Robert Joseph WINGATE

1948 - 2009  (60 years)

• Name	Robert Joseph WINGATE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	16 Oct 1948	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina at death- he had an additional grandchild- Tyler Townsend- how is he a grandson? jkh Date Published: January 13, 2009 ROBERT J. WINGATE Robert Joseph Wingate, 60, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, he was a son of Sarah Lillian Barwick Wingate and the late Willie Williams Wingate. Mr. Wingate was a member of First Baptist Church and was a retired financial advisor at Wingate Financial Advisors. Surviving are his mother of Sumter; a lifelong friend, Judy Hershberger of Sumter; a son, Robert "Chad" Wingate and wife, Sara, of Sumter; a daughter, Elizabeth LeeAnn Snider and husband, Chris, of Sumter; two brothers, Bill Wingate of Sumter and Don Wingate of Savannah, Ga.; and four grandchildren, Tyler Townsend, Caleb Snider, Ben Snider and Reed Wingate. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Major Newton Brown and the Rev. Charles Clanton officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Bill Wingate Jr., Wayne Beck, Henry Page, Tray Stephens, Kevin Prescott, Gerald Copeland, John Rawls and Ted Boan. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of his daughter, 20 Inglewood Drive. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 867, Sumter, SC 29151 or to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 2229, Sumter, SC 29151. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.  [2, 3, 6]
  Occupation	he was a retired financial advisor at Wingate Financial Advisors  [3]
  Religion	he was a member of First Baptist Church, Sumter, South Carolina  [3]
  _UID	E34BA20FF290475DAFDB6EA5F20E18BD77E8
  Death	10/11 Jan 2009	Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [4]
  Burial	14 Jan 2009	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [3]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I67358	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Willie Williams WINGATE, Sr.,   b. 9 Jun 1915, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 20 Apr 1975, Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Sarah Lillian “Lillian” KIRVEN OR BARWICK,   b. 29 Apr 1928, Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina d. 10 Oct 2011, Savannah, Georgia (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1945	Sumter County, South Carolina   [8]
  _UID	AFB50E367041416B9B56C36E0776A66BB584
  _UID	AFB50E367041416B9B56C36E0776A66BB584
  Family ID	F47080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judy HERSHBERGER
  _UID	DF5DABA489D749BC87B62562CB31D5C14654
  _UID	DF5DABA489D749BC87B62562CB31D5C14654
  Children	1. Living   2. Elizabeth Lee Ann WINGATE
  Family ID	F47082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S436] Jacqueline K. Hughes, (History of FBC of Sumter, SC 1938-2000). [S1861] Myrtle K. Myers. [S11656] Robert J. Wingate. [S11657] Memoriam. [S16805] Sarah L. WIngate. [S17541] . [S18815] Donald G. Wingate. [S897] Sumter County, South Carolina, Marriage License Index, #5, page 2406.