TITLE:  James Linder Sr.

SOURCE:  The News and Reporter

SUBMITTED BY: The News and Reporter

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Oct 2002

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The Rev. James Linder Sr., 94
FORT LAWN – The funeral for the Rev. James Benjamin Linder Sr. of 5586 
Main St., Fort Lawn, was conducted at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Fort Lawn
United Methodist Church with the Rev. Curtis E. Wells officiating. 
Burial was Monday morning in Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill. The Rev. 
Linder, 94, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2002, at Springs Memorial Hospital 
in Lancaster. Born in Orangeburg on Feb. 7, 1908, he was a son of the 
late Benjamin Lawton and Florence Elizabeth Kinsey Linder. He served 
in the U.S. Navy during World War II and attended Columbia College, 
Duke University and Emory University. He was a member of the Order 
Eastern Star, Oasis Shrine Temple and of Fort Lawn United Methodist 
Church. The Rev. Linder was a retired minister who served the Fort 
Lawn Charge, Inman Mills United Methodist Church in Inman, Dunean 
United Methodist Church in Greenville, Grace United Methodist Church 
in Lancaster and Van Wyck United Methodist Church in Van Wyck. 
Survivors include his wife, Lila R. Linder of Fort Lawn; two daughters,
Gelola L. Dunlap of Rock Hill and Blythe B. Hitch of Columbus, Ohio; 
four sons, James B. Linder Jr. of Chester, Jon G. Linder of Lexington, 
Ky., Neal C. Linder of Chatsworth, Ga., and Paul K. Linder of Deep Run,
N.C.; a sister, Christina Taylor of Oklahoma; 14 grandchildren; 
numerous great-grandchildren; two stepdaughters, Debra Hindman and 
Beth Crawford Baker, both of Fort Lawn; and a stepson, Dr. Charles 
Crawford of Rock Hill. He was predeceased by his first wife, Mamie 
Evelyn Neal Linder. Memorials may be made to Fort Lawn United Methodist
Church, P.O. Box 310, Fort Lawn, SC 29714. Mahaffey Funeral Home was 
in charge of arrangements. (Published Oct 16, 2002)
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