Dr. Reverend Leonard Harold “Harold” SORRELLS^{[1, 2, 3]}

1933 - 1983  (49 years)

• Name	Leonard Harold “Harold” SORRELLS  [4]
  Prefix	Dr. Reverend
  Birth	10 Oct 1933	Yancey, Harlan County, Kentucky   [2]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina Harold Sorrells BIRTH 10 Oct 1933 Yancey, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 26 Mar 1983 (aged 49) Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA BURIAL Foster Cemetery Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA MEMORIAL ID 70949508 · View Source Leonard Harold Sorrells Son of Leonard Dayton Sorrells & Vida Lurline Redd For bio see: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=crittenden&id=I9 Family Members Parents Leonard Dayton Sorrells 1902–1992 Vida L. Redd Sorrells 1906–1998 Spouse Joanne McSwain Sorrells 1932–1983 (m. 1956) Siblings Dorothy Lynn Sorrels Burleson 1940 – unknown Hester Joan McSwain Female 3 December 1932–26 March 1983 Brief Life History of Hester Joan When Hester Joan McSwain was born on 3 December 1932, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William Lawrence McSwain Sr., was 37 and her mother, Hester Samantha Bingham, was 35. She married Leonard Harold Sorrells on 7 June 1956, in Duncans Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States. She died on 26 March 1983, in Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Foster Cemetery, Petersburg, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States. MORE Parents and Siblings William Lawrence McSwain Sr. Male 1895–1967 Hester Samantha Bingham Female 1897–1993 Siblings (5) William Lawrence Mcswain Jr Male 1925–2000 Hilma Jean McSwain Cullum Female 1927–1976 Thaburn Lawson McSwain Jr. Male 1928–1994 Wade Ryan Mcswain Male 1931–2009 Hester Joan McSwain Female 1932–1983 Spouse and Children Leonard Harold Sorrells Male 1933–1983 Hester Joan McSwain Female 1932–1983 Marriage7 June 1956 Duncans Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States  [4, 5]
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina Harold Sorrells BIRTH 10 Oct 1933 Yancey, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 26 Mar 1983 (aged 49) Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA BURIAL Foster Cemetery Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA MEMORIAL ID 70949508 · View Source Leonard Harold Sorrells Son of Leonard Dayton Sorrells & Vida Lurline Redd For bio see: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=crittenden&id=I9 Family Members Parents Leonard Dayton Sorrells 1902–1992 Vida L. Redd Sorrells 1906–1998 Spouse Joanne McSwain Sorrells 1932–1983 (m. 1956) Siblings Dorothy Lynn Sorrels Burleson 1940 – unknown Hester Joan McSwain Female 3 December 1932–26 March 1983 Brief Life History of Hester Joan When Hester Joan McSwain was born on 3 December 1932, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William Lawrence McSwain Sr., was 37 and her mother, Hester Samantha Bingham, was 35. She married Leonard Harold Sorrells on 7 June 1956, in Duncans Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States. She died on 26 March 1983, in Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Foster Cemetery, Petersburg, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States. MORE Parents and Siblings William Lawrence McSwain Sr. Male 1895–1967 Hester Samantha Bingham Female 1897–1993 Siblings (5) William Lawrence Mcswain Jr Male 1925–2000 Hilma Jean McSwain Cullum Female 1927–1976 Thaburn Lawson McSwain Jr. Male 1928–1994 Wade Ryan Mcswain Male 1931–2009 Hester Joan McSwain Female 1932–1983 Spouse and Children Leonard Harold Sorrells Male 1933–1983 Hester Joan McSwain Female 1932–1983 Marriage7 June 1956 Duncans Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
  Occupation	7th pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Sumter, South Carolina, Church votes to call him as the 7th pastor of Grace Baptist Church (16 May 1976), Groundbreaking for new church building on 31 Oct 1982  [3]
  Occupation	7th pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Sumter, South Carolina, Church votes to call him as the 7th pastor of Grace Baptist Church (16 May 1976), Groundbreaking for new church building on 31 Oct 1982  [3]
  _UID	8B9FA52027604864BC0831F31BA2FB11D345
  _UID	8B9FA52027604864BC0831F31BA2FB11D345
  Death	26 Mar 1983	Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina   [4]
  Burial	Foster Cemetery, Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I320416	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Leonard Dayton SORRELLS,   b. 1903
  Mother	Vida Lurline REDD,   b. 1906
  _UID	628C03EA052944B9A12DF131CEC00BDA69CE
  _UID	628C03EA052944B9A12DF131CEC00BDA69CE
  Family ID	F222894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hester Joanne McSWAIN,   b. 3 Dec 1932, North Carolina d. 26 Mar 1983, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1956	Duncans Creek, Rutherford County, North Carolina   [2]
  _UID	C7EA69D6C6AD4DFCA508C115D5FF74920971
  _UID	C7EA69D6C6AD4DFCA508C115D5FF74920971
  Children	1. Reverend John SORRELLS   2. Ann Laura SORRELLS,   b. 1964, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee d. 29 Jun 2021, at her home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 57 years)   3. Paul SORRELLS
  Family ID	F214322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S29007] Ann Laura Sorrells. [S33197] . [S33196] . [S26794] Dallery-Sorrells. [S33198] .