TITLE:  Michael Caldwell

SOURCE: The New and Reporter, July 25, 2001

SUBMITTED: The News and Reporter

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, 

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Mr. Michael Caldwell, 49
GREAT FALLS – The funeral for Mr. Michael Caldwell of Great Falls was 
held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, July 15 at Pine Grove Baptist Church in Great
Falls with the Rev. J.H. McFarland, pastor, officiating and the Rev. 
Edward Cook delivering the eulogy. The Rev. David Rice and the Rev. 
William Hayes assisted. Burial was in the church cemetery with King’s 
Funeral Home of Great Falls in charge. Mr. Caldwell died Thursday, 
July 12, 2001 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C. He was 49.
Born on Sept. 17, 1951 in Lancaster County, he was a son of the late 
Hattie Caldwell Witherspoon and the Rev. Wallace Gladden. He was the 
step-son of Richard Witherspoon Sr. of Great Falls and Mary Gladden of 
Richburg. Mr. Caldwell joined Pine Grove Baptist Church at an early 
age. He attended the schools of Great Falls and was formerly employed 
by the Chester County Sheriff’s Department. He retired from the Great 
Falls Police Department. Survivors include his wife, Josephine Boulware
Caldwell of the home; a son, Michael Fredrick Caldwell of Great Falls; 
two daughters, Patricia C. (Matthew) Rice of Great Falls and Kimberly 
Caldwell of the home; step-father, Richard Witherspoon Sr. of Great 
Falls; step-mother, Mary Gladden of Richburg; eight brothers, Richard 
Witherspoon Jr. of Great Falls, Albert Witherspoon of Columbia, Waldo 
Gladden, Willie Ike Gladden and Charles Gladden, all of Richburg; James
Gladden of Englewood, N.J., John F. (Virginia) Gladden of Rock Hill, 
and Bobby Ray Gladden of Kershaw; eight sisters, Bernice Culp (Willie) 
Graham, Mary Sue Caldwell, Laura Patterson, and Ruby Crawford, all of 
Great Falls; Carrie Tyson of Westville, N.J., Nancy (Mack) Suber of 
Linden, N.J., Ella J. Gladden of Elizabeth, N.J., and Josephine (John) 
Clowney of Rock Hill; five grandchildren, Nicole Douglas, Monica 
Douglas, Dequarius Caldwell, Malanka Caldwell, and Aaron Keveon Rice; 
four other brothers-in-law, Freeman (Janet) Boulware, Robert Lee 
(Valentina) Boulware, Dennis Boulware and Roger Boulware, all of Great 
Falls; three other sisters-in-law, Shirley (Clarence) Brice of Edgemoor
, Christine (Ronald) Clark of Chester, and Faye (William) Evans of 
Winnsboro. 
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