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Thomas Harn Westmoreland, 91, of Columbia, known to generations of South Carolina Baptists as the founding director of the state convention’s music department, died Dec. 23, 2016. Born Jan. 28, 1925, in Greenville, he attended Berry College... Continue Reading »
William Minor “Bill” Page Jr., 96, of Greenville, died Dec. 15, 2016. Born in Spartanburg, he served as pastor for 32 years at Friendship Baptist Church, Pauline, and 29 years at Mauldin First Baptist Church, where he was a... Continue Reading »
John Roosevelt Johnson, 84, of Charleston, died Dec. 21, 2016. Born in Charleston, he retired from the Army after 20 years of service as a master sergeant. He then earned a master of divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist... Continue Reading »
Cecil N. Johnson, 76, of Lancaster, died Jan. 3, 2017. Born in Shelby, N.C., he earned a master of divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He pastored churches in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, serving the longest... Continue Reading »
Jack S.W. Ellenburg, 80, of Anderson, died Dec. 14, 2016. Born in Greenville, he served four years in the U.S. Air Force and earned a B.A. degree from Furman University, an M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and an... Continue Reading »
Charles Edward Castles, 66, of Amelia, Ohio, died Dec. 24, 2016. He grew up in Greenville and earned a B.S. degree from the University of South Carolina and an M.Div. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He pastored Calvary... Continue Reading »
Huford Chatman Cash, 94, of Pelzer, died Dec. 10, 2016. Born in Chesnee, he was a Baptist minister for 58 years, pastoring seven churches in the area. During his later years, he did evangelistic and interim pastoral work. Survivors... Continue Reading »
Students with ties to South Carolina graduated from Southern, Southeastern, and New Orleans Baptist theological seminaries in December. Southern Seminary Gregory Scott Redd of Gilbert, Jared Andrew Skinner of Moore, and Adam Traylor Work of Marion (master of divinity);... Continue Reading »
“I’ll retire when the devil retires.” Gary Harthcock faithfully lived out his famous words on four continents and in multiple avenues of service. Friends recalled Harthcock’s watchword upon his death Jan. 5 at age 97 of an abdominal aortic... Continue Reading »
North Greenville University announced the retirement of two longtime English professors — Cathy Sepko and Julia Drummond — at the end of the fall 2016 semester. Sepko, who has served as a professor of English at NGU since 1996,... Continue Reading »
Retiring English professor Cathy Sepko told the approximately 180 members of North Greenville University’s 2016 December graduating class on Dec. 9 that, no matter how bleak their past has been, they should learn from it and look to the... Continue Reading »
Convicted murderer Dylann Roof should repent of the massacre of nine people he killed at Mother Emanuel church, the victims’ survivors said after a jury recommended the death penalty Jan. 10. “Judgment day is coming sooner for him than... Continue Reading »
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