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John Wesley Singleton
An Ode to John
10th Mtn Medical Battalion
July 4, 2012
Now your flag is waving
In the cool and crispy air
The reason for your service
In the war of yester-year.
It was given to me at your funeral
It covered your resting place
However I could not touch it
For the reverence of your fate.
From the boat of the Alps in Italy
To the gap at Brenner Pass
Was your foxhole sleeping place
Til the night of the final blast.
The item of your comfort
Was the blanket in which to wrap
However it did not counter
The cold of the below zero draft.
You prayed, gave thanks for living
Also for your family back home
For your buddies more zealously
To keep them from awful harm.
You received the wounded soldiers
Wreaking in pain and blood
Gave them a shot of morphine
And wrapped it tight as a glove.
You gave your youngest years
Amazed at what you saw
Brought home The Purple Heart
A Bronze and Two Battle Stars.
Not only do I have the medals
Representing your courageous fight
I have the picture of The Red Cross
On top of your helmet at night.
Fly on American Flag
You must be honorably kept
This generation must realize
All wars are not over yet.
Edith A. Singleton
(Your wife)
An Autograph and a Smooch
Edith A. Singleton, 91, gives Nancy Leaird a signed copy of her new book “Treasured Thoughts” as well as a kiss on the cheek. Several dozen friends and family members showed up at the home of Nancy and Russ Weinberg, Singlton’s daughter and son-in-law, on Swan Lake Drive to get a signed copy. The book contains meditations of life, poems and Biblical thoughts, Singleton said she’s “always thinking and just wanted to write it all down.”
EDITH A. SINGLETON
Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:00 am
Edith Ardis Singleton, age 93, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on June 29, 2015, after a brief illness.
She was born on Jan. 3, 1922, in Pinewood, to the late Newell LeGrand Ardis Sr. and Eva Holliday Ardis. She grew up on the family farm near Pinewood and was educated in the local schools there, graduating from the Pinewood School with honors in 1939.
She was a child of the Great Depression, which imbued her with a strong work ethic and with a sense of duty to her country and to others. She served her country in World War II by working at the Charleston Naval Shipyard in the payroll department, where she was in charge of administering the payroll for the entire facility. In the course of her work, she was one of the first women in this area to regularly operate a computer.
After the war, she moved to Sumter, where she married John W. Singleton in 1951. She worked briefly at Shaw Air Force Base until she left government service to dedicate herself to being a fulltime wife and mother, raising her two children, Johnny and Nancy.
She was a devoted student of the Bible and an active member of First Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for more than 20 years. In 2013, she published the result of a life of reflections on this study of the Bible in a book titled "Treasured Thoughts." She was also an avid quilter who worked tirelessly to produce a tremendous collection of fine quilts to hand down to her family and friends.
An accomplished seamstress, she found an outlet for her love of sewing and for her love of people by sewing for a wide variety of customers from her home. Her sewing customers were, in fact, more than her customers - they were her friends; and it was not unusual for sewing sessions to turn into tea parties, where wonderful conversations were had and where good advice and loving kindness was served along with the tea and cakes. So while she was a mother of two, she was a friend and mother figure to many.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Singleton, who passed away in 1981; and by her son, John W. "Johnny" Singleton Jr., who passed away in 1996. She was also predeceased by her brothers, Newell LeGrand Ardis Jr., Vernon W. Ardis, Zane G. Ardis, Norman G. Ardis and Fred M. Ardis.
She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Singleton Weinberg and Nancy's husband, Mortimer M. "Russ" Weinberg III of Sumter; and by a granddaughter, Meredith Amanda Weinberg of Columbia. She is also survived by a daughter-in-law, Pat Singleton-Spencer; by three beloved sisters-in-law, Margaret Ardis, Jackie Ardis and Esther Singleton; by a brother-in-law, Julian Singleton; and by numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
A service for the celebration of her life and for the comfort of her family and friends will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Dan Barber officiating.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the home of Nancy and Russ Weinberg, 2 Swan Lake Drive, Sumter, and also again immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that in memory of her, you commit yourself to acts of kindness to your family and friends.
You may sign the family's guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.
The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements. [6, 7, 8, 9] |
1922 - 2015 (93 years)
