Sunday’s Obituary~Winnie Susanna Hendrick Rivers

Obituary

Mrs. Charley Rivers, of Teal’s Mill section, died last Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock.
Mrs. Rivers had suffered a stroke of paralysis on Friday, which was followed by a second stroke on Monday. She failed to rally from the second stroke and passed away on Tuesday.

This obituary was followed with one from her church family that ran in the June 22, 1916 edition of The Chesterfield Advertiser.
On May 16, 1916, at 5:30 PM the death angel visited the home of Mr. Charlie Rivers and removed from their midst a devoted wife and a loving mother (Winnie Susanna Hendrick Rivers). Two weeks before her death she suffered a stroke of paralysis in Macedonia church of which she was a member. She was converted and joined Elizabeth Baptist Church at 13 years of age. She was a Miss Hendrick before she married to Mr. Charlie Rivers, at the age of 20 years. To this union nine children were born of whom all are living, as follows: Mrs. H. G. McBride, Messrs. Carl, Frank, Walter, Roy, John, Harley and Misses. Bertha and Rillie Rivers. She was loved by all who knew her. Her life was one worthy of imitation, one of noble character. She was a devoted Christian and loyal to her church and to God, always doing what she thought would please her Maker. She died at 48 years of age and was laid to rest in Hopewell cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.D. Harrelson, of Marion county. (Resolved....) Written by her church.








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[1] [The Chesterfield Advertiser, 18 May 1916, Image 4/page 4, Column 4.]“

[2] James C. Pigg, Obituaries from the Chesterfield Advertiser 1892-1926; Self-Published, 2001. Obituary of Winnie Susanna Hendrick Rivers;The Chesterfield Advertiser,22 June 1916, page 2, column 5, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.