| Name |
James D. PRITCHARD |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
1920 |
Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| HIST |
During the 1968 football season, he introduced the Broadway hit, “Step To The Rear and Let A Winner Lead The Way” by Elmer Bernstein. Some weeks later Coach Paul Dietzel wrote new words and Pritchard wrote a new arrangement of this music; it was introduced as the new Carolina Fight Song. “The Fighting Gamecocks Lead The Way” is now in its 37th year as the official fight song. at death- he had 8 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildsons and 2 great-granddaughters [1] |
| Occupation |
former Sumter school band director and longtime employee of the music department at the University of South Carolina [1] |
| _UID |
0E321D507E5C456A9EC92B8DF2925B063A28 |
| Death |
5 Dec 2005 |
Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina |
| Burial |
8 Dec 2005 |
Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina [1] |
| Person ID |
I167848 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
9 Dec 2005 |
1920 - 2005 (85 years)