John Hoar

1917 - 2005  (88 years)

• Name	John Hoar
  Born	13 Feb 1917	Delta, Delta Co, Colorado, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930
  Died	8 Oct 2005	Sumter, Sumter Co, South Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I34666	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	3 May 2011

  
  

  Father	Crosby Hoar,   b. 9 Sep 1886, West Acton, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1976  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Margaret Hendrix,   b. 1885, , Orange Co, Virginia, USA ,   d. 21 Feb 1980, Sumter, Sumter Co, South Carolina, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1914	Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
  Family ID	F3963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Warren,   b. 9 Dec 1915, Sumter, Sumter Co, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 13 Nov 2004  (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. Robert Hoar,   b. 25 Apr 1954, Sumter, Sumter Co, South Carolina, USA ,   d.   2. Stephen Hoar,   b. Abt 1956,   d.   3. Living
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F13022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [[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.