Jeter Family Tree

E. C. Jeter Funeral services for E.C. Jeter, 78, retired farmer of the Mountain Creek Church section, will be Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Mountain Creek Baptist Church. His pastor, the Rev. James B. Ray. will officiate, assisted by Dr. C Frank Pittman and the Rev. J. A. Cave. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons: Harvey Vaughn, I. M. Vaughn, Jr. James Jeter, Leon Jeter, Eugene Jeter and Edwin Jeter. The honorary escort will include the board of deacons and the Men's Bible Class of Mountain Creek Baptist Church, members of Taylors Lodge, AFM. together with Mark Bradley, E. T. Turner F. A. Dickens. J. S. Loftis. Dr. T. E. Coleman, Dr. S. I. Coleman, Wade H. Batson and Asbury Benefield. The active pallbearers and honorary escort have been asked to meet at the church at 2:50 o'clock. Mr. Jeter's death followed three weeks of illness and occurred at 1:50 o'clock Wednesday morning in a Travelers Rest hospital. Born and reared in Union County, he was a son of the late James P. and Julia Frances Ison Jeter. For 45 years he had resided with his family in the Mountain Creek section. Having located there in early life. He was actively engaged in farming until his retirement some years ago. he was a member of Mountain Creek Baptist Church and was a regular attendant as long as his health permitted. He was also a member of Taylors Lodge, AFM. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Janie Allen Jeter he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. H.O. Kimbrell of Greer, Mrs. R. L. DeYoung of Spartanburg. Mrs. Ansel A. Vaughn and Mrs. I. M. Vaughn of Greenville, Rout 5; three sons, E.E. Jeter and E.L. Jeter of Greenville and D.G. Jeter of Ware Shoals; one sister, Mrs. E. M. Wilson of Amory, Miss; 27 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. One hour before the service the body will be placed in the church. Until that time it will be at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home.

Earnest Jeter Simpsonville - Ernest Lenwood Jeter, 75 of 109 Todd Circle, widower of Gladys Snow Jeter, died Monday. he was a member of Mountain Creek Baptist Church and a retired painter. Surviving are two sons. William Leon and Edwin C. Jeter of Greenville, Three stepsons, William L. Hart of Memphis, Tenn. Frank L. Hart of Simpsonville and Joseph M. Hart of Mobile. Ala. three daughters, Geraldine Arms of Savannah, Ga. Eloise Hawkins and Betty Lou Langley of Greenville, a brother, Dexter Jeter of Ware Shoals, a sister, Lillian Vaughan of Greenville, 26 grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cannon Memorial Park. The family is at the home of Frank Hart, 105 Todd Circle, Simpsonville, and will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Cannon Funeral Home.

Dexter Jeter Ware Shoals - Dexter Groves Jeter, 85, of 51 Dairy St., husband fo Marie Bryant Jeter, died March 15, 1995 at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Grenville County, he was a son of the late Eula Claude and Janie Allen Jeter. He was a graduate of Furman University and was a retired educator. He was a member of the Ware Shoals First Baptist Church where he had served as a Sunday School teacher, deacon, and on various committees over the years. He was also a member of the Ware Shoals District 51 School Board in the 1970's. Surviving, in addition to his wife of the home, are a son, Dexter Jeter II of Ware Shoals; three daughters, Marian Woolsey of Aiken, Clara Jeffery of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Harriet Rice of Liberty; eight grandchildren; two step grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three step great-grandchildren. Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Ware Shoals First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan Compton officiating. Burial will be in Phillipi Baptist Church Cemetery in Johnston. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Parker-White Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 223, Ware Shoals, S.C. 29692.