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Father of 5. Ran the Loris Telephone Exchange (Central). Died in a tragic work-related accident.
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According to some family notes, his middle name was inspired by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a famous 19th century Baptist preacher.
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In 1909, Leon Edgar Todd (older brother of Grier) organized the Loris Telephone Company, which served the town and rural section of the county with long-distance connections with the Southern Bell Telephone System. He was sole owner of the telephone company and acted as president and general manager, until he disposed of the property, in 1914, selling to his brother, G. H. Todd, who now owns and operates the plant.
(From "Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens" by R.H. Fisher - 1929)
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Eldred E. Prince purchased the Grier Todd Home Telephone Company. "Another project in the 1930s involved buying the Grier Todd family-owned Home Telephone Company. When Todd died, his family was not able to maintain the lines. Responding to a request by the Boosters Club, Prince bought the company. During the short time he owned Coastal Telephone Company, he made equipment improvements and increased service. After changing hands several times, the company eventually became the present day Horry County Telephone Co-Op. (From "Loris Centennial, 1998-1987")
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"G. H. Todd is Electrocuted"
Grier H. Todd, of Loris, was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live electric wire at Loris last Friday night. His many friends at Loris and elsewhere in the county were sorry to learn of his fatal accident. He was connected with business concerns of Loris and was a citizen to the appreciated.
He is survived by wife and children.
(Horry Herald - Thursday, July 22, 1937)
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Live Wire Kills Grier H. Todd - Electrocution Victim Is Mourned By Many Friends.
Funeral services for Grier H. Todd, 50, Loris business man who was electrocuted Friday night when he became entangled in a power line here, were held Sunday afternoon [July 18th] at 3 o'clock with the Reverend Frank Fisher conducting.
Large crowds attended the services bringing munificient floral offerings honoring the untimely death of a respected citizen.
Todd was killed at the road construction company headquarters on the outskirts of town Friday around 8:15 p.m. when he attempted to lift power wires in order to let a large road-machine pass beneath them.
Becoming entangled in the wires he was unconscious before rescuers could reach him.
Death is thought to have been instantaneous. Dr. J.D. Thomas, who examined the body directly after the accident, reported no trace of life and resuscitation efforts which continued for two hours proved useless.
A coroner's jury composed of J.D. Duncan, H.V. Prince, S.J. Deery, J.E. Milligan, H.W. Whittington and R.P Hardee met late Friday night and returned a verdict of "death by electrocution."
L.V. Wallace, only witness testifying at the short inquest, declared that immediately before the accident he was on the machine within three feet of Todd talking with him. After he had started to climb down, Wallace said, Todd somehow became caught in the three sets of wires he was attempting to lift. Only visible mark on the dead man's body was a burn on the left side of the neck where a wire is presumed to have struck him.
Todd, who was manager of the local telephone company and an employee of the South Carolina public utilities company, is survived by his wife and five children: Edith, Carolyn, Hazel, Boyce, and Rudolph Todd, all of Loris. Also surviving are two brothers: Ollie Todd, Tabor City; and five sisters: Mrs. Charlie Johnson, Jefferson; Mrs. Leslie Johnson, Georgetown; Mrs. Leard Edgeworth, Hartsville; Mrs. Aubrey Jackson, Green Sea; and Mrs. Ashley Cox, of Pitts, Georgia.
Pallbearers at the funeral included Layton Hinson, Roy L. Hardee, Willie H. Stevens, H.E. Blanton, S.M. Graham and W.A. Webster, Jr.
(The Field - Number 27, Volume Thirty-Five - Conway, S.C. - Thursday, July 22, 1937)
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Father of 5. Ran the Loris Telephone Exchange (Central). Died in a tragic work-related accident.
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According to some family notes, his middle name was inspired by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a famous 19th century Baptist preacher.
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In 1909, Leon Edgar Todd (older brother of Grier) organized the Loris Telephone Company, which served the town and rural section of the county with long-distance connections with the Southern Bell Telephone System. He was sole owner of the telephone company and acted as president and general manager, until he disposed of the property, in 1914, selling to his brother, G. H. Todd, who now owns and operates the plant.
(From "Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens" by R.H. Fisher - 1929)
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Eldred E. Prince purchased the Grier Todd Home Telephone Company. "Another project in the 1930s involved buying the Grier Todd family-owned Home Telephone Company. When Todd died, his family was not able to maintain the lines. Responding to a request by the Boosters Club, Prince bought the company. During the short time he owned Coastal Telephone Company, he made equipment improvements and increased service. After changing hands several times, the company eventually became the present day Horry County Telephone Co-Op. (From "Loris Centennial, 1998-1987")
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"G. H. Todd is Electrocuted"
Grier H. Todd, of Loris, was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live electric wire at Loris last Friday night. His many friends at Loris and elsewhere in the county were sorry to learn of his fatal accident. He was connected with business concerns of Loris and was a citizen to the appreciated.
He is survived by wife and children.
(Horry Herald - Thursday, July 22, 1937)
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Live Wire Kills Grier H. Todd - Electrocution Victim Is Mourned By Many Friends.
Funeral services for Grier H. Todd, 50, Loris business man who was electrocuted Friday night when he became entangled in a power line here, were held Sunday afternoon [July 18th] at 3 o'clock with the Reverend Frank Fisher conducting.
Large crowds attended the services bringing munificient floral offerings honoring the untimely death of a respected citizen.
Todd was killed at the road construction company headquarters on the outskirts of town Friday around 8:15 p.m. when he attempted to lift power wires in order to let a large road-machine pass beneath them.
Becoming entangled in the wires he was unconscious before rescuers could reach him.
Death is thought to have been instantaneous. Dr. J.D. Thomas, who examined the body directly after the accident, reported no trace of life and resuscitation efforts which continued for two hours proved useless.
A coroner's jury composed of J.D. Duncan, H.V. Prince, S.J. Deery, J.E. Milligan, H.W. Whittington and R.P Hardee met late Friday night and returned a verdict of "death by electrocution."
L.V. Wallace, only witness testifying at the short inquest, declared that immediately before the accident he was on the machine within three feet of Todd talking with him. After he had started to climb down, Wallace said, Todd somehow became caught in the three sets of wires he was attempting to lift. Only visible mark on the dead man's body was a burn on the left side of the neck where a wire is presumed to have struck him.
Todd, who was manager of the local telephone company and an employee of the South Carolina public utilities company, is survived by his wife and five children: Edith, Carolyn, Hazel, Boyce, and Rudolph Todd, all of Loris. Also surviving are two brothers: Ollie Todd, Tabor City; and five sisters: Mrs. Charlie Johnson, Jefferson; Mrs. Leslie Johnson, Georgetown; Mrs. Leard Edgeworth, Hartsville; Mrs. Aubrey Jackson, Green Sea; and Mrs. Ashley Cox, of Pitts, Georgia.
Pallbearers at the funeral included Layton Hinson, Roy L. Hardee, Willie H. Stevens, H.E. Blanton, S.M. Graham and W.A. Webster, Jr.
(The Field - Number 27, Volume Thirty-Five - Conway, S.C. - Thursday, July 22, 1937)
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Father of 5. Ran the Loris Telephone Exchange (Central). Died in a tragic work-related accident.
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According to some family notes, his middle name was inspired by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a famous 19th century Baptist preacher.
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In 1909, Leon Edgar Todd (older brother of Grier) organized the Loris Telephone Company, which served the town and rural section of the county with long-distance connections with the Southern Bell Telephone System. He was sole owner of the telephone company and acted as president and general manager, until he disposed of the property, in 1914, selling to his brother, G. H. Todd, who now owns and operates the plant.
(From "Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens" by R.H. Fisher - 1929)
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Eldred E. Prince purchased the Grier Todd Home Telephone Company. "Another project in the 1930s involved buying the Grier Todd family-owned Home Telephone Company. When Todd died, his family was not able to maintain the lines. Responding to a request by the Boosters Club, Prince bought the company. During the short time he owned Coastal Telephone Company, he made equipment improvements and increased service. After changing hands several times, the company eventually became the present day Horry County Telephone Co-Op. (From "Loris Centennial, 1998-1987")
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"G. H. Todd is Electrocuted"
Grier H. Todd, of Loris, was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live electric wire at Loris last Friday night. His many friends at Loris and elsewhere in the county were sorry to learn of his fatal accident. He was connected with business concerns of Loris and was a citizen to the appreciated.
He is survived by wife and children.
(Horry Herald - Thursday, July 22, 1937)
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Live Wire Kills Grier H. Todd - Electrocution Victim Is Mourned By Many Friends.
Funeral services for Grier H. Todd, 50, Loris business man who was electrocuted Friday night when he became entangled in a power line here, were held Sunday afternoon [July 18th] at 3 o'clock with the Reverend Frank Fisher conducting.
Large crowds attended the services bringing munificient floral offerings honoring the untimely death of a respected citizen.
Todd was killed at the road construction company headquarters on the outskirts of town Friday around 8:15 p.m. when he attempted to lift power wires in order to let a large road-machine pass beneath them.
Becoming entangled in the wires he was unconscious before rescuers could reach him.
Death is thought to have been instantaneous. Dr. J.D. Thomas, who examined the body directly after the accident, reported no trace of life and resuscitation efforts which continued for two hours proved useless.
A coroner's jury composed of J.D. Duncan, H.V. Prince, S.J. Deery, J.E. Milligan, H.W. Whittington and R.P Hardee met late Friday night and returned a verdict of "death by electrocution."
L.V. Wallace, only witness testifying at the short inquest, declared that immediately before the accident he was on the machine within three feet of Todd talking with him. After he had started to climb down, Wallace said, Todd somehow became caught in the three sets of wires he was attempting to lift. Only visible mark on the dead man's body was a burn on the left side of the neck where a wire is presumed to have struck him.
Todd, who was manager of the local telephone company and an employee of the South Carolina public utilities company, is survived by his wife and five children: Edith, Carolyn, Hazel, Boyce, and Rudolph Todd, all of Loris. Also surviving are two brothers: Ollie Todd, Tabor City; and five sisters: Mrs. Charlie Johnson, Jefferson; Mrs. Leslie Johnson, Georgetown; Mrs. Leard Edgeworth, Hartsville; Mrs. Aubrey Jackson, Green Sea; and Mrs. Ashley Cox, of Pitts, Georgia.
Pallbearers at the funeral included Layton Hinson, Roy L. Hardee, Willie H. Stevens, H.E. Blanton, S.M. Graham and W.A. Webster, Jr.
(The Field - Number 27, Volume Thirty-Five - Conway, S.C. - Thursday, July 22, 1937)
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Father of 5. Ran the Loris Telephone Exchange (Central). Died in a tragic work-related accident.
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According to some family notes, his middle name was inspired by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a famous 19th century Baptist preacher.
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In 1909, Leon Edgar Todd (older brother of Grier) organized the Loris Telephone Company, which served the town and rural section of the county with long-distance connections with the Southern Bell Telephone System. He was sole owner of the telephone company and acted as president and general manager, until he disposed of the property, in 1914, selling to his brother, G. H. Todd, who now owns and operates the plant.
(From "Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens" by R.H. Fisher - 1929)
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Eldred E. Prince purchased the Grier Todd Home Telephone Company. "Another project in the 1930s involved buying the Grier Todd family-owned Home Telephone Company. When Todd died, his family was not able to maintain the lines. Responding to a request by the Boosters Club, Prince bought the company. During the short time he owned Coastal Telephone Company, he made equipment improvements and increased service. After changing hands several times, the company eventually became the present day Horry County Telephone Co-Op. (From "Loris Centennial, 1998-1987")
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"G. H. Todd is Electrocuted"
Grier H. Todd, of Loris, was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live electric wire at Loris last Friday night. His many friends at Loris and elsewhere in the county were sorry to learn of his fatal accident. He was connected with business concerns of Loris and was a citizen to the appreciated.
He is survived by wife and children.
(Horry Herald - Thursday, July 22, 1937)
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Live Wire Kills Grier H. Todd - Electrocution Victim Is Mourned By Many Friends.
Funeral services for Grier H. Todd, 50, Loris business man who was electrocuted Friday night when he became entangled in a power line here, were held Sunday afternoon [July 18th] at 3 o'clock with the Reverend Frank Fisher conducting.
Large crowds attended the services bringing munificient floral offerings honoring the untimely death of a respected citizen.
Todd was killed at the road construction company headquarters on the outskirts of town Friday around 8:15 p.m. when he attempted to lift power wires in order to let a large road-machine pass beneath them.
Becoming entangled in the wires he was unconscious before rescuers could reach him.
Death is thought to have been instantaneous. Dr. J.D. Thomas, who examined the body directly after the accident, reported no trace of life and resuscitation efforts which continued for two hours proved useless.
A coroner's jury composed of J.D. Duncan, H.V. Prince, S.J. Deery, J.E. Milligan, H.W. Whittington and R.P Hardee met late Friday night and returned a verdict of "death by electrocution."
L.V. Wallace, only witness testifying at the short inquest, declared that immediately before the accident he was on the machine within three feet of Todd talking with him. After he had started to climb down, Wallace said, Todd somehow became caught in the three sets of wires he was attempting to lift. Only visible mark on the dead man's body was a burn on the left side of the neck where a wire is presumed to have struck him.
Todd, who was manager of the local telephone company and an employee of the South Carolina public utilities company, is survived by his wife and five children: Edith, Carolyn, Hazel, Boyce, and Rudolph Todd, all of Loris. Also surviving are two brothers: Ollie Todd, Tabor City; and five sisters: Mrs. Charlie Johnson, Jefferson; Mrs. Leslie Johnson, Georgetown; Mrs. Leard Edgeworth, Hartsville; Mrs. Aubrey Jackson, Green Sea; and Mrs. Ashley Cox, of Pitts, Georgia.
Pallbearers at the funeral included Layton Hinson, Roy L. Hardee, Willie H. Stevens, H.E. Blanton, S.M. Graham and W.A. Webster, Jr.
(The Field - Number 27, Volume Thirty-Five - Conway, S.C. - Thursday, July 22, 1937)
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