U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
William Shoemake
PATRICK — Services and burial for William Edward Shoemake, 59, are 4 p.m. today at St. John Free Will Baptist Church. Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home, Chesterfield, is in charge. Born in Darlington Co. to Lonnie and Edith Shoemake, he died Aug. 20, 2004. Surviving: children, Edward Shoemake, Tina Smith, Brenda Winburn; 2 stepdaughters; 3 siblings; 4 grandchildren; 3 stepgrandchildren; 1 stepgreat-grandchild.
Maggie Simpson
ROWESVILLE — Services for Maggie D. Simpson, 91, are 2 p.m. Monday at Central UMC; burial in Peter Bowman Cemetery. Visitation: 11-9 tonight at Simmons Funeral Home, Orangeburg. Born in Orangeburg Co. to Henry and Gena Dixon, she died Aug. 18, 2004. Surviving: children, Dorothy Gordon, Georgia Downing, Elizabeth Nimmons, Dennis Simpson; 19 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren.
William Wall Jr.
MONCKS CORNER — Services for William Aiken Wall Jr., 88, are 11 a.m. Monday (visitation 5-8 tonight) at Russell Funeral Chapel; burial in Wassamassaw Baptist Church Cemetery. Born in Charleston to Dr. William and Ella Wall, he died Aug. 20, 2004. Surviving: wife, Grace Sweatman Wall; children, Patricia Yarbrough, Peggy Masters, Frank, Bobby, David Wall; 1 sister; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild.
Hallard Williams
GILBERT — Services for Hallard H. “Captain Bubba” Williams, 62, will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, August 23, 2004 at Beulah United Methodist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at Caughman-Harman Lexington Chapel. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Whitten Center, 28373 Hwy 76 East, Clinton SC 29325, the American Cancer Society or to the Richland County Sheriff’s Foundation, PO Box 143, Columbia, SC 29202.
Mr. Williams died Friday, August 20, 2004. Born in Baldwin County, AL, he was the son of the late, Frank and Velle Whatley Williams. He retired as Captain from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department following 32 years of service, was a veteran of the United States Army and served in Vietnam.
He is survived by his wife of forty-one years, Thelma Kyzer Williams of Gilbert; son Alvin Williams and wife, Wanda, of Lexington; daughter, Patricia Raborn of Clinton; grandchildren, Matthew and Jackson Williams, Sammy Saleeby and Stephanie and Chuck DeMarco; brother, Jack Williams of Augusta, GA; half brother, Frank Williams of Bay Minette, AL; sister, Mary Sexton of Delaware and numerous nieces and nephews.
A special thanks to the doctor’s and staff of the Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Cancer Center.
Fletcher Witcher
COLUMBIA — Services of Mr. Fletcher Witcher, are 1 p.m. Monday, at the JP Holley Funeral Home Chapel, Garners Ferry Rd. with burial in Greenlawn. Viewing will be from 4-9 p.m. Sunday. Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 7 p.m. Born in Gilliam, West Virginia to Thomas Witcher and Nellie Potter. He died Thursday, August 19, 2004. Surviving: children; daughters; Gail Dixon, Columbia, SC, Wanda Shaw, Charlotte, NC; brothers,; Alfred Witcher, Atlanta GA, Melvin Witcher, Cleveland OH; 5 Grandchildren.
G. Preston Cone Sr., M.D.
GREENWOOD — George Preston Cone Sr. M.D., 87, died Saturday, August 21, 2004, at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 AM Monday, August, 23, at First Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Terry Peele officiating, and interment will be at 2:30 Monday in Williston Cemetery, Williston S.C. Dukes-Harley Funeral Home, Orangeburg, is in charge.
Dr. Cone was born in Williston, S.C. a son of the late Wallis Cone M.D. and Alma Dicks Cone. He was a 1937 graduate of the University of South Carolina and took his medical degree at the Medical College of South Carolina in 1941. He completed a residency in anesthesia at the Medical College of Georgia in 1953. He engaged in the general practice of Medicine in Orangeburg from 1942 to 1951 and upon completing a residency in anesthesiology, practiced that medical specialty from 1953 until his retirement in 1989. Dr. Cone was a member of First Baptist Church of Orangeburg where he served as a Deacon and Sunday School teacher. He was preceded in death by his first wife Harry Delle Thompson Cone, and his second wife Martha Pearce Cone.
Survivors: Two sons, George P. Cone Jr. M.D. of Greenwood and Harry T. “Tom” Cone of Lexington; step daughter, Mrs. Patsy P. Myers, of Columbia; two grandsons, Robert W. Cone, of Greenwood, and Charles P. Cone, of Spartanburg.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 PM Sunday at Asbury Hall at Wesley Commons Retirement Community in Greenwood and Monday morning at First Baptist Church in Orangeburg from 10:30 to 11:30.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 1240 Russell St., Orangeburg, S.C. 29115.
Marianne Streett
FLORENCE — Marianne Bragdon Streett, 73, died Friday, August 20, 2004, in a local hospital after an illness.
Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 23, 2004, in Mount Hope Cemetery, directed by Waters-Powell Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home.
She was born in Florence, a daughter of the late Charles Inglesby and Maye Lackey Bragdon. She graduated from McClenaghan High School and Flora McDonald College. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Streett was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she was a member and accompanist for the Lawson-Raine Sunday School Class. She was also an honorary lifetime member and treasurer of the Presbyterian Women’s Association.
Survivors include her husband, James H. “Jim” Streett, Jr. of the home; a daughter, Lisa S. (Richard) Ray of Florence; two sons, Charles Kevin (Teresa) Streett of Florence and James Bruce Streett of Mt. Pleasant; and three grandsons, Matthew Richard Ray, Trey Allen Streett, and Trenton N. Streett.
Memorials may be made to the Lawson-Raine Sunday School Calss, First Presbyterian Church, 700 Park Avenue, Florence, SC 29501.
Cecil Caldwell
LEXINGTON — Cecil Maffett “C.M.” Caldwell was born in Pomaria, SC on July 16, 1919. He was the third of eleven children born to Robert Middleton Caldwell and Anna Viola McCollum. He met Margaret Louise Ringer in 1936, when his family moved across the street from hers. She was often at the house playing with his younger sisters, but he really noticed her for the first time at her mother’s funeral in 1937. They began dating a few years later, and were married, May 9, 1943. Fifty-two years later, they both agreed it was worth the wait.
Margaret died from cancer in 1995. Her unexpected death was hard on the whole family, but Cecil later admitted that nothing was harder than living alone. A few years later he began dating Betty Mae Free of Columbia. They met at Beacon Baptist Church in Lexington. She had been widowed for thirteen years. Cecil and Betty were married February 13, 1999. Right before the ceremony, he said “she’ll no longer be Free!”
A World War II veteran, Cecil was very proud of his military history. He was an Army Corporal in the 4th Infantry Division, 44th Field Artillery and Battalion, and 22nd Combat Team. He fought in Belgium’s Battle of the Bulge and his division was the first to enter and liberate Paris in 1944 after landing at Utah Beach. He is listed on the Wall of Liberty at Normandy Beach, France.
In 1946 he earned an Electrical Engineering degree from Coyne Electrical Institute in Chicago. He later returned to Lexington as an electrician for Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative, where he retired after twenty-nine years. He could build and fix anything. He knew the names of every tree, bird and flower that grew in the 114 acres surrounding his country home. He loved to garden. He loved to hunt, with a long list of good dogs at his side. When birds built their nests in his tool bins or tractor, he left then undisturbed until they moved out. He made the best homemade ice cream in the world.
No matter what the weather, he always worked in his pine green long-sleeved button down shirts from the Co-op, with his name embroidered on the front. He collected guns, gadgets, Shirley Temple movies and silly baseball caps. One of his favorites read: “This is MY cap. Everything else is hers.” He loved to sing, whistle, make faces and tell stories. He was never too busy to stop and help someone. He taught his family to trust God, to never give up, to love each other, to be thankful and to pray. They are trying to do that now, while remembering this gentle, funny, brilliant, caring man who has been their Rock for so many years.
C.M. Caldwell is survived by many friends and loved ones, including his wife, Betty; sons, Steve and Roger; daughters, Sharon Satterfield, Miriam Caldwell and Judy Carey; daughter-in-law, Marilyn Caldwell; sons-in-law, Patrick Satterfield, and Bill Carey; granddaughters, Allison Caldwell, Dinah Satterfield and Hope Satterfield Lee; grandsons, Brandon, Kevin, Craig and Kyle Caldwell; great-grandchildren, Taylor, MacKenzie and Wyatt Caldwell; brother, Alton and sisters, Ruby Wicker, Mable Peake, Antoinette Wicker, Violet Coker, Pearl Eddings and Betty Rhodus. He was predeceased by his brother, John and sisters, Ellen Mills and Emily Bogan.
Visitation will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 26, 2004 at Grace Baptist Church in West Columbia. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the building funds of Grace Baptist Church, 416 Denham Avenue, West Columbia, SC 29169; or Beacon Baptist Church, 338 Sease Hill Road, Lexington, SC 29073.
Frances Stone
SHALLOTTE, N.C. — Services for Frances Baker Stone, 93, are 11 a.m. Thursday at Camp UM Church; burial: Little River United Methodist Church Cemetery, Little River, S.C. Visitation is 6-8 tonight at Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Service, Supply, N.C. Born in Newberry, S.C., to John and Katie Baker, she died August 24, 2004. Surviving: sister, Mrs. Earl Henson; nieces, nephews; godson, Frederick Mintz III.
Raymond Dyckes
COLUMBIA — Funeral Services for Mr. Raymond “Ray Ray” Dyckes, of Columbia, will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home with burial in Crescent Hill Memorial Garden. Visitation 6-7 this Evening at the funeral home.
Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home, 2930 Colonial Drive is in charge.
Mr. Dyckes died on August 23. Born in Columbia, he was the son of Rosa D. Haggwood and Richard Dyckes, and a Veteran of the US Army.
Surviving are his mother Rosa; siblings, Willie, Richard, Terrance, Lorenzo Dyckes and Beaulah Anderson.
Avery Buchanan
JEFFERSON — Mr. Avery Cleveland Buchanan, 72, died Monday, August 23, 2004. Funeral is 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at Macedonia Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home, Chesterfield, is serving the family. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, SC 29709 or Macedonia Baptist Church “Youth Fund,” c/o Ellen Middleton, 3944 Johnson Road, Johnson, SC 29718.
Mr. Buchanan was born in Cleveland County, NC a son of the late Robert Avery and Lucille Connor Buchanan. He was a retired construction industry employee and a U.S. Marine veteran. Mr. Buchanan was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church and was preceded in death by 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Peggy Hood Buchanan of the home; sons, Jeff Buchanan and Chris Buchanan, both of Jefferson, SC; daughters, Jean Hinson and Donna Oliver of Jefferson, SC; brothers, Edmund L. Buchanan and Ronald E. Buchanan of Fort Mill, SC; sisters, Lois Bennett and Glenn Morton, both of Rock Hill, SC and Gayle Hill of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren, Amber and Kristin Buchanan and Dale Oliver, all of Jefferson, SC and Nikki Oliver of Fayetteville, SC; 4 great-grandchildren.
Joe Mims Sr.
EDGEFIELD — Services for Joe A. Mims Sr., 58, will be held at 11 a.m. at Antioch Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 tonight at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. Born in Edgefield County, he died August 23, 2004. He was a bail bondsman. Surviving are sons, Jo Jo, Jason, Stephen Mims; siblings, Ida Mae Heath, James, Rob Mims; grandson, Joshua Godfrey.
Hernan Floyd
AUGUSTA — Hernan A. Floyd died August 21, 2004. Funeral is August 26 at 11:00 a.m. from Elim Baptist Church, Augusta, GA. Interment is 2:00 p.m. Memorial Gardens of Columbia, Columbia, SC. Public Viewing is August 25, 2004 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Floyd was the son of the late Mamie Goodwin Floyd and J. Hernandez Floyd, Columbia, SC. He graduated from C.A. Johnson High School. Survivors are his loving and devoted wife, Rosalyn; devoted cousins, Mrs. Phoebe Ali, Augusta, Mr. and Mr. James Bryant and Mrs. Myrtle Mathis, all of Columbia, SC; and a host of other loving relatives and friends.
If so desired, memorials may be made to the Morgan State University (MSU), 2503 Larchmont Court or to the Huisman Sickle Cell foundation of Augusta, GA 30904.
Friends may call at the residence or W.H. Mays Mortuary, 1221 James Brown Boulevard, Augusta, GA (706) 722-6401.
Ann Swanson
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — Funeral Mass for Ann Cannon Swanson, 92, formerly of Columbia, S.C., will be celebrated Friday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Columbia. Final Commendation and Farewell Prayers will be in St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery, Columbia. Memorials may be made to Sister Mary Jacobs Fund, c/o Providence Hospital, 2435 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204. The Rosary will be recited Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, Columbia, with visitation until 8:00 p.m.
Mrs. Swanson died Sunday, August 22, 2004. Born in Gilbert, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Charles Robert and Estelle Crimm Cannon. Retired from Citizens and Southern National Bank, her hobbies were painting and gardening.
Mrs. Swanson was a former member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Columbia, and Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church, Columbia. At the time of her death, she was a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Ormond Beach.
Surviving are husband, Sanford O. Swanson, Jr.; son and daughter-in-law, Charles S. and Margaret T. Swanson of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; daughter and son-in-law, Peggy Swanson and Chuck Yokubonus of Ormond Beach; sister, Genevieve Cannon Miles of Columbia, S.C.; grandchildren, Margaret S. Holshouser of Greensboro, N.C., Charles S. Swanson, Jr. of Charlotte, N.C. and Ann C. Swanson of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; great-granddaughter, Margaret R. Holshouser.
