Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 50: Memoirs of a country boy
By Warner M.Warner@TheColumMboinatSgtaorm.coemry
      My uncle, J.K. Gourdin IV, arranged his own funeral. A female Unitarian minister conducted the service. A black gospel choir sang spirituals in the chapel. A guitarist and saxophonist played Dixie at the graveside in the old St. Stephen Episcopal Church. He was a unique person to the very end.
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Gen. Francis Marion Memorial Day celebrated in Pineville
By Keith Gourdin Chairman of Berkeley North Historical & Cultural Committee
      Members of General Marion's Brigade Chapter, National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and friends from the Lowcountry gathered February 27 at Belle Isle Plantation cemetery to give honor to the most illustrious of all S.C. patriots, General Francis Marion. On this date in 1795, at the age of 63, he died at his home on Pond Bluff Plantation.
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