John Hoar

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[[Obituary
SUMTER [South Carolina] - John Sherman Hoar, 88, widower of Julia Warren Hoar, died Saturday, October 8, 2005, in Tuomey Regional Medical Center.
Born in Delta, Colorado, he was the son of the late Crosby Arthur Hoar and the late Margaret Newman Hendricks Hoar.
Mr. Hoar was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter where he served in the choir and as a kitchen volunteer. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts and a law degree from the University of South Carolina.
He came to Sumter in 1939 and signed Radio Station WFIG, Sumter's first station on the air. He was a former radio announcer for WFIG in Sumter and WCOS in Columbia. He volunteered in the U.S. Army in 1941 and served as a first lieutenant in the Signal Corps. He was former president of the Sumter County Bar Association, former president of the Crosswell Drive Elementary PTA, former president of the South Carolina Mental Health Association, former board member of the National Mental Health Association, former president and active member of the Sumter Little Theater. He was active in the American Red Cross and the Sumter Chorale Group. He was active in the United Way fund-raising campaigns and a longtime member of The Sumter Fellowship Club and The Fortnightly Club. He was a former Commander of American Legion Post #15 and was currently the oldest practicing attorney in Sumter County. He served on the board of the Community Residential Care Facility.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years.
Surviving are two sons, Stephen Warren Hoar of Raleigh, N.C., Rob Crosby Hoar, and wife, Pamela Phillips Hoar, of Nashville, Tenn.; one daughter, Nan Hoar Cannarella, and husband, Joseph Cannarella, of Sumter; one sister, Nancy Hendricks Hoar of Sumter; three grandchildren, Lisa Cannarella Dubay, Anne Marie Cannarella Crowe, and Matthew Crosby Hoar; five great-grandchildren; and numerous dearly loved nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter with the Rev. Dr. John Barr officiating.
The family will receive friends at the home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and also following the memorial service in the Parish Life Center of the Church of the Holy Comforter.
Private burial will be held in Sumter Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Santee-Wateree Mental Health Center, 215 N. Magnolia Street, Sumter, SC 29150.

John married Julia Warren. Julia (daughter of Robert Mack Warren and Sarah Katherine Kelly) was born on 9 Dec 1915 in Sumter, Sumter Co, South Carolina, USA; died on 13 Nov 2004. [Group Sheet]

1. Robert Hoar was born on 25 Apr 1954 in Sumter, Sumter Co, South Carolina, USA; died in in .
2. Stephen Hoar was born about 1956; died in in .
3. Living

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Crosby married Margaret Hendrix on 8 Apr 1914 in Washington, District Of Columbia, USA. Margaret was born in 1885 in , Orange Co, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Feb 1980 in Sumter, Sumter Co, South Carolina, USA; was buried in West Acton, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA (Mount Hope Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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Margaret Hoar, Helped Found Arlington Library: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Washington Post, The (DC) - February 25, 1980
Deceased Name: Margaret Hoar, Helped Found Arlington Library
Margaret Hendricks Hoar, 94, a former Arlington resident who was active in Virginia historical societies, died Thursday of congestive heart failure at her home in Sumter, S.C.
Mr. Hoar lived in Arlington for more than 40 years before moving to Sumter in about 1976 to live with a son, John S. Hoar.
She was a founding member of the Cherrydale library in Arlington and a charter member of the Arlington Historical Society. She was a member of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and a founding member and second president of the Cherrydale Women's Club.
She was born in Orange County, and graduated from old Central High School here.
She has a short career in the Frost Service before her marriage to Crosby Arthur Hoar, a retired forester for the Forest Service. Mr. Hoar died in 1976.
Besides her son, survivors include a daughter, Nancy H., also of Sumter; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to a charity of one's choice.
Edition: Final Edition
Page: C4

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Information on this family was kindly contributed by:
Harry Whitney: hewhitney(at)msn.com
Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2009
Subject: Barker-Hoar-Whitney

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John married Lydia Whitney on 30 Oct 1851 in Leominster, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of Simeon Howard Whitney and Nancy Barnard) was born on 29 Dec 1829 in Lancaster, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Jul 1904 in West Acton, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in West Acton, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA (Mount Hope Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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Name: Lydia Parker Whitney Hoar
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 05 Jul 1904
Burial Place: West Acton
Death Date: 03 Jul 1904
Death Place: West Acton, Massachusetts
Age: 75
Birth Date: 1829
Birthplace: Lancaster, Massachusetts
Occupation:
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: John S. Hoar
Father's Name: Simon Whitney
Father's Birthplace: Harvard
Mother's Name: Nancy Barnard
Mother's Birthplace: Harvard
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07461-6
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 2069264
Reference Number: v 1 cn 101
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

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Arthur married Harriet P. (Unknown). [Group Sheet]