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Nelle Elizabeth <I>Wilkes</I> Sweeney

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Nelle Elizabeth Wilkes Sweeney

Birth
Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
Death
22 Dec 1986 (aged 70)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Square 36, Lot 24E1/2, Grave 10.
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Mrs. Nell Wilkes Sweeney, 70, of 233 S. Waccamaw Ave., Columbia, Widow of Samuel L. Sweeney, died Monday.

Born in Chesterfield County, she was a daughter of the late Alexander Francis and Soulie Clark Wilkes. She was a member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church and a retired legal secretary of the S. C. Tax Commission.

Mrs. Sweeney was a graduate of Draughans Business College.

Surviving are a son, Samuel L. Sweeney of Lexington, sisters Mrs. Cora Campbell of Hartsville and Mrs. Ethel Brown of Manning; a brother Emmett Wilkes of West Columbia; a grandchildren.

Service for Mrs. Sweeney were held today at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, conducted by the Ven. Frederick C. Byrd. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Kenny, Mickey, Delbert, Donald, Bobby and Del Wilkes and Harold and Tim Brown.

Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Tuesday, December 23, 1986 page 4C col. 6. The Columbia Record Newspaper page 6A col. 3.
Mrs. Nell Wilkes Sweeney, 70, of 233 S. Waccamaw Ave., Columbia, Widow of Samuel L. Sweeney, died Monday.

Born in Chesterfield County, she was a daughter of the late Alexander Francis and Soulie Clark Wilkes. She was a member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church and a retired legal secretary of the S. C. Tax Commission.

Mrs. Sweeney was a graduate of Draughans Business College.

Surviving are a son, Samuel L. Sweeney of Lexington, sisters Mrs. Cora Campbell of Hartsville and Mrs. Ethel Brown of Manning; a brother Emmett Wilkes of West Columbia; a grandchildren.

Service for Mrs. Sweeney were held today at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, conducted by the Ven. Frederick C. Byrd. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Kenny, Mickey, Delbert, Donald, Bobby and Del Wilkes and Harold and Tim Brown.

Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Tuesday, December 23, 1986 page 4C col. 6. The Columbia Record Newspaper page 6A col. 3.


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