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1934 - 2018 (83 years)| Name | Robert Carson “Bobby” THIGPEN [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] | |
| Suffix | Jr. | |
| Birth | 23 Oct 1934 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Male | |
| Address | Address: 5 Blanding Street Sumter, SC | |
| Also Known As | Bobby Thigpen | |
| HIST | of Florence, South Carolina ROBERT C. THIGPEN JR. Posted Wednesday, September 5, 2018 6:00 am Robert Carson "Bobby" Thigpen Jr., 83, of Florence, passed away on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. He was the husband of Teresa Jones Thigpen, to whom he was married on Dec. 15, 1956. Bobby was born on Oct. 23, 1934, in Sumter, a son of the late Robert Carson Thigpen Sr. and Lillian Ruth Hodge Thigpen. He graduated from Manning High School in 1952 and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a Christian and a member of Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He spent most of his adult life in Florence, moving there in 1964. He was a retired engineer from CSX Railroad with 40 years of service. He was past president of the SCL Railroad Retired Men's Club. He was a member of the Sumter County Genealogy Society, Three Rivers Historical Society and the Clarendon County Historical Society. He was a member of The Pee Dee Rifles. He bowled on the Senior All Stars league for many years. He played softball with the Darlington County Senior softball team until he was 71 years old. He loved to fish in the lakes on the Little and Big Pee Dee rivers in his one-man boat. His biggest hobby was working on genealogy, which he started doing the morning after he retired in 1997. His greatest joy was to find another piece of the family puzzle and to share his findings with others. He co-authored several cemetery books and donated many books of obituaries and other genealogical information that he had assembled to the Florence County Library's Carolina Room and to the Clarendon County Archives. He compiled several books from articles with information gleaned from The State newspaper during the time period of 1891 to 1922, one of which was on his beloved hometown of Paxville. They too were donated to The Clarendon County Archives. He was a volunteer tax counselor for Taxaide for many years, which does individuals' income tax for free. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Robby Thigpen of Florence and Jeffrey and Peggy Thigpen of Nichols; a daughter, Kristal Jones of Florence; two granddaughters, Victoria Galloway of Florence and Scarlet Jones of Florence; a great-grandson, Anthony Michael Powell; and great-granddaughter, Alaina Marie Davenport. He was predeceased by a brother, Ray Thigpen of Paxville. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Trinity Presbyterian Church. Entombment will follow at Florence Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Memorials may be made to Brewington Cemetery Fund, 895 Pleasant Grove Road, Lynchburg, SC 29080. Robert was born in Sumter, South Carolina and moved to Georgetown when he was 4 years old: "We lived there just long enough for me to get Malaria Fever. In 1940, we moved to Bishopville, SC, where I started to school. I went through half of the fourth grade there. In January 1944, we moved just outside of McColl, SC. In 1945, we moved to Marlboro Street in McColl. We lived in two different houses on Marlboro Street, the last being on the corner facing toward Main Street. In January 1948, we moved to Anderson Street in Sumter. I went from half of the ninth grade through the tenth grade at Edmonds High School in Sumter. In January 1949, we moved to Paxville, SC. I finished the tenth grade at Edmonds even though we move to Paxville in January. I went to Manning High School in the eleventh and twelfth grades and graduated from Manning in June 1952. I worked for Belk-Stroman Co., in Sumter from 1952 until April 1955. Then I went to work for Liberty Life Insurance Company until May 1956. On June 2, 1956, I went to work on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad as a Locomotive Fireman. I was promoted to Locomotive Engineer in February 1963. I retired from the CSX Railroad on January 31, 1997 after 40 years and 7 months service. On December 15, 1956, I married Teresa Angeline Jones of Mayesville, SC. We lived with my Great Aunt Sarah Jane (Boot) Hodge and her son Clyde until November 1959. Two years of that time I was in the Army. I was drafted in the Army on May 9, 1957 and was discharged on April 30, 1959. I was at Fort Jackson for the first few days, then we were flown to Fort Hood, Texas for Basic training. On November, 1957, were were shipped to Ulm, Germany, with only 13 days leave before going. I cam home on 30 days leave Christmas of 1958. We got back to Fort Jackson in April, 1959. In November, 1959, my wife and I along with our son Robby moved near Oswego, SC. In June of 1964 we moved to our present address at 2704 Berkley Ave., Florence, South Carolina, along with Robby and Jeffrey. Kristal was born in Florence." (Bobby Thigpen) [1, 3] | |
| MILI | He was a U.S. Army veteran. [3] | |
| Reference Number | 7187 | |
| _UID | 638C0F5CA07A40C39036130B08FB6ED6A261 | |
| Death | 3 Sep 2018 [8] | |
| Burial | 6 Sep 2018 | Florence Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Florence, Florence County, South Carolina [3] |
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| Person ID | I28040 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 14 Mar 2026 | |
| Father | Robert Carson THIGPEN, Sr., b. 1 Aug 1911, Clarendon County Memorial Hospital, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 21 Feb 1953, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 41 years) | |
| Mother | Lillian Ruth HODGE, b. 26 Mar 1910, Paxville, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 19 Jan 1988, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 77 years) | |
| Marriage | 30 Jul 1932 | Methodist Church, Paxville, SC |
| _UID | BC99C71F73FD488B960E3E16D81CC1719CBD | |
| _UID | BC99C71F73FD488B960E3E16D81CC1719CBD | |
| Family ID | F19730 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Teresa Angeline JONES, b. 6 Jan 1937, Mayesville/Ashwood Community of Lee County, South Carolina d. 6 Mar 2026 (Age 89 years) | |||||||
| Marriage | 15 Dec 1956 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [3, 8] |
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| _UID | 22AA49E6D5544D1FA46D1A0CAF90FE393D07 | |||||||
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| Family ID | F19703 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||
| Last Modified | 14 Mar 2026 | |||||||
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