Ripley Westmoreland “Westy” CLARKSON

1953 - Abt 2010  (57 years)

• Name	Ripley Westmoreland “Westy” CLARKSON  [1]
  Birth	21 Jul 1953	Columbia, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	Ripley Clarkson   WINNSBORO - Funeral service for Ripley Westmoreland Clarkson will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at First United Methodist Church in Winnsboro, South Carolina. A graveside service will follow in First United Methodist Church Cemetery on East College Street. Mr. Clarkson was born July 21, 1953, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Honorable Nathaniel Heyward Clarkson Jr. and Mrs. Margaret Westmoreland Clarkson. He was a graduate of Hammond School and a 1975 graduate of The Citadel. After two years of military service in the Unites States Army, he earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Clarkson also served in the J.A.G. Corps in the United States Army Reserve. He was an assistant attorney general for the State of South Carolina. Surviving are his wife; Elinor Wylie Clarkson; two sons, Wylie Westmoreland Clarkson and his wife, Andrea McElveen Clarkson, Blair Childs Clarkson; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Westmoreland Clarkson of Columbia; a sister, Eugenia Clarkson Brabham and her husband, Angus McKay Brabham III, of Columbia; a brother, Nathaniel Heyward Clarkson III and his wife, Helen McKay Clarkson, of Greenville; and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be sent to The Citadel, 171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, SC 29409. Online condolences may be sent to the Clarkson family at www.popefuneralhomesc.com. Pope Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr. Clarkson. Published in The State on August 24, 2010  [1]
  HIST	Ripley Clarkson   WINNSBORO - Funeral service for Ripley Westmoreland Clarkson will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at First United Methodist Church in Winnsboro, South Carolina. A graveside service will follow in First United Methodist Church Cemetery on East College Street. Mr. Clarkson was born July 21, 1953, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Honorable Nathaniel Heyward Clarkson Jr. and Mrs. Margaret Westmoreland Clarkson. He was a graduate of Hammond School and a 1975 graduate of The Citadel. After two years of military service in the Unites States Army, he earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Clarkson also served in the J.A.G. Corps in the United States Army Reserve. He was an assistant attorney general for the State of South Carolina. Surviving are his wife; Elinor Wylie Clarkson; two sons, Wylie Westmoreland Clarkson and his wife, Andrea McElveen Clarkson, Blair Childs Clarkson; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Westmoreland Clarkson of Columbia; a sister, Eugenia Clarkson Brabham and her husband, Angus McKay Brabham III, of Columbia; a brother, Nathaniel Heyward Clarkson III and his wife, Helen McKay Clarkson, of Greenville; and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be sent to The Citadel, 171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, SC 29409. Online condolences may be sent to the Clarkson family at www.popefuneralhomesc.com. Pope Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr. Clarkson. Published in The State on August 24, 2010
  MILI	He served two years of military service in the Unites States Army. He also served in the J.A.G. Corps in the United States Army Reserve.  [1]
  MILI	He served two years of military service in the Unites States Army. He also served in the J.A.G. Corps in the United States Army Reserve.
  _UID	13AB98F46D2A40F38C794F17D265BA1E8EE3
  _UID	13AB98F46D2A40F38C794F17D265BA1E8EE3
  Death	Abt 22 Aug 2010
  Burial	24 Aug 2010	First United Methodist Church Cemetery on East College Street, Winnsboro, South Carolina   [1]
  	Pope Funeral Home Pope Funeral Home
  Person ID	I259087	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2010

  
  

  Father	Honorable Nathaniel Heyward CLARKSON, Jr.   d. Bef 22 Aug 2010
  Mother	Margaret WESTMORELAND
  _UID	5A6941B05E1D4800B9AA122AD0C8BD48B3C2
  _UID	5A6941B05E1D4800B9AA122AD0C8BD48B3C2
  Family ID	F174643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elinor WYLIE
  _UID	3758AE6BC97E4DB9881E99BC1A924854383A
  _UID	3758AE6BC97E4DB9881E99BC1A924854383A
  Children	1. Wylie Westmoreland CLARKSON   2. Blair Childs CLARKSON
  Family ID	F174644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

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