She received her formal education at East Clarendon High School, Turbeville, and graduated in 1977. She also attended Midlands Technical College in Columbia. In her youth, she joined Howard Chapel AME Church.
Survivors besides her stepmother of the home include five brothers, the Rev. Jerome McCray of Manning, Willard "Jimmy" McCray and John "Bobby" McCray, both of New Zion, Lee Ernest "Wooster" (Johnnie Mae) McCray of Kingstree and William (Audrey) McCray of Baltimore; a stepbrother, Waldo (Thelma) Dickey of Reading, Pa.; two sisters, Willie Jean (Jervie) Singleton of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Laura Brogdon of Baltimore; four stepsisters, Evelyn (Joseph) Witherspoon of Gable, Violivette (David) Knight of Sumter, Luethonia H. (David) Jackson of Bridgeport, Conn., and Oretta (Joe) Durant of Reading, Pa.; and one uncle, Harry Eaddy of Baltimore.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Laura Burgess.
The remains will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Howard Chapel AME Church, Old Manning Road, New Zion, with the Rev. Edward Roberts, pastor, presiding, assisted by Elder R.L. McCants, the Rev. Dr. Cokley Richburg, the Rev. Eddie Mayes, the Rev. Carnell Hampton, Elder R.L. McCants, presiding, and the Rev. Jerome McCray, eulogist.
Pallbearers will be East Clarendon High School Class of 1977 men.
Floral bearers will be East Clarendon High School Class of 1977 ladies.
The family will receive friends at the home of her stepmother, Josephine D. McCray, 1531 Little Star Road, Manning.
Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning is in charge of arrangements.
JANIE LORINE H. BENENHALEY
Janie Lorine Hood Benenhaley, 76, widow of Daniel Benenhaley, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.
Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Hood and the late Maggie Louise Hood. She was a member of Long Branch Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Rhonda Carter and her husband, Robby, of Sumter, and Nita Benenhaley of Sumter and her fiancé, Tony Newbern, of Macon, Ga.; two sisters, Nina Benenhaley and her husband, Dr. Eleazer Benenhaley, of North Augusta, and Modena Hood of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Long Branch Baptist Church with the Rev. Carroll Waddell, the Rev. Charles Carter, and Dr. Eleazer Benenhaley officiating. Burial will be in the Long Branch Baptist Church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Tim Benenhaley, Wilbur Benenhaley, David Hood, Bobby Benenhaley, Jason Wilkinson and Clayton Benenhaley.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robby Carter, 1737 Horne Road.
Memorials may be made to Long Branch Baptist Church, 2535 Peach Orchard Road, Sumter, SC 29154.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of arrangements.
ANNIE BELL S. LEWIS
BISHOPVILLE -- Mrs. Annie Bell Stuckey Lewis, wife of Deacon Fate Lewis, died May 29, 2004, at Providence Hospital, Columbia.
Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Mr. Delphia Hunter and Ms. Hannah Bell Brisbon. Mrs. Lewis attended the public schools of Lee County. She was a lifelong member of New Haven United Methodist Church, where she served as head of the Communion Stewards, president of the senior choir, a member of the usher board and president of the Stuckey family for 26 years.
Survivors besides her husband include two sons, Lawrence (Willie Mae) Stuckey of Bishopville and Thomas (Joanne) Stuckey of Sumter; three stepsons, Fred (Carrie) Lewis, Junior (Carol) Lewis and Leroy Lewis; four daughters, Jannie S. Williams of Newark, N.J., Rosa Lee Burris and Perthenia (Harmon) Jenkins, both of Dalzell, and Janette Mickens of Sumter; six stepdaughters, Carola Johnson, Frances Hickmon, Zoolina McDuffie, Mable Williams, Bessie Lee Holmes and Earline Sellers; two sisters, Lola Nelson of Bishopville and Elouise Myers of Rembert; 20 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; 39 step-grandchildren; 68 step-great-grandchildren; and 19 step-great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her late husband, Mr. Lawrence Stuckey Sr.; three children, Wilhemenia S. Shaw, Lucille Stuckey Mickens and John Lee Stuckey; three grandchildren; three brothers; and three sisters.
The remains will be placed at 1 p.m. today.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at New Haven United Methodist Church, Red Hill community of Lee County. Burial will be in the churchyard cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the residence, 5117 Red Hill Road.
Wilson's Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of arrangements.
CLIFFORD B. MARSHALL
PARIS, Texas -- Clifford Bolgiano Marshall, 90, of Paris, died Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at University Medical Center in Lubbock, after a brief illness.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Doug Miller officiating. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. in Laurel Land cemetery in Dallas under the direction of Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home.
He was born Jan. 1, 1914, just outside San Antonio, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan D. Bolgiano. Clifford Marshall typified the American success story. He began his lifelong career in the media world working as an office boy for the Dallas Morning News. He soon met and married
Margaret Salter, the eventual mother of his two sons, in Dallas in the 1930's. Working his way through the ranks of the media world, he eventually moved to United Press International where he spent years as a reporter, even at one time assigned to reporting on Elliott Ness. He treasured his press card signed by the famous crime fighter when he was director of public safety in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Marshall spent several years typing away hours a day on the transmitting end of the United Press newswire service. He was "frozen" in this capacity during World War II because the United States government considered his part in disseminating the news essential to national security. It was just a few weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor that his wife, Margaret, gave birth to their first son, Robert.
After the war, he moved into the sales end of United Press and traveled the highways and railroads selling its news service, comic strips and syndicated columns to newspapers, radio and television stations. After achieving the level of vice president at United Press in 1951, he left the firm to help co-found Blackburn & Co., which eventually became America's premier brokerage firm for radio and television stations. In that same year, he saw the birth of his second son, John. While at Blackburn he also purchased KPLT radio in Paris in 1959 and then WFIG and WWDM in Sumter in 1969 and 1972. His crowning achievement in his career as radio station entrepreneur was the founding of WWDM's Urban radio format in 1973. WWDM went on to become one of the most successful and respected Urban radio stations in the United States.
Mr. Marshall "retired" from the radio business in the 1980's but lived out his later years living his lifelong dream of being a Texas rancher. Residents of the Paris and southern Lamar county area enjoyed the wonder and beauty of his cattle ranch and pecan orchard on the Old Dallas Highway for more than 20 years.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Elizabeth Salter Marshall.
Survivors include his wife of nearly 20 years, Mary Strong Marshall; his two sons, Robert A. and John D. Marshall; granddaughter, Angela Pagenstecher; and his grandson, Clifford S. Marshall.
ALONZA GREEN
MANNING -- Alonza Green, 42, widower of Andrea James Green, died June 4, 2004, at 1161 Travis Lane, Manning.
Born Aug. 28, 1961, in Summerton, Clarendon County, he was a son of Margaret Lawson and was reared by the late James Green and Frances Thomas Green.
The family will receive friends at the home of his sisters, Felicia and Sharon Green, 3814 Elliott Road, Pinewood.
Services will be announced by Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
