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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
IN MEMORY OF HAMPTON CAUGHMAN
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HON. JOE WILSON
of south carolina
in the house of representatives
Monday, June 3, 2019
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, Lexington County and
South Carolina were blessed with the Caughman Twins, Hampton and
Raymond, as extraordinary civic leaders. Sadly, Raymond passed away
March 28th and now Hamp passed away June 1st. Below is the loving
obituary of June 3rd from The State newspaper.
Hampton Caughman (1927-2019)
Hampton Sox Caughman--Lexington. Funeral services for
Hampton Sox Caughman, 92, of Lexington, SC will be held at
4:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Saint David Lutheran
Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The
family will receive friends on Monday, June 3, 2019 from 5:00
p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Caughman Harman Funeral Home,
Lexington Chapel. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be
made to St. David Lutheran Church Building Fund, 132 St.
David's Church Rd., West Columbia, SC 29170 or to ``Take One
Make One'' c/o SCDNR, P.O. Box 167, Columbia SC 29202 with
funds designated to Thomas Caughman Memorial. Hampton passed
away on Saturday, June 1, 2019. He was born on January 10,
1927 to the late Willie Morgan and Mary Catherine Sox
Caughman. In addition to his parents, Hampton was also
preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Betty Dye
Caughman, sisters Evelyn Segelken, Zela Boozer, Sue Shull,
Henry Etta Frye, Virginia Shull and brothers Henry Morgan
Caughman, Elford Caughman, Raymond Caughman and Kenneth
Caughman. He was also predeceased by his beloved grandson,
Army Specialist Thomas Day Caughman. Hampton is survived by
his son Hampton S. Caughman Jr. and his wife Jane Day
Caughman and their daughter Lisa Caughman. He is also
survived by his daughter Carol Caughman and her son Connor
Caughman Hild. Hampton was a WWII Army Veteran who served in
China from 1945-1946. In 1949 he began a 32 year career in
the retail grocery business as a partner in Frye & Caughman
Grocery in West Columbia. He opened the first supermarket in
Lexington in 1964, Hamp's Red and White. Hampton was one of
the organizers of the Food Retailer Association of South
Carolina, serving as its President from 1958-1959 and was,
South Carolina's Grocer of the Year in 1974. In 1961,
Governor Fritz Hollings appointed Hampton to the South
Carolina Dairy Commission and in 1975 when he tried to
resign, the Governor appointed him Chairman and he served in
that capacity until 1981. Hampton was one of the organizers
of the Lexington Rotary Club, served as its first President,
was Rotarian of the Year in 1971, and named as a Paul Harris
Fellow in 1990. He served as the Chairman of the Rotary Club
Horse Show for 30 years and was recently honored for his 50
years of service to that club. He and his twin brother
Raymond's hobby was tiding and showing Tennessee Walking
Horses. Every morning at 5:00 a.m., they would get up to
ride, feed and water their horses. Hampton was a member of
and President of both the South Carolina Walking Horse
Association and the South Carolina Horse Show Association,
and was named Horseman of the Year in 1977. Upon closing
Hamp's Red & White, he and his wife Betty opened Caughman's
Catering and were well known for their country style steak
and gravy and delicious banana pudding. Later Hampton earned
his real estate agent license and worked with McGee Realtors
until he retired in 2012. Hampton was very active in the Boy
Scouts of America and was given the Silver Beaver Award for
Distinguished Service to Boyhood in 1974. Hampton was twice
awarded the ``Key to the City'' by the Town of Lexington and
``The Order of the Silver Crescent'' by Governor Nikki Haley
in 2015. Hampton was a very active member of St. David
Lutheran Church for 92 years. He was Chairman of the Property
Committee for 60 years, sang in the choir and was very active
with the St. David Lutheran Men. Hampton was a very loving,
caring husband, grandfather, father, brother and friend who
will be remembered for always putting the concern of others
before him. He will be greatly missed by many people.
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