Ola Gardner Owen Ola Gardner Owen, 96, of Chesterfield, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002. A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7 from Shiloh United Methodist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, S.C. 29709. Born in Chesterfield, Mrs. Owen was a daughter of the late C. Baxter and Sarah Jane Purvis Gardner. She was a retired seamstress and a homemaker. She was the oldest living member of Shiloh United Methodist Church. She was married to the late James Weldon Owen. Surviving are a son, Scott G. Owen of Chesterfield; a daughter, Sarah O. Shively of Mifflinburg, Pa.; a sister, Lua G. Rivers of Chesterfield; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Raeburn Owen; two daughters, Dale Lee and Bonnie Rivers; a great- grandson; three brothers; and one sister. Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aaron Black Aaron Black, 62, of Patrick, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001. A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan 2 from Mr. Olive Baptist Church. Burial followed in Mount Olive Cemetery. Born in Patrick, Mr. Black was a son of John A. Black and Dollie Johnson Black. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister, Naomi B. Oates of Youngstown, Ohio; two brothers, Azar Black of Lincolnston, N.C., and "Baby Brother" Mac Arthur Black of Patrick; devoted friends, Jessie and Lucille Sellers; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother. Grooms Funeral Homes was in charge of arrangements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************************************************************** Part of the obituary listed above obviously should have been included in the obituary of Earl Lewis for January 10, 2002 - Part 1 of 3 as follows: He was preceded in death by three brothers, Frank Lewis, Grady Lewis and Oscar Lewis; and four sisters, Grace Dunsford, Mabel Atkinson, Lillie Davidson and Fannie Lee Wallace. Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. *************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William James Morris Jr. William James Morris Jr., 46, of Cheraw, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2002. A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5 from Westfield Creek Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Born in Cheraw, Mr. Morris was a son of the late James William Morris Sr. and Mary Leona Brock Morris of Cheraw. He was a graduate of Chesterfield High School and was employed with Bonsal as a mechanic. He was a member of Westfield Creek Baptist Church and was attending Brown Springs Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Sylvia White Morris of the home; three daughters, Melissa Griggs of Patrick, Rena Morris and Elizabeth Morris of Cheraw; his mother of Cheraw; four stepdaughters, Brandy Rushing of Cheraw, Nicky Byrd, Darlene Melton and Cindy Johnson all of Patrick; two brothers, Sammy Morris of Chesterfield and Clyde Morris of Davidson, N.C.; two sisters, Sheila Snuggs of Lake Tillery, N.C., and Teresa Huntley of Chesterfield; four grandchildren; and 10 step-grandchildren. Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lemual Carl "L.C." Stewart Sr. Lemual Carl "L.C." Stewart Sr., 82, of Nakina, N.C., died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6 from Peacock's Chapel In The Pines with the Rev. Glenn Lane officiating. A graveside service followed at 2:30 p.m. in Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wallace. The son of the late Luther Max and Addie Stewart, Mr. Stewart was a member of the Poley Bridge Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and former Sunday School Superintendent. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Surviving are his wife, Frances Inez Hardwick Stewart; a son, Lemual Carl Stewart Jr. of Nakina; a daughter, Kay F. Stewart Guinn of Nakina two brothers, Miles Stewart of Petersburg, Va., and Thomas Stewart of Richmond, Va.; three sisters, Eula Platt of Colonial Heights, Va., Katie Burroughs of Virginia Beach, Va., and Linda Quail of Shunk, Pa.; four grandchildren, the Rev. Thomas Guinn of Wallace, Kimberly K. Keith of Society Hill, Wayne Smith of Rockingham, N.C., and Mark Smith of Wallace; and 10 great-grandchildren. Peacock Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Floyd Dixon Floyd Dixon, 35, of Patrick, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002. A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6 from Edwards Chapel Baptist Church with the Revs. Marco Kelley and Ed Griggs officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Born in Darlington County, Mr. Dixon was a son of Hart Dixon and the late Mauise "Sug" Strickland Dixon. Surviving are his father of Patrick; a brother, Michael Dixon of Patrick; sisters, Valerie D. Keith of Hartsville, Gloria D. Gandy of Society Hill, Arlene D. Price of Patrick; a special aunt, Ethelene "Dune" Strickland Wolfe of Rivesville, W.Va.; and a special friend, April Chavers of Florence. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bobby Allen Freeman Bobby Allen Freeman, 66, of Gaston, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002. A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6 from the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington with the Rev. Allen Lawson officiating. Burial, with Masonic Rites, was in Pleasant Pines Church Cemetery, Gaston. Memorials may be made to Pleasant Pines Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 68, Gaston, S.C. 29053. Born in Chesterfield, Mr. Freeman was a son of the late Allen Monroe and Mary Long Freeman. He was a member of Pleasant Pines Church and was retired from Anchor Continental and the City of Columbia. He had served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the Masonic Lodge 325, Olympia. Surviving are his wife, Anna M. Freeman of Gaston; a daughter, Mary Lynn Freeman (Michael) Richburg of Swansea; a grandson, Peyton Freeman Richburg; and several nieces and nephews. Thompson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

At 12:00 PM 01/22/2002 -0500, you wrote: > Ola Gardner Owen > Ola Gardner Owen, 96, of Chesterfield, died Sunday, >Jan. 6, 2002. Aunt Ola's one of mine, so I thought this would be as good a time as any to add some family information here :) Ola was one of the middle children of Caldwell Baxter Gardner and Sarah Jane Purvis. Baxter & Janie's family is as follows: Jesse Gardner, b. 1899 d. 1899 Leonard C. Gardner, b. 1901 d. 1959 Eva Janet Gardner, b. 1903 d. 1980 Jesse Gardner, b. abt 1904 d. abt 1973 Ola Elizabeth Gardner, b. 1905 d. 2002 Lawrence Nelson Gardner, b. 1907 d. 1953 *** my direct line Mattie Lua Gardner - living Coit Wilson Gardner, b. 1912, d. 1914 Harold Baxter Gardner, b. 1914 d. 1990 Janie Purvis Gardner is the daughter of Stephen David Purvis and Effie Freeman. The family as follows: William John Purvis, b. 1866 d. 1918 Josephine Purvis, b. 1868 d. 1934 Sidney James Purvis, b. 1870 d. aft 1880 Alexander Milton "Sandy" Purvis, b. 1873 d. 1930 Sarah Jane "Janie" Purvis, b. 1875 d. 1946 ** my line :) Lilly Ann Purvis, b. 1878 d. 1932 Archie K. Purvis, b. 1881 d. 1882 Clarence D. Purvis, b. 1882 d. 1955 Rose Effie Purvis, b. & d. 1884 Baxter "Dixie" Gardner was the youngest son of John Nelson Gardner and Levicia Burr. Big family! Mary Margaret Gardner, b. 1853 d.? John Calhoun Gardner, b. 1854 d.? Jacob Newton Gardner, b. 1855 d.? Joseph Allen Gardner, b. 1857 d. 1919 Furman Wardlaw Gardner, b. 1861 d. 1941 Emma Lavicia Gardner, b. 1864 d. 1919 George Wellington Gardner, b. 1866 d. 1932 William Preston Gardner, b. 1869 d.? Mattie Jane Gardner, b. 1871 d.? Robert Clifton Gardner, b. 1873 d. 1948 Wade Hampton Gardner, b. 1875 d. 1948 Caldwell Baxter Gardner, b. 1876 d. 1967 Hattie Gardner, b. 1878 d. 1951 Vicey Burr was the second wife of John Nelson Gardner; his first wife was her sister, Mary Burr. It is known that John & Mary had two sons -- James Washington Gardner, b. 1846, and Thomas Jefferson Gardner, b. 1848. One of the Gardner mysteries would be, "What *really* happened to James and Thomas?" One set of family researchers says that both boys died in the war, leaving no descendants -- not impossible given their ages. They would have been 19 and 17 at the end of the war, so it's unlikely that they would have married and had children already, especially not Thomas. There *is* a record of a James Washington enlisting at Lynch's Creek at the age of 17; this James survived the war and was paroled at Greensboro NC in May 1865. I've been unable to locate any record of Thomas serving, however. There is a second theory. Census records show both a James and a Thomas Gardner living in Kershaw County after the war, both married and had children. While not necessarily proven, I think it's fairly obvious that the James that enlisted at Lynch's Creek is probably the James living in Kershaw after the war. But are these men the sons of John & Mary, or members of another Gardner family entirely, with only an coincidence of names? Any one have any proof either way? Angie