Per her death certificate found on Ancestry.com: she was a daughter of David Jefferson Griffith and Sara Lewie. She was a widow at the time of her death and her spouse is not named. She died at the Confederate Home of hypostatic pneumonia due to chronic myocarditis and hypertension with arteriosclerosis. there is no informant listed.
South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965, a collection found on Ancestry.com: William S. Rogers and Lynn Griffith were married in Abbeville County. No date given.
1943 Columbia City Directory: Whisnant Lynne G (wid Marcus A) h 1220 Pickens
Found in The State 05 January 1956: Mrs. Sara Melinda Griffith Rogers Whisnant of Columbia died at the Confederate Home last night following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Whisnant was born in Gilbert, a daughter of the late Sara Lewie Griffith and David Jefferson Griffith. She had lived in Columbia most of her life and was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include one son, William Stuart Rogers of Charleston; two grandchildren, Miss Sara Frances Rogers and William Sheppard Rogers, both of Columbia. Funeral services will be held from the Dunbar Funeral Home at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. James W. Jackson. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965, a collection found on Ancestry.com: William S. Rogers and Lynn Griffith were married in Abbeville County. No date given.
1943 Columbia City Directory: Whisnant Lynne G (wid Marcus A) h 1220 Pickens
Found in The State 05 January 1956: Mrs. Sara Melinda Griffith Rogers Whisnant of Columbia died at the Confederate Home last night following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Whisnant was born in Gilbert, a daughter of the late Sara Lewie Griffith and David Jefferson Griffith. She had lived in Columbia most of her life and was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include one son, William Stuart Rogers of Charleston; two grandchildren, Miss Sara Frances Rogers and William Sheppard Rogers, both of Columbia. Funeral services will be held from the Dunbar Funeral Home at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. James W. Jackson. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Per her death certificate found on Ancestry.com: she was a daughter of David Jefferson Griffith and Sara Lewie. She was a widow at the time of her death and her spouse is not named. She died at the Confederate Home of hypostatic pneumonia due to chronic myocarditis and hypertension with arteriosclerosis. there is no informant listed.
South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965, a collection found on Ancestry.com: William S. Rogers and Lynn Griffith were married in Abbeville County. No date given.
1943 Columbia City Directory: Whisnant Lynne G (wid Marcus A) h 1220 Pickens
Found in The State 05 January 1956: Mrs. Sara Melinda Griffith Rogers Whisnant of Columbia died at the Confederate Home last night following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Whisnant was born in Gilbert, a daughter of the late Sara Lewie Griffith and David Jefferson Griffith. She had lived in Columbia most of her life and was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include one son, William Stuart Rogers of Charleston; two grandchildren, Miss Sara Frances Rogers and William Sheppard Rogers, both of Columbia. Funeral services will be held from the Dunbar Funeral Home at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. James W. Jackson. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965, a collection found on Ancestry.com: William S. Rogers and Lynn Griffith were married in Abbeville County. No date given.
1943 Columbia City Directory: Whisnant Lynne G (wid Marcus A) h 1220 Pickens
Found in The State 05 January 1956: Mrs. Sara Melinda Griffith Rogers Whisnant of Columbia died at the Confederate Home last night following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Whisnant was born in Gilbert, a daughter of the late Sara Lewie Griffith and David Jefferson Griffith. She had lived in Columbia most of her life and was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include one son, William Stuart Rogers of Charleston; two grandchildren, Miss Sara Frances Rogers and William Sheppard Rogers, both of Columbia. Funeral services will be held from the Dunbar Funeral Home at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. James W. Jackson. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Transcribed from the book Interment Records of Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC (three volumes)
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