U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Helen Gulledge Brock
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Funeral services for Helen Gulledge Brock, 85, of Hendersonville, NC, formerly of Columbia, SC, and Greenville, SC, will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 2006, at Greenlawn Funeral Home chapel. The family will receive friends Saturday from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. at Greenlawn Funeral Home.
Mrs. Brock was born in Chesterfield County, the daughter of the late Archie and Ella Gulledge. She was the widow of the late Walter Carlos Brock. Mrs. Brock retired from Seibels Bruce Insurance Group. She was a former chapter member of Capital View Baptist Church and attended Eastside Baptist Church.
Surviving are her loving sons and daughters-in-law, Walter Jerome and Doris Brock of Greenville, SC, and Robert Murray and Brenda Brock of Shawnee, KS; grandchildren, Dorothy Brock Wickus and her husband, Robert, Walter Jon Brock and his wife, Cecilia, all of Greer, SC, Robin Brock of Myrtle Beach, SC, Robert Brock Jr. of Ruskin, FL, and Bryan Brock of Kearney, NE; one great-grandchild, Zachary Brock of Ruskin, FL. Mrs. Brock was predeceased by two sisters, Mary Lee Rivers and Ester Eddins; two brothers, Willie Arthur and Murray Gulledge.
Marvin Luther Eargle
COLUMBIA — A memorial service for Marvin Luther Eargle, 88, will be held Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Incarnation Lutheran Church. Memorials may be made to Incarnation Lutheran Church.
Mr. Eargle died Sunday, November 5, 2006. Born in Columbia, he was the son of the late William Lee and Leila Mae Boland Eargle. He had retired from the Federal Government and was a member of Incarnation Lutheran Church.
Nancy Lynn Davis
COLUMBIA — A celebration of the life of Nancy Lynn Davis, 50, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, 1020 Atlas Road. Nancy entered into her heavenly home Saturday, November 4, 2006.
Diana Jean Pauline
ALLENDALE — Services for Diana Jean Pauline, 63, 3 p.m. Sunday (visitation 7-9 p.m. Saturday) at Dyches F.H., Barnwell. Burial: Barnwell County Cemetery. Born in Charleston, W. Va., to Delbert Adkins and Mary Irene Burnett, she died Nov. 9, 2006. Surviving: mother; husband, Alfred Pauline; children, James, Theresa Pauline; sister, Betty Shifflet; grandchildren, Christopher Chambers, Dylan Sumpter.
Robert S. “Joe” Lewis
AIKEN — Robert S. “Joe” Lewis, of Aiken, SC, entered into rest Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Mr. Lewis, a native of Atlanta, Ga., was the son of the late Royce and Mary Cunard Lewis. He was reared in Augusta, Ga., but had lived in Aiken, SC, most of his life. Mr. Lewis was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served in WWII. He was a retired employee of the Savannah River Plant. Mr. Lewis’ passion was golf and he was a longtime volunteer with the Masters Golf Tournament.
Family members include his son, Stan Lewis and wife, Karen, of Carolina Beach, NC, daughters, Marilyn Mohler and husband, James, of Buffalo, NY, Kelly Lewis of Lexington, SC, four grandchildren, Stanton Lewis, Lathan Lewis, Alex Mohler, and Maura Mohler, and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy B. Lewis, in 2003.
Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 2006, in Westover Memorial Park with Rev. Gregory T. Porterfield officiating.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Poteet Funeral Homes West Chapel.
Memorials may be made to the University of South Carolina Golf Program, 1300 Rosewood Drive, Columbia, SC 29208 or to the American Cancer Society, 2623 Washington Road, Suite 104, Augusta, GA 30904.
William Kemp Fidler
LEXINGTON — A memorial service for William Kemp Fidler, 68, will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 2006, at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Asheville, NC. The family will receive friends following the service at the church. Memorials may be made to Trinity Presbyterian Church, Missions Fund, 17 Shawnee Trail, Asheville, NC 28805. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, is in charge.
Mr. Fidler passed away November 7, 2006. Born February 8, 1938, in Elkins, WV, he was the son of the late Loyal W. Fidler and Eleanor Perry Fidler. He graduated from Duke University and earned a Masters Degree from the University of South Carolina. He had retired from the U.S. Navy and IBM marketing. Mr. Fidler was a very active member of his church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, and served on the Board of HIM Ministries.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy Williamson Fidler of Lexington; daughter and son-in-law, Betsy and Dr. Tim Loonam of Lexington; son, Sam Fidler of Atlanta, GA; two grandchildren, Jack and Katie Loonam of Lexington.
Mr. Fidler was a faithful servant to his Lord Jesus Christ, a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Rochelle Robinson
COLUMBIA — Services for Ms. Rochelle Louriece Robinson, 25, will be held noon Saturday at New Ebenezer Baptist Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Leevy’s Funeral Home, Taylor Street Chapel, is in charge. Surviving are her mother and stepfather, Peggy (Ricky) Webb; maternal grandparents, Barbara Gregg and Eugene Gregg; paternal grandmother, Corrine Robinson; stepgrandparents, John Dawkins and Willie Mae Dawkins. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Rochelle Robinson Memorial Fund at First Citizens Bank, 6824 North Main Street, Columbia, SC 29203.
Ann Campbell Ballauer
COLUMBIA — Mrs. Ann Campbell Ballauer, 74, of Columbia, died November 8, 2006, in Providence Hospital. Services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday in Greenlawn Memorial Park Northeast. Mrs. Ballauer was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Jeremiah “Jerry” Ballauer, daughter, Cindy Denning and husband Gene, son David Ballauer, grandchild, Joshua Ballauer, sister, Beatrice Joyce.
Johnny Burch
COLUMBIA — Services for Johnny Lee Burch are 1 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church, Ridgeway. Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge. Born in Pamplico to Johnny and Ola Mae Flemming Burch, he died Nov. 6, 2006. Surviving are his companion, Edna Grier; children, Johnny, Cheryl, Veronica, Sherese, Jenel, Shawntae, Melendie and Natasha; sister, Helen Daniels; 17 grandchildren.
Alphonzo Dennis
GILBERT — Services with burial for Alphonzo “Butterball” Dennis, are 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion Hopewell FGFWC. Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home, Columbia, is in charge. Born in Leesville to Wyman Dennis and Alberta Stewart, he died Nov. 8, 2006. Surviving: wife, Corine L.; sons, Wyman, Cory; grandchildren; siblings, Frances Adams, Carolyn Wigfall, Helen Davis, Forlinda Jackson, John Prouse, John Derrick.
Jamarii Clark
COLUMBIA — Services for Jamarii Armand Clark, infant son of Joshua Clark and Jessica Ashmore, are 1 p.m. Saturday in Serenity Memorial Gardens. Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge. Born Oct. 15, 2006, in Columbia, he died November 4, 2006. Surviving: his parents; grandparents, Tina Robbins, Jennifer Clark, Tony Parker Jr., Nathan Stroy; great-grandmothers, Ethel Parker, Sadie Davis.
Mehki Summers
COLUMBIA — Services for Mehki Sakwon Summers, infant son of Precious L. Summers, will be held 3 p.m. Saturday in Serenity Memorial Gardens. Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge. He was born in Augusta and died November 4, 2006. Surviving are his mother; maternal grandmother, Detresses Carter and other loving relatives and friends.
Tommy Wallace
COLUMBIA — Services with burial for Tommie Lee Wallace, 47, Clifford’s Seafood employee, are 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Outreach Ministries. Butler & Sons Funeral Home, Saluda, is in charge. Born in Saluda Co. to Malvenia Wallace and Homer Jones, he died Nov. 1, 2006. He was a Baptist. Surviving: wife, Vanessa; daughters, Renata, Kendra; sisters, Catherine, Johnnie, Ella Wallace, Mary Hym; grandchildren.
Ordway Starnes
CAMDEN — A family celebration of Ordway Starnes life will be held at a later date. Ordway Starnes, 87, died November 8, 2006. Born October 22, 1919, in Lancaster County, he was the third child of Bob Lee and Lula Mae McManus Starnes. He attended Buford Grammar school and graduated from Buford High School in 1937. In March 1942, he received his B.S. degree from Clemson College and an Army commission and travel orders to the South Pacific on the same day. After his Army services he taught at Buford High School and Clemson before entering graduate school at Rutgers University, College of Agriculture, New Brunswick, N.J. He married fellow graduate student, Eleanor Joy Bliler, April 19, 1947. After earning his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1949, Ordway became the first N.J. state extension entomologist.
Mr. Starnes had retired as Director of the Agriculture Experiment Station at Rutgers University after 20 years. He was a member of Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church, the VFW, and American Legion. He was also a member of the Rockefeller Foundation for 16 years. Mr. Starnes was a U.S. Army Signal Corpe veteran having served 44 months in the South Pacific during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Eleanor Bliler Starnes, son, Ordway Lee (Ellen) Starnes of Fort Mill, daughter, Libby Eileen Starnes of Camden, grandchildren, Alan Ordway Starnes, Richard Lawton Starnes, and Abby Marie Starnes, brothers, Bob Lee Starnes of Inman and Gene Kenneth Starnes of Lancaster, sister, Dr. Jackie Adams of Lancaster.
In lieu of flowers or donations, the family requests the next time someone does something nice for you or you do something nice for them, think of Ordway.
A special thanks to Ascention Hospice for all their help.
Miranda Ritch
GASTON — Services for Miranda Ritch, 16, will be 1 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 2006, at the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington with interment to follow in Southland Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home.
Ms. Ritch passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Born in Columbia, she was the daughter of John Ritch and Robin Hall. She attended Swansea High School and was a member of the Jr. R.O.T.C. Program. Ms. Ritch attended Horrell Hill Church and the Clay Hill Family Worship Center. She was employed at McDonalds.
Surviving are her mother, Robin Hall and stepfather, Chad Hall, of Gaston; her father, John Ritch of Bennettsville; sisters, Tiffany Weaver and Brittany Hall; brothers, Dakota and Kristopher Hall, all of Gaston; maternal grandparents, Sybil Weaver and the late Robert Weaver; paternal grandparents, Alma Cowick and the late Henry Ritch; niece and nephew, Bryson and Gineva Sharpe; her boyfriend, Steven Kennerly, aunts, uncles, cousins and many loving friends.
Ex-mayor ‘Bubba’ dies at 78
Former Sumter Mayor W.A. McElveen, known as “Mayor Bubba,” has died. He was 78.
W.A. McElveen died Thursday evening following heart surgery Wednesday, his son Wilson McElveen said.
McElveen presided over the town from 1980 to 1988, and was a City Council member the eight years prior to his election, Wilson McElveen said.
“Sumter was a part of him,” McElveen said about his father. “When you think about Sumter, you think about Bubba McElveen, Sumter’s greatest ambassador.”
McElveen graduated from Sumter High School in 1945 and from The Citadel in 1948. A U.S. Air Force veteran, McElveen served in the Korean War. He was the former owner and operator of McElveen Pontiac GMC.
The former mayor kept in touch with thousands of town residents and acquaintances around the world with a weekly newsletter that originally was written for his son and daughters in college. It was a roundup of what was going on in Sumter, including news about anyone who, as Bubba McElveen put it, “had been promoted to glory.”
He always ended the messages with an inspirational thought and signed them “Love from 208,” a reference to his house number growing up.
Wilson McElveen said his father had not finished Saturday’s edition at the time of his death.
In addition to Wilson McElveen, who lives in Columbia, Bubba McElveen is survived by his wife, Barbara Moore McElveen, and two daughters, Nancy Hanson, and Virginia McFaddin, both of Sumter.
His funeral will be held Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church in Sumter, the Elmore-Hill-MCreight Funeral Home said Friday. Burial will be in the Tirzah Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Dalzell.
W. Ashby McElveen Jr.
SUMTER — W. Ashby “Bubba” McElveen Jr., 78, husband of Barbara Moore McElveen, was promoted to glory Thursday, November 9, 2006, in Carolinas Hospital System in Florence.
Born at his home, 208 N. Purdy Street in Sumter, he was a son of the late Wilson Ashby McElveen Sr. and the late Caroline Reese McElveen.
Mr. McElveen was a member of First Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon and an elder. He was a 1945 graduate of Sumter High School and a 1948 graduate of The Citadel. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and served in the Korean War. He was the former owner and operator of McElveen Pontiac GMC. He was a former president of the Sumter Elks Club, former board member of the YMCA, former board member of The Salvation Army, former board member of the South Carolina State Municipal Association, former board member of the South Carolina State Museum, former member of the Sumter-Shaw Community Council, former member of the Sumter City-County Liaison Board, former member of the Sumter County Development Board, former member of the Tuomey Hospital Board of Trustees, former member of the Safe Federal Credit Union Board, former member of the South Carolina Automobile Dealers Association and former board member of the Sumter County Planning Commission. He was a former member of Sumter City Council for eight years and a former Mayor of Sumter for eight years.
He was currently a member of the Sumter County Museum Board, a member of the Sumter County Genealogical Society, a member of the Sumter Historical Society, a member of the Mount Vernon Coffee Club and the Fortnightly Club. He was a member of American Legion Post #15. Awarded the Silver Crescent by Governor Mark Sanford in 2003, he was recently awarded the Citizen of the Community award by Mayor Joe McElveen. He was the first civilian to be named an honorary U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant. He was the author of two books about Sumter County, the proprietor of Bubba Archives, hosted a local radio program and was a featured history columnist for The Item. “Mayor Bubba” was widely known through his weekly e-mail newsletter, Love From 208, which was received by approximately 2,000 individuals and will be greatly missed by many.
Mr. McElveen was honored by having two blocks of Bartlette Street named in his honor where his former automobile dealership was located.
Surviving are his wife of Sumter; two daughters, Nancy M. Hanson and husband, Bush, Virginia M. McFaddin and husband, Henry, all of Sumter; a son, Wilson A McElveen III and wife, Sharon, of Columbia; six grandchildren, Barbara Reese McFaddin, Caroline Adele McFaddin, Patricia Leigh Hanson, Richard Mallory Hanson, Caroline Aimar McElveen and Peyton Shuman McElveen. He was predeceased by a sister, Margaret Reese McElveen.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Mark Durrett and the Rev. Josie Holler officiating.
Burial will be in Tirzah Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Dalzell.
Pallbearers will be Dr. Henry Moses, Lathan Roddey, Mike Watson, Dickie Jones, Graham Osteen and Coles Dwight.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Mt. Vernon Coffee Club and the Fortnightly Club and his grandson, Richard Mallory Hanson.
The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Henry and Virginia McFaddin, 2830 Brownfield Way.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun Street, Sumter, SC 29150, Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington Street, Sumter, SC 29150, Wilson Hall School, 2801 S. Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 or to a charity of one’s choice.
Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements.
