OBITUARIES 
OBITUARIES This page is dedicated to those loved ones
who have gone to prepare a place before us.
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Minnie Sanders Rivers
[20 Aug 1890 - 14 February 1937]
| MRS. R. E. RIVERS, JR - Chesterfield, Feb. 19. - Mrs. R. E. Rivers, Jr., died at her home in Chesterfield after an illness of one week of pneumonia. Mrs. Rivers was 46 years old and was the daughter Mrs. J. C. Sanders of Pageland. Her father had recently died. She had been teaching school at Center Point, near her home for several years. She was also active in church and women's club work and her name was included in the 1936 volume of out- standing women of America. Mrs. Rivers was an enthusiastic worker in her United Daughters of Confederacy, where she achieved distinction for historical work. It was through her efforts that government markers were placed on the graves of Chesterfield county Veterans. For this excellent work she was presented a state prize. It was through her untiring efforts that the Secession Boulder was placed on the courthouse lawn at Chesterfield. Funeral services were held at the Chesterfield Methodist church of which she was a faithful member, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. E. S. Dunbar, assisted by, the Rev. T. M. Godbold. Mrs. Rivers is survived by her mother, her husband, three sons, Edgar, Don and Wendell; one brother and six sisters, and a host of relatives and friends. |
Sheila Mae Purvis
[21Sept 1939 - 23 Sept 1998]
| Sheila Mae Purvis, 59, died at her home on Wednesday, September 23, 1998. She was born in Orlando, Florida on September 21, 1939 to Wiley Hutzler Pridgen and Edith May Barnes. She was medically retired from Hill Air Force Base in 1985 after undergoing a heart transplant at the University Medical Center on March 14, 1985. She worked as a Production Management Specialist until her retirement in 1985. Sheila was the first woman and the second person to receive a heart transplant in the University of Utah Medical Center's newly established Cardiac Transplant Program. She was a pioneer in this program and as a result of her experience and understanding, she became a mentor to many of the early transplant patients. She opened both her heart and her home to these early patients and spent many hours meeting new candidates; providing both transportation and lodging during their stay. She was a member of the Laureate Epsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Surviving are her husband, Charles L. Purvis, Ogden; a son, Darrell Dean Kelley, Jr. and his wife, Sherrie, Kennewick, Washington; a daughter, Helen Marie Kelley, Clearfield; a step- son, Charles L. Purvis, Jr., Ogden; her mother, Ruth Carter Pridgen, Live Oak, Florida; two brothers, Michael Hillier, Washington, DC; Wiley Pridgen, Davenport, Florida; and the pride of her heart, her adorable grandchildren, Spencer Dean and Morgan Marie Kelley of Kennewick, Washington. She was preceded in death by her mother, Edith May Barnes Pridgen, a younger sister, Ginger Lee Pridgen and her father, Wiley Hutzler Pridgen. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to either the Heart or Kidney Foundation in Sheila's name. A memorial service will be held Friday, September 25 at 3 p.m. at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. in Ogden, Utah. |
William Turnage
Rivers
[15 Feb 1860 - 23 Oct 1933]
| William Turnage Rivers, 73, passed away at his home in the Teal Mill section on Monday, October 23, at 11:30 o’clock. "Billie” Rivers, as he was familiarly called by a vast horde of friends, was among Chesterfield county’s best citizens. He was active and always dependable in every walk of life. He was a member of Lower Macedonia Baptist church and had served as a deacon in that church for 30 years. The deacons of Lower Macedonia served as pallbearers. Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning, conducted by Rev. J. S. Tyson, of Albemarle, N. C., assisted by Rev. Wood, Rev. J. J. Stevenson, of Columbia and Rev. J. B. Weldon, of Chesterfield. Surviving Mr. Rivers are two sisters, Mrs. Caleb Coker and Mrs. Emma Smith, of Cheraw; ten children, Bennie Rivers, Wadesboro; Paul Rivers, Wilmington; Miss Mary Elizabeth Rivers, Raleigh; Mrs. Boyd Haley, Cheraw; Blease Rivers, Washington, D. C.; Misses Connie, Louise, and Stella, and Messrs. Preston and Wannamaker, the latter five children living with their father at the old home, taking loving care of him during his last days; also surviving are eight grand children. |
Hattie
Hammond Rivers
[11 Feb 1878 - 15 Feb 1930]
| MRS. W. T. Rivers On Feb. 15th at a time when pleasure was at its highest pitch, the death angel visited the home of Mr. W. T. Rivers and claimed its most precious jewel for her own. Mrs. Rivers passed to her reward as she had so many times expressed her desire to do, and that was suddenly and without warning. She was waiting on the table at her own and her devoted husband’s birthday dinner. Her death was a shock to all who were there as she was, at the minute of her death, joking with some of the members of her family. Her life was everything that is pure, noble and good. Though her face has gone forever, her influence will last through generations. Every-one who knew her suffers a great loss at her departure and we know that God was surely searching for the best when He took her. Mrs. Rivers leaves to mourn her death a husband, Mr. W. T. Rivers who is one of the county’s outstanding citizens. His fine Christian character is unsurpassed, five sons and five daughters share the father's grief. They are Bennie, Paul, Preston. Blease and Wannamaker; and Mary, Connie, Mrs. Boyd Hayley; Louise and Stella. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. Honeycutt, Tyson and Brown, former and present pastors of the family. The resting-place of Mrs. Rivers is marked by a mound of beautiful flowers, which show that she was loved and respected by many. |
Maj. Alfred W.
Davis
[1Jan 1838 - 29 March 1915]
| Maj. Alfred W. Davis Special to The State: |
Martha Jane
[Tate] Sharp
[3 August 1871 - 13 August 1948]