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Ms. Ola Mae Jackson, entered eternal rest on Sunday May 22, 2010 at the Trident Medical Center in Charleston, SC. She was the mother of Veronica, James and Chuck Jackson and the sister of Nathaniel Preston Lomey.

Mr. Ronald Bodison, 47, died on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro, SC.  He was the son of Ms. Helen Bodison of Walterboro, SC.  Funeral Service will be Friday, 1pm at the Rock of Ages CME Church on Hampton Street in Walterboro, SC.  Allen Funeral Home of Walterboro is in [...]

Katie Simmons Fort, 70, the daughter of the late John (JD) Simmons and Pearl Williams Simmons was born on August 1, 1939 in Colleton County. She entered into eternal rest on October 31, 2009 in New York City.

Latavein Emanuel Walker, Henry Lee Clair Moultrie, Sr., Wilelmenia Evans Zeigler

Mr.Clyde L. Miller, 69,
Mr. Gregory A. Maree, 35

Genealogy and the African American Church
Imagine the difficulties today’s African American genealogists have trying to piece together their family tree. Because of the enslavement of the African American traditional records or no records were kept of their existence. It was not until the 1870 census that African Americans were legally recorded. Some of us (family [...]

Oral InterviewsIn the second article of this series, I wrote that gathering oral information is a great way to begin research of your family’s history. I loved visiting my elderly relatives in my hometown of Oakfield, Georgia and surrounding areas. I also learned of other places where I could obtain oral information.

Bertha Evans 76, Mack Taylor 84

Mrs. Willie Mae Russell Wiggins, Mr. Joe Nathan Brown

Shirley A. Holmes
Ms. Shirley A. Holmes, daughter of the late James W. Holmes and Betty Memminger Holmes, was born on November 1, 1949 in Colleton County, South Carolina. She departed this life on Sunday, July 6, 2008 at Avalon Rehabilitation and Health Center in Smithtown, New York, following an extended illness.

Raymond “Pig” Limehouse, 67 died February 21, 2008 in Cottageville, S.C. and was the son of the late Eddie and Cleo Limehouse.

Jackie Mary Young ?Jackie Mary?, as she was affectionately called by her family, was born to James Joseph and Mary Lee Bryant Young on January 30, 1961 in Green Pond, SC.

Thomas Dean Adams, 77, the beloved son of the late Allen Adams and the late Queenie Brown-Adams was born October 26, 1930 in Colleton County. He eternal rest on December31, 2007 at Colleton medical center.

Ada Bodison-Maree, 97, entered into eternal rest on November 4 at Carolina Medical University in Charlotte, NC. She was born August 8, 1910 in Round O. She was the beloved daughter of the late Robert and Amelia Hampleton Bodison.

David Walker, Stephanie Steward

KRISTI NUGENT
Kristi Nugent, 35, of 210 Aspenwood Drive, died Monday, September 10, 2007 at her home following a courageous one year battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.