Singleton and Related Genealogy Pages
A history of many families.
| Name | Mike WEATHERSBEE [2, 3, 4, 5] | |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina I hope that the following in the correct Mike Weathersbee. jkh Could this be the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Weathersbee mentioned in the following article? Yesteryear - 1st baby of 1949 arrives; By SAMMY WAY Sumter Item archivist and historian 75 YEARS AGO - 1949 Jan. 4 - 10 - Unless The Item hears otherwise by noon tomorrow, a seven-pound, seven-ounce boy born at 2:30 a.m. New Year's Day to Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Weathersbee will win the Item's Annual Baby Derby this year. To the best of the Item's knowledge, the Weathersbee infant is the first child to be born in Sumter County in 1949. He was born at Tuomey Hospital. As winner of the Baby Derby, he will receive a shower of gifts from Sumter merchants. Sumter Item to reveal Top 125 Sports Figures with anniversary celebration Posted Saturday, October 12, 2019 6:00 am BY DENNIS BRUNSON In celebration of its 125th anniversary, The Sumter Item is going to select the Top 125 Sports Figures during that period in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties. The list will be revealed in reverse order starting on Wednesday with Nos. 125-111. The remaining lists will be contain 10 figures beginning on Friday. Those lists will appear every Wednesday and Friday until it reaches the top 10 in December. At that point, one story will be released in each edition until the top figure is revealed. The list will include people who affected sports in our area both in competition and in other ways as well. Coinciding with the list reveal, we'll be asking readers to reveal their Top 10 sports figures in Item history, and we'll be hosing Autograph Giveaway contests featuring our famous local sports figures. The Sumter Item's Top 125 Sports Figures 101-110 Posted Friday, October 18, 2019 11:40 am In celebration of its 125th anniversary, The Sumter Item has selected the Top 125 Sports Figures during that period in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties. The list will be revealed in reverse order, appearing every Wednesday and Friday until it reaches the top 10 in December. At that point, one story will be released in each edition until the top figure is revealed. The list will include people who affected sports in our area both in competition and in other ways as well. 110) Luther Welsh - Luther Welsh grew up in Lee County and cut his coaching teeth in Sumter County. However, it was in Georgia -- most notably at Thomson High School – where he enjoyed most of his success. Welsh had a career record of 333-181-6 and won three state titles with Thomson in 1984, 1985 and 2002. 109) Frank Moses - Frank Moses was a standout defensive lineman and wrestler at Sumter High School. He had 523 total tackles in three seasons and won a state title as a wrestler in 1974. Moses went on to Furman University and was an All-Southern Conference selection as a senior in 1977. He had 360 career tackles and led the team in tackles twice. Moses is a member of the athletic halls of fame for both Sumter and Furman. 108) Pressley Harvin - Pressley Harvin was rated as the top high school punter in the country in his senior football season at Sumter High School 2016. He was a Shrine Bowl selection and was named the state’s special teams player of the year. He was a track and field star as well, finishing second in the shotput as a senior. Harvin is now a junior at Georgia Tech. He was a third team All-Atlantic Coast Conference choice as a freshman and second team as a sophomore. 107) Jeremy Bryan - Jeremy Bryan became the first boxer in the history of the Sumter Optimist Boxing Club to win a National Golden Gloves championship, claiming the 141-pound title in 2004. He defended his title the following year and won a couple of other national competitions as well before turning professional. 106) Eddie Talley - Eddie Talley has had tremendous success both as a head football coach and basketball coach at both Wilson Hall and Laurence Manning Academy. He’s closing in on 600 career victories in basketball and has led Wilson Hall to one state title and LMA to two. He has over 100 victories as a football coach and led Wilson Hall to one state title and LMA to two. 105) Mike Weathersbee - Mike Weathersbee was on the ground floor of coaching and developing the sport of boys high school soccer in South Carolina and he was very, very good at it. He led Sumter High School to three straight state titles from 1975-77 and led the Gamecocks to another state title in 1981. He has a career record of 147-28-1 and is a member of the SHS Athletic Hall of Fame and the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association. 104) Rossie Kearson - Rossie Kearson was selected to the Southeastern Athletic Conference first team each of his four years playing basketball at Morris College. He was the school’s leading scorer when he was done, but his senior year was something special. He averaged 29.5 points on the 1965-66 team that went 24-5 and was nationally ranked for part of the season. 103) Annette Brown - Annette Brown was a 4-year letter winner on the Sumter High School girls track and field team, but she was arguably the best athlete in the state her final two years. As a junior in 1988 and a senior in ’89, Brown won the 100- and 200-meter state titles in 4A and ran a leg on the championship-winning 4x100 relay team. 102) Dean Johnson - Dean Johnson is arguably the best pure shooter ever from Sumter. He averaged 18.3 points in his 2-year varsity career with Sumter High School, leading the Gamecocks to the 1980 4A state championship. He was named the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association 4A state Player of the Year. He went on to a solid career at Gardner-Webb as well. 101) Robbie Evans - Robbie Evans’ love for baseball came from playing with his neighborhood friends at the old Crosswell Park fields before working his way through the Sumter Kids In Baseball program. He went on to become a starter for Sumter High School, the Sumter P-15’s and finally with Wofford College, where he was a starting shortstop. Later in his life, he was the hitting coach for the P-15’s, including both of the years in which they reached the American Legion World Series. Despite all of those credentials, that is not where Evans had his biggest impact on the Sumter sports scene. That came from his time as the sports editor for The Sumter Item. Evans enjoyed covering all kinds of sports, but he truly enjoyed his opportunities to write columns. They could be humorous, and they could be biting, whether he was writing about South Carolina or Clemson sports or any of the local teams. However, what he enjoyed the most was writing something to which he never put his name. He took great pleasure – egads! – writing under the name Major Amos P. Hoople. Hoople would pick the local high school football games each week, but that was secondary. How he described the teams their coaches and their opponents made for a newspaper must-read on Friday afternoons. [1, 2, 4, 5] | |
| _UID | E5C96C22A43A4731BB981F05D62A514DA7FE | |
| Person ID | I179402 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 29 Jul 2023 | |
| Father | Colin Michael WEATHERSBEE, Jr., b. 1925, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  d. 23 Jan 1994, Dorn Veterans Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina (Age 69 years) | |
| Mother | Darlene “Dot Dot” KIRBY, b. 2 May 1928, Olanta, Florence County, South Carolina d. 2 Oct 2011, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 83 years) | |
| _UID | A42906521EBB43BC926AF2232E6F93B9F785 | |
| _UID | A42906521EBB43BC926AF2232E6F93B9F785 | |
| Family ID | F122572 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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