John Hoar

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• Census: 1930

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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]

Living married J. Cannarella. [Group Sheet]