The following obit was published in "The State", today, Nov. 29, 2006. I saw he was born in Greenwood Co, so scanned it in case someone can use it and it was not in local newspapers. Billie --------------------------------------------------- Thomas Stallworth CHESTER - Mr. Thomas Arlington Stallworth, 91, of 102 Sunset Drive, died Tuesday, November 28, 2006, at his residence. A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, December 1,2006, in Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Don Simpson and Rev. James S. Lowry officiating. Born in the Phoenix Community of Greenwood County, SC, May 26, 1915, he was the son of James Stanmore Stallworth and Nellie Eola Arlington Stallworth. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School, and in 1937, graduated from Clemson College with a 2nd Lieutenant Reserve Officer's commission. Following graduation, Mr. Stallworth taught agriculture at North High School in North, SC, where he met and later married his first wife, Frances Eugenia "Gene" Arant of Orangeburg, SC. Mr. Stallworth joined the Clemson College Agriculture Extension Service and worked as the Assistant Agricultural Agent in Laurens and Anderson Counties, SC, before moving to Chester to serve as County Agricultural Agent in 1946. In 1949, he joined R.A. Oliphant to become an owner of Victor Fertilizer Company. This partnership with the Oliphant family lasted until the company was sold to W.R. Grace & Company in 1969. Mr. Stallworth was a member of Purity Presbyterian Church for 59 years where he served as a deacon. He was past president of Chester Realty Company, a former member of Chester Rotary Club and Board Director of the South Carolina Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association. He was also a past member of the Society of the Cincinnati in South Carolina and the Battle of Eutaw Springs Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Stallworth was assigned to the Army's 26th Infantry Division and served under George C. Patton during the Battle of the Bulge. He was the recipient of the Bronze Star, American Defense Medal, ATO Ribbon, EAME Ribbon with four Battle Stars representing the battles of Northern France, Rhineland, the Ardennes and Central Europe. On November 10, 2003, U.S. Representative John Spratt presented him with the Jubilee of Freedom Medal for service in the invasion of the Normandy Peninsula at Utah Beach during World War II. Mr. Stallworth is survived by his wife of 32 years, Mary Jane Gatteys Bradford Stallworth, his daughter and son-in-law, Genie Stallworth Stone Meissner and husband, David Meissner of Grafton, Wisconsin, his son and daughter-in-law, Thomas Arlington Stallworth Jr. and his wife, Nancy Mayer Stallworth, of Columbia, SC, and four grandchildren, Robert Tyler Stone and his wife, Leslie Morgan Stone, of Columbia, SC, Marion Stallworth Stone of Ashville, NC, Thomas Arlington Stallworth III and his wife, Heather Brantley Stallworth, of Columbia, SC, and Brantley Stallworth Hodges and her husband, James "Chip" Hodges, of Beaufort, SC. He is also survived by three great-grandchildren, Thomas Arrington Stallworth IV, James Stanmore Stone, James Lynwood Hodges III, and four stepchildren, William G. "Mickey" Bradford III of Anchorage, AK, Thomas Hunter Bradford of Metropolis, IL, Quinton Paul Bradford of Greensboro, NC, and Julia Bradford Dibrell of York, SC. He was preceded in death by a sister, Rebecca Stallworth Lowry (Mrs. Bright A.) who resided in Great Falls, SC, and one brother, Dr. James Martley Stallworth who resided in Charleston, SC. Memorials may be made to Purity Presbyterian Church Capital Campaign, PO Box 278, Chester, SC 29706 or Hospice & Community Care, PO Box 993, Rock'Hill, SC 29731. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Morris J. Ehrlich Jr., James M. Robinson, D.C. Wylie Jr. and Robert K. Wylie. The family will receive friends at the gravesite immediately following the service. Barren Funeral Home, 133 Wylie Street, Chester, is in charge of arrangements.