U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
CHARLIE ISAAC
BALTIMORE, Md. — Funeral services for Charlie Isaac, formerly of Dovesville, will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002, in Baltimore, Md. Local arrangements will be by Hines Funeral Home.
Mr. Isaac died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002, after an illness. The family is receiving visitors at the home of his niece, Carolyn Jackson of 621 Society Ave., Hartsville.
INFANT WILLIAMS
Graveside services for Maximus Jett Williams were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, 2002, in Nazareth Apostolic Church, directed by Young & Young Funeral Home.
Master Williams, infant son of Alicia L. Jett and Alzernon Williams, died Sunday, Sept. 14, in a Charlotte, N.C., hospital.
Surviving, other than his father and mother of Charlotte, are his maternal grandparents, Arlene Jett and Richard Jett of Hartsville; maternal great–grandmother, Julia Jett of Hartsville; paternal grandparents, Sam and Alice Seward of Andrews; paternal great–grandparents, Mack and Minnie Mae Williamson of Hartsville; uncles, aunts and other close relatives.
REV. DAVID WELLS
ANDERSON, S.C. — Graveside services for the Rev. David J. Wells, 84, were held at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002, in Magnolia Cemetery. A “Celebration of Life Through Worship”service was held at 11 a.m. at West Hartsville Baptist Church directed by Miller–Rivers–Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield.
The Rev. Wells died Monday, Sept. 16, at the Callie and John Rianey Hospice Home in Anderson. He was born Oct. 20, 1917, in Clarendon County, a son of the late Robert and Ethel Jones Wells. He was a graduate of Furman University, Southern Seminary and attended Harvard Theological Seminary. He served as an Army Chaplain in the Third Armored Division during WW II. Upon his return from Europe he served as pastor of the Eutawville and Corinth Baptist Churches. The Rev. Wells went to West Hartsville Baptist Church in 1952, serving as its first minister for more than 20 years. He also pastored the Varnville Baptist and Nesmeith Baptist Churches.
Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Josephine Brunson Wells of the home; one son, Dr. David J. Wells Jr. of Fairfax, Va.; two daughters, Bee (Calvin) Manship of Charlotte, N.C., and Martha (Troy) Usher of Due West; six grandchildren; one sister, Elizabeth Wells Patrick of Summerton; one half brother, Joe Wells of Pinewood; and one half sister, Thena Goff of Sumter.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests all memorials be made to Hospice of the Upstate, Inc., 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, S.C. 29621.
JAMES BISHOP
Services for James Bishop will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 2002, in New Hopewell Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church Cemetery, directed by Young & Young Funeral Home. Mr. Bishop, 52, died Sunday, Sept. 15, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center. He was born in Darlington County, a son of the late Rasma and Hattie Isaac Bishop. He was a graduate of Rosenwald High School, a member of New Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, New Hopewell Pall Bearers Club and was employed with Carolina Power and Light Company.
Surviving are his wife, Lois Ross Bishop of Darlington; two daughters, Helena Graham and Verna McGahie, both of Darlington; two sons, Joe (Shirley) George and Mark George, both of Darlington; three adopted daughters, Angela Sellers, Shomona Smith and Maria Bishop, all of Darlington; five sisters, Anna Bishop of Jamaica, N.Y., Louella Jett, Brenda Bishop, Carolyn (Edward) Jackson and Gloria (Edward) Pooler, all of Hartsville; four brothers, Thomas (Mary) Bishop and Ralph Bishop of Hartsville, Rasma (Carol) Bishop of Society Hill, and Abe (Judy) Isaac of Darlington; two aunts, Lila (L.G.) Harrison of Fayetteville, N.C., and Catherine (Bob) Page of Durham, N.C.; four uncles, Rector (Helen) Bishop of Darlington, Evaster Bishop of Dovesville, Levern (Nick) Jackson and Ralph Bishop. both of Society Hill; father–in–law, Hallie Graham of New Haven, Conn.; adopted sister, Michelle Busch of Darlington; four sisters–in–law, Ida (Aaron) Hough and Mary Graham, both of New Haven, Conn., Shirley (Horace) Graham and Minnie (Lorenza) Graham, both of Darlington; a brother–in–law, Boyd (Roguel) Graham of New Haven, Conn; 23 grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and other close relatives and friends.
JERRY M. ARLEDGE
CHERAW — A memorial service for Jerry Monroe Arledge, 70, was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002, at St. David's Episcopal Church in Cheraw, directed by Norton Funeral Home of Cheraw.
Mr. Arledge died Sunday, Sept. 22, following a heroic struggle with cancer. He was born Oct. 7, 1932, and was the son of the late Roone and Gertrude Stritmater Arledge. A retired business executive, Mr. Arledge had lived in Cheraw since 1984. A native of Long Island, N.Y., he was a graduate of Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor of arts degree in political science. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Order. He served in the military from 1954 through 1956, was an honor guard in Washington , D.C. and served a tour of duty in Germany. He was a member of the Five Oaks Post of the American Legion in Cheraw.
He was a lifetime member of the Episcopal Church, baptized in 1937 in Garden City, N.Y. He served on the Vestry of St. David's Episcopal Church in Cheraw, and was also a member of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Among his many interests, he was an instrument rated pilot, expert sailor and master gardener. He was also a skilled craftsmen, home restorer and antique collector.
Mr. Arledge is survived by his wife of 42 years, the Rev. Dr. Sue Kirkley Arledge; two daughters and a son–in–law, Jeri Sue Arledge of Charlotte, N.C., and Sallie (Jonathan) Wood of South Dartmouth, Mass.; two grandchildren, Jonathan and Margaret; one brother, Roone P. Arledge of New York City; three sisters–in–law and two brothers–in–law, and many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, a host of friends, and his beloved Boston Terriers, Jake and Joy.
Memorials may be made to St. David's Episcopal Church, PO Box 926, Cheraw, SC 29520 or Paws and Claws of Chesterfield County, PO Box 386, Chesterfield, SC 29709.
CURTIS CUFFIE
NEW YORK — Curtis Cuffie, a sculptor of elaborate and witty assemblages of objects found in the street who developed his technique during years of homelessness, was found dead on Sept.13 in his Manhattan apartment. He was 47.
The cause appeared to be a heart attack, said Carol Thompson, his companion.
From the mid–1980s until around 1996, when he got off the streets, Mr. Cuffie, a native of Hartsville, was a fixture on the Bowery and around Cooper Square in the East Village. He built impromptu sculptures and Installations from wires, fabrics, car parts, discarded furniture and other materials he scavenged, and displayed them on fences, outdoor walls and sidewalks.
His motley jumbles included upside down mops draped in rags that looked like urban scarecrows, and columns, made of mufflers, lamps and boots, that had an odd grace and a mysterious sense of humor.
His sculptures were often destroyed or removed by garbage trucks within days of construction, but he continued to work obsessively, creating a continuously changing exhibition on the streets.
By the early 1990s, his work had begun to attract the attention of artists, critics and gallery owners in and around the East Village. He was included in group shows at galleries like American Primitive and Exit Art and in temporary shows organized by young, cutting~edge art dealers like Kenny Schachter. His work often sat beside that of mainstream, academically trained artists.
Mr. Cuffie was featured and reviewed in publications like The Village Voice and Artforum, and he befriended well–known artists like David Hammons.
“When curators would come from Europe,” Mr. Hammons said, “I would always take them to see Curtis's work or introduce them to Curtis, just to frighten them.”
As much a performer as an artist, Mr. Cuffie carried on loudly and outrageously while he worked, producing poetic stream–of–consciousness speech filled with slang and mystical pronouncements for anyone who would listen. In an interview he once said that he was not homeless, but “holy.”
Mr. Cuffie's career continued to flourish once he left the streets. His work was shown in more galleries at the American Visionary Art Museum, a center for so–called outsider art in Baltimore, and he received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Pallock–Krasner Foundation.
In May the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council made Mr. Cuffie an artist in residence, giving him a stipend and a studio. An exhibition of work by artists in the council's program is to open on Oct. 30, and a council official said that there were plans to include Mr. Cuffie's completed pieces.
Curtis Cuffie was born in Hartsville, and moved to Brooklyn at 15 to live with two of his brothers. After his mother died in 1983, he became depressed and drifted into homelessness. After leaving the streets, he lived with Ms. Thompson, a former curator at the Museum for African Art in SoHo, who, like many of Mr. Cuffie's admirers, discovered him and his art while walking to work. He held a succession of jobs and was working for the buildings and grounds department at Cooper Union at the time of his death.
Besides Ms. Thompson, his survivors include four brothers, Alvin, of Hartsville; Eddie, of Charlotte, N.C., Ernest, of Chilhowie, Va.; and Thomas, of Brooklyn; a sister, Aline Williams, of Harrisburg, Pa.; and three children.
CHARLES S. DARGAN
DARLINGTON — Charles Shaw Dargan, 28, died Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. He was born in Florence and was the son of the late Frederick Mishoe Dargan and the late Margaret Elizabeth Shaw.
He is survived by four uncles Walter Dargan, Hugh Dargan, Karl Dargan and David Charles Shaw, and two aunts, Blanche Dargan Horton and Susan Shaw Hufham.
NADINE DUTTON
DARLINGTON — Funeral services for Nadine Carnes Dutton, 79, were held at 11 a.m. Monday,Sept. 23, 2002, at Epworth United Methodist Church with interment following in Grove Hill Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home.
Mrs. Dutton died Friday, Sept. 20, in a Florence hospital. She was born in Lancaster, the daughter of the late William R. and Alice Carnes. She was the widow of Julius Dutton. Mrs. Dutton was a housewife and member of Epworth United Methodist Church where she was a member at large of the Board, member of Ladies Aid and Willing Workers.
Surviving are one daughter, Martha (Herbie) Fleming; one grandson, Jamie (Lisa) Branham, both of Darlington; one sister, Thelma Ingram also of Darlington; and two brothers, Heath Carnes of Lancaster and William Carnes of Lexington, N.C.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to the Ladies Aid or Willing Workers, c/o Epworth United Methodist Church, 706 Pearl Street, Darlington, SC 29532.
