Alonzo Worth Gault
(Supervisor-
D.E
Converse
Co.
/ Glendale Mills)
Story furnished by Clarence
Crocker
Alonzo Worth Gault came to
Glendale in 1892 and except for a four year period during which time he
worked as a salesman for a clothing store in Spartanburg, his entire
life of working days was spent with Glendale Mills. Employed at the age
of 14, he worked at Glendale until his retirement in 1945. He was the
Cotton Platform and outside workers Supervisor which entailed unloading
and grading all incoming bales of cotton. He personally checked all
cotton for quality before being processed. “Lon” as he was known
called, estimated that he had graded some 400,000 bales of cotton
during the time he served in that position.
Mr. Gault was born February
11, 1878 in Wilkinsville in Cherokee County South Carolina, the son of
the Reverend Sidney D. and Harriett Burgess Gault. He was married to
Mrs. Alice Harper Gault and they built for themselves a lovely home
just across the river from the mill on the Bethesda/Glendale road where
they were living at the time of their death. The road is now called the
Emma Cudd Road. They became the parents of one son, Harper S. Gault who
became the advertising manager for the Rock Hill Herald, Rock Hill,
S.C.
They were members of the
Glendale Methodist Church where Mr. Gault had served as Sunday School
Superintendent. He was serving as a Trustee of the Glendale Elementary
school at the time of his death. This writer knew Mr. Gault as a
friend, a fine, quite, likeable Christian gentlemen who was appreciated
by all who knew him. I never heard a single person speak ill of him.
Mr. Gault died on Monday
night April 26, 1949 at his home following a 4 week period of illness.
His obituary published in the Spartanburg Herald on April 27, 1949
stated that he was survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Harper Gault; his
son, Harper S. Gault; two brothers, A. Pierce and H. Forney Gault of
Glendale; three sisters, Mrs. A. L. Davis and Mrs. J. O. Hellams of
Glendale and Mrs. F. C. Ledbetter of Greenville; also 2
granddaughters.
Funeral services were held at
the Glendale Methodist Church with interment following in the Glendale
Community Cemetery, Rev. W.R. Carter and Rev. Timothy Hottel
officiating. Pallbearers were, Will Quinn, Oscar Baker, Will Morgan,
John DuPre, Elbert Hopper and William D. Murray. Overseers of the mill
who served with Mr. Gault served as Honorary escort.
Mrs. Alice Harper Gault died
January 13, 1964. Services were held in the Glendale Methodist Church
with interment following in the Glendale Community Cemetery along side
of her husband.
