Walter C. “Walt” DRIGGERS^[1]

• Name	Walter C. “Walt” DRIGGERS  [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina He has another set of parents, Richard and Guerry Bradham. How can that be? jkh Preston Blake Driggers Preston Blake Driggers, 8, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia. Born in Sumter, he was a son of Walter C. “Walt” and Virginia “Gingi” Strange Driggers. Blake was a rising third grader at Alice Drive Elementary School and was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include his parents of Sumter; two sisters, Heather Dooley and MaryBeth Dooley, both of the home; paternal grandparents, Charles and Helen Driggers and Richard and Gerry Bradham; aunts and uncles, Chuck Driggers (Jackie), David Driggers, Charlie Driggers (Michelle), Mary Anne Brown (Mike), Beth White (Scooter) and David Strange; and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Oscar and Decky Strange; and an uncle, Buddy Strange. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Northside Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Holley and the Rev. Jim Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 2 p.m. today in the ballroom at Quality Inn, 2390 Broad St., Sumter, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Northside Memorial Baptist Church, 1004 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29153. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Thursday, July 19, 2012  [1, 2, 3]
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina He has another set of parents, Richard and Guerry Bradham. How can that be? jkh Preston Blake Driggers Preston Blake Driggers, 8, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia. Born in Sumter, he was a son of Walter C. “Walt” and Virginia “Gingi” Strange Driggers. Blake was a rising third grader at Alice Drive Elementary School and was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include his parents of Sumter; two sisters, Heather Dooley and MaryBeth Dooley, both of the home; paternal grandparents, Charles and Helen Driggers and Richard and Gerry Bradham; aunts and uncles, Chuck Driggers (Jackie), David Driggers, Charlie Driggers (Michelle), Mary Anne Brown (Mike), Beth White (Scooter) and David Strange; and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Oscar and Decky Strange; and an uncle, Buddy Strange. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Northside Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Holley and the Rev. Jim Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 2 p.m. today in the ballroom at Quality Inn, 2390 Broad St., Sumter, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Northside Memorial Baptist Church, 1004 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29153. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Thursday, July 19, 2012
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  _UID	D3600CE07B59407292CDBEE55A75449953F1
  Person ID	I280340	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Henry “Charley” DRIGGERS, Sr.,   b. 1940   d. 15 Dec 2020, South Strand Emergency Department, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Helen Ree SCHWAB
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  _UID	1A96CC43491140538338CF37BD316BA86E1D
  Family ID	F188497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia “Gingi” STRANGE
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  _UID	5ECFF4E51C1A43E7BDE5FD5E567389A65B7D
  Children	1. Preston Blake DRIGGERS,   b. 2004, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 17 Jul 2012, Palmetto Children’s Hospital, Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia, South Carolina (Age 8 years)   2. Heather DOOLEY   3. MaryBeth DOOLEY
  Family ID	F75268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2012

  
  

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  [S28454] Charles H. Driggers Sr. [S18280] Preston Blake Driggers. [S18281] Sumter boy, 8, dies after contact with rare amoeba. [S22918] Sumter couple raises amoeba awareness.