COLUMBIA — After a 100-year life that shifted from segregation to reconciliation, Strom Thurmond was eulogized Tuesday by black and white, Democrat and Republican, as a man who redeemed himself ...

I hope you are doing nicely, and with best wishes, Sincerely, Strom Thurmond." On Dec. 8, 1968, Thurmond announced his engagement to Moore. They were married two weeks later, on Dec. 22, 1968.