The Dillon Herald, Dillon South Carolina
October 24, 1918, Vol. 22, No. 49

Dick Dewey Stanton

Dick Dewey Stanton, one of the towns most promising young men, fell a victim to the disease at one o'clock Friday. He had been sick about ten days, and the cause of his death was pneumonia following an attack of influenza. Mr. Stanton's death cast a gloom over the entire community.

He held the position of assistant cashier at the First National Bank where he was held in the highest esteem by the bank's officials and his fellow employees. Kind and courteous, affable and generous and a gentleman at all times, he was greatly loved by a large circle of friends by whom he is deeply mourned. There was no more promising life in Dillon that Dick Stanton's ...

Transcriber's note: The rest of the article was not readable on the microfilm. This notice was in a column with other deaths from influenza.

Submitted by Helen Moody, 8 May 2002.

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