Mrs. Rutland died Friday, March 7, 2003. Born in Kershaw County, she was the youngest daughter of the late John Lee Kirkland Sr. and Beatrice Mills Kirkland. She had retired from Seibels-Bruce and Company. She was a member of North Trenholm Baptist Church where she served in various ministries including working with the children and teaching the senior adult TEL Sunday School Class for 10 years. In her later years, she was a member of the Quattlebaum Class.
Surviving are her husband of 60 years, Chief Warrant Officer Third Class (Ret.) Roger Marion Rutland; daughters and sons-in-law, Rubye and Rodney Hunsberger of Gaston and Elaine and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Joel Helms of Atlanta; grandchildren, Roger A. Sobeck, Cheryl L. Sobeck, Lt. Cdr. Philip E. Sobeck, Julie Anne Morris, Shannon R. Helms, Joel A. Helms Jr.; five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by brothers, John Lee Kirkland Jr., Robert Gary Kirkland, Harry Kirkland, Peter Kirkland, Edward Kirkland, Joseph Kirkland and Hyman Kirkland and sisters, Jessie Huckabee, Anna Gulley, Lenora Aaron and Irene Lybrand.
Mrs. Rutland died Friday, March 7, 2003. Born in Kershaw County, she was the youngest daughter of the late John Lee Kirkland Sr. and Beatrice Mills Kirkland. She had retired from Seibels-Bruce and Company. She was a member of North Trenholm Baptist Church where she served in various ministries including working with the children and teaching the senior adult TEL Sunday School Class for 10 years. In her later years, she was a member of the Quattlebaum Class.
Surviving are her husband of 60 years, Chief Warrant Officer Third Class (Ret.) Roger Marion Rutland; daughters and sons-in-law, Rubye and Rodney Hunsberger of Gaston and Elaine and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Joel Helms of Atlanta; grandchildren, Roger A. Sobeck, Cheryl L. Sobeck, Lt. Cdr. Philip E. Sobeck, Julie Anne Morris, Shannon R. Helms, Joel A. Helms Jr.; five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by brothers, John Lee Kirkland Jr., Robert Gary Kirkland, Harry Kirkland, Peter Kirkland, Edward Kirkland, Joseph Kirkland and Hyman Kirkland and sisters, Jessie Huckabee, Anna Gulley, Lenora Aaron and Irene Lybrand.
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Family Members
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John Lee Kirkland Jr
1888–1942
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Jessie Lula Kirkland Huckabee
1890–1942
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Anna Maggie Kirkland Gulley
1894–1977
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Harry Daniel Kirkland
1898–1939
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Lenora Emma "Nonie" Kirkland Aaron
1900–1973
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Peter Thomas Kirkland
1901–1926
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Edward Mills Kirkland
1907–1980
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Joseph Holliday Kirkland
1911–1951
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Irene Kirkland Lybrand
1917–1994
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