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- The funeral service for J. W. McCreight will be held this morning at 11 o'clock at the Arsenal Hill Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, and the pastor of the church, the Rev. S. K. Phillips, will officiate. Interment will follow in Elmwood cemetery.
Mr. McCreight died at the Baptist hospital at 6 o'clock Monday afternoon after an illness of six weeks.
He had lived in Columbia for the past 15 years and has made a host of friends here. He was born in Winnsboro and it was there that he joined the Boyce Guards of the Sixth regiment of the South Carolina Volunteers at the age of 19.
Of the Boyce Guards, Mr. McCreight was the last surviving member. In the Battle of Seven Pines, he received a wound, while most of his comrades were fatally injured.
After the Confederate war, Mr. McCreight was active with the Ku Klux Klan in bringing about law and order in South Carolina.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Red Shirts and much of his time was given to making and renewing friendships.
He has a wide family connection around Winnsboro, Cheraw and Camden.
Surviving him are: One daughter, Mrs. T. C. Thornton of Columbia; four sons, J. Shannon McCreight of Manhattan, Fla., J. W. McCreight and J. B. McCreight, both of Johnston, and R. L. McCreight of Petersburg, Va., and 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The active pallbearers will be: E. G. Smith, Liles Smith, D. W. Robinson, Sr., T. B. Roach, J. A. Hancock and R. L. Burnet. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be: F. F. Whilden, Dr. J. L. Thompson, General W. A. Clark, H. F. Timmons, Charles Goodwin and J. P. Rawls. The last four named are Confederate war veterans. [4]
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1842 - 1928 (85 years)
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