Sarah Susannah "Anna" SPORTS EADDY HANNA Obituary

Obituary Anna Hanna, Florence Morning News, Mon. May 12, 1975, p. 2A, on-line on Ancestry.com:

Deaths and Funerals

Mrs. Anna Hanna

Mrs. Anna Sports Eaddy Hanna, a resident of Honorage Nursing Home for the past twelve years, Sunday in a Florence hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 4 pm in the chapel of Stoudenmeyer Funeral Home. Burial will be at Lee Cemetery.
Mrs. Hanna, 88, was born in Florence County, a daughter of the late Joseph E. and Arelia Taylor Sports. She was married twice and was the widow of James Henry Eaddy and WT Hanna. Mrs. Hanna was a lifelong resident of Florence County and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Surviving are two sons, Dewey Eaddy of Pamplico and John Wesley Eaddy of Sumter; two daughters, Mrs. Hilma Holland and Mrs. Jowindal McBride, both of Charleston; a brother, Dudley Sports of Georgetown; three sisters, Mrs. Lena Bryant of Andrews, Mrs. Manye [Mamye] Windham of Walterboro, and Mrs. Linnie Jeffords of Brunswick, GA; 27 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and seven great-great grandchildren.
The family will be at the residence of Mrs. Edaphell H Gibbs, 1207 E. Lakewood Ave.

Elizabeth "Bessie" (SPORTS) MORRIS Obituary

Georgetown Times, March 4, 1971:

Mrs. Elizabeth Sports Morris, widow of John M. Morris, died Friday in the Georgetown County Memorial Hospital. She had been in failing health for several years and seriously ill for the past two months.

Funeral services were Sunday afternoon in the Elim Methodist Church. Officiating were the Rev. James Crowe and the Rev. Woodrow Smith. Burial followed in the churchyard under the direction of Mayer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Morris was born in Marion County on January 27, 1896, a daughter of the late Joseph E. Sports and the late Aralia Taylor Sports. She had lived most of her life in the Bloomingvale section of Williamsburg County and was a member of Elim Methodist Church and of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Church. Recently she had made her home in Georgetown with her son.

Survivors include sons Maylon Morris, Eddie Morris, and Bobby Joe Morris, all of Andrews, Ollie Morris of Georgetown, and Laurie Morris of Hemingway; two daughters, Mrs. Lydia Gambone of Torrance, California, and Mrs. Leola Altman of Georgetown; two step-sons, John Seva Morris and William James Morris, both of Andrews; a brother, Dudley D. Sports of Georgetown; five sisters, Mrs. Anna Hanna of Florence, Mrs. Isla Crosby and Mrs. Mayme Windham, both of Walterboro, Mrs. Lena Bryan of Andrews, and Mrs. Linnie Jeffords of Brunswick, Ga.; sixteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Arelia Darnella TAYLOR SPORTS Obituary

Florence Morning News, Thursday Oct. 12, 1950, p. 10, Deaths and Funerals, Mrs. Joe E. Sports:

Mrs. Joe E. Sports

Mrs. Arelia Taylor Sports, 87, widow of Joe E. Sports, died Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Windham of Charleston, after a long illness. Mrs. Sports was a former resident of this city.

Funeral services will be held in Florence Friday afternoon. the hour and place will be announced later by Waters Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Tabernacle Methodist Church cemetery near Evergreen.

Mrs. Sports was born in Florence county, September 3, 1863, a daughter of the late Levi and Sarah Burris Taylor. She was a member of the Tabernacle Methodist Church.

She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. J. H. Eaddy and Mrs. O. N. Jeffords of Florence, Mrs. Isla Stocks of Walterboro, Mrs. John Morris and Mrs. Loley Bryan of Andrews, and Mrs. Windham of Charleston; a son, Dudley Sports of Georgetown; 37 grandchildren, 43 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.

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McVEIGH-SPORTS marriage

This is the wedding announcement for my parents' wedding.

Florence Morning News, Sun. May 12 1946, p. 5, column 2, transcribed by Teresa MeVEIGH, 1 nov. 2009:

McVeigh-Sports Wedding Performed at Brunswick, Ga.

Mr. and Mrs. O.N. Jeffords annouce the marriage of their daughter, Dorothy Mae Sports. to Sergeant Norman Shaw McVeigh, Jr., U. S. M. C. of Waynesville, Ga., which took place in the First Methodist Church of Brunswick, Ga. April 23, 1946. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Leland Moore of Brunswick.

The bride wore a powder blue suit with white accessories and her corsage was a white orchid. The church was decorated with white Easter lillies and gladioli.

Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom left for Florida where they spent their honeymoon.

Mrs. McVeigh is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.N. Jeffords, of Florence, and attends McClenaghen high school. Sgt. McVeigh is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. McVeigh of Waynesville. He is a graduate of Nahunta high school and attended Emory and Mercer universities in Georgia.

Sgt. McVeigh is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. L. U. McVeigh, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McVeigh, and Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Johnson of Florence.

Mrs. McVeigh is making her home at 320 South Gaillard street until Sgt. McVeigh receives his discharge from the Marines in July.

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