Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Batesburg-Leesville Batesburg
Cemetery
Chapin St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Cemetery
Columbia Bush River Memorial
Gardens
Lexington Boozer Family Cemetery
Lexington St. Peters Lutheran Church
Cemetery
Lexington St. Stephen's Lutheran
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Lexington County, South Carolina
Batesburg
Cemetery
Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina
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George Bell Timmerman Jr. (1912-1994) —
of Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., August
11, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1947-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1956;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1955-59; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1956;
Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1964;
circuit judge in South Carolina, 1967-84.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington
County, S.C., November
29, 1994 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Batesburg Cemetery.
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George Bell Timmerman, Sr. (1881-1966) —
Born in Edgefield
County, S.C., March
28, 1881.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-24; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1942-62.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April
22, 1966 (age 85 years, 25
days).
Interment at Batesburg Cemetery.
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Helen Timmerman (1914-1980) —
also known as Helen DuPre; Mrs. George Bell Timmerman,
Jr. —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., June 14,
1914.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956.
Female.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., February
1, 1980 (age 65 years, 232
days).
Interment at Batesburg Cemetery.
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St. Peter's
Lutheran Church Cemetery
900 Dreher Island Road
Chapin, Lexington County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Bush River
Memorial Gardens
5400 Bush River Road
Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Earle Elias Morris Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. —
of Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C.
Born in Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C., July 14,
1928.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1954-70 (Pickens County 1954-66, 2nd
District 1966-70); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956,
1968,
1972;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1966-68; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-74; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1976-99; convicted
in 2004 of securities
fraud following the collapse of Carolina Investors, though he
denied any intent to defraud anyone; sentenced
to 44 months in prison.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Woodmen of
the World; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 2011 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Bush River Memorial Gardens.
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Boozer Family
Cemetery
Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina
St. Peters
Lutheran Church Cemetery
1130 Saint peters Church Road
Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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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.
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 (22nd District 1967-68, 7th
District 1969-70); resigned 1970; 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. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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Ryan C. Shealy (1923-2001) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Leesville (now part of Batesburg-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. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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St. Stephen's
Lutheran Cemetery
Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina
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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.
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