Found in The State 22 July 1931: Mrs. J. Donald Dial, wife of the prominent Columbia insurance man of 1618 Pendleton street, died suddenly of heart trouble at her summer cottage at Myrtle Beach shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Dial had suffered from heart trouble for several years but had not been in bad health recently. Yesterday when her midday meal was taken to her, she was found to be ill. She died in a few minutes. Mrs. Dial, the former Marjorie Robertson, the daughter of the late Caldwell Robertson, is survived by her husband; two sons, Caldwell R. Dial, who was with her at the beach, and John Donald Dial, Jr., one sister, Mrs. Barnard C. Black of Long Island, and her stepmother, Mrs. Caldwell Robertson of Columbia. Mr. Dial was in Columbia. He left for Myrtle Beach immediately upon receipt of the news. The body was brought to Columbia. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Mrs. Dial, a lifelong resident of Columbia, had endeared herself to many, and her sudden death came as a great shock to her friends and relatives.
Part of the obituary found in The State 23 July 1931: Funeral services for Mrs. J. Donald Dial, who died suddenly at 2 o'clock Tuesday at Myrtle Beach, will be held at 11 o'clock this morning at the grave in Elmwood cemetery. The Rev. Henry D. Phillips, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, will officiate...Pallbearers for the funeral will be Harry Kaminer, Sr., Jack Melton, R. Beverley Herbert, George Dial, Jr., Rufus Grant and Tom J. Robertson.
Found in The State 22 July 1931: Mrs. J. Donald Dial, wife of the prominent Columbia insurance man of 1618 Pendleton street, died suddenly of heart trouble at her summer cottage at Myrtle Beach shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Dial had suffered from heart trouble for several years but had not been in bad health recently. Yesterday when her midday meal was taken to her, she was found to be ill. She died in a few minutes. Mrs. Dial, the former Marjorie Robertson, the daughter of the late Caldwell Robertson, is survived by her husband; two sons, Caldwell R. Dial, who was with her at the beach, and John Donald Dial, Jr., one sister, Mrs. Barnard C. Black of Long Island, and her stepmother, Mrs. Caldwell Robertson of Columbia. Mr. Dial was in Columbia. He left for Myrtle Beach immediately upon receipt of the news. The body was brought to Columbia. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Mrs. Dial, a lifelong resident of Columbia, had endeared herself to many, and her sudden death came as a great shock to her friends and relatives.
Part of the obituary found in The State 23 July 1931: Funeral services for Mrs. J. Donald Dial, who died suddenly at 2 o'clock Tuesday at Myrtle Beach, will be held at 11 o'clock this morning at the grave in Elmwood cemetery. The Rev. Henry D. Phillips, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, will officiate...Pallbearers for the funeral will be Harry Kaminer, Sr., Jack Melton, R. Beverley Herbert, George Dial, Jr., Rufus Grant and Tom J. Robertson.
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