From Frances Clayton: Mary Hinton was a dedicated worker and coach for 15 years. She served along with her husband Charlie “Bud” Hinton who served as the President for many years. They spent many hours on Saturday encouraging and teaching their youth bowlers. She worked the Youth State Tournament and the last time it was […]
Category: Hall of Fame
Ethel Deming-Gray
Ethel came to South Carolina from Kingsport, Tennessee. She moved to Spartanburg in 1960 where she raised Leigh Ann, Charles and Michael and where her granchildren, Keri Autumn, Christopher and Richard were born. In 1969, her cousin, Doris Richey, started her bowling at Pinewood Lanes. She joined the Monday Morning Coffee League and was […]
J C Williamson
J.C. Williamson, has dedicated a major portion of his life to the game of bowling. He began involvement in bowling as a pin boy at Lanier’s Columbia Bowling Center in 1950. In 1958 he began bowling while in the military averaging 167 with a backup ball. He began hooking the ball in 1961. He bowled […]
William “Bill” Patrick, Jr.
Bill Patrick was born in Charleston, S.C. where he started bowling at Danny Wetmore’s Lanes. He bowled there for a number of years before moving to Florence. Bill gave freely of his time to assist bowlers. He was willing to go an extra mile to help leagues function better and properly. He served as […]
Doris Hoffmeyer
DORIS HOFFMEYER was born in Florence, South Carolina and has lived there all of her life. She has one brother and two sisteres, many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. She has been instrumental in helping all of her relatives become interested in the great sport of bowling. Over the many years […]