Judge Septimus Harvin “Sep” BELSER^[1]

1925 - 2006  (81 years)

• Name	Septimus Harvin “Sep” BELSER  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Prefix	Judge
  Birth	7 Mar 1925  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	he graduated from Summerton High School, Summerton, South Carolina, and The Citadel  [3]
  HIST	of Summerton, South Carolina After being discharged from military service, he attended the Unitersity of South Carolina where he received degrees in business administration and law. He was appointed to the bench in 1977, among the first group of Family Court judges selected, and he served as a Family Court judge for 15 years until retirement in 1992. He served his community as town attorney, town councilman and mayor. He served on the board of trustees at Clarendon Hall and was a member of The Society of the High Hills of Santee. He was a member and past president of the Summerton Rotary Club, a member of The American Legion Post 35 in Summerton and a member and past president of the Summerton Lions Club. He also served on the board of trustees for St. Paul Cemetery. He served five years as scout master of Boy Scout Troop 382 in Summerton, South Carolina. During that time, he conducted summer tours for his troops to the Smokey Mountains, North Carolina; New York City; Boston, Mass.; Maine; Quebec and Montreal, Canada; Finger Lake District of New York; Key West, Florida; New Orleans, La.; the Grand Canyon; and Disneyland in California. His troop always received the highest compliments of conduct from persons with whom they came in contact.  [2, 3]
  MILI	during World War II, he enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps where he served as radio operator and gunner on B-25 with the 12th Army Air Corps in Italy  [3]
  Occupation	he was a retired Family Court judge; he taught school in the public school in Summerton and entered the practice of law in Summerton, South Carolina  [3]
  Religion	he was a lifelong member of St. Matthias Episcopal Church where he served on the Vestry, Secretary of Vestry and Lay Reader  [3]
  _UID	6EDC9EB16B454B86AEF789A2860E461ADE7D
  Death	1 Sep 2006	at his residence, Summerton, South Carolina
  Burial	3 Sep 2006	Summerton Evergreen Cemetery, Summerton, South Carolina   [3]
  	Bullock Funeral Home, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I4381	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Ritchie Hugh BELSER, Jr.,   b. 13/11 Jan 1887, Summerton, South Carolina d. 15 Oct 1957, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 70 years)
  Mother	May Julia HARVIN,   b. 28 Nov 1888, of Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 26 Feb 1946 (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1907	South Carolina   [8]
  _UID	573168FE69E14494AA09A19F553FC9DD3D48
  _UID	573168FE69E14494AA09A19F553FC9DD3D48
  Family ID	F1547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Elizabeth “Betty” PLOWDEN,   b. 1 May 1919, Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 7 Aug 2008, at her home in Summerton, South Carolina (Age 89 years)
  _UID	F51DCE198802448BA33724C330C4D6D3B058
  _UID	F51DCE198802448BA33724C330C4D6D3B058
  Children	1. Elizabeth Harvin BELSER,   b. 1958   d. 1958 (Age 0 years)   2. Florence Plowden BELSER   3. May Harvin BELSER,   b. 1958   d. 1958 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F6756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  20 N. Dukes St., Summerton, South Carolina [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Hugh Charles Haynsworth, (Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter, SC). [S817] Obituary for Katharine B. Shelor. [S7464] Septimus H. Belser. [S7669] Septimus H. Belser - 1925-2006 - Summerton’s Belser remembered for love of family, county. [S9691] Anne B. Burnett. [S10884] Betty P. Bleser. [S18483] Ritchie Hugh Belser Jr. [S8273] .