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Lexington County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lexington County


Index to Locations

  • Batesburg Batesburg Cemetery
  • Lexington Boozer Family Cemetery
  • Lexington St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery
  • Lexington St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery


    Batesburg Cemetery
    Batesburg, Lexington County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (1912-1994) — of Batesburg, Lexington County, S.C. Born August 11, 1912. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1948, 1956; Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956. Died November 29, 1994 (age 82 years, 110 days). Interment at Batesburg Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier


    Boozer Family Cemetery
    Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Lemuel Boozer (1809-1870) — of Lexington County, S.C. Born April 14, 1809. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1860; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Lexington County, 1868. Died January 23, 1870 (age 60 years, 284 days). Interment at Boozer Family Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Lavina Caroline Boozer (1812-1847).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery
    Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) — also known as Floyd Spence — of Lexington, Lexington County, S.C. Born in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., April 9, 1928. Son of James Wilson Spence and Addie (Lucas) Spence. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1964, 1972 (delegation chair), 1988; member of South Carolina state senate, 1967-70; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; died in office 2001. Lutheran. Member, Sons of Confederate Veterans; Farm Bureau; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Forty and Eight; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Kappa Alpha Order. Died, following surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., August 16, 2001 (age 73 years, 129 days). Interment at St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, December 22, 1952, to Lula Hancock Drake.
      Cross-reference: Joe Wilson
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
      Ryan C. Shealy (1923-2001) — of South Carolina. Born in Leesville, Lexington County, S.C., December 9, 1923. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1954-70; member of South Carolina state senate, 1980-92. Lutheran. Member, American Legion; Woodmen. Died March 5, 2001 (age 77 years, 86 days). Interment at St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Sherry Shealy Martschink.


    St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery
    Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Manuel Simeon Corley (1823-1902) — also known as Simeon Corley — of Lexington County, S.C. Born in Lexington County, S.C., February 10, 1823. Republican. U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1867-69; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Lexington County, 1868. Died in Lexington, Lexington County, S.C., November 20, 1902 (age 79 years, 283 days). Interment at St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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