Obituary
DEATH AND FUNERALS
MR. MCMILLAN, BAMBERG, S.C.
Henry James Alfred McMillan, 53 years of age, deputy sheriff
of Bamberg
County, S.C., died suddenly Monday following a heart attack.
The officer
suffered the attack in the sheriff's office about noon and died en
route to
an Orangeburg, S.C. hospital, in the yard of his niece Mrs Elise Gray
Richards, near Cope, Orangeburg County, SC
Mr McMillan, son of the late Henry Zachary McMillan and Mrs. "Ginnie"
Westbury McMillan, was born in the Colston Community and made his home
there
all his life. He engaged in farming a number of years and the
past several
years he had been employed as deputy sheriff. He was well known
throughout
this section of the State.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the
old
McMillan burial ground, Colston Community, Bamberg Co., S.C., near
Ehrhardt,
S.C. The Rev. James P. Wesberry will conduct the services.
Mr. McMillan is survived by his wife, "Mattie" McMillan; two sons Henry
Vallentine McMillan of the Colston Community and Robert Aldrich McMillan
of
the Cope Community; one sister Mrs. Jasper Brabham "Florie" Varn, Sr.
of the
Colston Community and several grandchildren.
NOTES:
Henry James Alfred "Bubber" McMillan
b. July 24, 1886, Barnwell County, S.C.
d. February 02, 1941, near Cope, Orangeburg Co., SC
bur. February 03, 1941, Shady Rest Cemetery, Colston Community, Bamberg
County, SC.
Henry James Alfred McMillan was named for his two grandfathers.
Granddaddy Henry played & sang with "THE COLSTON STRING BAND".
Other
members of this band were Uncle Jasper B. Varn, Sr., his brother Uncle
Monty
Varn, a Mr. Chisom, and a Mr. Beard. Uncle "Tine" said, "that
he didn't
know where they played". He has one of their programs which was dated
12 May
1906. Some of the songs which I recognized were "Turkey In The
Straw",
"Annie Laurie", "Over the Waves", "Maggie", "Home sweet Home", and
"Dixie".
Some of the songs I didn't recognize were "Every Negro", "Bamboo Tree",
and
"Doris". Uncle "Tine" said, "that they probably just played with
guitars
and fiddles". I've been told that Uncle Jasper Varn played a
5 string
banjo.
THE COLSTON STRING BAND
FEBRUARY 15, 1906
Band Members
Varn Brothers (Uncle Jasper & brother Monty Varn)
MacMillan (My grandfather
Henry J. A.
McMillan)
Chisolm (Mr.
Chisolm)
Beard (Mr
Beard)
Programe.
1. "Good Old Summertime."
2. "Bill Bailey."
3. "Ain't That a Shame
4. "Hiawatha."
5. "Chorus."
6. "Coon Coon."
7. "Turkey in the Straw."
8. "You Gave Me Your Love."
9. "Johnson Cake Walk."
10. "Chorus"
11. "Evening Star Waltz."
12. "Whistling Rufus."
13. "Maggie."
14. "Old Folks at Home."
15. "Chorus."
16. "Mocking Bird."
17. "Georgia Jubilee."
18. "Write Me Every Day."
19. "Kiss Waltz."
20 (unreadable)
21. "Every Negro."
22. "Creole Belles."
23. "Kittie Welles."
24. "Annie Laurie."
25. "Schottsche."
26. "Chorus."
27. "Just as the Sun Went Down."
28. "Doris."
29. "Bamboo Tree."
30. "Narvajo."
31. "Dixie."
32. "Sweet Golden Daisies."
33. "Over the Waves."
34. "Ramble."
35. "Home Sweet Home."
36. "Chorus"
I believe that the "THE COLSTON STRING BAND" was an old band.
On July 12,
1892, a band with the same name was listed as having played at a big
McMillan Reunion held at, "Forest Home", the ancestral home of the
Henry
William McMillan family.
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