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A Group of Community leaders in Hemingway, SC at the A & J Restaurant in Hemingway.
Left Front to Back: 1 Mrs A.W. Ragsdale, Mrs Z.H. McDaniel, Mrs. June Huggins, Mrs. Harry Anderson, Mrs. Merritt E. Morris, Mrs. Thea Lewis, unknown, Mrs. Inez…

The store was a partnership of Julian David Brown and Huggins Bros. Lumber Co. Julian ran the store. His father, Walter Brown, worked in the store while he was teaching. There were gas pumps (not in use) under the shed in the 1950s.

Thomas Franklin Hanna poses with daughter, Lucille Hanna Eaddy. Most likely taken on the Hanna family farm between the Vox and Lake City highways.

Homestead built by Thomas Franklin Hanna (1881-1938) & Nekoda Laharp Altman (1882-1941). Thomas was the son of Franklin Evander "Vander" Hanna and Julia Ann Grier. Nekoda was the daughter of Daniel Webster Altman and Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie"…

This school known as the "Johnsonville Colored School" served African American students in Johnsonville. A new more modern school was constructed between 1924-1925 as part of the Rosenwald School Fund.

Wellman spent time circa 1956 researching sheep that might be better acclimated to South Carolina's weather. C. H. Mudge acted as herdsman for the project. The sheep pasture was across Highway 41 from the Wellman Texaco Station.

Officials observe the first of regular imports of foreign wool in North Charleston, imported for the new Wellman Combing Company in Johnsonville.
L to R: J. J. Lamb with Palmetto Shipping, W. H. Robinson, V.P and manager, Arthur O. Wellman, and L.…

Dr. John Gordon Ulmer, Sr. (1899-1974) was born in Brunson. He was a son of Captain Henry Martin Ulmer and Janie Free Ulmer. He was married to Ruth Harmon.
Dr. Ulmer graduated as valedictorian of his high school and graduated from The College of…

John Jesse "Jess" Hanna and Verline Carter Hanna with daughters Willow V and Elnora.

John Jesse "Jess" Hanna with daughter Willow V. Hanna.

William Fenwick Carter and and wife Letitia Virginia "Ginny" Cox, natives of Johnsonville/Hemingway, at their home in Florida.

Letitia Virginia "Ginny" Cox Carter (1869-1958), Fowler Stone Tanner (1882-1962), and Leasie Haselden Stone (1879-1963). The photograph is taken at the home of Ginny's niece, Esther Carter Thompson, in the Midway community near Johnsonville, SC.

Verline Carter Hanna (1892-1968) wife of Jess Hanna, daughter of Morgan Ham Carter (1869–1933) and Octavia Elizabeth Stone (1873–1952)

Verline Carter Hanna (1892-1968) wife of Jess Hanna, daughter of Morgan Ham Carter (1869–1933) and Octavia Elizabeth Stone (1873–1952)

Sonny Carter enjoys the snow at his grandmother Octavia "Sissy" Stone Carter's home. The home was located on Vox Highway at the intersection with Rena Atkinson Road.

Octavia "Sissy" Stone Carter holds her grandson, Jimmy Hanna. Jimmy is the son of Arles Timmons Hanna and Violet Carter Hanna.

Olin Bascum Stone (1871-1960) and Susan Eulalie "Lael" Altman (1878–1961). Olin was the son of James Phillip "Jimmie" Stone (1847–1926) and Malinder E Thompson (1850–1926). Lael was the daughter of John James Altman
(1846–1905) and Zilphia Ham…