When Second Presbyterian Church was organized in a meeting room in the Washington Street Presbyterian Church (i.e. First) on March 17, 1892 there were twenty-seven members including Robert Addison and Alice (Hipp) Means.  However, Robert’s membership at Second was short lived because the session minutes for June 9, 1895, show that he, his wife Alice is not mentioned, was dismissed to the Washington Street Presbyterian Church.  From the session minutes, it appears that Mrs. Means remained a member of Second while her husband was a member of Washington Street.  The obituaries for the Means comment that they were active members of Second Church at the times of their deaths.  R. A. Means returned to Second when he was received by certificate of transfer from First Church during the session meeting of Feb. 18, 1912.  On June 2, 1912, R. A. Means, R. L. Simpson, and George A. Buist were elected elders.  Mr. Means and R. L. Simpson, who both had been ordained elders previously, were installed two weeks later, but George A. Buist requested a delay of his ordination and installation for reasons that were not specified.  Professor George Buist, who taught chemistry at Furman, was ordained and installed on Dec. 22, 1912.

            Funeral services for Robert A. [Addison] Means, Sr., pioneer Greenville county resident, will be held at 4:00 this afternoon at Second Presbyterian Church, of which he was an officer.

            Mr. Means died Friday afternoon at his home on the Saluda Dam Road, having just passed his 82nd birthday.

            He is survived by Mrs. Means and the following children:  J. E. Means, Mrs. P. Frank Cunningham, Mrs. Thomas H. Moore, and R. A. Means, Jr., all of Greenville.  Sixteen grandchildren also survive, as does a brother, J. S. Means of Fort Worth, Tex.  Members of Camp Pulliam [Commander, G. W. Sirrine], U. C. V. [United Confederate Veterans] are asked to meet at the church at 4 o’clock as an honorary escort.  Mr. Means was acting major on the staff of Brig. Gen. W. H. Coly, commander of the second brigade.  U. C. V. members of the session of the church are asked to meet at the church at 4 o’clock also as honorary pallbearers.  They are:  G. A. Buist, M. O. Alexander, H. W. Allen, P. W. Seyle, T. J. Seyle, J. N. Hall, D. W. Cochrane, Sr., E. G. Mallard, Sr., and Frank E. Taylor.  The following are asked to serve as active pallbearers:  John H. Taylor, Frank H. Earle, Walter P. White, W. Kirk Allen, W. G. Gresham, W. E. Holbrook, Milton G. Smith, W. H. Smith, C. M. Ware, and E. O. Todd.

            The service will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Flournoy Shepperson and the interment will be made in the family plot in Springwood Cemetery.

            Mrs. Alice Hipp Means, widow of the late Robert A. Means, prominent resident of this city who died March 12, 1926, passed away at 9 o’clock tonight at the residence on the Saluda Dam Road, following several months of illness.

            Mrs. Means was a native of Newberry, County, where she was born on January 26, 1851.  When a girl the family moved to Greenville where the family are well known and have many friends who will be saddened by the news of her passing.

            She was a charter member of the Second Presbyterian Church and was always active in all activities of the church as long as her health would permit.

            Mrs. Means is survived by two sons and one daughter, J. Ed Means and Robert A. Means, Jr., and Mrs. P. F. Cunningham, all of Greenville.  One sister, Mrs. Nellie H. Mackey of Greenville, also survives together with 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

            Funeral services conducted by her pastor, the Rev. Dr. Flournoy Shepperson, will be held at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Mackey mortuary.  The interment will be made in the family plot in Springwood Cemetery.

            The following will serve as the active pallbearers:  W. Ben Smith, R. J. Newton, W. G. Gresham, E. O. Todd, Frank Earle and T. M. Cochran.

            The escort of honor will be composed of the elders and deacons of the Second Presbyterian Church.

            Until the hour of the service the body will remain at the Mackey mortuary.