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1927 - 2017 (90 years)| Name | Thomas McBride “Tommy” DABBS [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] | |
| Birth | 1927 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  [3] |
| Gender | Male | |
| Education | Duke University [5] | |
| HIST | Family's patriotism never wavered, despite death Posted: Thursday, May 27, 2010 6:00 am | Updated: 11:39 pm, Wed May 26, 2010. By GINA VASSELLI gvasselli@theitem.com Furman Dabbs was looking for a missing pilot when his plane disappeared off the coast of South America in 1942. But that didn't make Tommy Dabbs, or any other member of his family, hesitate about serving his country. Tommy Dabbs followed in the footsteps of his older brothers, Eugene, Furman and Billy, and volunteered to serve his country for 18 months starting in March 1946. Even Dabbs' father, who fought in World War I, tried to re-enlist so he could fight in the Second World War. Dabbs, 82, said his father had warned a German family he knew that Hitler would start a war, but the family didn't believe him. "He pretty well predicted it," Dabbs said. He said the country pulled together because of the war. "I don't know that we could ever be as united as we were in World War II," he said. Dabbs served after the war ended, but he has strong opinions about why the United States won the war. "We probably weren't as good of soldiers," he said. But "we outproduced the rest of them." He said his brother Eugene saw that firsthand while he was in Italy with the Army. Eugene Dabbs and other members of his unit saw a German jeep in a valley, so they fired a shell at it. The shell hit in front of the jeep and the jeep turned around and started going back the way it came. The group fired another shell and this time hit the jeep. Two people ran from the wreckage to a nearby building, but the group fired another two shells at the building and the two people came out to surrender. "One was a full colonel in the German army," Tommy Dabbs said. "And he got up there and cussed them out. He said, 'Two people, and y'all waste four shells. Y'all ought to be court martialed.'" Dabbs said it was the ability of the U.S. forces to continue to "lob shells over" that won the war. Dabbs said his brothers, especially Eugene, were exposed to a lot of danger while they served, but he never worried about them. He said it could be because people really didn't know what was going in the war. "We didn't have the communication people have now," Dabbs said. "Someone gets hurt in Afghanistan, and 20 minutes later you know about it." But even the soldiers themselves weren't as worried about getting killed. "The people who were over there knew that they could get hurt," but "people who were in combat - they might feel like it was going to be somebody else and not them." But even when someone did get hurt or disappear, like Dabbs' brother Furman, the family didn't stop supporting the war. Furman Dabbs was flying near the coast of South America looking for a missing pilot when he went through bad weather. "Nobody knows what happened. ... But there wasn't any tension in the family," Tommy Dabbs said. There was simply "tremendous patriotism," he said. Reach Gina Vasselli at (803) 774-1214. Posted in News, Local news on Thursday, May 27, 2010 THOMAS M. DABBS Posted Thursday, September 28, 2017 6:00 am MAYESVILLE - Thomas McBride Dabbs, CLU, ChFC, husband of Evelyn Dabbs, died on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at age 90, at his home. Born in Sumter, where he lived almost all of his life, he was a son of the late Eugene Whitfield Dabbs and Estelle Glasscock Dabbs. Mr. Dabbs was a lifelong member of Salem Black River Presbyterian Church, where he served as a ruling elder. As a young man, he served in the 82nd Airborne of the U.S. Army. He graduated from Duke University in 1950. He was a past president of the Sumter Kiwanis Club, former member of the Fortnightly Club and former chairman of the board of Sumter School District 2. He was owner and operator of Dabbs Life Insurance Agency Inc. and was engaged in the business of estate and financial planning for more than 65 years. He was former president of the Sumter Estate Planning Council, the South Carolina Life Underwriters and Midlands Chapter of the Life Underwriters. Mr. Dabbs was known for his service to the Sumter community, to his profession and to his country. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, with whom he shared 70 years of marriage. Further, he is survived by four children, Furman Dabbs (Cheryl), Ronda Feinstein (Jeffrey) of Sumter, Susan Roberts of Murrells Inlet and Sumter, and Charlotte Parker (Charles) of Sumter. His sister, Louise Bevan of Mayesville, and his brother, Joseph Dabbs of Amelia Island, Florida, are his surviving siblings. He also has 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; as well as many beloved nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by three brothers, Eugene Dabbs, William Dabbs and Furman Dabbs. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Salem Black River Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. George Wilkes officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Mt. Vernon Coffee Club. The family will receive friends at Salem Black River Presbyterian Church Meeting House following the graveside service. Memorials may be made to Salem Black River Presbyterian Church Restoration Fund, in care of Martha Greenway, 210 Serenity Circle, Mayesville, SC 29104 or to a charity of one's choice. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [1, 7] | |
| MILI | He served in the 82nd Airborne of the U.S. Army. [1] | |
| _UID | 07647D821D2343FD958A1FF78F7114AADD78 | |
| Death | 27 Sep 2017 | at his home, (Mayesville, South Carolina) |
| Burial | 30 Sep 2017 | Salem Black River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mayesville, South Carolina [1] |
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| Person ID | I149760 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 9 Oct 2018 | |
| Father | Eugene Whitfield DABBS, Jr., b. 30 Jul 1894 d. 28 Dec 1943 (Age 49 years) | |
| Mother | Estelle “Stella” /GLASSCOCK GLASCOCK, b. 16 Sep 1895 d. 14 Aug 1985 (Age 89 years) | |
| Marriage | 22 Nov 1916 [12] | |
| _UID | 04A053151E8045F4818EE7F94A5C21E67FFE | |
| _UID | 04A053151E8045F4818EE7F94A5C21E67FFE | |
| Family ID | F102371 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Evelyn Virginia WAGGETT, b. St. Charles, South Carolina d. 4 Oct 2018, at her home (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) | |||||||||
| Marriage | 25 Dec 1947 | Sumter County, South Carolina [1, 5, 6, 8, 13] |
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| Family ID | F102395 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 18 Oct 2017 | |||||||||
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