Individual Details
* William Joseph "Papa Joe" Roddey
(2 Oct 1861 - 15 Feb 1945)
Events
| Birth | 2 Oct 1861 | Richburg, Chester, South Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1869 | signed a petition for incorporation of Rock Hill - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 7 Jul 1870 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Education | 1878 | at Erskine Colled and took second honors in his sophomore class and received a silver metal - Due West, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Graduation | 1880 | Erskine College with an AB degree, Due West, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Erskine College, Due West, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Education | 1881 - 1883 | University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1884 - 1887 | a partner with his father in the banking business under the firm name of WL Roddey & Son - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1888 - 1933 | manager of the Rock Hill-Charlotte agency of the Equitable Life Assurance Society | | ||
| Occupation | 1888 | organizer of the First National Bank that replaced WL Roddey & Son - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1889 | general agent and local manager of Equitable Life Assurance society - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 6 Aug 1890 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States - * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 24 Aug 1890 | Golden Eagle Hotel, Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 25 Aug 1890 | signed the guest book on their honeymoon on his wife's birthday - Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, California, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 31 Aug 1890 | Palace Hotel SW corner of Market and New Montgomery Sts, San Francisco, California, United States | | ||
| Property | 30 Aug 1893 | purchased multiple lots in Oakland area - Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1895 | trustee of Winthrop College - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1898 | President of National Union bank which succeeded First National - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1900 | Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States - * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap | | ||
| Occupation | 1900 | insurance agent and manager - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 20 Dec 1900 | brother in law and best man at Ira Baskin Dunlap's wedding - Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Jul 1904 | vice president and active manager of the Victoria Cotton Mill - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1905 | elected one of the VPs of the National Association of Equitable Mgrs and General Agents - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1905 | a trustee of Davidson College - North Carolina | | ||
| Occupation | 13 May 1906 | elected President of Banker's Assoc of SC - Greenville, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 13 May 1906 | of National Union Bank - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1907 | autobiography published in Men of Mark of SC | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1907 | first summer spent in Montreat, came with the Whitner Family - Montreat, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Signature | 1907 | | |||
| Residence | 1909 | built 1st cottage - Montreat, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 1909 | bought land on North Carolina Terrance with William Church Whitner his brother in law - Montreat, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1910 | Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States - * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap | | ||
| Occupation | 1910 | Bank President - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1910 | elected President of the Victoria Cotton mills | |||
| Residence (family) | 1912 | built in 1912 for $20K, designed by Charles C Hook of "Hook & Rogers" of Charlotte - 149 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States - * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1912 | built his large and spacious home - 148 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1915 - 1917 | hosted the President & Mrs William Taft when they were visiting Winthrop College - 148 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 15 Feb 1917 | The Roddey Fund created - York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 29 Dec 1917 | lots 304 and 305 given to Roddey Fund - Montreat, Buncombe, North Carolina | | ||
| Occupation | 1918 - 1919 | on the Executive Committee at Davidson College | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | 148 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States - * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap | | ||
| Occupation | 1920 | Insurance Manager - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1921 | manufacturer (assume of Cotton Mill) - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 14 Sep 1921 | elected President succeeding the late Ira B. Dunlap - National Union Bank, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Jan 1924 | announced his retirement - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 19 Jan 1924 | left on ship 'Resolute' for a trip around the world - New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 24 May 1924 | arrived home from their Around the World Trip - New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1926 | was honored for his dedication to Winthrop when the West Hall Resident Hall was renamed Roddey Hall - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1927 - 1930 | director of the Charlotte branch of the Federal Reserve bankd and held membership of the advisory board of the Reconstruction Finance corporation | | ||
| Census (family) | 3 Apr 1930 | 148 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States - * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap | | ||
| Occupation | 31 Oct 1931 | elected chairmain of the Loan Committed Assoc in response to Pres Hoover's plan to stabilize credit | | ||
| Residence | Bef 1933 | owned 3 cottages - Montreat, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1934 | lost the house to foreclosure however Colonel Elliott White Springs bought the mortgage and told Mama Joe and Papa Joe they could stay there as long as they lived - 148 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Sep 1934 | lost his attempt to save Central Union bank during the great depression - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Picture | Abt 1935 | Mama Joe and Papa Joe - Montreat, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 6 Feb 1936 | relected to Winthrop Board - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1937 | see notes for story about dancing in the basement - Montreat, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Court | 1937 | declared bankrupcy - Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Will | 24 Sep 1938 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | 148 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States - * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap | | ||
| Occupation | 1940 | Insurance Company Manager - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 6 Aug 1940 | celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary - big house on North Carolina, Montreat, North Carolina, United States | |||
| Obituary | 1945 | numerous papers | | ||
| Death | 15 Feb 1945 | cardiac decompensation and arterioscletrotic heart disease - not enough blood running through the arteries - Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Burial | Aft 15 Feb 1945 | Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1982 | mini bio by George Dunlap | | ||
| Miscellaneous | founder and Elder of Oakland Ave Presbyterian Church | | |||
| Picture | have numerous photos in my file | ||||
| Miscellaneous | did PJ own his own rail car? or just purchase all the seats in a car? |
Families
| Spouse | * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap (1866 - 1967) |
| Child | * Catherine Wylie Roddey (1891 - 1990) |
| Child | William Joseph 'Joe' Roddey Jr (1893 - 1987) |
| Child | Benjamin Dunlap "Dunnie" Roddey (1895 - 1980) |
| Child | * Elizabeth 'Lib' Wells Roddey (1897 - 1983) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | * William Lyle "Father Roddey" Roddey Captain (1834 - 1909) |
| Mother | * Anna Cousart "Mother Roddey" Baskin (1839 - 1922) |
| Sibling | * John Thomas Roddey (1865 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Still born infant Roddey (1867 - 1867) |
| Sibling | * Mary Catharine 'Katie' "Kate" Roddey (1868 - 1937) |
| Sibling | * Annie Lyle Roddey (1870 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Martha Wylie "Mattie" Roddey (1873 - 1875) |
Endnotes
1. WJ Roddey Death Certificate -1945.
2. William Joseph Roddey - provided with application for passport, birth certificate (2 October 1861), State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, .
3. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), p339.
4. Edited by Geddings Hardy Crawford, Who's Who in South Carolina: A Dictionary of Contemporaries containing Biographica Notices of Eminent Men of SC (Columbia, SC: McCaw of Columbia, 1921), 161-162.
5. William Lyle Roddey Family Bible, 1869-1982; The Compreshensive Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1869); "Births"; privately held by R.S. Roddey, [address for private use,] South Carolina, 2015. Handed down three generations of Roddey men. Entries written by different people for each generation. Personally viewed and took photographs in 2013. John Lobato's entry written by his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Roddey..
6. "W.J. Roddey, Of Rock Hill Dies Suddenly," State (Columbia, SC), 16 February 1945, Obituary; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 1/19/17), Newspaper Archives.
7. "The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC)," digital images, Newspapers (www.newspapers.com: accessed 6 December 2020), Death Takes Mr. Roddey, 15 Feb 1945.
8. "The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC)," digital images, Newspapers (www.newspapers.com: accessed 6 December 2020), Roddey Rites Held Today, 16 Feb 1945.
9. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for William Joseph Roddey, Find A Grave Memorial # 51035464, citing Laurelwood Cemetery (Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina), photograph by Rick and Kathy Wright.
10. Committee, A Chronological History of Rock Hill, SC : 1567-1952 (Rock Hill, South Carolina: Committee Self Published, unknown, possibly 1952), 10.
11. 1870 U.S. census, York Co., South Carolina, population schedule, Division 1, p. 297B, dwelling 684, family 693, William L Roddy household household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 27 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1512.
12. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), 18.
13. WL Roddey, father, , interview by Bettie Baskin Lobato, 1973; cassette audio, privately held by Bettie Baskin Roddey Lobato, , 1973.
14. 1940 Census South Carolina >York>rock Hill> 46-26, image 8.
15. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
16. "W.J. Roddey, Of Rock Hill Dies Suddenly," State (Columbia, SC), 16 February 1945, Obituary; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 1/19/17), Newspaper Archives.
17. 1880 U.S. census, Abbeville County, South Carolina, pop. sch., Due West, enumeration district (ED) 10, p. 213B, dwelling 7, family 7, W.J. Roddey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5/4/22); NARA microfilm T9, roll 1217.
18. , Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia: Directory of Living Alumni of the University of Virginia - Centennial Edition (Charlottesville, VA: The Univeristy of VA Press, 1921), p 33.
19. "W.J. Roddey, Of Rock Hill Dies Suddenly," State (Columbia, SC), 16 February 1945, Obituary; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 1/19/17), Newspaper Archives.
20. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
21. "W.J. Roddey, Of Rock Hill Dies Suddenly," State (Columbia, SC), 16 February 1945, Obituary; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 1/19/17), Newspaper Archives.
22. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
23. Edited by Geddings Hardy Crawford, Who's Who in South Carolina: A Dictionary of Contemporaries containing Biographica Notices of Eminent Men of SC (Columbia, SC: McCaw of Columbia, 1921), 161-162.
24. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
25. Edited by Geddings Hardy Crawford, Who's Who in South Carolina: A Dictionary of Contemporaries containing Biographica Notices of Eminent Men of SC (Columbia, SC: McCaw of Columbia, 1921), 161-162.
26. 1900 U.S. census, York Co., South Carolina, population schedule, , SC>York>Rock Hill>District 0090>103, WJ Roddey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); NARA microfilm publication .
27. William Lyle Roddey Family Bible, 1869-1982; The Compreshensive Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1869); "Births"; privately held by R.S. Roddey, [address for private use,] South Carolina, 2015. Handed down three generations of Roddey men. Entries written by different people for each generation. Personally viewed and took photographs in 2013. John Lobato's entry written by his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Roddey..
28. "W.J. Roddey, Of Rock Hill Dies Suddenly," State (Columbia, SC), 16 February 1945, Obituary; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 1/19/17), Newspaper Archives.
29. "The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC)," digital images, Newspapers (www.newspapers.com: accessed 6 December 2020), Roddey Rites Held Today, 16 Feb 1945.
30. WL Roddey, , Pawley's Island, SC, interview by BB, August 1973; notes, privately held by Bettie Lobato, , 2018.
31. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for Mary Perry Dunlap Roddey, Find A Grave Memorial # 51035405, citing Laurelwood Cemetery (Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina), photograph by Rick and Kathy Wright.
32. "Sacramento Daily Record-Union," digital images, Library of Congress, Chronicling America (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/: accessed 11 June 2018), Arrivals to the Golden Eagle Hotel, 25 Aug 1890; citing University of California, RIverside.
33. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), Our Mother's Family section by Harry T Jones, Jr - no published page numbers.
34. Randolph Lee Jones & Catherine Joes McClarin, Remembrance (N.p.: Self Published, about 1998), 27.
35. "Daily Alta California," digital images, California Digital Newspaper Collection (https://cdnc.ucr.edu/: accessed 12 June 2018), arrivals to the Palace Hotel, 31 Aug 1890; citing University of California, Riverside.
36. "York Co, SC Deed Bk M13," digital images, FamilySearch (: accessed 27 March 2021), im 421, W.J Roddey, 30 Aug 1893; citing FHL microfilm 7419874.
37. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
38. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
39. 1900 U.S. Federal, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, Rock Hill, enumeration district (ED) 90, p. 52B, dwelling 965, family 966, W.J. Roddey household; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 April 2021); FHL microfilm 1241545.
40. 1900 U.S. census, York Co., South Carolina, population schedule, , SC>York>Rock Hill>District 0090>103, WJ Roddey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); NARA microfilm publication .
41. "," The Affair of the Season: Was Wedding of Miss Black and Mr. Dunlap at Rock Hill, State (Columbia, SC), 22 December 1900, Ira Baskin Dunlap to Josie Black, 20 Dec 1900; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 19 January 2017), Newspaper Archives.
42. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
43. Edited by Geddings Hardy Crawford, Who's Who in South Carolina: A Dictionary of Contemporaries containing Biographica Notices of Eminent Men of SC (Columbia, SC: McCaw of Columbia, 1921), 161-162.
44. "Would be cowardly to resign, Hyde Says - Continued from Page q," New York, New York, 21 April 1905, p10; ancestry.com ( : accessed ).
45. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
46. GenealogyBank.com, "," database, GenealogyBank (: accessed 2013), Sunday, May 13, 1906. State (Columbia, SC) Issue:5453, Section:Part One, Page:2,1.
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48. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
49. "Oral Interview - Jones Family Tape - Aug 11, 1995 at Harry Jones' Montreat House with Harry Jones, Perry Lee Cummings, Roddey Jones, Randolph Jones, Kitty Frith," 11 August 1995 by Louise Pettus, owned by Louise Pettus Library, Rock Hill, SC, tape recording I have copy of transcript; Roddey Family.
50. JC Hemphill, Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life (Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907), 339.
51. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), not numbered. p 22-24,165 (I hand numbered).
52. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), not numbered. p 23 (I hand numbered).
53. 1910 U.S. census, York Co, South Carolina, population schedule, Catawba, enumeration district 103, p. p. 1B, dwelling dwelling 15, family 16, Joseph W Roddey household household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 4/1/22); citing FHL microfilm 1375481.
54. 1910 U.S. census, York Co., SC, population schedule, , SC>York>Catawba>0103>2, Joseph W Roddey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); citing NARA microfilm publicaton T624, roll 1468.
55. "Charleston New and Courier," digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/?v=searchstart: accessed 16 April 2016), WJ Roddey, plans for 15-room home on Oakland Ave, 6 Mar 1912; citing NewsBank and/or American Antiquarian Society.
56. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), 26,165.
57. Nancy Rampey, "Intruders have 'high old times'," Evening Herald, Rock Hill (Wednesday, September 4, 1968): 6.
58. "NC, Buncombe Co, Deeds v, 218-220, 1917-1918," digital image, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 18 April 2021), im 30, W.J. Roddey and Perry D Roddey, his wife, 29 Dec 1917; citing FHL microfilm 410621.
59. "NC, Buncombe Co, Deeds v, 218-220, 1917-1918," digital image, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 18 April 2021), im 30, W.J. Roddey and Perry D Roddey, his wife, 29 Dec 1917; citing FHL microfilm 410621.
60. Davidson College, 1919, Davidson College Bulletin (Davidson, NC: The College, 1919), 9,96.
61. 1920 U.S. census, York County, South Carolina, population schedule, Catawba, enumeration district 107, p. 29A, dwelling 434, family 524, Joe Roddey household household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 March 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1709.
62. 1920 US Federal Census, York Co., South Carolina, population schedule, , Catawba, District 107, 71, Joe Roddey; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013).
63. Edited by Geddings Hardy Crawford, Who's Who in South Carolina: A Dictionary of Contemporaries containing Biographica Notices of Eminent Men of SC (Columbia, SC: McCaw of Columbia, 1921), 161-162.
64. "Newspaper Archives," digital images, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com: downloaded 8 September 2015), Funeral of Ira B. Dunlap, Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), p. 14, 14 Sept 1921; citing State (Columbia, SC), 4 Jan 1892, "Leap Year in Lancaster", p.2.
65. Harry T. Jones, Jr., "letter to Roddey Dowd, Sr," (12/3/1996); folder: "Roddey Book Correspondences," Louise Pettus Papers, Acc. 1237, Box 2; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC.
66. "FHL 7672637 New York Passenger Arrivals," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 6 July 2019), im 702, indexed, William J and Perry B Roddey, 24 May 1924; citing FHL 7672637, roll 3480, vol 7984-7986.
67. Photo of SS Resolute, digital image, (sorry, didn't write it down. have jpeg file. : accessed ).
68. Harry T. Jones, Jr., "letter to Roddey Dowd, Sr," (12/3/1996); folder: "Roddey Book Correspondences," Louise Pettus Papers, Acc. 1237, Box 2; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC.
69. Photo of SS Resolute, digital image, (sorry, didn't write it down. have jpeg file. : accessed ).
70. "FHL 7672637 New York Passenger Arrivals," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 6 July 2019), im 702, indexed, William J and Perry B Roddey, 24 May 1924; citing FHL 7672637, roll 3480, vol 7984-7986.
71. Winthrop University, Winthrop University (http://www.winthrop.edu/virtualtour/buildingtour.aspx?id=3156# : accessed 16 May 2013), describes history of Roddey Hall.
72. "W.J. Roddey, Of Rock Hill Dies Suddenly," State (Columbia, SC), 16 February 1945, Obituary; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 1/19/17), Newspaper Archives.
73. 1930 U.S. census, York Co., South Carolin, population schedule, Rock Hill, enumeration district 23, p. 4A, dwelling 65, family 73, Joe Roddey household household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 1/28/2013); citing FHL microfilm 2341950.
74. "," florence morning news, florence, sc - sunday morning, november 1, 1931, page 6, (ancestry.com: accessed 26 November 2012), WJ Elected Chairman of Loan Association.
75. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), not numbered. p 22 (I hand numbered).
76. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), 66.
77. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), 65.
78. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), 28.
79. "Dr. Lucas Elected to USC Board," Florence Morning News, 2/6/1936, p8; ancestry ( : accessed ).
80. Harry T. Jones, Jr., "letter to Roddey Dowd, Sr," (12/3/1996); folder: "Roddey Book Correspondences," Louise Pettus Papers, Acc. 1237, Box 2; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC.
81. "York, SC, Conveyances, etc., vol. 87-88 1936-1938," digital images , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 10 April 2021), im 221, WJ Roddey, Sr, 1937; citing FHL microfilm 356027.
82. SC, Probate Records, Bound Volumes,1671-1977>York>Wills, 1925-1950, Vol. F, im 197.
83. 1940 Census South Carolina >York>rock Hill> 46-26, image 8.
84. 1940 Census South Carolina >York>rock Hill> 46-26, image 8.
85. "The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC)," digital images, Newspapers (www.newspapers.com: accessed 6 December 2020), Death Takes Mr. Roddey, 15 Feb 1945.
86. "The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC)," digital images, Newspapers (www.newspapers.com: accessed 6 December 2020), Editorial Tribute to Late Mr. Roddey, 19 Fev 1945.
87. "The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC)," digital images, Newspapers (www.newspapers.com: accessed 6 December 2020), Roddey Rites Held Today, 16 Feb 1945.
88. WJ Roddey Death Certificate -1945.
89. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for William Joseph Roddey, Find A Grave Memorial # 51035464, citing Laurelwood Cemetery (Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina), photograph by Rick and Kathy Wright.
90. WJ Roddey Death Certificate -1945.
91. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for William Joseph Roddey, Find A Grave Memorial # 51035464, citing Laurelwood Cemetery (Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina), photograph by Rick and Kathy Wright.
92. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), 165.
93. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), 25 [hand written page numbers].