Thurman Morris Gupton was born Nov. 11, 1911, in the small town of Boling, in neighboring Wharton County. He loved to tell people he was born on 11-11-11 and wore No. 11 as the Roughnecks’...
Strickland, Isaac Lemuel Gillespie
(1809–1839) Isaac Lemuel Gillespie Strickland, pioneer Methodist missionary, was born in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1809, the son of James and Ann (Gillespie) Strickland. The family moved to...
Paul Jr, Herman Mehner
(1917-2005) Hometown boy honored as heroic WWII veteran Flags wave on veterans’ headstones in the cemetery in honor of their service to our country. Veteran Herman Mehner “H.M.” Paul Jr. was awarded...
Wedell, Jimmy Robert
(1900–1934) Historic Columbia Cemetery is the final resting place of 1930s aerial speed record holder Jimmie Wedell, who set a new speed record for land planes in September of 1933. Wedell was...
Loggins, Zula Della Winstead
(1870 – 1957) A direct line to the creation of Father’s Day is blurred by history. But when researching the origin of the annual holiday Americans observe in recognition of beloved dads, that line...
Womack, Emma Beatrice Moyar
(1923 – 2010) 86, passed away peacefully at her home in West Columbia on January 1, 2010. Emma was born on June 20, 1923, in Midwest, Wyoming, the third child of John and Minna Lou Downing Moyar....
Kerr, Angeline Caldwell
(1802–1825) Angeline Caldwell Kerr was the subject of Catherine Munson Foster’s “Ghosts Along the Brazos” chapter, “A Strange Happening,” and was one of five women portrayed at Columbia Historical...