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Obituary in Press
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Standard, Issue of Dec. 6,
1922 page 5
Mrs. E.S. Risher, widow of the late Benjamin L. Risher,
died November
29th at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.D. Sandifer of
Hardeeville and was
laid to
rest at the family buring ground at Old Providence
church at Providence,
beside her husband, where her body was brought for
interment. In the absence of her pastor, Rev. Henry
Rankin, of the
Walterboro
Presbyterian church, conducted the funeral services. Her
five sons and
one
grandson acted as pall-bearers.
Mrs. Risher was 86 years of age and had been remarkably
active until a
few days
before her death when she was taken with a stroke of
paralysis while
visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Sandifer at Hardeeville.
Before her marriage she was Miss Elizabeth Raysor. She
was a lifelong
member of
the Methodist church. Mrs. Risher lived with her son,
E.A. Risher, of Providence,
who died two weeks before. His sudden death being a
great shock to her. She is survived by one brother,
Capt. Lee M. Raysor
of Ocala, Fla.,
three daughters, Mrs. W.B. Easterlin, of Providence,
Mrs. A.D. Sandifer of Hardeeville, Mrs B.M.S. Tipey
of Jacksonville,
Fla.
and five sons. Ben, T.R., C.M., J.R., and L.M.
Risher, all of Providence.
A large number of grandchildren and great
grandchildren also survive.
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Contributed to the Colleton County
SCGenWeb by Beverly Mott. Copied here 1-30-13, as
Beverly was an original member of this research group.
Pat Sabin's Notes about this
family group:
Elizabeth Sophia Raysor b. Oct
14, 1836 daughter of James M. Raysor
and Elizabeth Sophia
Chalmers. Married on May 25,
1853 to Benjamin L. Risher (4) b. Aug 27, 1826.
Children: Benjamin L. (5), Thomas Raysor, Mary
Elizabeth, Edward
Arthur,
Elizabeth, Victoria, Pauline, Rebecca, Charles Mitchell,
Harriett,
James
Raysor, Leonidas M.
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