Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: he was a son of Hezekiah Dreher and Susanna Langford. He was widowed at the time of his death and the certificate does not name his wife. He was a retired farmer. He died of angina pectoris due to cardio renal disease, nephritis and acute dilitation of the heart. The informant was Miss Bertie Dreher of Columbia, SC.
Conflict: his headstone lists his year of death as 1930.
Found in The State 22 November 1931: Luther Butler Dreher, 82, of 1922 Gadsden street, died while being carried by ambulance from his home to the Columbia hospital at 3:10 yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dreher, born in the Dutch Fork section of Lexington county, was of German descent, his father having been Hezekiah Dreher, a native of Germany, and his mother, Susanna Langford Dreher, of Newberry. He had lived in Columbia for about 30 years and was a retired farmer. Surviving him are two brothers, W. H. Dreher of Prosperity and George Dreher of Amick's Ferry, Lexington county; one sister, Mrs. Martha Dennis of Prosperity; three daughters, Mrs. B. S. Milligan of Columbia, Miss Bertie Dreher and Miss Jessie Dreher, all of Columbia; one son, Yancy B. Dreher of Columbia. He also leaves 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Dunbar Funeral home at 4 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Dr. H. A. McCullough, his pastor, in charge. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
Conflict: his headstone lists his year of death as 1930.
Found in The State 22 November 1931: Luther Butler Dreher, 82, of 1922 Gadsden street, died while being carried by ambulance from his home to the Columbia hospital at 3:10 yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dreher, born in the Dutch Fork section of Lexington county, was of German descent, his father having been Hezekiah Dreher, a native of Germany, and his mother, Susanna Langford Dreher, of Newberry. He had lived in Columbia for about 30 years and was a retired farmer. Surviving him are two brothers, W. H. Dreher of Prosperity and George Dreher of Amick's Ferry, Lexington county; one sister, Mrs. Martha Dennis of Prosperity; three daughters, Mrs. B. S. Milligan of Columbia, Miss Bertie Dreher and Miss Jessie Dreher, all of Columbia; one son, Yancy B. Dreher of Columbia. He also leaves 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Dunbar Funeral home at 4 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Dr. H. A. McCullough, his pastor, in charge. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: he was a son of Hezekiah Dreher and Susanna Langford. He was widowed at the time of his death and the certificate does not name his wife. He was a retired farmer. He died of angina pectoris due to cardio renal disease, nephritis and acute dilitation of the heart. The informant was Miss Bertie Dreher of Columbia, SC.
Conflict: his headstone lists his year of death as 1930.
Found in The State 22 November 1931: Luther Butler Dreher, 82, of 1922 Gadsden street, died while being carried by ambulance from his home to the Columbia hospital at 3:10 yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dreher, born in the Dutch Fork section of Lexington county, was of German descent, his father having been Hezekiah Dreher, a native of Germany, and his mother, Susanna Langford Dreher, of Newberry. He had lived in Columbia for about 30 years and was a retired farmer. Surviving him are two brothers, W. H. Dreher of Prosperity and George Dreher of Amick's Ferry, Lexington county; one sister, Mrs. Martha Dennis of Prosperity; three daughters, Mrs. B. S. Milligan of Columbia, Miss Bertie Dreher and Miss Jessie Dreher, all of Columbia; one son, Yancy B. Dreher of Columbia. He also leaves 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Dunbar Funeral home at 4 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Dr. H. A. McCullough, his pastor, in charge. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
Conflict: his headstone lists his year of death as 1930.
Found in The State 22 November 1931: Luther Butler Dreher, 82, of 1922 Gadsden street, died while being carried by ambulance from his home to the Columbia hospital at 3:10 yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dreher, born in the Dutch Fork section of Lexington county, was of German descent, his father having been Hezekiah Dreher, a native of Germany, and his mother, Susanna Langford Dreher, of Newberry. He had lived in Columbia for about 30 years and was a retired farmer. Surviving him are two brothers, W. H. Dreher of Prosperity and George Dreher of Amick's Ferry, Lexington county; one sister, Mrs. Martha Dennis of Prosperity; three daughters, Mrs. B. S. Milligan of Columbia, Miss Bertie Dreher and Miss Jessie Dreher, all of Columbia; one son, Yancy B. Dreher of Columbia. He also leaves 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Dunbar Funeral home at 4 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Dr. H. A. McCullough, his pastor, in charge. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
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