Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 50: More Memoirs
By Warner M.Warner@TheColumMboinatSgtaorm.coemry
      My uncle, J.K. Gourdin IV, wrote a 46- page memoir just before he died in 2004. This is a continuation of his memories of life in Pineville in the 1930s and 1940s. I have edited his words but not his thoughts. Aunt Mattie. Aunt Mattie (Martha Marie Gourdin) and her twin brother, Uncle Charlie, we...
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Confederate memories alive in Florence
By Warner M.Montgomery warner@thecolumbiastar.com
      Florence, S.C., was just a railroad junction prior to the Civil War; however, during the war the little town became host to several major Confederate institutions: a hospital, a prison, and a cemetery.
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