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493. Virgil Blease "Virgil" GANTT was born on 27 Sep 1911 in Pickens County, South Carolina. He died on 14 Nov 1966 in Cateechee, Pickens County, SC. He died Monday at 9:00 PM at his home at 123 South Street, Cateechee, Pickens County, SC at the age of 55 years old.
He was buried on 16 Nov 1966 in Liberty Memorial Gardens (Gantt Memorial Park), Liberty, Pickens County, SC. Funeral services was conducted Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Cateechee Union Church by Rev. Furman McClain and Rev. Garland Sentell. Burial will be in Gantt Memorial Park.

Pallbearers will be George Bowen, James A. Davis, James McClellan, Walt Perry, Carlos Bolding and Bill Peak.

(Gantt Memorial Park and Liberty Memorial Gardens is the same cemetery. It was Gantt Memorial Park until the present owners of Liberty Mortuary bought Gantt Funeral Home. Liberty Cemetery, Abbott Cemetery and a part of the old Gantt Cemetery were listed as one cemetery but they were actually Westview, Abbott and Gantt cemeteries.)
He resided in Cateechee, Pickens County, SC.

Virgil Blease "Virgil" GANTT and Ruth WILSON were married. Ruth WILSON was born on 23 Feb 1904. She died on 6 Mar 1991 in Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. She was buried in Liberty Memorial Gardens (Gantt Memorial Park), Liberty, Pickens County, SC. (Gantt Memorial Park and Liberty Memorial Gardens is the same cemetery. It was Gantt Memorial Park until the present owners of Liberty Mortuary bought Gantt Funeral Home. Liberty Cemetery, Abbott Cemetery and a part of the old Gantt Cemetery were listed as one cemetery but they were actually Westview, Abbott and Gantt cemeteries.)
Virgil Blease "Virgil" GANTT and Ruth WILSON had the following children:

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Virginia GANTT.

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Betty GANTT. She lived in Greenville, SC in 1966.