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Horry County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Horry County

Index to Locations Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery Conway First United Methodist Church Cemetery Conway Kingston Presbyterian Churchyard Conway Lakeside Cemetery Galivants Ferry Galivants Ferry Baptist Church Cemetery Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery Horry County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   James Paul Blanton (1915-2004) — also known as James P. Blanton — of near Loris, Horry County, S.C. Born near Nichols, Marion County, S.C., December 13, 1915. Businessman; farmer; vice-president, Horry County National Bank; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1967-68. Baptist. Died, in Loris Community Hospital, Loris, Horry County, S.C., September 3, 2004 (age 88 years, 265 days). Interment at Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Dora (Rowell) Blanton and Olin I. Blanton; married, December 25, 1935, to Elizabeth Reynolds.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial First United Methodist Church Cemetery Conway, Horry County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Benjamin Eason Sessions (1815-1873) — of Conwayboro, Horry District (now Conway, Horry County), S.C. Born August 23, 1815. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from All Saints, 1860-62; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from All Saints, 1862-64. Methodist. Died January 14, 1873 (age 57 years, 144 days). Interment at First United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Jenkins Sessions and Lillian (Davis) Sessions; married, March 31, 1842, to Ann Monk Brown.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Kingston Presbyterian Churchyard Conway, Horry County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Thomas Wilson Beaty (1825-1886) — also known as Thomas W. Beaty — of Conwayboro (now Conway), Horry County, S.C. Born in Horry District (now Horry County), S.C., October 11, 1825. Democrat. Merchant; newspaper editor; postmaster at Conwayboro, S.C., 1854-57, 1874-75; delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Horry, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Horry County, 1864; member of South Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1880-84. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Grange. Died April 18, 1886 (age 60 years, 189 days). Interment at Kingston Presbyterian Churchyard.   Relatives: Son of Dorcas (Chesnut) Beaty and Rev. Thomas Akin Beaty; married, September 21, 1851, to Mary Elizabeth Brookman.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Lakeside Cemetery Conway, Horry County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Robert Bethea Scarborough (1861-1927) — also known as Robert B. Scarborough — of Conway, Horry County, S.C. Born in Chesterfield, Chesterfield District (now Chesterfield County), S.C., October 29, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; member of South Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1896-99; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1899-1900; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1901-05; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1912. Southern Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Died in Conway, Horry County, S.C., November 23, 1927 (age 66 years, 25 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Lewis S. Scarborough and Ann (Bethea) Scarborough; married, December 15, 1881, to Mary J. Jones.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jeremiah Smith (1840-1927) — also known as "Uncle Jerry" — of Conway, Horry County, S.C. Born in Horry District (now Horry County), S.C., August 11, 1840. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter; hotel operator; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Horry County, 1880-84, 1898-1900, 1902-04; member of South Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1884-92, 1920-24; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Horry County, 1895; mayor of Conway, S.C., 1906-08. Methodist. Member, United Confederate Veterans; Freemasons. Last Confederate veteran to serve in the South Carolina Senate. Died in Conway, Horry County, S.C., February 17, 1927 (age 86 years, 190 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Smith and Celia (Benson) Smith; married, November 19, 1859, to Hester Ellen Brown; married, February 9, 1871, to Isabella (West) Hucks; married to Elizabeth Jane (Caldwell) Hardee.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Doctor Allen Spivey (1868-1945) — also known as D. A. Spivey — of Conway, Horry County, S.C. Born in Horry County, S.C., August 25, 1868. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; tobacco warehouser; hotel business; banker; chair of Horry County Democratic Party, 1894; mayor of Conway, S.C., 1901-03; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Horry County, 1904-08; member of South Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1908-12, 1924-28; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1924. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen of the World; Odd Fellows. Died in Conway, Horry County, S.C., May 24, 1945 (age 76 years, 272 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Alexander Spivey and Frances (Hughes) Spivey; married, June 18, 1895, to Mary Essie Collins.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Galivants Ferry Baptist Church Cemetery Galivants Ferry, Horry County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Henry Kemper Cooke (1866-1935) — of Horry County, S.C. Born March 20, 1866. Member of South Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1932-35; died in office 1935. Died July 16, 1935 (age 69 years, 118 days). Interment at Galivants Ferry Baptist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Cooke and Catherine (Ayers) Cooke.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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