Oron Joshua “O. J.” HALLMAN^[1]

1920 - 2000  (80 years)

• Name	Oron Joshua “O. J.” HALLMAN  [2, 3]
  Birth	1920	Batesville/Leesville, South Carolina   [2]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	He bought his Alice Drive and Broad Street property around 1955. He purchased a one-acre parcel at that corner for $5,000.00, when Alice Drive was a dirt road and Broad Street had two lanes. He was a Batesburg/Leesville (South Carolina) native who came to Sumter (South Carolina) from Green Cove Springs, Florida, to serve in the Civilian Conservation Corps. “Mr. O. J.” bought the first parcel of land from Mr. J. H. Myers - who lived across the street where Gateway Plaza now stands.  [2, 3]
  Occupation	he opened his full-service gas station and machine shop in 1959- O.J. Hallman- corner of Broad Street and Alice Drive  [2]
  _UID	05DF0B32D0C541908A43CF1F7975936528BE
  Death	May 2000
  Person ID	I209243	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	William Shepard HALLMAN   d. Bef 16 Jan 2006
  Mother	Hattie Viola BURGESS   d. Bef 16 Jan 2008
  _UID	E1C2718A8FA84E65B76256765743989E3DCE
  _UID	E1C2718A8FA84E65B76256765743989E3DCE
  Family ID	F141823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hazelee CRAPS,   b. 1919, Lexington, Richland County, South Carolina d. 24 Oct 2019, Morningside of Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 100 years)
  _UID	FC5661AD937744A8B81770649DAE0C1E6E1B
  _UID	FC5661AD937744A8B81770649DAE0C1E6E1B
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Burnell O. “Sonny” HALLMAN   4. Hazel Patricia HALLMAN
  Family ID	F141820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S27210] Hazalee Hallman. [S9140] End of an era -- Longtime local business O. J. Hallman Inc. closes after more than 45 years. [S9278] Everything must go - Longtime city business closes its garage doors.