Harry Bolick

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Harry Bolick

| image = File:Harry Bolick-Erskine.png

| alt =

| caption = Bolick, after being hired at Erskine, standing with the only remaining football equipment

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|10|29}}

| birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|11|21|1912|10|29}}

| death_place = Clinton, South Carolina, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years1 = 1932–1934

| player_team1 = Presbyterian

| player_sport2 = Boxing

| player_years2 = 1931–1934

| player_team2 = Presbyterian

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years3 = c. 1932–1935

| player_team3 = Presbyterian

| player_sport4 = Baseball

| player_years4 = c. 1932–1935

| player_team4 = Presbyterian

| player_years5 = 1940

| player_team5 = Gaffney Manufacturing Company Red Sox

| player_positions = Fullback (football)
First baseman/pitcher (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years1 = 1935–1937

| coach_team1 = High Point HS

| coach_years2 = 1938

| coach_team2 = Lake View HS

| coach_years3 = 1939–1940

| coach_team3 = Gaffney HS (asst.)

| coach_years4 = 1946

| coach_team4 = Erskine

| coach_years5 = 1947

| coach_team5 = Seneca HS

| coach_years6 = 1948–?

| coach_team6 = Ford HS

| coach_sport7 = Basketball

| coach_years7 = 1935–1938

| coach_team7 = High Point HS

| coach_years8 = 1938–1939

| coach_team8 = Lake View HS

| coach_years9 = 1946–1947

| coach_team9 = Erskine

| coach_sport10 = Boxing

| coach_years10 = 1935–1938

| coach_team10 = High Point HS

| coach_years11 = 1938–1939

| coach_team11 = Lake View HS

| coach_sport12 = Baseball

| coach_years12 = 1938

| coach_team12 = Lake View HS

| coach_years13 = 1940

| coach_team13 = Gaffney Manufacturing Company Red Sox

| coach_years14 = 1946
Note{{efn|Bolick was said to have continued coaching until 1966 in his The State obituary.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118433439/the-state/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 22, 1999|page=14|title=Harry Bolick Jr.|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211202040/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118433439/the-state/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} However, the teams he coached are unknown.}}

| coach_team14 = Erskine

| admin_years1 = 1938–1939

| admin_team1 = Lake View HS

| admin_years2 = 1946–1947

| admin_team2 = Erskine

| overall_record =

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

First-team All-State (1934)
Jacobs Blocking Trophy (1934)

| coaching_records =

}}

Harry Edmund Bolick Jr. (October 29, 1912 – November 21, 1999) was an American athlete and sports coach. He played several sports at Presbyterian, and was best known for football: he was team captain and won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy in 1934. Bolick later coached several high schools in the area, as well as for one year the athletics at Erskine College.

Early life and education

Bolick was born on October 29, 1912, in Charleston, South Carolina.Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. He attended North Charleston High School and was captain of the boxing team.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118435411/the-press-and-standard/|newspaper=The Press and Standard|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 26, 1930|page=4|title=N. Charleston Wins 5 To 4 Bouts|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211202039/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118435411/the-press-and-standard/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} Bolick began attending Presbyterian College in 1931, where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118440786/the-anniston-star/|newspaper=The Anniston Star|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 4, 1934|page=3|title=Presbyterian College Has Smallest Unit|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212713/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118440786/the-anniston-star/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} after graduating from North Charleston.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118435851/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 16, 1932|page=13|title=Copeland And Pinson One Of Best Pair Of Wing Guardians In State Ranks|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210022/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118435851/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He started playing on the boxing team as a freshman, and became as a sophomore "one of the leading light heavyweights of the South Carolina collegiate boxing ranks."{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118436260/the-columbia-record/|newspaper=The Columbia Record|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 24, 1932|page=6|title=Bolick to Box in Amateur Tourney|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210022/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118436260/the-columbia-record/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}

Bolick in 1932 made the varsity football team as a starter as a back.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118436406/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 23, 1932|page=12|title=Tigers And Blue Hose Clash At 3 O'Clock|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210021/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118436406/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} In the second quarter of their game against Wofford that year, he ran for a 70-yard touchdown in the win.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118436692/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 30, 1932|page=9|title=Hose Crush Terriers, 19 To 0: Bolick Races 70 Yards For Initial Score|author=Weimer, Carl|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210023/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118436692/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} By November 21, 1932, he had taken the state lead in scoring with nine touchdowns.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118436960/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 21, 1932|page=6|title=Harry Bolick Tops Scorers By 12 Points|agency=Associated Press|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210023/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118436960/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He finished the season as the state's leading scorer with 54 total points.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118437340/the-state/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 28, 1932|page=5|title=Harry Bolick of P. C. Leads College Scorers of State|agency=Associated Press|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210020/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118437340/the-state/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118437506/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 5, 1932|page=5|agency=Associated Press|title=Clary Is Fifth Scorer In State|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210022/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118437506/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} Bolick also placed third in voting for the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, given to the best blocker in the state and described as "probably the highest individual award a South Carolina football player may receive."{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118437762/the-state/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 16, 1932|page=9|title=Griffin Winner Jacobs Trophy|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210020/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118437762/the-state/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}

During the early 1933 boxing season, Bolick was described by a sportswriter for The State as "one of the best boxers developed in this state in many a day. He has everything necessary for a colorful and effective fighter–confidence, natural ability, scientific offense and defense, [and] a two-handed attack."{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118438063/the-state/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 16, 1933|page=5|author=Montgomery, John A.|title=This Boy, Bolick|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210023/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118438063/the-state/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} By February 1933, he had won all but two matches of his boxing career, one of which was the Southeastern A. A. U. tournament finals and the other by decision against Willard of South Carolina, but became ineligible due to failing to "win a decision in the class room."{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118438422/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 17, 1933|page=13|title=Blue Stocking Boxers Face Clemson's Mittmen Tonight|author=Ross, Fred|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211210023/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118438422/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} While ineligible, he refereed his team's fights.

Following the 1933 boxing season, Bolick was elected the team captain for 1934.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118438986/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 8, 1933|page=7|author=Ross, Fred|title=Bolick To Lead P. C. Ring Team|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212712/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118438986/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} The Greenville News stated that he "is a hard worker, trains all the time and is liked by the boys. He will make a fine leader." Also making the varsity teams in baseball and basketball, he became the first four-letter athlete in school history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118439369/anderson-independent-mail/|newspaper=Anderson Independent-Mail|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 12, 1946|page=6|title=Erskine's New Coach Finds The Pantry Bare|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212713/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118439369/anderson-independent-mail/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118439579/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 23, 1933|page=7|agency=Associated Press|title=Harry Bolick May Be Hose 4-Letter Man|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212711/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118439579/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} In baseball, his position was first baseman.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118439961/the-columbia-record/|newspaper=The Columbia Record|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 30, 1933|page=10|title=Bolick Elected Captain of P. C. For Next Season|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212714/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118439961/the-columbia-record/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} During the 1933 football season, he became Presbyterian's main blocking back and did not see much action as a runner, attributed to added weight and the fact that they already had several good ball carriers. Bolick also played on defense, and was described as one of "the strongest men defensively," being "one of the greatest factors" in the team's success. At the end of the year, he was named Presbyterian's best overall athlete and was elected team football captain for his senior year.

Bolick changed his position in baseball to pitcher for the 1934 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118440585/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 23, 1934|page=15|title=Bolick Turns Pitcher|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212711/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118440585/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He won an intercollegiate championship in boxing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118442565/the-charlotte-observer/|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 17, 1935|page=21|title=Bolick Accepts Coaching Post|agency=Associated Press|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211215709/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118442565/the-charlotte-observer/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} In football, during his senior year, Bolick remained in the blocking back/fullback position and became one of the best college players in the role.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118441472/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 27, 1934|page=11|title=Bolick's Great Interference|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211215710/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118441472/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} An article from The Greenville News said the following about him: "Captain Harry Bolick, Presbyterian's rip-snorting fullback, has been outstanding all season in his unselfish but rugged contribution to the [Presbyterian] cause. His blocking on running plays, sharp and incisive, seldom failed to take out a man or two and some times three tacklers. Protection he has given P. C.'s forward passers and kickers was all that could be desired. Coach Walter Johnson couldn't have built an iron fence for a better safeguard than Bolick shielded Perrin when the latter faded back to pass or punt against Wofford Saturday."

At the end of the season, Bolick was named the winner of the prestigious Jacobs Blocking Trophy by vote of the state's sportswriters and coaches.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118441976/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 6, 1934|page=9|title=Bolick, P. C. Ace, Wins Jacobs Blocking Trophy|author=Latimer, Scoop|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211215702/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118441976/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He was also selected first-team All-State.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state/133773812/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 3, 1934|page=16|title=Mauney Leads A. P.'s All-State|agency=Associated Press}} {{Open access}} His blocking was described in a news report as such consistently good that its "seldom seen on any gridiron," and he was said to be "just what every coach would like to have but seldom gets." Bolick was part of the graduating class of 1935.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118442768/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 1, 1946|page=21|title=Erskine Names Harry Bolick Football Boss|agency=Associated Press|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211215702/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118442768/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}

Coaching career

After graduating from Presbyterian, Bolick accepted a position as multi-sport coach at High Point High School in July 1935.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118442998/the-news-and-observer/|newspaper=The News and Observer|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 17, 1935|page=9|agency=Associated Press|title=Harry Bolick Elected High Point High Coach|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211215710/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118442998/the-news-and-observer/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He served as head football coach, head boxing coach,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118443632/the-state/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 26, 1937|page=5|title=Chester Boxers In Ring Tonight|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211220741/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118443632/the-state/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} head basketball coach, and led the latter to the championship of both Carolinas in 1936–37.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110138253/speaking-of-sports-column/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 9, 1937|page=8|title=Speaking of Sports|author=Montgomery, John A.|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=September 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927232227/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110138253/speaking-of-sports-column/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} Bolick left for Lake View High School in 1938. He coached and oversaw all athletics there,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118446117/the-state/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 22, 1939|page=25|title=Lake View Schools First in State to Exceed Area Limit|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211225155/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118446117/the-state/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} leading the football team to the Class B championship in his only year.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118446337/the-state/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 23, 1939|page=8|title=Harry Bolick, Coach of Class B Champs, Joins Staff at Gaffney|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211225153/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118446337/the-state/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He led the team to a 10–1–1 record and won 7–6 in the championship.

Bolick became the assistant football coach at Gaffney High School in 1939. He also played for and managed the Gaffney Manufacturing Company Red Sox baseball team in 1940.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118446851/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 24, 1940|page=19|title=Gaffney Faculty Members Injured|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211225200/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118446851/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He left Gaffney High School to become principal at Johns Island High School in 1941.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118447026/the-charlotte-observer/|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 27, 1941|page=7|title=Gaffney Loses Harry Bolick|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211225200/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118447026/the-charlotte-observer/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} Bolick remained in this position until leaving for the United States Army in 1942. While a lieutenant in the army, he was the athletic and recreation officer for the Third Infantry Regiment of The Infantry School Troops Brigade.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/852741324/ "Post Seeking Regiment Team"], The Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia, volume CXVI, number 7, April 7, 1944, page 21. {{subscription required}}

After being discharged as a captain in 1946,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118489165/the-state/|newspaper=The State|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 12, 1946|page=3|title=New Athletic Head At Erskine|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212170142/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118489165/the-state/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} he was named athletic director,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118488277/rocky-mount-telegram/|newspaper=Rocky Mount Telegram|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 1, 1946|page=6|agency=Associated Press|title=Football Resumed At Erskine College|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212170145/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118488277/rocky-mount-telegram/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} baseball coach, basketball coach,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118489468/the-greenville-news/|newspaper=The Greenville News|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 18, 1946|page=11|agency=Associated Press|title=Erskine's Cage Games Cancelled|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212170140/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118489468/the-greenville-news/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} and football coach at Erskine College, which was resuming its athletic program after having dropped it at the start of the war. The team had also thrown out almost all football equipment when it dropped the program, leaving only one jersey, a few shoulder pads, and several balls for Bolick when he assumed the job, meaning he had to get all the equipment and recruit all the players for his team.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118488967/the-columbia-record/|newspaper=The Columbia Record|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 14, 1946|page=13|title=This And That|author=Finlay, Eddie|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212170140/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118488967/the-columbia-record/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} As a result, the football team compiled a disastrous 0–9 record,{{Cite news|url=https://www.indexjournal.com/sports/fleet-football-erskine-upsets-florida-state-to-open-1948-season/article_4c1d5b15-4dfe-5eae-aeed-ee15a1716177.html|newspaper=Index-Journal|title=Fleet Football: Erskine upsets Florida State to open 1948 season|author=Rolstad, Skylar|date=April 18, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212170142/https://www.indexjournal.com/sports/fleet-football-erskine-upsets-florida-state-to-open-1948-season/article_4c1d5b15-4dfe-5eae-aeed-ee15a1716177.html|url-status=live}} after which Bolick resigned, although he finished coaching the remaining sports for the 1946–47 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118489608/the-charlotte-observer/|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 11, 1947|page=17|title=Bolick Resigns As Erskine Coach|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212170148/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118489608/the-charlotte-observer/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}

Bolick was a coach at Seneca High School for the 1947 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118489934/the-gaffney-ledger/|newspaper=The Gaffney Ledger|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 21, 1948|page=1|title=Harry Bolick To Coach Ford High|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212170143/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118489934/the-gaffney-ledger/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} The following year, he began coaching at Ford High School in Laurens, South Carolina. He continued coaching and served as a teacher at high schools until 1966.

Personal life and death

Bolick was a member of the Boy Scouts of America, and was given the Silver Beaver Award. He served in World War II, being ranked captain in the United States Army. He also taught at European military schools for 20 years. Bolick was married to Elizabeth Todd (Bole){{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118490411/the-greenwood-commonwealth/|newspaper=The Greenwood Commonwealth|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 4, 1950|page=2|title=Carollton Presbyterian Church Setting For Wedding Of Elizabeth Bole And H. E. Bolick|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212172041/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118490411/the-greenwood-commonwealth/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} and was a member of the Providence A. R. P. Church. He died in Clinton, South Carolina, on November 21, 1999, at the age of 87.