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1927 - 2014 (87 years)| Name | Samuel Lathan “Sambo” RODDEY [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] | |
| Suffix | Jr. | |
| Birth | 1927 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina SAMUEL L. RODDEY JR. Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014 12:00 am RODDEY Samuel Lathan Roddey Jr. 87, widower of Fredricka Hill Roddey, his wife of 65 years, died Friday, July 25, 2014, at the Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Samuel Lathan Roddey and Martie Boyle Roddey. Mr. Roddey was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church where he served as a former Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Clerk of the Session, and was Elder Emeritus. He was a member of the Bethany Sunday School class. He was a 1947 graduate of Virginia Military Institute where he served as president of the senior class and captain of the basketball team. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving on the island of Guam and in China. He was a former president of the Sumter Rotary Club, the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, the Sumter County Game & Fish Association and the Sumter Assembly Club. He was a former chairman of the Sumter County Planning Commission, the Sumter YMCA Board, the United Way of Sumter, Sunset Country Club and Sumter County Zoning Board of Adjustments. He received from the Jaycees the Distinguished Service Award, given by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Community Service, as well as the 1963 Young Man of the Year award. He was a former president of Riley & Company. Surviving are one son, Samuel Lathan Roddey III and his wife, Mary Garland; one daughter, Emily Roddey Wilson and her husband, Bob, all of Sumter; three grandchildren, Robert Shaw Wilson Jr. and his wife, Annie, Martha Annette Roddey McCarley and her husband, Robert, and Emily Roddey Sawyer and her husband, Philip; one great-granddaughter, Mary Boyd McCarley; and special friends and caregivers Loretta Bosier and Edith Kelly. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Annette Roddey and Martie Roddey Wilson. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ray Fancher officiating. Burial will follow in the Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Robert Shaw Wilson, Robert Shaw Wilson Jr., Robert Jackson McCarley IV, Philip Michael Sawyer, Hugh Walford Wilson III and Lathan Roddey Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Bethany Sunday School Class. The family will receive friends at the home. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150, or to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 107 Westpark Blvd., Columbia, SC 29210. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. Samuel Roddey Jr, 1927-2014 Sumter businessman remembered for honesty, humor Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2014 12:00 am Samuel Lathan Roddey Jr., a civic-minded Sumter businessman, was known for his humor and directness, say family and friends. "There was no in between with Daddy," Lathan Roddey III said. "Things were either right or wrong, and he didn't mind telling you if you were right or wrong. Some of my friends used to laugh about if you made the same bonehead mistake twice, he'd say, 'What's wrong? You don't believe Hell is hot?'" That forthright approach helped the World War II veteran push for county zones. "When he was co-chairman of the planning committee for the county, a lot of rural areas were opposed to countywide zoning," Steve Creech said. At that time, zoning ordinances were only in the city and about three miles around it. There were no rules beyond that to the county line, Creech said, and such zoning was a way to help protect Shaw Air Force Base from encroaching development. After his father served as a mentor to him, Lathan Roddey is now one of Creech's business partners. Besides working together, Creech and the late Roddey played golf, a pastime shared with Tommy Bultman, a fellow Rotarian. In fact, Samuel Roddey was president of Sumter Rotary the second year Bultman was a member. "He played golf out at Sunset (on) Saturday mornings when his health was better off," Bultman said. "I really enjoyed Samuel a lot. He was fun to be around. If you asked him for his opinion, he would tell you. He was frank and honest about it." While Bultman said he more grew up with Roddey's children, Lathan and Emily, Dr. Charles "Pap" Propst grew up with Samuel Roddey. "I guess I've known him throughout our lifetime," Propst said. "We were neighbors and then, of course, affiliated in many ways through school, through the YMCA, through high school athletics and later church. He was very outspoken in his opinions. He was very funny, very humorous. He was certainly a very responsible person. If he was asked to assume any role in leadership, he would do so and do it beautiful. He was a devoted husband and to his children and later grandchildren. He was really a very delightful individual." Propst said he will miss Roddey's presence in Bethany Sunday school. Samuel Roddey was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church, where he served as a former chairman of the Board of Deacons, clerk of the Session and was Elder Emeritus, according to his obituary. He was a 1947 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, where he served as president of the senior class and captain of the basketball team. While in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, he served on the island of Guam and in China. "He was proud to be a VMI grad, proud to be a Marine and proud of his family," said Emily Wilson, his daughter. "He'd say, 'I love you down deep.' He was dedicated to his community, (and) you knew where he stood. He loved to play golf. He had a great sense of humor, and he liked to laugh. He was quite a character, that's for sure." He was a former president of Sumter Rotary Club, Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Sumter County Game & Fish Association and Sumter Assembly Club. He was a former chairman of Sumter County Planning Commission, Sumter YMCA Board, United Way of Sumter, Sunset Country Club and Sumter County Zoning Board of Adjustments. He received from the Jaycees the Distinguished Service Award, given by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Community Service, as well as the 1963 Young Man of the Year award. "He worked hard and did a lot of great things over the years," Creech said. "He had a great sense of humor. He loved his family, especially his wife. She was the light of his life. She died in January, and I think he was ready to go meet her." Samuel Roddey was married to Fredricka Hill Roddey for 65 years. "He would always write her poems on their anniversary and sometimes on her birthday," Lathan Roddey said. "He had an unwavering devotion to his church, his wife, his family, his Sunday school class and to his country. He was proud of America." - Jade Reynolds [1, 3, 6, 7, 8] | |
| MILI | He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving on the island of Guam and in China. [7] | |
| _UID | ECA208F175824D3187970CBD2501C521EF4C | |
| Death | 25 Jul 2014 | Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 27 Jul 2014 | Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [7] |
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| Person ID | I163204 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 10 Aug 2014 | |
| Father | Samuel Lathan RODDEY, Sr. d. Bef 25 Jul 2014 | |
| Mother | Martie BOYLE d. Bef 25 Jul 2014 | |
| _UID | A121152EFAF9499A8712C2F478251ECCB187 | |
| _UID | A121152EFAF9499A8712C2F478251ECCB187 | |
| Family ID | F141806 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Fredricka “Rick” HILL, b. 1925, Reidsville, North Carolina d. 22 Jan 2014, at her home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 89 years) | |||||
| Marriage | Abt 1948 [6] | |||||
| _UID | E8258E702E134D6580DCF5C4DF20552990EC | |||||
| _UID | E8258E702E134D6580DCF5C4DF20552990EC | |||||
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| Family ID | F135856 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 24 Jan 2014 | |||||
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