Area's last cotton gin owner dies at age 75.

From: Herald (Rock Hill, SC) | Date: July 14, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Andrew Dys

Jul. 14--The last York County cotton gin died three years ago. Almost to the day, the last ginner is now dead, too.

Warren Chappell, "Pete" Chappell to everybody all his life, died late Thursday after an illness, his daughter Nancy said. He was 75.

"Few -- if any -- ginned cotton like Pete Chappell," said Rock Hill cotton broker Leslie Moore, a friend and peer all his life. "He had the feel. Right heat, right moisture. The cotton...

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