Reverend Phares Elwood “Jack” CHATHAM, Jr.^{[1, 2]}

1917 - 1998  (80 years)

• Name	Phares Elwood “Jack” CHATHAM  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Prefix	Reverend
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	26 Mar 1917	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina he was the owner of Two Generations Crafts at death he had 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren PHARES E. CHATHAM Posted Sunday, October 4, 2015 6:00 am The Rev. Phares Elwood "Pec" Chatham III, 65, husband of Linda Evans Chatham, died Saturday, Oct. 03, 2015, at his home. Born Jan. 29, 1950 in Sumter, he was the son of the late P.E. Chatham Jr. and Katherine Bryan Chatham. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church, Claremont Masonic Lodge No. 64 and the National Rifle Association. Pec enjoyed serving as a bi-vocational pastor at Faith Baptist Church in Eastover and for 18 years at Second Baptist Church in Manning. He was an avid gardener and enjoyed tending his vegetable garden. He was a 1969 graduate of Edmunds High School and later Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas. He also attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. While living in West Columbia, Pec was president of Chat-Nix Inc. DBA Chatham's Jewelry and Fine Crystal, as well as owner and operator of Chatham's Repair Service where he did trade work for as many as 21 stores in South Carolina and other businesses as far away as Hawaii. In 1994, Pec and family moved back to Sumter, where he worked for Galloway and Moseley Jewelers as a jeweler and watch repairman from 1994-2012. He had also served as an intern at Galloway and Moseley during high school under Mr. G.B. Moseley Sr. Survivors include his wife of 39 years; a son, Phares E. "Jack" Chatham IV (Michele) of Tallahassee, Florida; a granddaughter, Samantha Chatham; siblings, Kathie Chatham Barron of Hillsborough, North Carolina, Mildred Chatham Barrineau of Sumter, and Dr. Beth Chatham of Columbia, Missouri; a brother-in-law, Larry Turner of Columbia; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister, Georgianna Chatham Turner. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Steve Williams, the Rev. Dr. David Dinkins and the Rev. Russell Peek officiating. Burial with masonic rites will be in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Allen Catoe, Ray Davenport, Roy Atkinson, Daniel Barrineau, Ray Turner, and Stewart Atkinson. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.  [3, 6, 8]
  MILI	World War II U. S. Army veteran Captain, USA, WWII  [1, 8]
  Occupation	he retired from Central Carolina Technical School as dean of industrial trades  [8]
  Religion	Joined Grace Baptist Church in 1921 a member of Grace Baptist Church, Sumter, South Carolina  [2, 8]
  _UID	9D721FFF7E4B489CA6EAF3FEF10499A99279
  Death	7 Jan 1998	Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	9 Jan 1998	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [1, 2, 8]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home
  Person ID	I105230	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	13 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Phares Elwood CHATHAM, Sr.,   b. 17 Jun 1895   d. 16 Mar 1977 (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Georgia Pearl EAGERTON,   b. 2 Dec 1897, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 27 Feb 1995, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 97 years)
  _UID	B560C80D124E4F5FB941E15C8D2F30324D1C
  _UID	B560C80D124E4F5FB941E15C8D2F30324D1C
  Family ID	F72832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine “Kitty” BRYAN,   b. 17 Feb 1921, Walterboro, South Carolina d. 22 May 2000, at her home (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1942	Sumter County, South Carolina   [5]
  _UID	79B150BC80664684B2D7CD6A3C29148CAB0D
  _UID	79B150BC80664684B2D7CD6A3C29148CAB0D
  Children	1. Phares Elwood “Pec” CHATHAM, III,   b. 29 Jan 1950, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 3 Oct 2015, at his home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 65 years)   2. Littleton CHATHAM   3. Georgianna CHATHAM,   b. 19 Feb 1944   d. 17 Jul 2003 (Age 59 years)   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living
  Family ID	F72834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2006

  
  

• Notes

  member of Claremont Masonic Lodge No. 64 and the Society of Mechanical Engineers [8]

  
  

• Sources

  [S168] Kenneth C. & F. Delores Schmidt, page 27. [S29882] . [S2550] Georgia E. Chatham. [S3822] Elizabeth C. Atkinson. [S5425] Marriage License Index- By Brides’ Name, page 334. [S23116] Phares E. Chatham. [S23237] Lula Davenport. [S2552] Phares E. Chatham Jr.