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1928 - 2012 (84 years)| Name | Wallace Parrott DESCHAMPS [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] | |
| Birth | 1928 | Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Wisacky, South Carolina of South Carolina Date Published: February 5, 2009 Historic Wisacky home destroyed by fire Photo provided By RANDY BURNS Item staff writer rburns@theitem.com A historic two-story home in Wisacky has been destroyed by fire. Lee County Fire Chief Mike Bedenbaugh said the house located on S.C. 527 in Wisacky had been serving as the office headquarters for Coker Farms. No one was in the house at the time of the fire, Bedenbaugh said. The 911 call came in at 7:24 p.m. Wednesday, he said. “The first responders arrived on the scene at 7:37 p.m.,” he said. “The back end of the house was engulfed when we arrived. And it didn’t take long for it to spread all over the house.” Fourteen fire trucks and about 50 firefighters representing the fire departments in Lee, Sumter and Darlington counties responded to the 911 call, which was made by Wilson Coker, the owner of the house. “He was living in a house next door,” Bedenbaugh said. Wilson Coker bought the house from Wallace DesChamps in August 2007, according to Wilson’s father John Coker. Randy Burns / The Item “My wife and I have been living there part time to help out our son’s business,” he said. “This is unbelievable. We had a lot of family antiques in there, and all of the records for the business were in there.” The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen, Bedenbaugh said. The State Law Enforcement Division will assist in the investigation. “I don’t have any idea of the cause of the fire,” he said. “At this time, we have no reason to suspect arson, but because of the value and the historic nature of the house, we want to be sure to rule it out.” The house has been estimated to be worth $750,000, Bedenbaugh said. “It’s my understanding that construction on the house began in 1897 or 1898,” John Coker said. “It was finished in the early 1900s.” State Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville, said Lee County has lost a historic landmark. “You couldn’t replace that building for $1 million,” he said. Wallace P. DesChamps Wallace Parrott DesChamps, 84, formerly of Bishopville, passed away on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Bishopville, he was a son of the late Edgar Green and Kathleen Parrott DesChamps. He was a Class of 1949 graduate of Clemson Agricultural & Mechanical College. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, from which he was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant. He was a lifelong farmer in the Wisacky community of Lee County, where he was awarded Lee County Farmer of the Year. He was a Free Mason, Shriner, Little League and Pony League baseball coach, and a lifelong member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. He also served Lee County for many years as a member of the Bishopville Rescue Squad, where he earned certification as Lee County’s first paramedic. Surviving are his sons, Wally DesChamps, his Sandy, and their children, Lauryn, Wade and Ross DesChamps of Houston, Texas; John DesChamps and his children, Hunter, Wells and Sarah Wallace DesChamps of Columbia; and Stephen DesChamps, his wife Meri, and their children, Madison and Jones DesChamps of Sumter; stepchildren, Beverly Clackum and her husband, Dean, of Ackworth, Ga., Lynette Horne and her husband, Mark, of Marietta, Ga., Michael Carlisle and his wife, Jacquie, of Dallas, Ga., and Carey Carlisle, also of Dallas; and special family friends, LeRoy and Dorothy McDonlald and Joseph and Evelina Parrott, all of Wisacky. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Ada Marian Hunter DesChamps; second wife, Grace Richards DesChamps; sister, Kathleen DesChamps; and brothers, Edgar DesChamps Jr. and Wayne DesChamps. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 115 W. Church St., Bishopville, with the Rev. Ken Phelps officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. until the time of the service at the Atkinson Center of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the Bethlehem Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 164, Bishopville, SC 29010, or to a charity of one’s choice. Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Saturday, December 29, 2012 [2, 3, 4, 5] | |
| MILI | He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, from which he was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant. [5] | |
| Occupation | a former farmer and local magistrate [3] | |
| _UID | 1C2432C206F4413E9945A869074195910A30 | |
| Death | 28 Dec 2012 | Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 30 Dec 2012 | Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina [5] |
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| Person ID | I60802 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 30 Dec 2012 | |
| Father | Edgar Green DESCHAMPS, Sr., b. 16 Sep 1879 d. 14 Jan 1960 (Age 80 years) | |
| Mother | Kathleen PARROTT d. Bef 14 Aug 2007 | |
| _UID | 4BCCFDEC2EDB4D338C5DABC393D6B4ABA871 | |
| _UID | 4BCCFDEC2EDB4D338C5DABC393D6B4ABA871 | |
| Family ID | F69807 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Ada Marian HUNTER d. Bef 28 Dec 2012 | |||||||
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| Family ID | F42794 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||||
| Family 2 | Grace RICHARDS, b. 1933, Ball Ground, Georgia d. 12 Nov 2010, at her daughter’s home (Age 77 years) | |||||||||
| Marriage | 1995 [4] | |||||||||
| _UID | 19BAE37501484DFD9D455F860D20D561E81E | |||||||||
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| Family ID | F148474 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 22 Nov 2010 | |||||||||
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