| Name |
Louis FLEMING [2, 3, 4] |
| Birth |
29 Apr 1926 |
New York, New York  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
he graduated from Lincoln High School of Sumter, South Carolina, in 1944 and received an associate degree in business marketing from what is now Central Carolina Tehnical College (formerly Sumter Technical College) in 1975. [2] |
| HIST |
256 E. Red Bay RoadHe was the seventh of eight children. religion cont. for several terms; religious education instructor; founding member of the Diocesan Office of Black Ministry and first volunteer executive director from 1982-85; founding member of the Knights of Peter Claver in 1990 (having served as Grand Knight and a Fourth Degree Knight); member of the Evangelization Commission, and Cursillo participant. He attended several Black National Congress Conventions over the years; attended numerous state and national state meetings for the Office of Black Ministries; and was honored by that organization under the Office of Ethnic Ministry for being one of the main forces in the founding and being a motivating force for several decades. education cont. He was also a proud Morris College Alumni, having earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1978, and he continued to be very actively involved with the Morris College National Alumni Association. at death- he had 9 grandchildren [2, 4] |
| MILI |
he was a combat veteran of 27 years, having served in the U. S. Army from 1944-1971 with two tours in the Republic of Vietnam and two tours in the Republic of Korea. He retired at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1970 as a chief warrant officer three (CWO3). His military travels took him to Virginia, Washington State, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Bragg, Verdun, France and Fairbanks, Alaska. [2] |
| Occupation |
Former Sumter County Council Chairman [2] |
| Religion |
he was raised in St. Jude’s Catholic Church and served faithfully in many capacities to include; one of the first to be baptized there in 1940; one of the first altar servers; lector and eucharistic minister; usher; former chairman of Parish Council for [2] |
| _UID |
FB4B7A0AF0904797AE4C677838EC28327F34 |
| Death |
19 Jan 2007 |
Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial |
28 Jan 2007 |
Saint Lawrence Catholic Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina [2] |
- Community Funeral Home, Sumter, South Carolina
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| Person ID |
I199369 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2023 |
1926 - 2007 (80 years)