[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 92 (Monday, June 3, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                     IN MEMORY OF HAMPTON CAUGHMAN

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 3, 2019

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, Lexington County and 
South Carolina were blessed with the Caughman Twins, Hampton and 
Raymond, as extraordinary civic leaders. Sadly, Raymond passed away 
March 28th and now Hamp passed away June 1st. Below is the loving 
obituary of June 3rd from The State newspaper.

                      Hampton Caughman (1927-2019)

       Hampton Sox Caughman--Lexington. Funeral services for 
     Hampton Sox Caughman, 92, of Lexington, SC will be held at 
     4:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Saint David Lutheran 
     Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The 
     family will receive friends on Monday, June 3, 2019 from 5:00 
     p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Caughman Harman Funeral Home, 
     Lexington Chapel. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be 
     made to St. David Lutheran Church Building Fund, 132 St. 
     David's Church Rd., West Columbia, SC 29170 or to ``Take One 
     Make One'' c/o SCDNR, P.O. Box 167, Columbia SC 29202 with 
     funds designated to Thomas Caughman Memorial. Hampton passed 
     away on Saturday, June 1, 2019. He was born on January 10, 
     1927 to the late Willie Morgan and Mary Catherine Sox 
     Caughman. In addition to his parents, Hampton was also 
     preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Betty Dye 
     Caughman, sisters Evelyn Segelken, Zela Boozer, Sue Shull, 
     Henry Etta Frye, Virginia Shull and brothers Henry Morgan 
     Caughman, Elford Caughman, Raymond Caughman and Kenneth 
     Caughman. He was also predeceased by his beloved grandson, 
     Army Specialist Thomas Day Caughman. Hampton is survived by 
     his son Hampton S. Caughman Jr. and his wife Jane Day 
     Caughman and their daughter Lisa Caughman. He is also 
     survived by his daughter Carol Caughman and her son Connor 
     Caughman Hild. Hampton was a WWII Army Veteran who served in 
     China from 1945-1946. In 1949 he began a 32 year career in 
     the retail grocery business as a partner in Frye & Caughman 
     Grocery in West Columbia. He opened the first supermarket in 
     Lexington in 1964, Hamp's Red and White. Hampton was one of 
     the organizers of the Food Retailer Association of South 
     Carolina, serving as its President from 1958-1959 and was, 
     South Carolina's Grocer of the Year in 1974. In 1961, 
     Governor Fritz Hollings appointed Hampton to the South 
     Carolina Dairy Commission and in 1975 when he tried to 
     resign, the Governor appointed him Chairman and he served in 
     that capacity until 1981. Hampton was one of the organizers 
     of the Lexington Rotary Club, served as its first President, 
     was Rotarian of the Year in 1971, and named as a Paul Harris 
     Fellow in 1990. He served as the Chairman of the Rotary Club 
     Horse Show for 30 years and was recently honored for his 50 
     years of service to that club. He and his twin brother 
     Raymond's hobby was tiding and showing Tennessee Walking 
     Horses. Every morning at 5:00 a.m., they would get up to 
     ride, feed and water their horses. Hampton was a member of 
     and President of both the South Carolina Walking Horse 
     Association and the South Carolina Horse Show Association, 
     and was named Horseman of the Year in 1977. Upon closing 
     Hamp's Red & White, he and his wife Betty opened Caughman's 
     Catering and were well known for their country style steak 
     and gravy and delicious banana pudding. Later Hampton earned 
     his real estate agent license and worked with McGee Realtors 
     until he retired in 2012. Hampton was very active in the Boy 
     Scouts of America and was given the Silver Beaver Award for 
     Distinguished Service to Boyhood in 1974. Hampton was twice 
     awarded the ``Key to the City'' by the Town of Lexington and 
     ``The Order of the Silver Crescent'' by Governor Nikki Haley 
     in 2015. Hampton was a very active member of St. David 
     Lutheran Church for 92 years. He was Chairman of the Property 
     Committee for 60 years, sang in the choir and was very active 
     with the St. David Lutheran Men. Hampton was a very loving, 
     caring husband, grandfather, father, brother and friend who 
     will be remembered for always putting the concern of others 
     before him. He will be greatly missed by many people.

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