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Cooperative Attitudes Aid Johnsonville's Big Growth
Story of Johnsonville's recent growth due to Wellman, plus article about new church, Westside Free Will Baptist -
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Supreme Chic N' Burgers
The present business was opened by businessmen Billy King and John Taylor as “The Chick Supreme.” Macky DeCamps owns the building. The business is now run by sisters Carolyn Palumbo, Lavonia Olsen and Dixie Evans. -
Prosser Movie Theater
The Johnsonville Theatre was owned by Chevis Prosser and located on Broadway. It ceased operations around 1964 and burned in May of 1977. The burnt building was torn down on May 12, 1977. -
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Johnsonville City Officials, 1950s
Standing L to R: Eugene Newell, Police Chief Lurie Poston, unknown, and Alfred "Bubba" Haselden. Sitting L to R: H.M. Feagin, David Marsh Sr., Andrew James Cox, Mayor Odell Venters. -
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Johnsonville High School cheerleaders late 1970s
Pictured: Mona Lawrimore McDaniel, Staci Crocker Lyerly, Lyn McDaniel Bachelor, Sheila Davis Weaver, Gail Bachelor Weaver, Bonnie Prosser, Paula Ammons Alford, Renee Willis Sanders, and Audrey McDaniel -
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Johnsonville Christmas Parade 1950
Pictured: Carl Godwin, Hardee Godwin, Randell Godwin -
Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson
Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson (1869-1953) was the first female mayor in South Carolina history..
She was a role model of the independent female who lived in
the area of Johnsonville, South Carolina area between 1868 and 1953. She
was a truly a person of exceptional ability and especially so for the
time in which she lived. This multi-talented woman chose to be a school
teacher and thus became another of the Eaddy family to make her most
valuable contribution in development of the youth of her community.
Rosa Belle Eaddy was a principal, teacher, pianist, music director, and
reformer at Old Johnsonville. The school was located between Hemingway
and Johnsonville, South Carolina. She held radical views for her time
and place and once created an uproar over the use of the community water
dipper commonly used in the schools of that era. This was a practice
followed by families at home and difficult to oppose publicly. She had
each child to furnish his own drinking vessel to counteract the spread of
water borne diseases. Time has proved her correct and added to the
respect held for her by those who knew her.
Rosa Belle Eaddy was a strong and forceful woman who was profoundly
respected in her community and church. She was reported to be a dramatic
teacher who could leave a lasting impression on here students in the
public school as well as the Sunday school classes. Among her practical
skills were those of carpentry used to build her own house and she shoed
her own horses. She was elected as Mayor of Johnsonville in 1925, becoming
the first woman mayor in South Carolina. In this office, she readily
exercised her authority to arrest persons found violating the law.
Rosa Belle Eaddy first married Wattie Gamewell Woodberry with whom she had four sons and one daughter. Two of of her sons graduated from the U. S. Military Academy, and both were inventors of and holders of numerous patents. After the death of her first husband, she married R.B.W. "Willie" Dickson. No children were born to this marriage.
At the age of 85 years, she died in Lynchburg, South Carolina and was
survived by three of her sons: Brigadier General John Henry Woodberry of
Greenville, South Carolina; Clarence Oswell Woodberry of Poston, near
Johnsonville, South Carolina; and Lieutenant Colonel David Lemuel
Woodberry, I. of St. Petersburg, Virginia.
One brother, John Mallard Eaddy of Spartanburg, South Carolina survived her passing.
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The Johnsonville Drug Company
This photo was taken in front of the Johnsonville Drug Company, circa 1920. The man pictured is Ashby McElveen, a druggist at the pharmacy - the girl is currently unknown. He was from Lake City. Ashby purchased a Drug Store in Sumter, SC in 1923 and remained there the rest of his life. His brother Robbie McElveen worked for the Farmers and Merchant Bank in Johnsonville and married a local girl named Cornelia Cockfield. They moved to Lake City after marrying in the early 1920's. This photo was provided by Ashby's grandson, Wilson McElveen. You can make out some of the old buildings on Broadway in the background. -
Thomas and Margaret Johnson Grier
Thomas Rothmahler Grier (1817-1883) and his wife, Margaret Ann Johnson Grier (1823-1891). Thomas was a magistrate and was known as "The Squire." He owned a plantation near Lynches River given by Margaret Johnson's father William J. Johnson, who founded Johnsonville.
The Johnson plantation was a part of the original grant to John James. William Johnson, Sr. had bought a part of the grant from the heirs of John James. He also purchased a portion of the land granted to the Witherspoons. It was part of the Witherspoon grant that was given to Margaret Johnson Grier.
Margaret was the daughter of Captain William J. Johnson (1787-1851) and Sarah Crosby Johnson (1790-1867). Thomas Grier was the son of James Marion Grier (1780-1827) and Elizabeth W Covan (1800-1873).
Elizabeth Covan Grier later married a second time to Thomas Duke. She is buried along side Thomas and Margaret Grier at the Grier Cemetery in Johnsonville.
The children of Thomas and Margaret Johnson Grier are:
Sarah Grier (1844–1900) m. William Melvin Haselden
William James Grier (1848–1917) m. Celia Graves Johnson
Julia Ann Grier (1850–1900) m. Franklin Evander Hanna
Thomas Mitchell Grier (1854–1877)
Judith Crosby Grier (1857–1938) m. Zachary Taylor Eaddy -
Broadway Street in Johnsonville looking East toward the railroad, early 1960s
This 1960s era photograph depicts several Broadway Street businesses of the time, including Prosser's Department Store and the old Gulf station. The blue pickup was a 1958 or 1959 Chevy that belonged to David Poston. It is parked in front of the hardware store. The car behind it was Mrs Doris Caraway's yellow and white 1958 Ford. The third car was Mr Moss Daniels Ford from the early 1950's. The convertible's owner is unknown.