TITLE:  Helen Sanford

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette, July 8, 2001

SUBMITTED BY: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED BY: Kim Grissom, July 2001

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Helen Sanford 
Helen "Miss Sanford" Sanford, 100, of Beaufort died Saturday, July 7, 
2001, at her granddaughter's residence. Marshels' Wright-Donaldson 
Home for Funerals is in charge. 


Helen Sanford 
Helen Sanford, 100, of Beaufort, widow of Julius C. Sanford Sr., died 
Saturday, July 7, 2001, on St. Helena Island. The body will repose in 
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Beaufort, from 7 tonight until services on 
Wednesday. There will be no viewing after the eulogy. Services will be
at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the church with burial in Mercy Cemetery, 
Beaufort. Mrs. Sanford was born Nov. 27, 1900, in Beaufort, a daughter 
of James and Elizabeth Mitchell Simmons. She was educated in Beaufort 
County public schools. She had been a lifelong member of Tabernacle 
Baptist Church where she was a Mother of the Church. She also served 
as a member of the Senior Usher Board and the Adelle Fleming Missionary
Society. She was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps and Martha 
Chapter No. 20, Order of the Eastern Star. For many years she worked 
in the Sales House at Mather School and she worked at local Laundromats
She was recognized on her 100th birthday by Beaufort Mayor Bill Rauch 
who proclaimed Nov. 27, 2000, Helen Sanford Day in recognition of her 
many years of work and for faithful work and dedication as a member of 
the Grand Army Hall, Woman's Relief Corps and participation in annual 
Memorial Day activities. At the age of 100, Mrs. Sanford was still 
walking to her job at the laundromat at Charles and Boundary streets, 
six days a week. She began working on Parris Island and eventually 
worked in Virginia and Florida before returning to Beaufort in 1942.
She was preceded in death by a son, Theodore Nottingham, and a daughter
Margaret Nottingham. Surviving are a daughter, Julia N. Brown of St. 
Helena Island; a son, Julius C. Sanford Jr. of Rockledge, Fla.; 10 
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; and six 
great-great-grandchildren. Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home for 
Funerals, Beaufort, is in charge.
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