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Note: SC DEATH RECORD: 39 = Code, 013580 = Certificate, SELLERS ANNIE A - Female 10/22/1952 White 572 Greenville
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MRS. L. S. SELLERS DIES EARLY TODAY
Mrs. Annie Ausburn Sellers, 72, wife of L. S. Sellers of the Brushy Creek section of Anderson County, died in a Greenville Hospital at 2:45 A.M. today following one week of serious illness.
A daughter of the late Joe and Nancy Vaughn Ausburn, she was born in Banks County, Georgia. and continued her residence there during her early life. For the past 31 years she had resided with her family in the Brushy Creek section of Anderson County.
Mrs. Sellers was a member of Siloam Baptist Church and of the Ladies' Sunday School Class.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Edith Rumage of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Jeanette Gambrell of Piedmont; four sons, J. Doyle Sellers and Jewel L. Sellers of Greenville, Howard T. Sellers of Simpsonville and Edward R. Sellers of Thomson, Ga., and 13 grandchildren.
Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Luther Poole of Toccoa; three brothers, Robert Ausburn of Banks County, Georgia., Bert Ausburn and Richard Ausburn of Piedmont.
Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Thomas McAfee Funeral Home.
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MRS. ANNIE SELLERS
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Ausburn Sellers, 72, wife of L. S. Sellers of the Brushy Creek section of Anderson County, will be conducted at Siloam Baptist Church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon by the Rev. W. F. Lister, the Rev. D. D. McGraw and the Rev. W. J Jordan. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The following will serve as pallbearers: Homer Ausburn, Cecil Ausburn, Thomas Ausburn, Kermit Ausburn, Swain Poole and Horace Sellers.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be the Men's Bible Class and the board of deacons of Siloam Baptist Church with Martin James, Lewis James and G. W. Roper.
A daughter of the late Joe and Nancy Vaughn Ausburn, she was born in Banks County, Georgia, and continued her residence there during her early life. For the last 31 years she had lived with her family in the Brushy Creek section of Anderson County. She died in a Greenville Hospital early yesterday morning after a week's illness.
Mrs. Sellers was a member of Siloam Baptist Church and of the Ladies' Sunday school class.
Surviving in addition to her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Edith Rumage, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Jeanette Gambrell, Piedmont; four sons, J. Doyle Sellers and Jewel L. Sellers, Greenville; Howard T. Sellers, Simpsonville, and Edward R. Sellers, Thomason, Ga., and 13 grandchildren. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Luther Poole, Toccoa; three brothers, Robert Ausburn, Banks County, Georgia., Bert Ausburn, Piedmont and Richard Ausburn, Pelzer.
The body is at the home.
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My grand-mother was a hard working woman. Her hair was down to her waist and I used to watch her brush it out at night when I stayed overnight with them, and every morning she would put it up into a ball on her head. The house they lived in was only a 3 room house and I would sleep on the couch. She got up early every morning to cook breakfast. I had never heard of fish, chicken or pork chops for breakfast, but what ever Papa had killed, she would cook for them. They had pigs, chickens, cows and horses to plow the field. They did not own their land, but lived on Martin James' land in Powdersville, S. C. Papa would work for Mr. James to pay for their rent. She would go to the hen house and get their eggs for breakfast, milk the cow, and feed the chickens. That was the best milk in the whole wide world, unless the cow got into bitter weeds in the pasture. She also churned to make her buttermilk and butter. After she finished the breakfast, we would eat and she would clean up the kitchen and the house. She did not have running water. They had a well and she had to draw water every day to cook with and for them to take a bath in the old tin tub. They did not have any grass in their yard. It was all dirt. She would go and hunt up long sticks and bind them together with a string to make her a brush broom to sweep the yard. She had to make a new brush broom every day as the sticks would break and she would have to discard it. They had an "Outhouse" for their bath room. When Granny died I was about 12 years old and we lived at Simpsonville, S.C.
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