Families of Adelaide Caldwell Butler

ADELAIDE CALDWELL BUTLER, daughter of ADELAIDE PEARSON CALDWELL and CHARLES ORMONDE BUTLER, was born November 2, 1924 in Georgia,⁵⁶ and died December 7, 2002.⁵⁶

She married (1) WILLIAM JAMES MAXWELL on October 12, 1946 in St. John's Episcopal Church, Florence, Florence, South Carolina.³⁸⁹⁰ He died May 13, 2002.²⁷⁸⁶

She married (2) JACK DEMPSEY O'NEAL on September 24, 1965 in Williamsburg, Virginia.⁶⁰⁴³ He was born September 21, 1919 in Hyde County, North Carolina,^{56, 456, 5335} and died January 23, 1975 in Williamsburg Community Hospital, Williamsburg, Virginia.^{56, 3901, 5335} He is buried in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia.^{3901, 456}

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  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Adelaide C. Butler)

Children of ADELAIDE CALDWELL BUTLER and WILLIAM JAMES MAXWELL:

1. Daughter
2. Daughter
3. Son
4. Son

Charlotte Observer, November 4, 1924³⁹⁷⁷

MRS. J. P. CALDWELL IS NOW A GRANDMOTHER

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ormond Butler, in Waycross, Ga., Sunday, November 2, a daughter, Adelaide Caldwell Butler.

This announcement, bringing the information that Mrs. J. P. Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer staff, is a grandmother, was received in a telegram from her yesterday. She has been viisting her daughter, Mrs. Butler, in Waycross, the last two weeks. Mrs. Butler before her marriage early in December last year, was Miss Adelaid Caldwell. She was for a time society editor of The Observer. She is a daughter of the late Joseph P. Caldwell, one of the founders and fro many years editor of The Observer, and Mrs. Caldwell, who has been connected with the staff of the paper during most of the last quarter century. Mrs. Butlerr is well known in CHarlotte as a brilliant and popular young woman.

• Jack Dempsey O'Neal and Adelaide Caldwell Butler were members of the Burton Parish Episcopal Church, Williamsburg, James City, Virginia. ^{3901, 168}

• William James Maxwell was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Florence, Florence, South Carolina. ²⁷⁸⁶

Morning News, October 12, 1946³⁸⁹⁰

Miss Butler Honored With Dinner Party

Miss Adelaid Butler, whose marriage to William J. Maxwell will take place this evening at eight o'clock at St. John's Episcopal church was honored with a charming dinner party Sunday night, given by Mrs. R. S. Hurvell, at her home, 406 Spruce street. The dining table was centered with an arrangement of Country Girl chrysanthemums, and at the place of the honoree was a miniature bride and bridegroom and silver wedding bells. A delicious four-course dinner was served. Miss Butler was presented a gift in her pattern of silver.

News and Courier, October 13, 1946³⁸⁹¹

Florence Rites Unite Miss Carter And Mr. Maxwell

Florence, Oct. 12.—Special: Miss Adelaide Caldwell Butler, of Florence, formerly of Charlotte, became the bride of Mr. William James Maxwell, of this city, Saturday night, October 12, at 8 o'clock, at St. John's Protestant Episcopal church. The Rev. Harold Thomas, rector of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church of Charleston, and a former rector of St. John's church, officiated.

Mrs. J. A. Grimsley, church organist, rendered a program of wedding music. Ushers were Messrs. Elliott Rivers Maxwell, of Florence, brother of the bridegroom; M. Caldwell Butler, of Roanoke, Va., and A. James Johnston, Jr., of Florence.

Messrs. Joseph W. Holliday, of Galivant's Ferry, and Harlie G. Sparrow, Evander M. Ervin and Joseph Lawton, of Florence, were groomsmen.

The bridegroom had as best man, his brother, Mr. Earle Wilson Maxwell, of Greenville.

Miss Barbara Gregg Hood and Miss Ruth Hunter Houston, both of Memphis, Tenn., former classmates of the bride at Sweet Briar college, were bridesmaids. They wore gowns of velveteen fashioned with long scalloped basque bodices, three-quarter length sleeves and bouffant skirts, Miss Hood wearing wine and Miss Houston deep blue. Both carried cascade bouquets of deep yellow roses.

Mrs. George G. Taylor, of Winston-Salem, N. C., the former Miss Ainslie Maxwell, of Florence, sister of the bridegroom, was dame-of-honor. She was gowned in woods green in the featured style, and also carried yellow roses.

The maid of honor was Miss Katie Dale Bennett, of Waycross, Ga., wearing gold in the same style as the other attendants, and carrying deep red roses.

The bride entered with her father, who gave her in marriage.

The bride wore a wedding gown of white slipper satin cut on traditional lines and having full-length court train, over which fell her bridal veil of French illusion caught by a coronet of seed pearls. For ornament she wore heirloom peals, set in gold, with matching earrings, necklace, bracelet and brooch, originally worn by her maternal great-grandmother. Her flowers were a sheaf of calla lilies.

Immediately after the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ormonde Butler.

The bride and bridegroom left during the evening for an extended wedding trip by automobile to the West coast and Mexico. For traveling the bride wore a suit of pink and black with black accessories, and a shoulder corsage of white gardenias. Upon their return the couple will make their home in Florence.

Mrs. Maxwell is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ormonde Butler. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Joseph P. Caldwell, co-founder and editor of The Charlotte Observer until his death. She is a native of Waycross, Ga., and later resided in Lakeland, Fla., where she graduated from high school in 1942. She is a graduate of St. Mary's Junior college, Raleigh, N. C., where she made the dean's list and was salutatorian of her class. At Sweet Briar college she was on the dean's list and received her B.A. degree cum laude last June.

Mr. Maxwell is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Pinckney Johnstone Maxwell, of Florence. A graduate of the Florence high school, he attended the Citadel and served for four years in World War II, 32 months on overseas duty. He is a senior partner of the firm of Maxwell and Campbell, Inc., of Florence. He is a member of the Florence Kiwanis club, and of the board of directors of the Florence country club.

Out-of-town guests attending the wedding included Mr. and Mrs. Earle Wilson Maxwell, of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. George G. Taylor, of Winston-Salem, N. C.; Dr. and Mrs. William W. S. Butler, Jr., and Mr. M. Caldwell Butler, of Roanoke, Va.; Mrs. Kneedle and George Kneedle of Knox, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Holliday, of Galivant's Ferry; Mr. and Mrs. E. Roderick Melver, of Conway; Mrs. Margaret Kelly Abernathy, Mrs. H. L. Zeigler and Miss Josephine Houston, of Charlotte.

Florence Morning News, September 10, 1950²⁷⁸¹

MRS. BUTLER HERE

Mrs. Charles O. Butler, formerly of this city and until recently of Fitzgerald, Ga., is staying with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. James Maxwell. Lieutenant Colonel Butler was called back into service, United States Army, in July and is in Korea.

Florence Morning News, December 6, 1959²⁷⁸²

The James Maxwells

By FRANCES ELLIS

Morning News Woman's Editor

Back in 1946, the former Miss Adelaide Caldwell Butler of Charlotte, N. C., completed her four years of study at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She came to Florence with her parents, Col. and Mrs. Charles O. Butler. Col. Butler was with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at that time.

Mrs. Sarah Gill arranged a blind date for Adelaide, who is better known as Pinky, with James Maxwell. Pinky asked a friend of hers who knows James, or Red as he is called, if she should wear flats or heels on the date. Pinky is 5'8" tall, and has to take height into consideration.

"You can wear stilts if you want to," her friend answered, "Red is 6'2 1/2" tall!"

That was in June and the two were married on Oct. 12, 1946, at St. John's Episcopal Church here. Red had gotten his honorable discharge from the U. S. A. F. in January of that year, and had gone into private business at Maxwell-Campbell, building materials and home insulation.

At first the newly weds rented a house on Graham street where they lived for two or three years. They then built their present home at 698 Fairwary Dr. and move in 1950.

They have four children: Adelaide, who is now 11 years old; Ainslie, 9 years; Charlie, 6 years; and Bill, 4 years.

Adelaide received a special life saving award from the Girl Scouts of America Monday night, for saving her brother Bill's life at the beach last summer.

The whole family were at Garden City in their cottage. The children had just gotten ice cream cones and were sitting under the house eating. Pinky was sweeping the porch. Red and Frank Rogers had just gone to launch their boat and the children followed them.

When Red left, Adelaide turned to get something off the clothes line and she heard a splash. She turned around and realized that didn't see Bill. She ran to the dock and saw Bill going down the channel.

Shoes, clothes and all, Adelaide jumped in and swam to her brother. She put him on her back and swam him back to the dock. It had all happened so quickly that Pinky hardly realized what had happened. Then she hear Adelaide screaming for her. Sh ran down and found Adelaide putting Bill up on the shore.

Adelaide said to her mother, "Mother, you always told me if anything like this happened to come get you, but there just wasn't enough time." "And there wasn't," Pinky added, "Bill would have been gone for good if she hadn't thought and acted so quickly."

What had happened was that Freckles, the Crocker Spaniel puppy, had tried to get Bill's ice cream cone and had knocked Bill into the water. Bill was madder at losing his ice cream than anything else — now Freckles gets a cone whenever the children do.

When the accident took place, Bill was three years old; Adelaide, eleven.

Adelaide is a member of Scout Troop No. 94, a 2nd class Scout. The award was give for heroism beyond the experience and ability expected for a child her age. She is the only one to receive such an award in the Pee Dee area.

The Maxwells are members of All Saints' Episcopal Church. Pinky and Red have alternately served on the steering committee ever since the church was started. Red has served as superintendent of the Sunday School; this year, he is chairman of the Christian educational program.

Pinky teaches the high school and junior high school Sunday school classes and is an active member of the women's groups. She was a charter member of the Junior Welfare League; is a past president Sidney Lanier Literary club. Increased home responsibilities has put a temporary stop to her club work at the present, according to Pinky.

Red is on the board of directors for the Kiwanis Club. Both of them are members of the Assembly, the Terpsischorean and Florence Country Club. Red has served on the City Council and was mayor pre tem during that time.

Hobbies for Red include hunting, fishing and football. Pinky likes bridge and creative activities such as art and gardening. Her current project is a sketch of their house to use on their Christmas cards.

As a family The Maxwells play football — they all go every Friday night during the season. All have gone hunting with Red, even Bill and Charlie. In the summer, all of them go to the club's swimming pool for an afternoon's swim.

The Maxwells enjoy each other, and therefore, spend a lot of time together. "I think it is important to do things with the children, and we all have such fun doing it," Pinky concluded.

It all added up to a lot of things — all good: congeniality, mutual respect and admiration, kindness, combined with good-natured teasing. Yep, the Maxwells are a family!

Newport News Daily Press, January 24, 1975³⁹⁰¹

Services For Jack O'Neal Will Be Held Saturday

WILLIAMSBURG — A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday for Jack D. O'Neal, 55, of 200 Indian Springs Road, Williamsburg, in Bruton Parish Chruch with the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, rector, officiating.

Burial will be in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News.

Mr. O'Neal, president of the Williamsburg-James City County Chamber of Commerce, suffered a fatal heart attack Thursday night at the Chamber's annual banquet at the Williamsburg Conference Center.

A native of Hyde County, N. C., Mr. O'Neal was a retired U.S. Army major who served in World War II and Korea. He had been a resident of the Williamsburg area for the past 10 years.

He was operator of the Mermaid Tavern at Jamestown Festival Park and a part owner of Aberdeen Barn Restaurant in Williamsburg.

Mr. O'Neal was immediate past president of Williamsburg Rotary Club, a member of the Williamsburg Zoning Board, the Association of the U.S. Army and Williamsburg Lodge no. 6, AF&AM, a director of Williamsburg National Bank and a vestryman at Bruton Parish Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Adelaide O'Neal; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Bolling of Columbus, Ohio; two step-daughters, Mrs. Adelaide Maxwell Grattan of Williamsburg and Mrs. Ainslie Maxwell Wainwright of Richmond; two stepsons, Charles Maxwell and William J. Maxwell, Jr., both of Florence, S.C.; a sister, Mrs. T. Eason of Jacksonville, Fla., and a brother, Richard O'Neal of New Holland, N.C.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Jackson Feild Episcopal Home in Jarrett or to a charity of the donor's choice.

Bucktrout Funeral Service in Williamsurg is in charge of arrangements.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Friday in the funeral home.

Florence Morning News, May 14, 2002²⁷⁸⁶

William James "Red" Maxwell

FLORENCE — William James "Red" Maxwell, 89, died Monday, May 13, 2002 in a local hospital after an illness.

Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, directed by Waters-Powell Funeral Home. Honorary seating will be reserved for the Lawson-Rain Sunday School Class and the Florence Kiwanis Club.

Mr. Maxwell was born in Florence, a son of the late Pinckney Johnstone and Jessie Nettles Maxwell. He graduated from Florence High School and attended The Citadel. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was the retired owner and operator of Maxwell and Campbell Building Supply, and later Maxwell and Company.

Mr. Maxwell was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a former member of the Florence City Council, and a charter member of the Terpsichorean Club. He was past president of the Carolinas Lumber and Building Material Association and was a member of the Florence Kiwanis Club for over 60 years.

Mr. Maxwell was preceded in death by two sisters, Elizabeth M. Johnston and Jessie M. Anderson and two brothers, Pinckney Johnston Maxwell and Earle Wilson Maxwell.

Survivors include his wife, Clara Webb Maxwell of the home; two daughters, Adelaide M. (George) Grattan of Williamsburg, Va. and Ainslie M. (Jeff) Reynolds of Bend, Ore.; two sons, Charles B. (Barbara) Maxwell of Johnsonville and William J. (Beth) Maxwell Jr. of Williamsburg, Va.; four step-daughters, Betsy B. (Tom) Pierce and Susan B. (Ken) Pearson, both of Charlotte, Mary B. (Ernest) Graham of Marion and Cathy B. (Mike) Herndon of Lexington; two sisters, Margaret M. (Howard) Mueller and Ainslie M. Taylor, both of Florence; a brother, E. Rivers Maxwell of Lamar; grandchildren, Gil Grattan, Tyler Reynolds, Ainslie Reynolds, Elliott Maxwell, Jim Maxwell, Elizabeth Maxwell, William J. Maxwell III, and Allen Maxwell; step-grandchildren, Elizabeth Herndon, Emily Herndon, Allison Graham, David Graham, Becky Graham and Nate Pearson; two great-grandchildren, Will Grattan and Trudy Grattan.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 700 Park Avenue, Florence, SC 29501; Presbyterian Home of S.C., 2350 W. Lucas St., Florence, SC 29501; or to the charity of one's choice.

Daily Press, December 9, 2002¹⁶⁸

ADELAIDE B. O'NEAL

Adelaide Butler O'Neal, 78, of Williamsburg died Dec. 7, 2002, after a long illness.

Pinkie, as she was known, earned her bachelor's degree from Sweet Briar College and her masters of education degree from the College of William and Mary. She founded and served as administrator of All Saint's Episcopal Day School in Florence, S.C. After moving to Virginia, she worked as a counselor at York High School and then as director of guidance for the York County School System. She owned and operated the Mermaid Tavern at Jamestown for a number of years.

Mrs. O'Neal served as a member of the board of directors of the Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce, Teen Homes Inc., The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the A.P.V.A., the Williamsburg Garden Club, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a member of the altar guild and was appointed to the vestry at Bruton Parish Church. She served on the boards of the city of Williamsburg Industrial Development Authority, Williamsburg Landing, and Williamsburg Community Hospital.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack D. O'Neal, and is survived by two daughters, Adelaide Grattan of Williamsburg and Ainslie Reynolds of Bend, Oregon; two sons, Dr. Charles Maxwell of Johnsonville, S.C., and William J. Maxwell Jr. of Williamsburg; eight grandchildren, George Grattan III, Ainslie B. Reynolds, Jeffrey T. Reynolds, Charles E. Maxwell, James B. Maxwell, Elizabeth B. Maxwell, William J. Maxwell III, and W. Allen Maxwell; and two great-grandchildren, William D. Grattan and Trudie C. Grattan.

A memorial service will be held Monday Dec. 9, 2002, at 2 p.m. at Bruton Parish Church. Memorial contributions may be sent to Alzheimer's Association, 161-B John Jefferson Square, Suite 5, Williamsburg, VA 23185 or to Bruton Parish Church, Box BP, Williamsburg, VA 23187.