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| Name | Sonya HODGES-GRANTHAM | |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | Hodges-Grantham to speak at Sumter County Genealogical Society meeting on Oct. 17 Posted Tuesday, October 11, 2022 6:00 am STAFF REPORT Sonya Hodges-Grantham - mother, grandmother, author, historian, researcher, museum curator and preservationist - will be the speaker at the next membership meeting of the Sumter County Genealogical Society at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in the fellowship hall of Swan Lake Presbyterian Church, 912 Haynsworth St., in Sumter. Hodges-Grantham has devoted the majority of her adult life to public service. At the age of 8, she began to write memorials and family history. Little did she know that years later, her oral history lessons, research skills, wisdom and preservation skills would take her on a journey across the globe. Hodges-Grantham was educated in the public and private schools of South Carolina and is a proud graduate of Columbia College of South Carolina, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Affairs and continuing education credits from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with an emphasis in disaster preparedness/disaster recovery and food safety. In a leadership capacity, Hodges-Grantham has served as the chairwoman of the American Red Cross Armed Forces Services, a paid position via the State of Maryland, is co-founder of the Veterans Formation and founder of the 371st Historical Society World War I and the Cornbread Jubilee and Celebration of Breads. Her lifelong learning skills led her to restore and preserve the old Childs Cemetery in Richland County. She has a traveling museum and is the author of the following books: "The Grantham, Thompson, Wells, and Williams Family Reunion, Reflections of the Original Frogtown Community: Our Community Legacy Across the Miles," "Memorials of the Original Frogtown Community," "Chronicles from the Original Frogtown Community" and "Across the Wall from Sherwood Forest." Hodges-Grantham will share information on the following families: Ben and Satria McCoy; Henry Wheeler Sr. and Susan Edwards Wheeler; Susan Johnson Wheeler; Robert and Rosa Wheeler Grantham; Bessie Grantham, who married Sancho Thompson; Annie Grantham, who married Haskell Williams; Henry Barnett Grantham, who married the former Mary Garey; Charles Ferdinand Grantham, who married the former Annie Murry; Lillie Grantham, who married Charlie Wells; and Clifton Grantham, spouse unknown. She will also present a brief history of William Gordon Belser Sr., who was born at the Woodside Plantation at Clarendon County. Belser named the community, Sherwood Forest, after the former Sherwood Plantation located in Sumter. Hodges-Grantham will bring items from Frogtown and Sherwood Forest and her book "Across the Wall from Sherwood Forest." Refreshments will be served after the presentation. The society meets monthly from September through May. Visitors are welcome to attend, and admission is free. Persons interested in joining the society can do so by paying a $30 membership fee for an individual membership or $35 for a family membership. Membership includes four newsletters during the year and free use of the Sumter County Genealogical Society Research Center. For additional information, call the Society's Research Center at (803) 774-3901. [1] | |
| HIST | Hodges-Grantham to speak at Sumter County Genealogical Society meeting on Oct. 17 Posted Tuesday, October 11, 2022 6:00 am STAFF REPORT Sonya Hodges-Grantham - mother, grandmother, author, historian, researcher, museum curator and preservationist - will be the speaker at the next membership meeting of the Sumter County Genealogical Society at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in the fellowship hall of Swan Lake Presbyterian Church, 912 Haynsworth St., in Sumter. Hodges-Grantham has devoted the majority of her adult life to public service. At the age of 8, she began to write memorials and family history. Little did she know that years later, her oral history lessons, research skills, wisdom and preservation skills would take her on a journey across the globe. Hodges-Grantham was educated in the public and private schools of South Carolina and is a proud graduate of Columbia College of South Carolina, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Affairs and continuing education credits from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with an emphasis in disaster preparedness/disaster recovery and food safety. In a leadership capacity, Hodges-Grantham has served as the chairwoman of the American Red Cross Armed Forces Services, a paid position via the State of Maryland, is co-founder of the Veterans Formation and founder of the 371st Historical Society World War I and the Cornbread Jubilee and Celebration of Breads. Her lifelong learning skills led her to restore and preserve the old Childs Cemetery in Richland County. She has a traveling museum and is the author of the following books: "The Grantham, Thompson, Wells, and Williams Family Reunion, Reflections of the Original Frogtown Community: Our Community Legacy Across the Miles," "Memorials of the Original Frogtown Community," "Chronicles from the Original Frogtown Community" and "Across the Wall from Sherwood Forest." Hodges-Grantham will share information on the following families: Ben and Satria McCoy; Henry Wheeler Sr. and Susan Edwards Wheeler; Susan Johnson Wheeler; Robert and Rosa Wheeler Grantham; Bessie Grantham, who married Sancho Thompson; Annie Grantham, who married Haskell Williams; Henry Barnett Grantham, who married the former Mary Garey; Charles Ferdinand Grantham, who married the former Annie Murry; Lillie Grantham, who married Charlie Wells; and Clifton Grantham, spouse unknown. She will also present a brief history of William Gordon Belser Sr., who was born at the Woodside Plantation at Clarendon County. Belser named the community, Sherwood Forest, after the former Sherwood Plantation located in Sumter. Hodges-Grantham will bring items from Frogtown and Sherwood Forest and her book "Across the Wall from Sherwood Forest." Refreshments will be served after the presentation. The society meets monthly from September through May. Visitors are welcome to attend, and admission is free. Persons interested in joining the society can do so by paying a $30 membership fee for an individual membership or $35 for a family membership. Membership includes four newsletters during the year and free use of the Sumter County Genealogical Society Research Center. For additional information, call the Society's Research Center at (803) 774-3901. | |
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| Person ID | I339183 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 11 Dec 2022 | |
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