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Eugene Blakely Sloan
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By Brian Scott, October 18, 2011 | |
| | | 1. Eugene Blakely Sloan Marker | | |
Inscription. Son of Eugene Blakely Sloan I
and Janie Pressly Lindsay Sloan
Born February 22, 1922, Clinton, S.C.
Died April 6, 1969, Hunting Island, S.C.
Editor, Author, Photographer,
Naturalist, Teacher
Educated at Erskine College
and University of S.C. Law School.
Army Air Corps Officer, World War II
He was the First Recipient
of
The Gonzales Award for Distinguished Journalism
"He wrote knowingly about
South Carolina, it's people,
places, issues, and its life's
blood...He worked with clean hands
and honest heart...Dedication...
Fairness...Intent on Good."
He believed and practiced a strong
philosophy of life: "This above all: to thine own self
be true, And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man," and "No man
is an island...And therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee..."
Location. 34° 28.233′ N, 81° 52.517′ W. Marker is in Clinton, South Carolina, in Laurens County. Marker can be reached from Stonewall Street. Click for map. Marker is located on the grounds of the Clinton Cemetery, south of the First Presbyterian Church, near the Sloan family plot. Marker is in this post office area: Clinton SC 29325, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. | | | | 
By Brian Scott, October 18, 2011 | |
| | | 2. Eugene Blakely Sloan Marker | | |
At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. William Plumer Jacobs, D.D., LL.D. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Clinton Confederate Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Clinton Veterans Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Presbyterian College Armed Forces Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mrs. Lillian G. Brown (approx. 0.4 miles away); American Flag Pole (approx. 0.4 miles away); Henry Clinton Young (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jacobs Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Malcolm A. MacDonald (approx. 0.4 miles away); Davison McDowell Douglas (approx. 0.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Clinton. |
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Clinton by Sam Owens | |
| | | 3. Blakely Sloan Home | | In 1894, Dr. D.E. Tribble built this house, a one-story frame house on Musgrove Street. It was later owned by one of his business partners, Blakely Sloan. This house is marked today as the 1922 birthplace of Eugene Blakely Sloan II. | | |
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By Brian Scott, October 18, 2011 | |
| | | 4. Blakely Sloan Family Plot | | |
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By Brian Scott, October 18, 2011 | |
| | | 5. Eugene Blakely Sloan I Tombstone | | |
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By Brian Scott, October 18, 2011 | |
| | | 6. Janie Lindsay Sloan Tombstone | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on October 23, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 108 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 23, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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