Helen Tolerico
Feb 10, 2024
MILL SPRING – Helen Fowler Tolerico, 94, of Mill Spring, passed away, Saturday evening, February 10, 2024, at Autumn Care of Saluda. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Jesse LeRoy Fowler and Bertha Teague Fowler and wife of the late Salvador Tolerico who passed away in 2000. Upon retirement, she and Salvador moved from...
Betty Sellers
Feb 9, 2024
COLUMBUS – Betty Rae Hart Sellers, 89, of Columbus, passed away, Friday morning, February 9, 2024, at her home. A native of Polk County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Ray Hart and Evelyn Ritchey Hart and wife of the late Al Sellers who passed away in 2016. Mrs. Sellers and her family moved to several states and...
Margaret Crater
Feb 8, 2024
Margaret Case Crater, 76, passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2024. Margaret was the daughter of the late Thomas M. and Catherine Robinson Case. She was a proud fan of the Atlanta Braves. Margaret was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Tryon, North Carolina. In addition to her parents, Margaret was predeceased by her husband, Jerry...
Sylvia Elaine Wilkins
Feb 6, 2024
Tryon, NC- Sylvia Elaine Wilkins, 62, went Home to Eternity on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at Spartanburg Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. Elaine was born in Tryon, NC and was the daughter of the late Wesley Garfield Waddell and Helen Wilkins. Elaine worked as a cook for many years at Polk Vocational Services. After her time there, she worked as...
Bobbie Wilson
Feb 2, 2024
Bobbie Kay Wilson, 74, of Tryon, NC passed away on Friday, Feburary 2, 2024 at White Oak of Tryon. Bobbie was born and raised in Polk County, NC. She was employed by St. Luke's Hospital for over 40 years and worked there until her retirement. She was a loving wife and mother. Bobbie was preceded in death by her parents,...
John Fowler
Jan 25, 2024
John Fowler passed away on January 25, 2024 after listening to The Lincoln Highway with Barbara. His favorite character was Billy. John was born in Chicago on April 10, 1949, the son of Dr. John and Beatrice Fowler. He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois among a great array of family and friends. He lived a life with Barbara filled...
Clarence Hartman
Jan 23, 2024
Landrum, SC- Clarence Peter Hartman, 94, passed away on January 23, 2024 at his home. Pete proudly served his country in the Navy, enlisting in January of 1945 and serving until January 1947. In 1949, he re-enlisted in the Navy and in 1960 he was commissioned as an Ensign. He served until his retirement April 1st, 1971, as a Lt....
Andy Metcalf
Jan 23, 2024
SUNNY VIEW – William "Andy" Metcalf, 74, of Sunny View, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 23, 2024, at Upstate Community Hospice House in Landrum. A native and lifelong resident of Polk County, Andy was the son of the late Elbert Metcalf and Addie Bradley Metcalf. Andy was a 1967 graduate of Polk Central High School. Following graduation, he went onto...
William Tinney
Jan 18, 2024
Tryon, NC-William Joseph Tinney, V., 75, of Tryon, NC passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Born in Bryan, TX, he was the son of the late William Joseph Tinney, Jr. and Helen Lockhart Tinney. He proudly served his country in the Navy and Army reserves. He was employed by Michelin Tire until his...
Betty Sutton
Jan 17, 2024
TRYON – Betty Joane Sutton, 94, of Tryon, passed away, Wednesday evening, January 17, 2024 at White Oak Manor of Tryon. A native of Polk County, she was the daughter of the late Broadus McKee and Leona Lynch McKee. She worked for many years as a Medical Technologist in Charlotte. After retirement, she returned to Polk County and was very...
Roger Janney
Jan 12, 2024
SIMPSONVILLE -- Roger Allen Janney, 72, of Simpsonville, passed away January 12 th , 2024. He was born in Pikeville, Kentucky on February 14 th , 1951, to Hursel Janney Sr. and Kelsie Bishop Janney. Mr. Janney was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps having served in Vietnam. He went on to serve as an officer with...
William Andrew Lee
Jan 11, 2024
William Andrew Lee, age 29, of Asheville, North Carolina went to his heavenly home on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital, SC after a tragic hiking accident. He was born in Knoxville, TN, on May 25th, 1994 and was the son of Rick and Amy Mueller Lee of Tryon, NC and brother of Caroline Lee of Birmingham, AL....
Miriam Miller
Jan 10, 2024
Miriam Barbara (Hostetler) Miller, 58, of Forest City, NC went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday January 10, 2024. Miriam was born in Lewisburg, PA and was the daughter of Frannie Hostetler and the late Rudy Hostetler. Miriam was a loving and devoted mother. She was also devoted to her daily devotions and serving the Lord. She...
Donald Bradley
Jan 9, 2024
Tryon, North Carolina. Donald Gene Bradley, 82, of Tryon, North Carolina, died January 9, 2024, due to complications of Alzheimer's and Covid-19 with his wife and sons by his side. Don was born in Pitcher, Oklahoma in 1941 to the late Howard S. Bradley and Corrine M. Bradley. As a teenager he lived in Miami, Florida. A small town then,...
Martha Brinson
Jan 9, 2024
Martha Kerr Brinson, passed away on January 9, 2024 at the age of 103. She was born on the family farm in Iredell County, North Caroling on November 30, 1920. She married Lewis Brinson and they moved to Daytona Beach, Florida where they raised their two children, Delores, and David. While living in Daytona Beach, Martha was very active in...
William "Bill" Ingham
Jan 5, 2024
William Preston Ingham, Jr. (Bill), 72, died Friday, January 5, 2024 at his home on Glengarnock Road in Tryon, NC. Bill was born in Greenville, SC and was the son of the late Frances Geraldine Griffin Ingham and William Preston Ingham, Sr. Bill's father was in the army and the family traveled often. Bill lived in Germany, San Francisco, CA...
Darren Cochran
Dec 29, 2023
Columbus, NC— Darren Arden Cochran, 60 years old, passed away on December 29 th 2023 at The Hospice House in Landrum, SC after suffering from a long illness of Alzheimer's disease. He was born in Las Vegas, NV and was the son of Ralph Elton Cochran and the late Sue Ann McClanahan Cochran. He was a graduate of Polk Central...
William Phar
Dec 27, 2023
SALUDA -- William Erwin Phar, 82, of Saluda, passed away Wednesday afternoon, December 27, 2023 at the Elizabeth House. No services are planned.
Richard Mott
Dec 26, 2023
Richard Carson Mott, age 69, 3531 Big Level Road Mill spring, NC passed away peacefully at his home on December 26th, 2023. He was born in Orlando, Florida. He was the son of Carson and Juanita Mott. He received his high school diploma from the state of Florida in 1974 and then graduated on the deans list from Western Carolina...
Edith Brammer
Dec 24, 2023
TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA -- On Christmas Eve 2023, Edith Marie Sparks Brammer, 78, left this earthly world to join the heavenly angels in song to rejoice with our Lord and Savior. Edith was born in Greensboro, NC, on August 15, 1945, to the late Garlis Hugh and Grace Wagoner Sparks. She married James Woody Brammer, on February 24, 1963, and...
