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1928 - 2023 (94 years)| Name | Lillian Janice “Janice” THOMAS [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] | |
| Birth | 9 Sep 1928 | Hemingway, South Carolina  [7] |
| Gender | Female | |
| Education | Flora Macdonald College 1947 [3] | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina goes back to the Michau and buried in Old Sampit Cemetery, Georgetown County, South Carolina 469-2181 LILLIAN JANICE THOMAS SPANN Posted Friday, August 25, 2023 6:00 am Lillian Janice Thomas Spann, widow of E. Wilbur Spann, died on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Born on Sept. 9, 1928, in Hemingway, she was the oldest child of John W. Thomas and Lillian Bell Roberts. In 1945, Mrs. Spann graduated as valedictorian at Greeleyville High School in South Carolina. She attended Flora MacDonald College and received a certificate degree in business administration. She also graduated from USC with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, a master's in elementary education in 1974 and did 30 hours of post-graduate work in early childhood education. In 1949, she married E. Wilbur Spann, a Sumter County farmer. They raised cows, hogs, soybeans and corn on the farm. Mrs. Spann taught school at St. Anne Catholic School for six years and taught for 26 years at Wilder Elementary School. After retirement, she substitute taught for 22 years in Sumter area schools. She was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she taught the fellowship class for more than 50 years. For 12 years, she participated in the Disciple Bible Study Program and facilitated/directed that program for nine years. For more than 50 years, Mrs. Spann was a member of the Dick Anderson Chapter No. 75 of the UDC. She was also a member of the Home Chapter of the DAR and also an active member in the American Legion Auxiliary. She is survived by her four children, John H. Spann (Marena) of Sumter, Gerri Spann Rowell of Trumbull, Connecticut, Miriam Spann Bridges of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Janice Elizabeth "Libby" Spann of Southern Pines, North Carolina. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Wesley Spann (Jennifer), Marshall Spann, Rebecca Spann Osteen (Cory), Ryan Spann and Tyler Bridges; and six great-grandchildren, Kathryn Spann, Mariah Spann, Harley Spann, Camdyn Osteen, Easton Osteen and Johnathan Spann. She was predeceased by her parents and four siblings, John Bryant "Bud" Thomas (Sara Ann Tiller Thomas), Robert Lamar Thomas Sr. (Patricia Baggett Thomas), William H. "Billy" Thomas (Connie Thomas) and Miriam Gilbert Thomas. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Trinity United Methodist Church, Sumter, with the Rev. Joseph James officiating. Burial will follow in the Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wesley Spann, Marshall Spann, Ryan Spann, Cory Osteen, John Thomas, Bobby Thomas and Ellison Thomas. Her family will receive friends at the church from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church and other times at the home of her son, John H. Spann, 1525 E. Brewington Road, Sumter. Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to a charity of one's choice. The family would like to thank her caregivers, Deloris Purcell, Justice Slater and Sandy Ketchum. Online condolences may be made at www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [1, 2, 8, 9] | |
| _UID | 6572205A845D449FB2214D9162116FA85019 | |
| Death | 23 Aug 2023 | |
| Burial | 27 Aug 2023 | Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [1, 10] |
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| Person ID | I106699 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 25 Aug 2023 | |
| Father | John William THOMAS, b. 3 Jun 1901, Johnsonville near Hemingway, South Carolina d. 20 Oct 1957, Manning Hospital, Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina (Age 56 years) | |
| Mother | Lillian Belle ROBERTS, b. 2 Nov 1906, Old Sampit, Sampit River, Georgetown County, South Carolina d. 28 Nov 1966, Greeleyville, South Carolina (Age 60 years) | |
| Marriage | 6 Aug 1927 | Hemingway, South Carolina [7] |
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| _UID | 1C75B39B46344DD5BDFCB8236638AA0E65B4 | |
| Family ID | F135236 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Ernest Wilbur “Wilbur” SPANN, b. 14 Mar 1914, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 2 Sep 1998, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 84 years) | |||||||||
| Marriage | 29 Oct 1949 | McDowell Presbyterian Church, Greeleyville, South Carolina [7, 10] |
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| Family ID | F73815 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 29 Aug 2007 | |||||||||
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