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William E. Thurston and Cora Smith,

daughter of Hayood and Mary Ann "Annie" Blackwell.

CORA SMITH and Will THURSTON

1. CORA³ SMITH (HAYWOOD W.², "BUD" ( William)¹) was born March 16, 1878 in SC, (prob. Wellford, Spartanburg Co. ), and died September 16, 1939 in SC, bur. PLEASANT GROVE CEM., NEAR GREER, SC. She married WILLIAM ELIJAH THURSTON Bef. 1900 in est. ??, son of JAMES THURSTON and ZILLA MAYBIN.

Notes for CORA SMITH:

*SOURCE: MOM

*LETTER FROM HELEN THURSTON:BIRTH & DEATH DATE.

*phone conversation w/Mary Ann/taken from Funeral record dated Sept. 16, 1939 Spartanburg Co., Reedville St. 85, SC: Cora Smith Thurston born March 16, 1884 (sic), SC died at 9:25 am at age 55 yrs, 6 mos., 0 days. the daug of: Heywood Smith born NC and Mary Ann Blackwell born SC (sic?) church connection: Tabernacle Baptist Church bur. Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

Funeral services held on Sept. 17, 1939 at 4pm were conducted by Rev. Henry Gro(?cer) Assisting: Rev. ___Satterfield. Fraternal __ : Wallace Williams

*copy of funeral records

Notes for WILLIAM ELIJAH THURSTON:

Will m. CORA SMITH d/o HAYWOOD SMITH & MARY ANN BLACKWELL

SOURCES: *MOM: GRANDPA (WILL) WAS UP HERE VISITING AT THEIR HOUSE & THEY WERE SINGING THE NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED. HE WAS SINGING I'LL FLY AWAY... IN THE MORNING. THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED.

*NC DEATH CERTIFICATE: ROWAN COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS: WILLIAM THURSTON DIED ROWAN CO. 1832 S.R.R. (SOUTH RAILROAD ST.) SALISBURY - WIDOWED - AGE: 69 - BORN: NOV. 4, 1878 in RUTHERFORD CO. NC. - RETIRED/TEXTILE - FATHER: JAMES THURSTON born RUTHERFORD CO. NC - MOTHER: ZILLIE MAYBURN born RUTHERFORD CO. NC - [INFORMANT:(a) R.E. THURSTON ("EULAS") (b)ADRESS: 21 WALLACE ST.GREENVILLE, SC] - CEMETERY: PLEASANT GROVE near GREER, SC - FUNERAL DIRECTOR: GEO.C.PEELER FUNERAL HOME, SALISBUTY, NC.- DATE OF DEATH: MAY 14 1948 AT 7:20 AM CAUSE:CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE - DOCTOR SIGNED: L.H. ROBERTSON OF SALISBURY, NC

*SALISBURY POST OBIT. MAY 14,1948: W. E. THURSTON SUCCUMS HERE - WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF THE DEATH OF W.E. THURSTON, 69, OF GREENVILLE, S.C. HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED HERE WHILE VISITING A DAUGHTER, MRS. JULIUS WEAVER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE SIX CHILDREN, MRS. WEAVER, MRS. GRACE BRADY OF GREER, S.C., MRS. EDNA BECK OF ANDERSON, S.C.MRS. BESSIE POSEY OF GREENVILLE, S.C., CALVIN THURSTON OF SALISBURY, AND EULAS THURSTON OF GREENVILLE; 20 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE CHURCH OF GOD, PELAM, S.C. BURIAL WILL BE AT GREER. PALLBEARERS WILL BE NEPHEWS.

*LETTER FROM HELEN THURSTON 4/26/1991: WILL & CORA ARE BURIED AT

PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY NEAR GREER, S.C. & INFO EULAS HAD WRITTEN IN FAMILY BIBLE-HIS GREAT - GRANDMOTHER WAS FRONIE HARGROVE & WILL'S BROTHERS & SISTERS NAMES

*HUBERT ELIJAH "BUDDY" WEAVER: GRANDPA WILL HAD SLEPT WITH ME & THE NEXT MORNING WHEN WE WOKE UP, GRANDPA WAS DEAD. THE NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED, HE ALSO CALLED HIS SON, CALVIN AT WORK (KIRK'S TAXI) AND WAS SINGING "I,LL FLY AWAY" TO HIM OVER THE PHONE.

*LEROY WEAVER (OMIE'S BRO-IN-LAW): "WILL KEPT TELLING OMIE THAT I WAS GOING TO RIDE THE TRAIN BACK WITH HIM TO S.C. SO, I DID END UP RIDING THE TRAIN BACK WITH HIM." LEROY DID ACCOMPANY HIM HOME ON THE TRAIN.

*THE WOOD MORTUARY, INC. GREER, S.C. LIST OF FLOWERS: AT THE FUNERAL OF WILLIAM E. THURSTON HELD MAY 16, 1948 - WREATH FROM BOBBY & TOMMY (THURSTON); SPRAY FROM DUNEAN CORD 3rd SHIFT; SPRAY FROM BILL POPLIN OF SALISBURY; POT FLOWER FROM ALFRED WEST & FAMILY "BILL'S COUSIN"; WREATH FROM MR. & MRS. WILLIE WILLIAMS; BASKET FLOWER FROM VIRGINIA, DOROTHY, HUBERT (WEAVER); RED & WHITE CARNATIONS FROM WOODSIDE SPOOLER ROOM; SPRAY - WHITE LILLIES & PINK GLADS. FROM MR.& MRS.RALPH BECK; SPRAY - PINK GLADS. FROM 3rd SHIFT CARD ROOM; WREATH - PINK GLADS FROM MR.& MRS. WALTER CHAPMAN; WREATH - PINK GLADS, CARN, WHITE LILLIES FROM POSEY GRANDCHILDREN; PINK GLADS, PINK & RED CARNATIONS FROM DUNEAN CARD ROOM; (NOTE: POSSIBLY PAGES MISSING) IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM E. THURSTON BORN NOV. 4th, 1878 NORTH CAROLINA ENTERED INTO REST MAY 14, 1948 NORTH CAROLINA AGE 69 YEARS 6 MONTHS, 10 DAYS SERVICES: CHURCH OF GOD, PELAM (S.C.) SUN. 5/16/48 - 5 PM REV. RAY REEVES REV. VERNON GALLOWAY SONGS: FARTHER ALONG SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS IF WE NEVER MEET AGAIN THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - WOOD MORTUARY SINGERS PALBEARERS: JOHN ROBERT OWEN, FRANK OWENS, & RUPERT OWENS. *MOM: VIRGINIA WEAVER, TOTSIE BRADY, DOT WEAVER, PAULINE, CATHLINE & STELLA POSEY WERE FLOWER GIRLS

*PHOTO at FUNERAL: FLOWERGIRLS (incl. MOM & HER SISTER, DOT) & PALBEARERS

*GREENVILLE COUNTY CEMETERY SURVEY VOL.#1 pg. 87: b. NOV 4, 1878 d. MAY 16, 1948 (sic DEATH DATE MAY 14th)

*Mom said in his latter years he was living with Uncle Eulas and he made baseball bats o a lathe.

*(??need to clarify if I took this down right) Frank Owen:Will and Cora had a son, James Albert. He died less than a year old, before Grace was born. He was named James after his grandpa Thurston. Probably why I remember about him, Mary called her new baby brother, Grandpa Albert.

* http://www.spt.lib.sc.us/obits/obits.htm

Spartanburg Herald and Herald Journal obit. index:

THURSTON, WILLIAM E.

69, Greer, 5 - 15 - 48 p. 2

Children of CORA SMITH and WILLIAM THURSTON are:

2 i. BESSIE⁴ THURSTON, born Abt. 1903; died in SC bur. Woodlawn Cem.. She married WILLIAM WALTER POSEY.

Notes for BESSIE THURSTON:

full name: ____________________

born: ____/____/_______ in ___________________ (town,county & state)

married: ____/____/________ in __________________

died: ___/____/_____ in ______________ where buried: ______________

NOTE: need information on spouse and descendants

Notes for WILLIAM WALTER POSEY:

??????

*SSI:

POSEY, WALTER 250-26-3006 20 Mar 1897 Dec 1977 Liberty, SC

POSEY, WILLIAM 251-09-8877 17 Feb 1894 Apr 1966 Greenville, SC

POSEY, WILLIAM 249-09-73480 1 Jan 1887Nov 1970 Pauline, SC

3 ii. LILLIAN LEONA(OMIE) THURSTON, born April 05, 1907 in PELZER, SC; died May 18, 1953 in SAL.bur.ROWAN MEM. PARK. She married JULIUS WILLIAM WEAVER September 11, 1927 in DANVILLE, VA..

Notes for LILLIAN LEONA(OMIE) THURSTON:

HOMEMAKER,CROCHET&MAKE RUGS

SOURCE: MOM (DATES ALSO DOCUMENTED BY MARRIAGE & DEATH CERTIFICATES)

*Mom gave me booklet - Peeler Funeral Record courtesy of Mr & Mrs Geo. C. Peeler May-18-1953: In Memory Of Lillian T. Weaver Place of Birth: Pelzer, South Carolina Date: April 5th 1907 Date of Death: May 18th 1953 Age: 46 Years: 46 Months: 1 Days: 13 Family Record Deceased Lillian T. Weaver Father: William Thurston Born: 5-14-1948 Mother: Cora Smith Born: Died: Married To: Julius Weaver Born: 3-29-1897 Children: Virginia Corriher Born: 1-25-1930 Hubert Weaver Born: 6-21-1931 Dorothy Burchett Born: 8-13-1933 Mary Weaver Born: 7-22-1928 Died: 7-__-1933 Bearers: Mr. Julius Corriher, Mr. Cahrles M. Call, Mr. Jewel Posey, Mr. E.C. Riddle, Mr. Lawernce Turner, Mr. Earnest Williams Music: Shall We Gather At The River [Note: Also, Mom said song at Grandma Omie's Funeral, "When They Ring Those Golden Bells For You & Me" ] Services at Church of God at 3: 0'clock May 18, 1953 Officiating Rev. Odel Dyson, Rev. Lippard, Rev. Roseman Final Resting Place Rowan Memorial Park Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Interred at 3:45 May 18, 1953 Flowers 1. G.S. Stoudemere 2. Grandchildren 3. Young Married Couple Class Baptist Church 4. (children:) Virginia and Jimmie, Dot and Fred, Buddy 5. Church of God. Pelham, S.C. 6. Third Shift Card Room (?)Demenion Mill, Greenville, S.C. 7. Charles Posey and Family 8. Kirk Taxie and Employes 9. The Poplin family 10. Employees Parrish Bakery 11. Corriher Mill 2nd Shift Speeder Room 12. Friends & Neighbors from East Spencer 13. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Brady & children 14. Neighbors 15. Ed & Onnie Riddle, Alma, Nell and Gladys. 16. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Thrasher and family and R.C. Leopard 17. Spooling, Winding, & Quilling Department Victor Mills Greer, S.C. 18. Neighbors & friends 19. Mr. & Mrs. R.F.A. Stirewalt 20. Ruby Griffith, Ethel Weaver 21. Rockwell Church of God 22. Mrs. Mattie Smith & Mr. W.A. Smith Greenville, S.C. 23. Mr. & Mrs. R.S. Spry & family 24. J.O. Honeycutt & family 25. Mr. & Mrs. John Sutton, Mrr. & Mrs. Sam Hill, Mr. & Mrs. George Hill 26. Stella & Frank Poston & family 27. Eulas, Helen, & Children

Notes for JULIUS WILLIAM WEAVER:

TEXTILE, CARPENTER (LOVED FISHING)

SOURCE: FROM MOM, MEMORY, & DOCUMENTED DATES BY BIRTH & DEATH CERT.

JULIUS ALWAYS HAD A GARDEN EVERY YEAR. HAD A WORKSHOP IN THE BACKYARD WHERE HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING & FIXING THINGS, LOVED WORKING WITH WOOD. OTHER HOBBIES INCLUDED PHOTOGRAPHY, HAD A DARKROOM IN THE BASEMENT WHERE HE DEVELOPED & PRINTED PHOTOS. HE TRAVLED WITH THE CIRCUS FOR A WHILE AS A MAGICIAN IN THE CIRCUS (ALSO OTHER--SEE STORY). HE USED TO DO MAGIC TRICKS FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN. AVID C.B.er, TROPHYS FOR OLDEST C.B.er HIS HANDLE WAS "THE DRIFTER"

4 iii. CALVIN PAUL THURSTON, born March 31, 1910; died December 24, 1964 in SAL.ROWAN bur.ROWAN MEM.PARK. He married ILA ALIENE LEPARD Unknown in m.2) Haywood Hawthorne.

Notes for CALVIN PAUL THURSTON:

WORKED AT KIRK'S TAXI

Notes for ILA ALIENE LEPARD:

2nd HUSBAND-HAYWOOD HAWTHORNE

PARENTS:CARL & BEAULAH OBarr LEPARD

5 iv. ROBERT EULAS THURSTON, born June 25, 1912 in ?SC (Source: *Hellen Thurston *SSI:b.Jun 23, 1912 in SC); died February 15, 1981 in Greenville Co., SC. He married HELEN BEATRICE WILLIAMS February 1935.

Notes for ROBERT EULAS THURSTON:

SOURCE:MOM *LETTER FROM HELEN:DATES & GENERAL INFORMATION: EULAS WORKED

MOSTìOF HIS LIFE IN TEXTILES. HE TOOK COURSES AND TRAINING AT PLACES HE

WORKED &ìOTHER COURSES AT LA SALLE

Notes for HELEN BEATRICE WILLIAMS:

WORKED IN TEXTILES SOME

MARRIED JUST BEFORE GRADUATION (mailed letter: Friday June 14,1991)

reply: ì sent letter 08/16/1991 reply:08/23/1991 sent: 02/12/92

sent 2 photosì biycoside cotton mill & smith desc. list ask about

judson's address

6 v. James Albert THURSTON, born Bet. 1913 - 1915; died Abt. 1916 in ?? he died less than a year old (Source: *Frank Owen).

Notes for James Albert THURSTON:

*Frank Owen:Will and Cora had a son, James Albert. He died less than a year old, before Grace was born. He was named James after his grandpa Thurston. Probably why I remember about him, Mary called her new baby brother, Grandpa Albert. ?Mary

7 vi. GRACE THURSTON, born September 26, 1917; died January 22, 1980 in (bur.HILLCREST CRYPT)GREER,SC. She married WILLIAM HAMPTON(BILL) BRADY August 06, 1934.

Notes for GRACE THURSTON:

SOURCE:MOM *LETTER FROM TOTSIE:DATES & BURIAL ALSO MIDDLE NAMES & DATES FOR CHILDREN

Notes for WILLIAM HAMPTON(BILL) BRADY:

bur.HILLCREST CRYPT

SOURCE:MOM *TOTSIE MULLINS:DATES & BURIAL

8 vii. EDNA THURSTON, born Aft. 1918; died Unknown in GREENVILLE,S.C. bur._______. She married RALPH S. BECK Abt. 1940 in all dates estimated from Mom & memory.

Notes for EDNA THURSTON:

SOURCE:MEMORY, MOM