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- ↑ "New Justices Sworn In". Daily Item. Sumter, South Carolina. December 11, 1961. pp. 1B. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Retired Justice Dead At 76". The Daily Item. Sumter, South Carolina. July 27, 1981. pp. 9A. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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