| Biography* | | The following is from an unknown source: IN MEMORIUM James R. Huff, Chairman of the Greenville Soil and Water Conservation District, died at his home on W. Georgia Road on January 6, 1985. Roscoe, as many of his local friends knew him, served as an associate commissioner for two years before being elected in a county-wide contest to a four year term of office. He had served two years of this term at the time of his death. Roscoe retired from the Soil Conservation Service after 35 years of government service. Twenty-four years of this time were spent at the State office of SCS in Athens, GA. Five years ago, he returned to his ancestral home in the Saint Albans Community where he quickly became involved in church and community affairs. He served his country in both World War II and the Korean War. A geologist by profession, he had a lifelong fascination with and love of the soil. After a determined fight against cancer, he died in the same house in which he was born. He was buried with full military rites, in the family cemetery on land which has been in the Huff family for 164 years. Roscoe's life exemplified the hardy pioneer stock of his forebears and his influence will long endure. We join with his family in mourning the loss of husband, parent, associate and friend.
The following obituary is from an unknown source: JAMES R. HUFF Piedmont. James Roscoe Huff, 68, of Rt 4, West Georgia Rd., died Sunday night at his home, Cureton-Huff Homeplace. He was the son of the late Swan Burdette and Meda Hunt Huff, a graduate of St. Albans High School, Class of 1933. He received his B.S. Degree in Soils and Agronomy from Clemson University in 1938 and his M.S. Degree in Soils and Geology from Clemson in 1956. He served in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during World War II in the Corps. of Engineers and in the Korean Conflict and retired as Lt. Colonel in the Army Reserves. He was a Geologist with the Watershed Planning Staff of the United States Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Athens, Ga. for 24 years. After his retirement in 1973, he was a Consulting Geologist in Engineering Geology. He was a member of Association of Engineering Geologist[s], Charter Member of Georgia Geological Society, Charter member of Soil Conservation Society of America, Secretary of National Association of Federal Employees, Chairman of Greenville County Soil and Water Commission. He was a member of Palmetto Rock and Mineral Club, a member of the official Board of Simpsonville United Methodist Church and the Douglas Bible Class. Surviving are his wife, Suzan Culpepper Huff of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Don B. (Penny) Hawthorne of Piedmont and Mrs. Jay (Libby) Shore of Stone Mountain, Ga; three grandchildren, Heather and Beau Hawthorne of Piedmont and Betsy Shore of Stone Mountain Ga. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3 PM at the Cannon Funeral Home in Fountain Inn conducted by Rev. Mike Cox. Burial will be in the Cureton-Huff Family Cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted and memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or the Simpsonville United Methodist Church Building Fund. |