Tuesday, October 31, 2017

The Genealogy of VonEtta Milhous the Daughter of John Darling Milhous and Martha Lucy Mattie Kittrell Mother in law to the 106th Governor of South Carolina Ernest Frederick Fritz Hollings

The Genealogy of Von Etta Milhous the Daughter of John Darling Milhous and Martha Lucy Mattie Kittrell Mother in law to the 106th Governor
of South Carolina Ernest Frederick Fritz Hollings




Vonetta  Milhous
Alias: Von Etta
Born: March 22, 1896 Denmark, Bamberg , South Carolina USA
Died: January 2, 1989 Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Spouse: John Haskell Salley
Parents: John Darling Milhous, Martha Lucy Mattie Kittrell
               Occupation: retired professor of library science and a retired librarian at Columbia College                                         and  USC.
Cause of Death: Death Record Pending
Date of Burial: January 6, 1989
Age at Death: 90 years, 10 months, 12 days
Religion: Methodist
               Mortuary: J. Henry Stuhr Inc., Downtown Chapel,
                                    Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
               Social Security #: Number: 247-50-4432; Issue State: South Carolina; Issue Date: Before 1951
Find A Grave Memorial# 8880118
Political Party: Democrat
Interment: Denmark Cemetery, Denmark, Bamberg, South Caroline, USA

Findagrave.com
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Vonetta M. Salley  in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Vonetta M. Salley SSN: 247-50-4432 Last Residence: 29464 Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, USA  BORN: 22 Mar 1898 Died: 3 Feb 1989 State (Year) SSN issued: South Carolina (Before 1951) Source: Number: 247-50-4432; Issue State: South Carolina; Issue Date: Before 1951

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The Greenville News January 5, 1989 Page  22 Von Etta M. Salley Von Etta Milhouse
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VON ETTA M. SALLEY

MOUNT PLEASANT—Von Etta Milhouse Salley, 92, of 921 Bowman Road, died Jan 2. 1989.

She was a graduate of Columbia College, and  also earned a master’s degree from the University of South Carolina and Columbia University in New York City.  She was a retired professor of library science and a retired librarian at Columbia College and USC.

She was a member of the American, Southeastern and South Carolina Library associations.  She was a member of the South Carolinian Society, the South Carolina Historical Society and the South Carolina Education Association.

She was a member of Washington Street United Methodist Church in Columbia.

Surviving is her daughter Patricia Salley Hollings of Charleston.

Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Friday in Denmark Cemetery.  Denmark. J. Henry Stuhr Inc., Downtown Chapel, Charleston


Name: John Haskell Salley
Born:  01 Jan 1897 Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Died: 25 May 1977 Citrus, Florida, USA
Spouse:   Vonetta  Milhous 1st
                Ola Grace Snow 2nd 
Parents: Haskell Moultrie Salley
                Eolin Josephene Tyler
Occupation: pharmacist
Cause of Death: Death Record Pending
United States Military: Navy

  1st Enlistment                        

U.S. Navy May 11, 1918 

                  May 16, 1922

2nd Enlistment as commissioned
    February 9, 1943

                  May 3, 1945  As A Pharmacist 
Religion: Baptist
Florida Death #: Certificate Number 35674
Age at Death: YRS: 80
Social Security #: Number: 127-07-7226; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951
Date of Burial:
Funeral:
Findagrave.com 79302679
Interment: Dunnellon Memorial Gardens Dunnellon Marion County Florida, USA

Findgrave.com
Source:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79302679




A History of the Salley Family, 1690-1965 By Olin Jones Salley

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U.S. Navy May 11, 1918 
                  May 16, 1922
                    
                  February 9, 1943
                  May 3, 1945  As A Pharmacist 


Married: 30 Jun 1921 South Carolina, USA
John Haskell Salley
EOM: Abandonment by John Haskell Salley
Issues: Martha Patricia Salley
Wife 1st  of  Ernest Frederick Fritz Hollings Sr. Governor and Senator of South Carolina.

Children

1. Martha Patrica Salley
     Born: 15 May 1922 Columbia, Richland, Lexington, South Carolina, USA
     Died: 16 Feb 2001 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    Spouse:  Ernest Frederick Fritz Hollings
    Parents: John Haskell Salley, Vonetta "Etta" Milhous
    Occupation: 1st Lady of South Carolina
    Cause of Death: Death Record Pending
    Date of Burial: February 18, 2001
    Religion: Lutheran
    Age at Death:  78 years, 9 months, 1 days
    Social Security #: Number: 248-36-9403; Issue State: South Carolina; Issue Date: Before 1951
    Funeral: James A. McAlister, Inc
    Find A Grave Memorial# 32336209
   Interment:
Bethany Cemetery Charleston Charleston County South Carolina, USA


Findagrave.com
Source:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32336209





CHARLESTON - Services for Patricia Salley "Pat" Hollings, 78, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 18, 2001 at the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Hwy. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, Sunday from 1 p.m. until time of service. James A. McAlister, Inc. is in charge of arrangements.



Mrs. Hollings, former First Lady of the State of South Carolina from 1958 to 1962 died Friday, February 16, 2001 in Charleston. Mrs. Hollings was born May 15, 1922 in Columbia, the daughter of John Haskell and Vo nEtta Milhous Salley. She graduated from Columbia High School, attended Converse College and the University of South Carolina, where she was a member of the Kappa Delta Sorority. As First Lady, she was instrumental in attracting new business to the state. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and La Sertoma where she became active in the Easter Seals Campaign and the Charles Webb Children's Center. Mrs. Hollings was recently awarded the Order of the Palmetto for service to the state as First Lady.

Surviving are her sons, Ernest Frederick Hollings, III of Kissimmee, Fla., Michael M. Hollings of Columbia; daughters, Salley Hollings of Charleston, Helen R. Reardon of Glennwood Springs, Conn.; grandchildren, Salley Hollings Seabrook, Patricia Salley Schwerdt, Steffani Conner Schwerdt, John Elliott Reardon, II, Dain Frederick Reardon, Patricia Hayne Reardon, Christopher Charles Milhous Hollings.

State, The (Columbia, SC) - Sunday, February 18, 2001
CITE THIS RECORD
"State, The", , GenealogyBank.com (http://genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/0F867C4FE8355645-0F867C4FE8355645 : accessed 27 October 2017)
Patricia Hollings  
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A History of the Salley Family, 1690-1965 By Olin Jones Salley
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Married: 30 Mar 1946 Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA                        
                           Washington Street Methodist Church.
Divorce:  08 Oct 1970 Juarez, Mexico
EOM Divorce 
On the Grounds of incompatibility
Issues:  1. Ernest Fredrick Hollings Deceased Jr. 
              2. Ernest Meyers Hollings Deceased
             3. Michael Milhous Hollings

           4. Helen Hyane Hollings
           5. Patricia Salley Hollings  Deceased
          6. Ernest Frederick Fritzie Hollings 3rd



Engagement

Date: Tuesday, February 19, 1946  Paper: Charleston News and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina)   Page: 8  

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Miss Salley, Mr. Hollings To Wed in March


Announcement has been received here of the engagement of Miss Patricia Salley, daughter of Mrs. VonEtta Milhous Salley, of Columbia; to Mr. Ernest Frederick [Fritz] Hollings, of Charleston and the University of South Carolina.  The wedding will take place in March.

Miss Salley attended Converse college for two years and later attended the University of South Carolina, where she majored in fine arts.  At the university she was pledged to Kappa Delta women’s fraternity and was a member of Junior Damas.  She has been residing in Columbia since her graduation from the John Robert Powers school in New York, last year.  And is a member of the Spinsters’ club of Columbia.

Mr. Hollings son of Mrs. Adolph G. Hollings of 338 President Street, and the late Mr. Hollings, was graduated in 1942 from the Citadel where he was captain of his company and a member of the Round Table.  He served for three years in the European theater in anti-air-craft and held the rank of first lieutenant.  He has been attending the University of South Carolina since his discharge from the service.  His mother is the For Miss Wilhelmina Meyer, of this city.


Planning A wedding
Date Sunday, March 24, 1946  Paper State Columbia, South Carolina   Page 19  
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Salley-Hollings Wedding Plans
The marriages of pretty Patricia Salley to Ernest Frederick [“Fritz”] Hollings of Charleston and the University of South Carolina is to take place Saturday evening.  March 30, in Washington Street Methodist Church.

Pat the daughter of Mrs. VonEtta Milhous Salley is to be given in marriage by Roy LaffitteTyler of Savannah Ga., Mrs. Wroe Lynch [Helen Wylie] of Dallas, Texas is to be maid of honor and bridesmaids are Katy Miller, Mrs, Harvery Anderson  [Frances Peyton] Grave Gayden, Mrs. Robert Allison [Lillian Bollin] and Barbara Hollings, sister of the Bridegroom-Elect.

R.F. Haynsworth, Jr. of Sumter is to be best man.  Serving as groomsmen are Robert Hollings, Adolph Hollings, brothers of the bridegroom elect; Dr. Mac Anderson, Jack Stelling and Harley Stevens, all of Charleston, and Charles Smith, Third, Chovine Sprott, Ralph Bagnal and C.L. Terry, all of Columbia



Wedding Day
Date: Saturday, March 30, 1946  Paper: State (Columbia, South Carolina)   Page: 8  
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S ALLEY-HOLLINGS WEDDING TONIGHT

Tonight at 8:30 O’clock in Washington Street Methodist Church Miss Martha Patricia Salley will become the bridge of Ernest Frederick Hollings of Charleston.  The REV Raymond K. Holroyd, pastor, will perform the ceremony.

Miss Salley, the daughter of Mrs. VonEtta Milhous Salley, will be given in marriage by her Uncle Charles Betts Richardson Jr., of Columbia.  The Matron of honor will be Mrs. Wroe Cameron Lynch [Helen Wylie] of Dallas, Texas, Cousin of the bride.  The bridsmaids are to be Miss Barbara Hollings, of Charleston, sister of the bridge groom elect; Miss Katy Miller, Miss Grace Gayden, Mrs. Robert Allison, and Mrs. Harvey Anderson all of Columbia.

Mr. Hollings, the son of Mrs. Adolph G. Hollings of Charleston, will have as best man Robert F. Haynesworth, Jr., of Sumter.  Usher-Groomsmen will be Robert Hollings and Adolph Hollings, of Charleston, brothers of the bridegroom Elect; Harley Stevens, Jack Stelling, and Dr. Maxwell Anderson, all of Charleston; Chovine  Sprott,Ill, Ralph Bagni, Charles Terry, and Charles Smith, Ill, all of Columbia.

The Bride Elect’s mother is entertaining with a reception at her home on College Street immediately after the ceremony.


Divorce:
Great Falls Tribune October 27, 1970 Page 12  Divorce Senator Ernest F. Hollings
Source:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/240507625/?terms=Patricia%2BHollings

Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C. has been divorced by Patricia Hollings, his wife of 24 years.  Civil Court Records disclosed in Juarez, Mexico., the decree was granted Oct 8, on grounds of incompatibility.  Mrs. Hollings was awarded Custody of their five Children. Undisclosed Alimony and a large property settlement.






Family Members of John Darling Milhous

Denmark Cemetery 

Denmark, Bamberg County, South Carolina
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Milhous J.D. (John Darling) 6-1852 2-1918 
Milhous Martha Kittrell  5-12-1962 w of JD
Milhous Loyal 3-8-1889 5-14-1892 JD & MK
Milhous Knox 10-18-1891 10-13-1895 JD & MK
Richardson Charles Betts Jr 9-26-1901 9-9-1974 
Richardson Margaret Milhous 9-20-1901 10-17-1980 w of Charles
Wiley Robert Eugene 2-24-1898 5-4-1970 
Wiley Helen Milhous 2-15-1899 4-21-1978 w of Robert

Brown Martha Darling Milhous 3-2-1911 8-21-1983 
Salley Von Etta Milhous 3-22-1896 1-2-1989 

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