Gadsden married first, Miss Mary Boykin Heyward, who was born about 1903, and passed away in 1971 at their residence in Washington, DC.
He and Mary initially resided at 1408 Gervais St, Columbia,SC, in his parent's home, later moving to Washington, DC, for a government position in 1956.
Gadsden remarried, to Elizabeth Duffield Boone (1908 - 1994) of Philadelphia.
Listed as Vice-President & Tresurer, Shand Engineering & Sales Co (1931 City Directory)
Shand Engineering & Sales Co, 705 Lady St, Columbia, SC (1931 City Directory)
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Obituary for Gadsden Edwards Shand, Jr:
Columbia - Graveside services for Gadsden Edwards Shand will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Susan Heath.
Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge.
The family is at 2832 Sheffield Road.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina, 809-A E. Main St., Spartanburg or to a charity of choice.
Mr. Shand, who would have been 100 years old later this year, died Thursday, March 12, 1998, at the home of his daughter in Spartanburg.
Born Oct. 18, 1898 in Columbia, he was the oldest son of Gadsden Edwards Shand and Patience Bonham, both of Columbia, His mother, "Miss Petite," was on of the first three teachers at Columbia High School. He attended Miss Annie Bonham's Bon Air School in Columbia (his aunt's school), Woodbury Forest in Virginia, and the University of South Carolina, of which, until his death, he was the oldest living graduate. He went through officer's training in Plattsburg, N.Y. for service in World War I, but was instead put in charge of caring for Carolina students hit by the flu epidemic of 1918. He did graduate work in engineering at Columbia University, went into business with his father in Columbia, and married Mary Boykin Heyward. During the depression, he worked with the U.S. Gypsum Co. in Wilmington, N.C., Greenville and Durham, until he was called at the outbreak of World War II to the War Production Board. He later took over the Small Business Administration for North and South Carolina and moved with them in 1956 to Washington, D.C., where he took charge of government procurements for the Washington area and became the liaison person with the Pentagon. During this period, he was instrumental in setting up S.C.O.R.E. (Service Core of Retired Executives) and in helping to establish The National Science Foundation.
Mr. Shand is particularly notable for his early (pre-1954) concern for the conditions of blacks and for his newspaper writings on the subject. He served on the Southern Regional Council, He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, were his great-grandfather Shand had been rector for 52 years, his grandfather Bonham being during the same period, a Civil War General and Governor of South Carolina. After the death of Mary Boykin Heyward, Mr. Shand married Elizabeth Duffield Boone of Philadelphia.
Surviving are daughters, Mary Heyward Shand Rule of Arlington, Va. (a painter and retired art teacher), and Rosa Cantey Shand of Spartanburg (a writer and the Larrabee professor of English at Converse College); a brother, Julian Bonham Shand of Columbia (a retired engineering professor at U.S.C.), a sister, Patience Bonham Shand Gause Chappell of Columbia; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Published in the State, Friday, March 13, 1998
He and Mary initially resided at 1408 Gervais St, Columbia,SC, in his parent's home, later moving to Washington, DC, for a government position in 1956.
Gadsden remarried, to Elizabeth Duffield Boone (1908 - 1994) of Philadelphia.
Listed as Vice-President & Tresurer, Shand Engineering & Sales Co (1931 City Directory)
Shand Engineering & Sales Co, 705 Lady St, Columbia, SC (1931 City Directory)
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Obituary for Gadsden Edwards Shand, Jr:
Columbia - Graveside services for Gadsden Edwards Shand will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Susan Heath.
Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge.
The family is at 2832 Sheffield Road.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina, 809-A E. Main St., Spartanburg or to a charity of choice.
Mr. Shand, who would have been 100 years old later this year, died Thursday, March 12, 1998, at the home of his daughter in Spartanburg.
Born Oct. 18, 1898 in Columbia, he was the oldest son of Gadsden Edwards Shand and Patience Bonham, both of Columbia, His mother, "Miss Petite," was on of the first three teachers at Columbia High School. He attended Miss Annie Bonham's Bon Air School in Columbia (his aunt's school), Woodbury Forest in Virginia, and the University of South Carolina, of which, until his death, he was the oldest living graduate. He went through officer's training in Plattsburg, N.Y. for service in World War I, but was instead put in charge of caring for Carolina students hit by the flu epidemic of 1918. He did graduate work in engineering at Columbia University, went into business with his father in Columbia, and married Mary Boykin Heyward. During the depression, he worked with the U.S. Gypsum Co. in Wilmington, N.C., Greenville and Durham, until he was called at the outbreak of World War II to the War Production Board. He later took over the Small Business Administration for North and South Carolina and moved with them in 1956 to Washington, D.C., where he took charge of government procurements for the Washington area and became the liaison person with the Pentagon. During this period, he was instrumental in setting up S.C.O.R.E. (Service Core of Retired Executives) and in helping to establish The National Science Foundation.
Mr. Shand is particularly notable for his early (pre-1954) concern for the conditions of blacks and for his newspaper writings on the subject. He served on the Southern Regional Council, He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, were his great-grandfather Shand had been rector for 52 years, his grandfather Bonham being during the same period, a Civil War General and Governor of South Carolina. After the death of Mary Boykin Heyward, Mr. Shand married Elizabeth Duffield Boone of Philadelphia.
Surviving are daughters, Mary Heyward Shand Rule of Arlington, Va. (a painter and retired art teacher), and Rosa Cantey Shand of Spartanburg (a writer and the Larrabee professor of English at Converse College); a brother, Julian Bonham Shand of Columbia (a retired engineering professor at U.S.C.), a sister, Patience Bonham Shand Gause Chappell of Columbia; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Published in the State, Friday, March 13, 1998
Gadsden married first, Miss Mary Boykin Heyward, who was born about 1903, and passed away in 1971 at their residence in Washington, DC.
He and Mary initially resided at 1408 Gervais St, Columbia,SC, in his parent's home, later moving to Washington, DC, for a government position in 1956.
Gadsden remarried, to Elizabeth Duffield Boone (1908 - 1994) of Philadelphia.
Listed as Vice-President & Tresurer, Shand Engineering & Sales Co (1931 City Directory)
Shand Engineering & Sales Co, 705 Lady St, Columbia, SC (1931 City Directory)
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Obituary for Gadsden Edwards Shand, Jr:
Columbia - Graveside services for Gadsden Edwards Shand will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Susan Heath.
Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge.
The family is at 2832 Sheffield Road.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina, 809-A E. Main St., Spartanburg or to a charity of choice.
Mr. Shand, who would have been 100 years old later this year, died Thursday, March 12, 1998, at the home of his daughter in Spartanburg.
Born Oct. 18, 1898 in Columbia, he was the oldest son of Gadsden Edwards Shand and Patience Bonham, both of Columbia, His mother, "Miss Petite," was on of the first three teachers at Columbia High School. He attended Miss Annie Bonham's Bon Air School in Columbia (his aunt's school), Woodbury Forest in Virginia, and the University of South Carolina, of which, until his death, he was the oldest living graduate. He went through officer's training in Plattsburg, N.Y. for service in World War I, but was instead put in charge of caring for Carolina students hit by the flu epidemic of 1918. He did graduate work in engineering at Columbia University, went into business with his father in Columbia, and married Mary Boykin Heyward. During the depression, he worked with the U.S. Gypsum Co. in Wilmington, N.C., Greenville and Durham, until he was called at the outbreak of World War II to the War Production Board. He later took over the Small Business Administration for North and South Carolina and moved with them in 1956 to Washington, D.C., where he took charge of government procurements for the Washington area and became the liaison person with the Pentagon. During this period, he was instrumental in setting up S.C.O.R.E. (Service Core of Retired Executives) and in helping to establish The National Science Foundation.
Mr. Shand is particularly notable for his early (pre-1954) concern for the conditions of blacks and for his newspaper writings on the subject. He served on the Southern Regional Council, He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, were his great-grandfather Shand had been rector for 52 years, his grandfather Bonham being during the same period, a Civil War General and Governor of South Carolina. After the death of Mary Boykin Heyward, Mr. Shand married Elizabeth Duffield Boone of Philadelphia.
Surviving are daughters, Mary Heyward Shand Rule of Arlington, Va. (a painter and retired art teacher), and Rosa Cantey Shand of Spartanburg (a writer and the Larrabee professor of English at Converse College); a brother, Julian Bonham Shand of Columbia (a retired engineering professor at U.S.C.), a sister, Patience Bonham Shand Gause Chappell of Columbia; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Published in the State, Friday, March 13, 1998
He and Mary initially resided at 1408 Gervais St, Columbia,SC, in his parent's home, later moving to Washington, DC, for a government position in 1956.
Gadsden remarried, to Elizabeth Duffield Boone (1908 - 1994) of Philadelphia.
Listed as Vice-President & Tresurer, Shand Engineering & Sales Co (1931 City Directory)
Shand Engineering & Sales Co, 705 Lady St, Columbia, SC (1931 City Directory)
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Obituary for Gadsden Edwards Shand, Jr:
Columbia - Graveside services for Gadsden Edwards Shand will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Susan Heath.
Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge.
The family is at 2832 Sheffield Road.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina, 809-A E. Main St., Spartanburg or to a charity of choice.
Mr. Shand, who would have been 100 years old later this year, died Thursday, March 12, 1998, at the home of his daughter in Spartanburg.
Born Oct. 18, 1898 in Columbia, he was the oldest son of Gadsden Edwards Shand and Patience Bonham, both of Columbia, His mother, "Miss Petite," was on of the first three teachers at Columbia High School. He attended Miss Annie Bonham's Bon Air School in Columbia (his aunt's school), Woodbury Forest in Virginia, and the University of South Carolina, of which, until his death, he was the oldest living graduate. He went through officer's training in Plattsburg, N.Y. for service in World War I, but was instead put in charge of caring for Carolina students hit by the flu epidemic of 1918. He did graduate work in engineering at Columbia University, went into business with his father in Columbia, and married Mary Boykin Heyward. During the depression, he worked with the U.S. Gypsum Co. in Wilmington, N.C., Greenville and Durham, until he was called at the outbreak of World War II to the War Production Board. He later took over the Small Business Administration for North and South Carolina and moved with them in 1956 to Washington, D.C., where he took charge of government procurements for the Washington area and became the liaison person with the Pentagon. During this period, he was instrumental in setting up S.C.O.R.E. (Service Core of Retired Executives) and in helping to establish The National Science Foundation.
Mr. Shand is particularly notable for his early (pre-1954) concern for the conditions of blacks and for his newspaper writings on the subject. He served on the Southern Regional Council, He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, were his great-grandfather Shand had been rector for 52 years, his grandfather Bonham being during the same period, a Civil War General and Governor of South Carolina. After the death of Mary Boykin Heyward, Mr. Shand married Elizabeth Duffield Boone of Philadelphia.
Surviving are daughters, Mary Heyward Shand Rule of Arlington, Va. (a painter and retired art teacher), and Rosa Cantey Shand of Spartanburg (a writer and the Larrabee professor of English at Converse College); a brother, Julian Bonham Shand of Columbia (a retired engineering professor at U.S.C.), a sister, Patience Bonham Shand Gause Chappell of Columbia; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Published in the State, Friday, March 13, 1998
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