Extracts from Obituaries
Published in
 The Dillon Herald
 1955
The extracts for 1955 are not in alphabetical order.  They are listed in the month as they appeared in the Dillon Herald
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JANUARY


Name:      Mrs. Emory Kilt Hayes       
Parents:  Mrs. Allen Hayes, Lumberton, NC
Spouse:  Emory Hayes
Date of Birth/Age:  56
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: December 28, 1954
Place of Death:  McLeod Infirmary, Florence
Place of Burial:  Mechanicsville Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 4, 1955, page 1, col. 7   


Name:   Grady Samuel Byrd          
Date of Birth/Age:  35
Place of Birth:  Lumberton, NC native
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:  Dillon  (auto accident)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 4, 1955, page 1, col. 7.   Wreck photo: Friday January 7, 1955, page 1, col. 6


Name:   Robert Thomas Clewis             
Date of Birth/Age:  35
Place of Birth:  Lumberton, NC native
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:  Dillon (auto accident)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 4, 1955, page 1, col. 7.  Wreck photo: Friday January 7, 1955, page 1, col. 6


Name:      Durham McKenzie           
Date of Birth/Age:  67 
Date of Death: inquest December 31, 1954
Place of Death:  Dillon (struck by auto)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 4, 1955, page 1, col. 5      


Name:      Edgar Banks Farley
Parents:  Mrs. Lina Banks Farley & late Henry L. Farley
Spouse:  Mrs. Nell Herring Farley
Date of Birth/Age:  43
Place of Birth:  Gulf, NC
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  Dillon home
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 4, 1955, page 1, col. 4   


Name:      Mrs. Mattie Page
Maiden name: Norman
Parents:  late Rev. W. D. Norman & Martha Hayes Norman
Date of Birth/Age:  72
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  Lake View home
Place of Burial:  services: Bear Swamp Baptist Church
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 4, 1955, page 1, col. 1  


Name:    Mrs. Percy Morgan        
Brother: G. H. Bell of Dillon 
Date of Death: buried yesterday
Place of Burial:  Dunn, NC
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 4, 1955, page 1, col. 7       


Name:  Mrs. Frances Bryant Lane   
Date of Birth/Age:  86
Date of Death: December 28, 1954
Place of Burial:  Union Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday January 7, 1955, page 1, col. 7      


Name:      Mrs. Golden Bailey
Parents:  late Edmond & Swannie Hamilton of Marion County
Date of Birth/Age:  71
Date of Death: December 28, 1954
Place of Death:  St. Eugene Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday January 7, 1955, page 1, col, 2 


Name:      Mrs. Louise Elkins Clark
Parents:  Mr. & Mrs. Richard Elkins       
Spouse:  Lee Clark
Date of Birth/Age:  27
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  home
Place of Burial:  Oak Grove Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 11, 1955, page 1, col. 5


Name:      Wade W. Wise
Parents:  late R. C. & Janie Watson Wise
Spouse:  (1) late Mrs. Lillian Bullard Wise (2) Mrs. Carrie Blackmon Wise
Date of Birth/Age:  77
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  a Florence hospital
Place of Burial:  Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery, Oak Grove
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 11, 1955, page 1, col. 4   


Name:      Mrs. Dorothy Danehauer McLeod
Parents:  late Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Danenhauer of Clifton, Ariz.
Spouse:  T. Eugene McLeod formerly of Latta
Date of Birth/Age:  47
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Garden Grove, Ca. home
Place of Burial:  services: Blowers Mortuary, Santa Ana, Ca.
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 11, 1955, page 1, col. 6


Name:      Rembert Carmichael Proctor       
Parents:  M. R. Proctor
Spouse:  Bertie Rowell
Date of Birth/Age:  38
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  Conway Hospital
Place of Burial:  family plot at Little Rock
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday January 14, 1955, page 1, col. 3


Name:      Mrs. Kate Allen Eaddy
Parents:   Joseph & Marian Bethea Allen of Latta
Spouse:   S. R. Eaddy of Florence County
Date of Birth/Age:  82
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  Hamlet, NC
Place of Burial:  Old Johnsonville Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday January 14, 1955, page 1, col. 6  


Name:      Mrs. Mattie Lester McLaurin
Maiden name: Lester
Parents:  late Hector & Jeanette Smith Lester of Dillon County
Spouse:  Allen A. McLaurin
Date of Birth/Age:  62 
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  Bennettsville home
Place of Burial:  Sunset Memorial Park
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 18, 1955, page 1, col. 2   


Name:      Mrs. Rebecca (Peggy) Johnson Nyhan
Parents:  W. f. R. Johnson & late Rebecca Nichols Johnson
Spouse:  married 1947 Frederick Phillip Nyhan of Lawrence, Mass and Marion
Date of Birth/Age:  July 5, 1922
Place of Birth:  Marion
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  Marion home
Place of Burial:  Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 18, 1955, page 1, col. 5 


Name:      Mrs. Julia Ivey
Parents:   Mrs. Jesse Herring  & late Jesse Herring
Spouse:  Wilmer Ivey
Date of Birth/Age:  40
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  Dillon
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday January 21, 1955, page 1, col. 2


Name:      Kelly L. Caulder, Jr.           
Parents:  Mr. & Mrs. Kelly L. Caulder, Sr.
Date of Birth/Age:  2 months
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Burial:  Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday January 25, 1955, page 1, col. 3

 
  FEBRUARY


Name:      Mrs. Roxie M. Dozier
Parents:  W. J. Murdock & late Savannah Rogers Murdock
Spouse:  Wyburn Dozier
Date of Birth/Age:  47
Place of Birth:  Anderson County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  St. Eugene Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday February 8, 1955, page 1, col. 5 


Name:      Miss Lula Mae Loupo
Parents:  late Marshall & Joanne Elvington Loupo
Date of Birth/Age:  68
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  home near Lake View
Place of Burial:  services: Lake View Baptist Church
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday February 8, 1955, page 1, col. 5   


Name:      Mrs. Carolyn (Snookie) Williams Ray       
Parents:  Mr. & Mrs. Sam W. Williams
Spouse:  J. D. Ray
Date of Birth/Age:  29 
Date of Death: Sunday (auto accident)
Place of Death:  St. Eugene Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday February 15, 1955, page 1, col. 2 


Name:      Ashby Lifrage Jones
Spouse:  (1) Mrs. Quillian Daybert (2) Mrs. Dorothy Miles Jones
Date of Birth/Age:  55
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Burial:  Riverside
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday February 15, 1955, page 1, col. 4   


Name:      Hector Stafford Smith       
Date of Birth/Age:  70
Place of Birth:  life long resident of the Carolina community
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  a Bennettsville hospital
Place of Burial:  Carolina Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday February 25, 1955, page 1, col. 5  


Name:      Elaine Compton
Parents:   A. S. &  Genvieve Bailey Compton
Date of Birth/Age:  4
Date of Death: February 13
Place of Death:  Newport News, Va.
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday February 25, 1955, page 1, col. 7


Name:      Kenneth E. Bailey       
Parents:  Mr. & Mrs. H. H. Bailey
Spouse:  Blanche M. Bailey
Date of Birth/Age:  40
Date of Death: Friday  (auto accident January 31)
Place of Death:  a Durham, NC hospital
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday February 25, 1955, page 1, col. 4  


Name:      Samuel Wilson Dew
Parents:  late Willis W. & Lillie Moody Dew
Date of Birth/Age: 
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Burial:  Zion Church Cemetery in Temperance Hill
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday February 25, 1955, page 1, col. 1   


MARCH 


Name:      Frank J. Jackson
Parents:  late Lawrence & Hapsie Hamilton Jackson, Dillon
Spouse:  Mrs. Annie Jackson
Date of Birth/Age:  57
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  St. Eugene Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 1, 1955, page 1, col. 2 


Name:     William Henry Hayes
Parents:  late W. D. Hayes & Elizabeth Harlee Hayes
Date of Birth/Age: 
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  at home in the Floydale community
Place of Burial:  Mt. Andrews Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 1, 1955, page 1, col. 2    


Name:      Samuel Powers Proctor
Spouse:  former Miss Eliza C. Rowland died August 31, 1918
Date of Birth/Age:  83
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  a Florence hospital
Place of Burial:  St. Paul’s Methodist Church Cemetery at Little Rock
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 1, 1955, page 1, col. 2  


Name:      Miss Ruthie Mae Brewer
Parents:  Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brewer
Date of Birth/Age:  16
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  home in Hayestown section of Dillon County
Place of Burial:  Hayestown Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday March 4, 1955, page 4, col. 6


Name:      Daniel O’Berry Duncan
Parents:  W. T. Duncan of Myrtle Beach
Spouse:  Mrs. Ella Hodges Duncan
Date of Birth/Age:  42
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  New Bern, NC
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 8, 1955, page 1, col. 3 


Name: Mrs. L. M. Minshew 
Maiden name: Gardner   
Parents:  late Mr. & Mrs. Rufus Gardner of Edgecombe County, NC
Date of Birth/Age:  71
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:  Southern Pines, NC hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 8, 1955, page 1, col. 3    


Name:      Sgt. James A. Small        
Parents:  John Arthur & Walker Coats Small
Date of Birth/Age:  42
Date of Death: Tuesday  (auto accident)
Place of Death:  Ft. Bragg
Place of Burial:  Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 8, 1955, page 1, col. 3     


Name:      Mrs. Eunice Mae Richardson
Parents:   Ace & Amanda Brown Keith of Florence County
Spouse:  Norwood Richardson
Date of Birth/Age:  54
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  local hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 8, 1955, page 1, col. 3     


Name:      James R. “Gator” Herring           
Parents:  James Arthur Herring, Little Rock
Spouse:  Mrs. Beatrice Davis Herring
Date of Birth/Age:  about 37
Date of Death: found Sunday
Place of Death: Moccasin Bluff,  Little Pee Dee River (drowned)
Place of Burial:  Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 8, 1955, page 1, col.7  


Name:      Miss Eva Walters
Parents:   D. R. & Mary Walters
Date of Birth/Age: 
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  home
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 15, 1955, page 4, col. 4  


Name:      Mrs. Kit C. Price
Spouse:  late Jim Price of Lake View
Date of Birth/Age:  74
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  home of daughter, Mrs. Earl Hayes in Nichols
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 15, 1955, page 4, col. 5   


Name:      Harold Robert Barmore
Spouse:  Mrs. Mattie Herring Barmore
Date of Birth/Age:  67
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  St. Eugene Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 15, 1955, page 1, col. 7


Name:      Ringland L. Smith
Parents:  Sadie M. Smith
Spouse: Ellen Thomas of Gaffney
Date of Birth/Age:  62
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  Lake View
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday March 18, 1955, page 1, col. 1


Name:      Miss Mattie McLean       
Date of Birth/Age:  83
Place of Birth:  Dillon native
Date of Death: March 18
Place of Burial:  Monroe
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 22, 1955, page 5, col. 5  


Name:      Liston B. Hyman           
Parents:  Mr. & Mrs. Cohen Hyman
Spouse:  Mrs. Kathleen Hyman
Date of Birth/Age:  31
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: auto accident near Dunn, NC
Place of Burial:  Me. Elam Church Cemetery, near Pamplico
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday March 22, 1955, page 1, col. 7  


APRIL


Name:      Mrs. Edna Earl George
Parents:  Mr. & Mrs. John E. McLeod of Sellers
Spouse:  Lide George
Date of Birth/Age:  34
Place of Birth:  Rocky Mount, NC
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Burial:  Union Cemetery near Berry’s Crossroads
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday April 1, 1955, page 1, col. 7


Name:      Mrs. Annie Monroe Baker
Maiden name: Monroe
Parents:  late Dr. Francis & Carolyn Lewis Monroe
Spouse:  late James Graham Baker
Date of Birth/Age:  86
Place of Birth:  Latta
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Latta home
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 5, 1955, page 1, col. 5


Name:      Mrs. Charles Lane
Parents:  late Asa & Sally Bailey Webster
Spouse:  Charles Lane
Date of Birth/Age:  63
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  home
Place of Burial:  Lane Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 5, 1955, page 1, col. 2  


Name:      Mrs. Magnolia Hill
Parents:  W. M. Rising & late Magnolia Brumbles Rising
Spouse:  Irvin Hill
Date of Birth/Age:  50
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  Winston-Salem, NC  home
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, April 8, 1955, page 1, col. 6  


Name:      Walker Floyd
Parents:  late Avery & Penny Williams Floyd
Spouse:  Mrs. Meta Dubois Floyd
Date of Birth/Age:  77
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:  a Florence hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 12, 1955, page 1, col. 6  


Name:      Stewart Adams Jones
Parents:   Thomas & Laura Dodge Jones of Kingston, Canada
Spouse:  former Miss Ethel Mae Van Aken
Date of Birth/Age:  64
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  home of daughter Mr. J. C. Lupo, Jr.
Place of Burial:  Wiltwyck Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 12, 1955, page 1, col. 3  


Name:      Frank Theodore Blease
Spouse:  Mrs. Leona Jackson Blease
Date of Birth/Age:  59
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  St. Eugene Hospital
Place of Burial:  Mt. Calvary church yard
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 12, 1955, page 1, col. 2  


Name:      Furman Miller
Parents:  late W. W. & Adeline Rogers Miller
Date of Birth/Age:  67
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Dillon
Place of Burial:  Riverside
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 19, 1955, page 1, col. 6


Name:      Mrs. Nellie Huggins Conner       
Parents:  late Wallace & Helen Small Huggins of Horry County
Spouse:  late Doc Conner
Date of Birth/Age:  79
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  auto accident
Place of Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 19, 1955, page 1, col. 2   


Name:      Roland Sidney Berry
Date of Birth/Age:  69
Place of Birth:  Branchville & Jacksonville Fl. native
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Jacksonville, Fla.
Place of Burial:  services: Jacksonville
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 19, 1955, page 1, col. 4  


Name:      Mrs. N. D. Saleeby
Spouse:  N. D. Saleeby
Place of Birth:  Beirut, Lebanon native, Monroe, NC native
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  local hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 19, 1955, page 8, col. 2


Name:      Robert B. Smith
Spouse:  Mrs. Elma Edwards Smith
Date of Birth/Age:  68
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  home
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 19, 1955, page 8, col. 2


Name:      Mrs. Hanna Simmons
Parents:  late Steve & Sally Bass
Spouse:  Maxie Simmons
Date of Birth/Age:  50
Place of Birth:  Robeson County, NC
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  Dillon home
Place of Burial:  Robeson County, NC
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday April 22, 1955, page 4, col. 5   


Name:      E. R. McIntyre
Spouse:  Mrs. Sallie S. McIntyre
Place of Birth:  Robeson County native
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Burial: a Marion Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday April 26, 1955, page 8, col. 1 


Name:      Mrs. Celia Campbell Graham
Parents:  late Andrew J. & Sally Rogers Campbell
Spouse:  late James F. Graham
Date of Birth/Age:  82
Place of Birth:  Dillon native
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Dillon home
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday April 29, 1955, page 1, col. 4  


MAY


Name:      Lawrence Tyler 
Spouse:  Mrs. Lily Hilburn Tyler
Date of Birth/Age:  59
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  home
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 3, 1955, page 1, col. 5  


Name:      Carl L. Grice       
Parents:  Bradley & Bessie Mae Grice
Date of Birth/Age:  25
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County native
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  near Blenheim auto accident
Place of Burial:  Brownsville Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 3, 1955, page 7, col. 3   


Name:      Mrs. Victoria Dudley Allen
Date of Birth/Age:  74
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  home of son Romie Allen, Latta
Place of Burial:  Fork Baptist Cemetery near Latta
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 3, 1955, page 7, col. 3


Name:      Talmadge Rogers
Parents:  John & Mary Reynolds Rogers
Date of Birth/Age:  60
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  a Fayetteville, NC hospital
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday May 6, 1955, page 5, col. 5   


Name:      Clarence D. Bullard
Parents:  late Julius & Ellen Poston Bullard
Spouse:  Mrs. Isla Clarke Bullard
Date of Birth/Age:  58
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  Oak Grove home
Place of Burial:  Catfish Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 10, 1955, page 1, col. 2  


Name:      Dr. C. A. Henderson          
Spouse:  former Miss Charlotte Bethea of Latta
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: near Pensacolal, Fl. auto accident
Place of Burial:  services: Epworth Methodist Church of Savannah
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 17, 1955, page 1, col. 6  


Name:      Troy Lamar Shaw       
Parents:  Joseph L. Shaw
Spouse:  Mrs. Sally Williams Shaw
Date of Birth/Age:  54
Date of Death: Friday
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 17, 1955, page 1, col. 2 


Name:      Mrs. Louise Coleman Coward
Parents:  Mrs. Madge Harrelson Coleman & late Frank Coleman, Mullins
Spouse:  Roy Coward
Date of Birth/Age:  26
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  Latta home
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 24, 1955, page 1, col. 1   


Name:      Cpl. Bobby T. Wethington
Parents:  Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Wethington
Place of Death:  Korean war
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday May 27, 1955, page 1, col. 3   


Name:      John H. Dixon, Sr.
Parents:  late James Jefferson & Elizabeth Garrett Dixon
Spouse:  Mrs. Elsie Treadway Dixon
Date of Birth/Age:  75
Place of Birth:  Roxboro, NC
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial:  Chatham Cemetery, Chatham, Va.
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 31, 1955, page 4, col. 4


Name:      John W. Strickland
Parents:  late Nicholas & Emma Ammons Strickland
Spouse:  Mrs. Mollie Roberts Strickland
Date of Birth/Age:  69
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Oak Grove home
Place of Burial:  Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday May 31, 1955, page 5, col. 2


JUNE


Name:      Charlie Boston (Dick) Lupo
Spouse:  Mrs. Charlie Lupo
Date of Birth/Age:  68
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial:  Piney Grove Baptist Church cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday June 7, 1955, page 1, col. 3 


Name:  Theadis Davis
Parents:  Mrs. Rennie Sessions Jernigan & late Ransom Sessions,
Date of Birth/Age:  33
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  local hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday June 10, 1955, page 1, col. 1   


Name:      Abe Gibson
Date of Birth/Age:  77
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Burial:  St. Stephen M. E. Church
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Friday June 10, 1955, page 1, col. 5   


Name:      Mrs. Ida McKenzie
Parents:  late Morgan & Mary Surles Taylor
Spouse:  late Isiah McKenzie
Date of Birth/Age:  81
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:  local hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday June 14, 1955, page 1, col. 3. 


Name:      Thomas Brooks Alford
Parents:  late Frasier & Annie David Alford
Date of Birth/Age:  62
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  a Columbia hospital
Place of Burial:  Alford Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday June 14, 1955, page 1, col. 3  


Name:      Claude Temple Bullock
Parents:  late Andrew & Quinn Rowland Bullock
Spouse:  Mrs. Lena Abbott Bullock
Date of Birth/Age:  66
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  VA Hospital, Fayetteville, NC
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday June 14, 1955, page 1, col. 5  


Name:. Berline Stone Smith
Spouse:  Sgt. Floyd C. Smith
Date of Birth/Age: 38
Place of Birth:  Dillon native
Date of Death: June 4
Place of Death:  Etain, France
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday June 14, 1955, page 6, col. 4 and Friday June 24, 1955, page 1, col. 3


Name:      Wilson W. Harris         
Spouse:  Cornelia Bethea
Date of Birth/Age:  65