Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Mr. Baskin


Mr. Norwood Baskin house 316 Dogwood Lane, Hartsville, SC
Presbyterian College

Presbyterian College Magazine (Volume Vol. 55, No. 1) online

Norwood Fleming Baskin '35 of Hartsville, S.C,
ditJ Jan. 15, 2001, at the age of 87.
A native of Lee County, he was a retired auditor for
the S.C. Tax Commission and a former farmer. Baskin
began his career as an accountant in the General
Accounting Office in Washington, D.C.
He was an active member of St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church and was a member of the Hartstville
Lions Club.


Mr. Norwood Baskin house in Lee County

NORWOOD BASKIN
Services for Norwood Fleming Baskin, 87, were held at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, 2001, at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church conducted by the Rev. Ted Duvall and the Rev. Dr. David L. Waters. A private graveside service was held at Piedmont Memorial Cemetery, Bishopville, directed by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Piedmont Cemetery Fund, Box 487, Bishopville, S.C. 29010 or The American Cancer Society, 123 Westover Drive, Hartsville, S.C. 29550.

Mr. Baskin, widower of Nan Richardson Rickenbaker Baskin, died Saturday, Jan. 13. Born in Lee County, he was a son of the late William Peebles and Esther Fleming Baskin. After graduation from Springview High School, Mr. Baskin attended Clemson College in 1930 and graduated from Presbyterian College in 1935. He began his career as an accountant in the General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. and later returned to Lee County and farmed for several years. In 1951, he became an auditor for the South Carolina Tax Commission from which he retired in 1985. He was an active member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and a member of the Hartsville Lions Club from 1985-1995.

Surviving are his daughters and sons-in-law, Esther Norvell Baskin and James L. Ferguson of James Island, S.C., Mary Elizabeth Baskin and Samuel Calvin Waters of Columbia, and Nan Tinsley Waters of Atlanta, Ga.; his devoted friend and companion, Rheda Stokes of Hartsville. He was predeceased by his brother, Senator William Peebles Baskin Sr. and sisters, Elizabeth Baskin Massey and Adville Baskin Walkup.


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