The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC
January 8, 1993
Orangeburg - John W. Wactor, 89, founder and president of Orangeburg Gin Inc., died Thursday [7 Jan 1993] in a local hospital.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Burial, directed by Dukes-Harley
Funeral Home, will be in Jerusalem United Methodist Church Cemetery in Elloree.
Mr. Wactor was born in Orangeburg County, a son of Arthur D. Wactor and Valerie Snell Wactor.
He was an Army veteran of World War I, having served with the Chemical Warfare Division. He was a member of the Lions Club of Orangeburg, Ehrhardt Hunting Club, Bonnie Doone Hunting Club, and the Orangeburg County
Barracks 762 of World War I and was a life member of the Orangeburg Elks Club.
He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and was married to the late Evelyn Ulmer Wactor.
Surviving are a son, Robert S. Wactor of Orangeburg; a daughter, Harriet Reid of Greenville; a brother, Hubert P. Wactor of Orangeburg; two sisters, Sadie W. Rayfield of Chesterfield and Dorothy W. Burch of Pageland; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC
January 8, 1993
Orangeburg - John W. Wactor, 89, founder and president of Orangeburg Gin Inc., died Thursday [7 Jan 1993] in a local hospital.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Burial, directed by Dukes-Harley
Funeral Home, will be in Jerusalem United Methodist Church Cemetery in Elloree.
Mr. Wactor was born in Orangeburg County, a son of Arthur D. Wactor and Valerie Snell Wactor.
He was an Army veteran of World War I, having served with the Chemical Warfare Division. He was a member of the Lions Club of Orangeburg, Ehrhardt Hunting Club, Bonnie Doone Hunting Club, and the Orangeburg County
Barracks 762 of World War I and was a life member of the Orangeburg Elks Club.
He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and was married to the late Evelyn Ulmer Wactor.
Surviving are a son, Robert S. Wactor of Orangeburg; a daughter, Harriet Reid of Greenville; a brother, Hubert P. Wactor of Orangeburg; two sisters, Sadie W. Rayfield of Chesterfield and Dorothy W. Burch of Pageland; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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Carrie Lucile Wactor Felder
1899–1979
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Sarah Estelle "Sadie" Wactor Rayfield
1901–1997
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Infant Son Wactor
1905–1906
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Calvin McCants "Gander" Wactor
1907–1973
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Sophie Agnes Wactor
1910–1928
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Algernon Dukes "A.D." Wactor
1913–1989
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Archie Snell "Hank" Wactor
1915–1985
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Hubert Pelham Wactor
1917–1997
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Dorothy Glennon "Dorrie" Wactor Burch
1920–2012
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