https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/0dace9ea934ecd71798a391b26af2e1d.pdf 93d37ed0b4a40c16be4f4f12ad984ee6 PDF Text Text ~THE WEEKLY OBSERVER. Hemingway. South Carolina·, 1bunclay. April 1• 1976 • • e om a onore • et1on oo • Discussing Documen~s Elaine Y. Eaddy, right, author of The Promised Lane, a book which deals with the James Eaddy Family in South Carolina to be released in July, looks over an impor tant item with L. E. Creel, Jr., who Mrs. Eaddy said worked very closely with her as a consultant and contributed three chapters to the book. Other documents and family pictures, which were put on display for guests to view during a recent party given in honor of Mrs. Eaddy, are in the background. Mrs. Elaine Y. Eaddy was bed remains in its origional Board and worked extremely to organize the delightfully entertained at an state as he made it shortly after hard Informal drop-in given in her their marriage as a gift for his Hemingway Public Library. honor at the home of Mrs. wife. Each of their nine children She organized a chw-ch library Merritt E. Morris in was born on this bed, according at Hemingway First Baptist Hemingway recently. The to stories which have been Church where she is a member. occasion marked the com- banded down through the years. She has served as librarian Mrs. Eaddy is a native of there and also teaches an adult pletition of her first book, The Promised Land, with Kingstree, the daughter of the Bible Class in Sunday School. publication date set for July, late Mr. and Mrs. George She is presently serving on the Yarborough. She had two Hemingway Area Bicentennial 1976. Hosting the lovely affair with sisters, Mrs. Victor .Stoll of Committee. Married toH. E. Eaddy, Jr. of Mrs. Morris were Mrs. Luther Kingstree; the other is Hemingway, she is the mother Neal Ward, Mrs. B. M. (Jack) deceased. The author is a graduate of o,f three children, Mary Mac Chaooler, Mrs. W. B. Galloway, Jr., Mrs. Eugene Haruta, Mrs. Kingstree High School and Eaddy Chimtes, Henry Ill, and Z. H. McDaniel, Mrs. W. E. received an A. B. degree in Lawrence. Bryant, and Mrs. K. M. Brown. history from Coker College in In discussion her book, Mrs. Mrs. Eaddy received her 1941, where she was assistant Eaddy said she was astounded guests in the living room. where librarian. She has completed 30 at the number of people with the each one had some comment to hours in post graduate Llbrary surname, Eaddy, when she make, or question to ask, . Science, studying at Ap· came to Hemingway. She said concerning her first palachian State at Boone, North she had alwayJ been interested publication. Mrs. Eaddy was Carolina and at the UniverSity in their origin, but had not had remembered by her hostesses of South C&rolina. time to do anything about it with a gold pin bearing the State Mrs. Eaddy came to until approximately three years SP.al. Hemingway as librarian at ago; when ''I began to explore Delicious refreshments in Hemingway High School. She the records a bit, and then keeping with the Bicentennial alsn served as librarian at I explored the records a lot.'' ''Compiling names is theme were served en buffet Pleasant Hill High School and at from a beautifully appointed Johnsonville High School. Most meaningless. Genealogy for the table in the formal dining area. of her work has been in school sake of Genealogy holds no The party rooms of the Morris libraries, but she has worked. interest for me.·' she said. home were festive with with small students in kin''Theinteresting thing- in life arrangements of fresh flowers, dergarten, and presently to me is the human being. You In keeping with the mood of the teaches kindergarten at study cemeteries and you ~k's background, placed at Francis Marion Academy in realize 'here lies my husband •s Intervals. The many lovely Hemingway. Friends say her great grandfather and so many antiques in the home provided interest has always been in the of his small children who died just the right setting for the field of journalism. ith n · in The author ls a member of the ~e' .~~~:v:d~ Y enJOY g occasion. One room was devoted en- Williamsburg County Ubrary Mrs. Eaddy said this area bas tirely to old documents, family photographs, and treasured items of memorabillia. Of special interest was an antique bed which was on display for the enjoyment of the guests. The bed was made by band by John G. Hanna, born March 10, 1827, who married Dovey Rosanne Eaddy, bom :I! October 7, 1823. Records show they were married on January M, 1847. Hanna made the bed of .sa•affaa. the bottom of which na constructed of ropes. The its OWll unique history, and through her research she gained an understanding of what made it so, and certainly, she appreciates it all the more. Mrs. Eaddy said she bad researched estate papers from as far back as 1820. In these she would learn bow the estate was settled, there would be records of the owner's terminal illness which often included doctor's bills and papers which gave much additional info1·11•ation. .J She said you feel that you know 1 these people, and through the 1 research you really do get to .. know them. For instance, t through the census records of 1 !850, you could tell who a 1 relative had for a neighbor. 1 Research on the book led her 1 to meet a lot of interesting 1 people, she said, noting that she t had received interesting correspondence from just about everywhere. Mrs. Eaddy ~d sometimes she had received responses from random telephone calls. While doing the research; she would just ask a telephone operator to give her the name and number of any Eaddy who might be listed in the directory for a certain tow11 or city if she had reason to c suspect some member of the i family might be living in that t particular area. ''It has paid i off,'' she said. < She pointed out that one Mr. Eaddy had 12 sons, some of c whom were victims of the Civil ~ War. One son who survived moved to Mississippi. ' 'We 1 know there are descendants there,'' she said, ''but we have made numerous attempts to locate them and we have never bad any kind of response. ''She added ''It is said that by bringing out a book you will get response you have been unable to get before.'' 1 In preparing the book, she has i researched ahnost every grave 1 in the cemeteries at Trinity, C Ebenezer, old Johnsonville and J the old ones in the Prospect ] area. Mrs. Eaddy said a great ~ many people had been of much help to her in the research which has gone into the book, and to those people hwo have · helped her, she is especially ~ grate.ful. She is currently wr~ a 1 series of histor ical articles entitled ''Our Human , Heritage,'' which began with . the December 4 issue of The · Weekly Observer, and is published every other week. Two articles of a three-part story of the Prospect area have run and the third and final chapter of that story will run approximately the middle of April. Orders are being taken for her book, The Promised I.and, and those who wish to purchase copies are asked to place their <rder as soon as possible. • \ • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Elaine Eaddy Honored on Completion of The Promised Land, 4-1-1976 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4-1-1976 News Newspaper Weekly Observer