VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTINGS

THE REV.CLEMENTAC.PINCKNEY,41

Pinckney, the pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, was also a South Carolina state senator. Just one year after graduating from Allen University, a historically black college, in 1995, Pinckney became, at 23, the youngest African-American elected to the South Carolina Legislature. In 2000, he was elected to the state Senate. Pinckney began preaching at age 13 and was named Emanuel’s pastor in 2010.

TYWANZASANDERS,26

Sanders had graduated from Allen University last year and worked full time as a barber to pay his bills. He was proud of his degree in business administration from Allen, but told a friend that he wanted to go to graduate school to learn about music production.

SUSIEJACKSON,87

Jackson, who was Sanders’aunt, was a longtime Emanuel churchgoer in a spiritually rooted family who considered church going as non-negotiable.

SHARONDACOLEMAN-SINGLETON,45

Coleman-Singleton, who was on the church’s ministerial staff, held two roles at Goose Creek High School. She was a speech therapist and coached the girls’track and field team — the kind of school booster who could never be missed at games because of all the shouting and cheering.

CYNTHIAHURD,54

A librarian for 31 years for the Charleston County library system, Hurd named Maya Angelou as her favorite author. The Charleston City Council announced Thursday that it would rename the St. Andrews library branch in her honor.

DEPAYNE MIDDLETON-DOCTOR,49

A minister who loved to sing, she had retired from county government as head of the Community Development Block Grant Program in 2005. Last year, she joined her former school, Southern Wesleyan University, as the admissions coordinator. Middleton-Doctor had gotten a master’s degree in management from there.

ETHELLEE LANCE,70

Like others attending the Bible study, Lance was dedicated to Emanuel. She was a sexton at the church and had worked there for three decades, her grandson said.

MYRATHOMPSON,59

Thompson had traveled to Emanuel from Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church, the church where her husband, the Rev. Anthony Thompson, serves as vicar, to join the study group.

THE REV.DANIELLEE SIMMONS SR.,74

He was a retired pastor from another church but would regularly stop by Emanuel, according to his daughter-inlaw, Arcelia Simmons.