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NEWSPAPER
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1971
The Latta
Observer. Latta, SC, January 7, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column:
Funeral services were held for Mr. Hayward Williams, December 30, 1970
at the Highway Church of Christ, Marion, Bishop R. F. Davis, Pastor.
Funeral services were held for Mr. Thearchie McNair of Dillon, Dec. 31,
1970, at the Manning Baptist Church, Rev. E. A. Spann, Pastor.
Mr. McNair was the son of Mr. _len McNair and the late Mrs.
Lillie B. McNair. He was the husband of the former Rebecca James.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, January 7, 1971
The
death of Georgia Bethea -
transcription available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, January 14, 1971
Deaths in the January 14th issue -
transcriptions available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Luther Boyd Stephens
Annie K. Manning
Magdalene Moore Column - transcriptions available email
<hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Boyd Bethea
Elisha Blue, Sr.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, January 28, 1971
Miss
Miriam Watson and Mr. James Lafon
Johnson, Jr. were married January 2 at Union Baptist Church near
Marion, SC.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, January 28, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column:
Among those attending the funeral service of Mrs. Lille Ellerbe last
Monday wee Mrs. Annie Jones, Mrs. Constance Taylor and Mrs. Vera Allen
if Philadelphia, PA. (obituary was in the column dated January 21
- transcription available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>)
Re. and Mrs. L. S. Barr, Rev. Hugo Stanley, Mrs. Nora G. McBryde, Mr
Exodus Hayes and Mr. John A. Sellers motored to Florence last Wednesday
to attend the funeral service of Presiding Elder, J. E. Thomas.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, February 4, 1971
Deaths
in the February 4th issue -
transcriptions available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Dr. Vincent I. Smith
Martha Goddard Monroe
Magdalene Moore Column - The death of Ida Bethea Page - transcription
available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, February 11, 1971
Deaths
in the February 11th issue -
transcriptions available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Bessie Jackson Bryant
Madge Hunt
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, February 18, 1971
The
death of Dr. Samuel Watson Page -
transcriptions available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Magdalene Moore Column:
Funeral services were held for Mrs. able Hinton and her son Tommie last
Sunday afternoon at Glen United M.E. Church, Sellers. Mrs. Hinton
and son were fatally burned at their home in Norfolk VA. She was a
sister of Mrs. Beatrice Fleming of Latta.
Mr. Garland Penn Belin of Bronx, NY, died Saturday, February 13.
Funeral service will be at Bethel Hill A.M.E. Church, Friday, Feb. 19,
Rev. W. W. Miller, Pastor. Mr. Belin was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Belin of Latta. He is the brother of Mr. Hubert,
Pervis and a sister of Mrs. Georgia Bethea all of Latta. A brother to
Mr. Moses Belin of Little Rock nd Mr. Joe Belin in Dillon.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, February 25, 1971
The
deaths in the February 25th issue -
transcription available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Dr. William Cox Allen
Willie Jordon -
Magdalene Moore Column:
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, March 4, 1971
Magdalene Moore Column:
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Lela Baccus, Saturday, February 27,
1871 in Washington, DC. Mrs. Baccus is the sister of Mrs. Frances
Hall Adam of Latta.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Janie Mae Bradley of Brooklyn, NY,
formerly of Marion, at St. John Baptist Church in Latta last Monday,
March 1, Rev. O. E. Jackson, Pastor. Burial was in Oakey Point by
the Ideal Funeral Parlor of Florence. Mrs. Bradly is survived by
five sons, Artemus Freeman, Mitchel, James, Donal and Lafon Bradley of
Brooklyn, NY, eleven sisters, eight brothers and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held last Sunday afternoon at Weston Chapel
A.M.E. Church for Mrs. Louise Moody Jardson of Washington, DC. Rev Hugo
Stanley, officiated. Mrs. Jardson was the daughter of Rev. Frank
Moody and a niece of Mrs. Bessie White of Latta.
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, March 18, 1971
Deaths in the
Magdalene Moore Column -
transcription available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Ulysses Willis
Queenie Smith Miles
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, March 25, 1971
Magdalene Moore Column:
Funeral service was held Wednesday, March 17 for Mr. Alford Smith of
Latta and Spring Branch at Weston Chapel Church, Re. Hugo Stanley,
Pastor. Interment at Fork Chapel Cemetery, Marion. Survivors; one
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Robinson, Brooklyn, NY. Two sons, Alford,
Jr. of Little Washington, NC and William Smith of Latta, two sisters;
Miss Edna Smith and Miss Georgia Smith, both of Fork. One brother, Ed
Smith of Fork twenty-five grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, April 15, 1971
Magdalene Moore Column: Miss Lula
Williams is 100 years old on
April 13th.
Gloria Ann Kinney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Williard Kinney,
Sr, and Ronald Gregory Kirkland will be married May 15th.
The write
up of the marriage was in the May 27th issue
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, April 22, 1971
Deaths in the
April 22, 1971 issue -
transcription available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Dr. Luther Haselden Edwards
Rachel Moody Mott
Magdalene Moore Column:
Mae Frances Bethea
James Wilson
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, April 29, 1971
The death of
Grady Gilbert Norton -
transcription available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, April 29, 1971
Magdalene Moore Column: Mrs. Lucinda McFarland
celebrated her 81st
birthday which occurred in March.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, May 6, 1971
Deaths
in the May 7th issue -
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Nettie Game
Joseph Judson Allen
Estella Bethea - Magdalene Moore Column
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, May 20, 1971
Deaths
in the May 20th issue -
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Fulton H.
Shelly
Chesley Wayne
Pate
Magdalene
Moore Column -
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Frank Moody
James
Cornelius McBride
Whitt Spears
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, June 10, 1971
Magdalene Moore
Column - The death of Flossie Wheeler -
transcription available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, June 10, 1971
Shirley Jean Hayes and Jerry Lynn
Ethridge were married May 28, 1971 at the Southern Methodist Church at
Latta, SC.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, June 17, 1971
Magdalene Moore
Column:
Annie Lee Bethea and her brothers left for Philadelphia to attend the
funeral of their sister, Marie. The service was Friday night,
June 11. The burial was in Philadelphia.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, June 24, 1971
Miss Eleanor Roderick Dew and Mr.
William Kennedy Breeden, Jr. were married June 11, 1971 at the Latta
Baptist Church.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, June 24, 1971
Magdalene Moore
Column - The death of Lillie Burrell -
transcription available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, July 1, 1971
Miss Bobbie Louise Berry and Billy
Wayne Caines were married June 18th.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, July 15, 1971
Deaths in the July 15th issue -
transcriptions available email <hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
John Calhoun Hayes
Slade S. Turbeville
Giles S. Page
Zenneth Coleman Hartz
John Davis, Jr. - Magdelene Moore Column
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, July 15, 1971
Miss Sharon Ann Whittington and Teddy
Charles Morrison were married July 2nd at the Latta Baptist
Church.
Miss Rosemary Yvonne Lee and Mr. Leslie Gerald Herring were married
July 9th at the Latta Baptist Church.
Miss Linda Lois McGill and Mr. Edward Charlton Spann, Jr. were married
July 3 in Cedar Swamp United Methodist Church.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, July 22, 1971
Magdalene Moore
Column - Funeral services were held for Rev. P. P.
McFarland, Jr. of Columbia, Monday, July 19th. He was pastor of Shiloh
Station A.M.E Church in the Orangeburg District and a pastor of the
Central A.M.E. annual conference. He had relatives and friends in
Latta.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC , July 22, 1971
Rebecca Jean Page and Milton Edward
Holt, Jr. were married in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Florence July
2. e.
The
Latta
Observer. Latta, SC, July 29, 1971
Deaths
in the July 29th issue - transcriptions available email
<hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
Stephen D. Williamson
Roland Vereen
The
Latta
Observer. Latta, SC, August 5, 1971
Mr. S.
W. Epps celebrated his
90th
birthday, July 27th. Attending were members of his family and his two older sisters.
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, August 5, 1971
Miss Betty Marie Henry and Mr.
George
Langdon Stone were married July 24th at the Latta United Methodist
Church.
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, August 12, 1971
Miss Harriet Faye Wood and Mr.
George
Darryl Rogers were married August 7th at the Catfish Creek Baptist
Church.
Miss Roberta Manning Nivens and Mr. Rembert M. Sessions were married
Sunday in College Place Methodist Church.
Miss Carol Anne Horner and Mr. William Johnson Leach were married
Saturday at Latta Baptist Church.
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, August 12, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column - Mrs. Amelia Henry celebrated her 88th birthday
last Friday.
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, August 12, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column - Funeral services were held for Mrs. Ethel Lane
Bethea, Sunday August 8th at St. John Baptist Church. Rev. O. E.
Jackson, Pastor, assisted by Rev. Hugo Stanley. Mrs. Bethea was
the daughter of the late Mr. Aubson Lane and Mrs. Alice Page Lane.
Survivors are a husband, Mr. Willie Bethea of the home and one sister,
Mrs Fordie Turner of Marion
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, August 26, 1971
Deaths in the August 26, 1971
issue -
transcriptions available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net>
Mable Hancock Hayes
Houston Manning
Louisa Johnson - Magdalene Moore Column
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, September 9, 1971
Deaths in the September 9, 1971
issue -
transcriptions available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net>
Aletha Clark Simpson
William Sinclair "Turk" Pope, Sr.
Clyde Bailey
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, September 9, 1971
Miss Linda Gail Coleman and Mr.
Michael Strom Therrell were married September 4th at the Latta Baptist
Church. . (also published in the September 30th issue)
Magdalene
Moore Column - Typhenia Bethea and Mr. Beanie Green were
married.
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, September 16, 1971
Deaths in the September 16,
1971 issue -
transcriptions available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net>
Walter Clarence Avarette
Ida Ellis Berry
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, September 23, 1971
Deaths in the September 23,
1971 issue, Magdalene Moore Column-
transcriptions available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net>
Alice Roberta Bethea
Hattie Matthews Terry
The
Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, September 30, 1971
Deaths in the September 30,
1971 issue - transcriptions
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Preston
Lang Bethea II
George Davis - Magdalene
Moore Column
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, October 7, 1971
Deaths in the October 7,
1971 issue - transcriptions
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Sallie Breeden Hamer
Maggie Lewis Bethea - Magdalene
Moore Column
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, October 14, 1971
The death
of Banksell Cottingham
- transcriptions
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The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, October 14, 1971
Miss Cynthia Ann McMillan and
Mr. Roger Philip Brunson were married October 9 at the Latta Methodist
Church.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, October 21, 1971
The death of Betty Bond Burgett
- transcription
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The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, October 21, 1971
Miss Janice Epstein and Mr.
Randolph Winn Seifert were married September 28 at the home of the
bride.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, October 28, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column:
Funeral services were held for Miss Sarah Alie Graham, 72, Dillon, SC
at St. Stephen United Methodist Church last Sunday. Rev. E. W.
William, officiating. Burial was in Bethel Hill Cemetery by
Green's Funeral Home. Miss Graham was born in Dillon County,
daughter of the late Robert H. and Emily L. Graham. Surviving are a
sister, Mrs. Marion G. Wright of Dillon, two brothers, Theodore Graham
of Trenton, NJ and Benjamin P. Graham of Chesterton, Maryland.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Dudley of Dillon, Tuesday in Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church by Rev. L. R. Fegues. Burial was in Ceder
Fall Cemetery. Mrs. Dudley was the mother of Mr. Thomas Dudley of
Dillon and Mrs. Teresa McRae.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, November 11, 1971
Deaths in the November 11th
issue - transcriptions
available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net>
Victor Brown
Magdalene
Moore Column
Rosanna
Baker
Edward "Buddy" Williams -full
obituary in the November 18th issue
Gloria
Page
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, November 11, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column - Miss
Bessie Louise Johnson and Mr. Henry James Bell were married November 6
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, November 18, 1971
The deaths of Cephus Tenn Davis
and Audrey Finklea - transcription available by email
<hbmoody@bellsouth.net>
TThe Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, November 18, 1971
Miss Debra Daphne Coleman and
Mr. Harold Coleman, Jr. were married Sunday at the Marion Baptist
Church.
Miss Alice Ann Tyndall and Mr. Aubrey Yates Arnette, Jr. were married
November 5.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, November 25, 1971
Death of Easu Ward in the
Magdalene
Moore Column - transcriptions
available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, December 2, 1971
Deaths in the December 2nd issue- transcription
available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net>
Everette D.
Earles
Charles A. Horton
Magdalene
Moore Column:
Funeral service was held for Mrs. Sarah Ann Lytch McInnis of Brooklyn,
NY in Fairplains, U. N. M. Church, McCall, SC, November 21st. Rev. S.
Jones, Minister. Mrs. McInnis was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mary Lytch. (as given) She was born in Marlboro County.
Before moving to Brooklyn, she lived in Latta. Surviving are one
daughter, Mrs. Lula Goldsmith, four grandchildren, seven great
grandchildren all of Brooklyn, NY.
Funeral services was held for Mr. Fred William Godfery last Sunday,
November 28th in New Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church, Sellers. Rev. T.
Sanders, Pastor. He was the husband of Mrs. Julane Evans Godfery.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, December 9, 1971
Deaths
in the December 7th issue- transcription
available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net>
E. B. "Burke" Berry, Jr.
Ruby McLean Gaddy
Carrie Bedia Russell Hulon
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC. December 9, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column:
Mrs. Annie Scott of Baltimore, Maryland died. She is a sister of
Mr. Fletcher Sanders of Latta.
Funeral services were held for Master Tyrone Grice of Jersey City, NJ,
last Sunday afternoon at St John Baptist Church in Latta. Tyrone Eric
Grice, son of Willie and Thomasina Dudley Grice was born July 13, 1968
in Jersey City, NJ. Surviving are his parents, two brothers,
Kenneth Terell of the home and Patrick Dudley of Dillon, his
grandparents, four great grandparents.
The Latta
Observer. Latta, SC, December 16, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column - Funeral
services will be held for Mr. Nathaniel McNeil in Lanchester, PA,
December 17th. Mr. McNeil is a native of South Carolina and the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Elliot McNeil of Marion. He has relatives
in
Latta.
Other
deaths in the Magdalene
Moore Column - transcriptions
available by email <hbmoody@bellouth.net>
Martha Ann Gadson
Ernest Barr
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, December 23, 1971
Miss
Joyce Lane and Mr. James
Dewey Harrison were married December 5th at the Manning Chapel
Methodist Church.
The Latta
Observer, Latta, SC, December 23, 1971
Magdalene
Moore Column:
We regret to hear of the death of Mrs. Evelyn Whittington White of
Philadelphia, PA. She was a native of South Carolina and the
daughter of Mrs. Maddie Whittington of Latta. She is married to
Mr. Robert White, a son of Mrs. Laura White of Latta. Funeral services
will be in Philadelphia.
Mr. Rufus Jones died Sunday, December 19th. Funeral service will be
held Wednesday, December 23 at St. Phillip United M. Church. He
was the husband of Mrs, Pearl Jones of Latta.
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