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100 Things That Made My Year 2022

Austin Kleon’s 100 Things That Made My Year lists, which inspired this one.

That it finally felt like an actual year and not like I’ve been sitting, unmoving, in the same chair like it had for the past two years. Starting to feel more like myself again. 

Starting a new job, this time in small publishing at Hub City Press, on a small but mighty team. Can’t believe I applied for the job about 15 minutes before the application window closed…a good reminder to not procrastinate and just do the thing. 

Learning more about small presses and independent publishers. (If you so happen to need a decentralize publishing t-shirt…) 

Bookshop cat, Zora, and illustrating postcards and even a tote with her on it

Keeping in touch with my bookseller friends from Avid Bookshop…

Including a visit from my bookseller friend Elizabeth in October and having what felt like a sixth grade sleepover weekend (eating snacks in a cemetery, wandering around on foot, hanging out in the kitchen, watching cartoons, talking good nonsense) and hunting the giant skeletons of Spartanburg.  

And taking the Amtrak to Atlanta (the stations in Spartanburg and Atlanta reminded me a lot of the one in Poughkeepsie with the wooden benches; I love a fall train ride)

to go to another bookseller friend’s wedding! It was exclusively fun and games with a magical forest ceremony. I also got to eat the best rectangular potatoes I’ve maybe ever eaten.

My new apartment. Very grateful for my parents’ help with the entire terrible moving process and the delirious roadtrip to get here. Also for the lamps they bought me for Christmas. (Also my entire life and livelihood, just basic things.) Getting out of Florida!! Filling up my space with art and books and snacks. Sitting with the backdoor open and reading when the weather is nice. Having a dishwasher, a laundry room in the basement, and windows that actually face the sun. 

Space & calmness

Living next to the library and being able to walk to work.  Libraries and living across the street from one.

Biking around town, especially down the rail trail. 

The y’all giraffe. The yellow ginkgo leaves. The clouds reflected in the distorted mirrors on top of the fire station. Corporate Denny’s park. The creepy little art park and its riddles. The best-stocked little free library that tells you how far the actual library is. The trains in every direction.

My surprise, last-minute New York trip earlier this year, where I got to see old friends in person again. Visiting familiar places; new and old bookshops (Yu & Me Books! Terrace Books! Codex! McNally Jackson!); bagels; Mitsuwa in Fort Lee; snow in late March; walking and wandering. 

Tofu Takes Time coming out in April and the incredible virtual launch party at Avid Bookshop!

WOODEN OVERCOATS!!!!!!!!! Becoming completely obsessed (making fanart, joining a discord server levels…) with this charmingly dark British comedy about rival funeral homes. Listening to the last season as it came out and streaming the liveshows. 

Subsequently diving into the wacky, imaginative world of audio drama. Some highlights: Wolf 359. The Axe & Crown. Life with Leo(h). (Please send more recommendations.)

Other podcasts: Books Unbound. Dear Hank and John. SciShow Tangents. The annual episode of Home Cooking. Houseguest interviews.

North Carolina Thanksgiving with family and dogs in pajamas

Going wedding dress shopping with my sister :-O

Dori dog, always

Launching a new online art shop (and finally being free of Etsy!) Paper JAM Studios with friends

Tabling at the local art pop-up at Pharmacy Coffee and meeting creative people

TV: Better Things. Ted Lasso. Dickinson, season 3. Only Murders in the Building, season 2. Never Have I Ever, season 3. The Owl House. Abbott Elementary. Anything  Goes on PBS. Rewatching Bee and Puppycat. A little bit of Doctor Who because of this interview with David K. Barnes, head writer of Wooden Overcoats. 

Going to the movies with my parents to see Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Bob’s Burgers Movie, and Downton Abbey: A New Era.

Keeping up my Duolingo streak (day 962 as I type this)...still gamifying French, but also starting Mandarin again because I always disappoint desperate Chinese tourists in transportation hubs.

Cooking. Notably pan-fried scallion steamed buns, accordion potatoes, and shrimp toast

Soup! Finally finding this recipe and figuring out how to make this zucchini soup that my host family made a bunch in France. Trader Joe’s corn poblano chowder. Various potato soups.

Receiving potato gifts this year: a potato cookbooklet, potato-shaped soap (a gift from a previous year, but I’m finally using it), and a straight up bag of red potatoes 

Giving my dad and sister personalized book subscriptions for Christmas where I send them each a book based on their tastes every other month. My dad is a voracious, eclectic, and picky reader and my sister’s tastes are pretty different than mine, so it’s going to be an interesting challenge! 

Speaking of books…I got more into poetry this year: The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón, When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen, and Cleave by Tiana Nobile became instant favorites. Watched the livestream of Ada Limón’s U.S. Poet Laureate inauguration and enjoyed hearing her read her work aloud. 

Enjoyed a lot of graphic novels/memoirs: Landings by Arwen Donahue. Ducks by Kate Beaton. Scout is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong. Mamo by Sas Milledge. Cyclopedia Exotica by Aminder Dhaliwal. 

Stayed true to my kid lit sensibilities. Favorite picture books: Mina by Matthew Forsythe. If You Were a City by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Francesca Sanna. Mac Barnett’s and Jon Klassen’s hilarious, genius retelling of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. 

Favorite Middle Grade: Hither & Nigh by Ellen Potter.

Favorite YA: The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes. The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan. 

And fairytales. Happily by Sabrina Orah Mark contains the most creative fairytale analysis mixed with memoir writing about these stories deep in our bones. Another upcoming release that I read early: Kelly Link’s latest collection of short stories, White Cat, Black Dog. My favorite stories in the collection are “The White Cat’s Divorce”, “The Lady and the Fox”, and “Skinder’s Veil.” Did you also know she runs a bookshop with her husband, Gavin J. Grant, Book Moon, where you can join the Moonlight Club? She also occasionally co-edits the zine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet at Small Beer Press. If there’s a magic potion for it, I’d like to be Kelly Link when I grow up. 

Reading the Moomin comics during the summer and learning more about Tove Jansson’s life

Rereading the Olivia Kidney books

Enchanted Lion Books and their latest imprint-in-progress, Unruly

My epic pre-move flip flop tan and my closet consisting of 3 gray shirts (a button down, a sweater, and a sweatshirt–good for all occasions when I had to change out of my daily  uniform of gym shorts and tie dyed t-shirts)

Going through old stuff in my room while packing to move out. My neon orange PayDay wallet with the following inside: my Des Plaines Public Library card, a pool pass, a ticket to visit the Colosseum, 3 Disney World key cards, a National Jr.  Honor Society membership card, a name meaning prayer card, a Blockbuster receipt, a Borders gift card, a Books-A-Million discount card, two $2 bills, and my old Food Bazaar card from Queens. Drawings from elementary school, mostly of girls, princesses, horses, and Golden Retrievers. A friendship checkbook. My tiny retainer from fifth grade. Non-roll crayons. 

Flipping through journal entries from the same date, years ago

Listening to more music this year

Lady Lamb!! Her lyrics are like poetry--visceral and crammed full of haunting imagery. Her song structures are also unconventional, going from melancholic to upbeat and back again. Favorites: Crane Your Neck, Regarding Ascending the Staircase, Hair to the Ferris Wheel, Vena Cava, Billions of Eyes, Even in the Tremor, The Nothing Part II, Milkduds, We’ve Got a Good Thing Going On, Rooftop, Dear Arkansas Daughter.

Ezra Furman, particularly: Restless Year (for first half of the year) and Watch You Go By (second half)

Also these songs

Looking at the sky

My New York plant Alex is miraculously still alive!

Slow mornings with no technology. Breakfast with coffee and crossword puzzles. 

Karlotta Freir’s illustrations were SO. GOOD. this year, and she was also so generous in providing art resources, advice, and community. 

Making collages

Of art that I made this year, these are my favorites: Skunk. Bat. Daydreamer

Animal Adventures Week

Making more comics, like this journal comic, this script-based one, and this lyric-based one.  

Banana Pocky sticks

Eating strawberries all summer long after having been a lifelong strawberry hater 

Strawberry banana smoothies

Practicing ukulele again

Zoom Ballet

This ABT and Nationale Opera & Ballet gargouillade showdown cracked me up.

Getting an Edible Arrangement with chocolate dipped pineapple flowers for my birthday

Kelli Anderson’s kinetic paper sculptures

Substacks, blogs, and newsletters: Robin Sloan. Rebecca Green (Her Patreon is an incredible illustration resource, especially if you’re working on picture books). Magali Franov. Slow Motion Multitasking by Julia Pott. Slowpoke by Carson Ellis (especially the Butter & Egg Parade post and the Egg Sisters series). Comfort Soup by Dasha Tolstikova.  

Playing phone puzzle games: Tile Snap. Boo! Water Sort. 

Revisiting The Enchanted Bookshop comic for Inktober/Spooptober and making a Goodnight Moon parody

Doing JaNoWriMo (NaNoWriMo, but in January, when it’s less hectic) with my writing group at the beginning of the year and writing the beginnings to a lot of fun, weird short stories (2022 was about starting things or muddling through the middle, and I hope 2023 will be about finishing them). 

Also writing a few abecedarian microstories

Reading picture books over video calls to writing group

Creative projects, especially ones in collaboration with friends

Starting new art and writing projects

Thinking about bookshop astrology (more on this later) 

Remembering more of my dreams

YouTube: TwoSetViolin, This Savannah Brown video, Jessica Richburg yoga. Leena Norms, Honeybunch of Onion Tops, Simone Giertz, Furry Little Peach, Rosianna Halse Rojas, Marion Honey, Megan Wang, AnswerinProgress, ItsRadishTime, Leigh Ellexson, Frannerd, Ariel Bissett’s DIY home renovation 

This short film

Walking around Falls Park with Sarah and Kevin in Greenville

Cutting my own hair a bunch of times and then letting it grow really long again

Art Patreon: Frannerd, Rebecca Green, Jamie Green 

Daily 11am coffee break walk

Finishing a sketchbook and starting a new one. Getting new art supplies like caran d’ache crayons and colorful inks.

Painting with an underlayer of ink, and then using gouache and colored pencil

Lost my aunt this year (she was an ex-nun and still really sharp even at 90 years old), but she got to see my finished picture book, and I’m grateful that I had a nice phone call with her in the spring. 

Making jiaozi with my parents for Lunar New Year and with Dad and Sarah on Christmas Eve

Tumblr continuing to be tumblr and Daily Dracula (in theory, not in practice cause I can’t read my emails that consistently, but what a great concept) and the endless stream of art, animation, poems, and weird bits of information

Continuing to avoid covid *knock on wood*

Keeping in touch with faraway friendships thanks to phone calls, letters, texts, and FaceTime

Voice notes with Kandace and Natalie

Hearing updates from friends and seeing them make big moves (Getting book deals! Getting promotions! Getting engaged! Getting married! Having kids! Buying houses! Quitting their jobs! Moving! Reevaluating what they want! Realizing there’s no one right way to live your life!)

Monthly video calls with my publishing mentor/friend who doesn’t work in publishing anymore

Spicy hot chocolate and peppermint Christmas lattes.

My dad texting videos and pictures from around Edward Gorey’s house/museum to me while he was on a business trip to Cape Cod

Running around the office as a sheet ghost

Being around people who say funny things and writing down quotes again

Going on a quest to find the kudzu-eating goats

Crispy tofu from Monsoon

Jalapeño Cheetos popcorn

Being out of high school for 10 years now and thinking about what I’ve done and made and where I lived and how I’ve changed and grown in that decade

Getting a surprise care package from Avid with intriguing ARCs and a bookmarked essay in an issue of the New Yorker about Margaret Wise Brown 

Enjoying (mild) seasons again

Feeling a lot better now than when I started the year

#2022 #year in review #100 things that made my year #100 things #recommendations

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We’re in the Midwest and stoked for week 2 of the Right to Remain Defiant Tour w/ The Funeral Portrait & Oh the Horror! 5.03 Iowa City IA - Wildwood BBQ & Saloon 5.04 Chicago IL - The WC Social Club 5.05 Westland MI - The Token Lounge 5.06 Akron OH - Empire Nightclub & Lounge 5.07 Rochestor NY - Montage Music Hall 5.08 Pittsburgh PA - Preserving Underground 5.09 Baltimore MD - Angels Rock Bar Baltimore 5.11 Virginia Beach, VA - Scandals Nightclub 5.12 High Point NC - Ziggys.Space 5.13 Jacksonville NC - Hooligans Live 5.14 Spartanburg SC - GroundZero 5.15 Huntsville AL - SideTracks Music Hall 5.17 Houston TX - Scout Bar 5.18 Dallas TX - Amplified Live 5.20 Las Vegas NV - Rockstar Bar Las Vegas 5.21 Hollywood CA - Bar Sinister 📸 by @_nathanrogers (at Wildwood BBQ & Saloon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdHMf5auhQV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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8 Tips for Selecting Funeral Flower Arrangements

The loss of a loved one is excruciatingly painful for family and friends. During this tough time, the gift of a floral arrangement can be a sign of love, strength and support to the grieving. However, choosing the perfect funeral floral arrangements can be overwhelming, especially with numerous florists out there. Below are a few tips for selecting the right funeral floral arrangement.

1. Know The Flowers

Certain flowers actually carry certain meanings. Therefore, a florist would advise you to pick carefully. For instance, geraniums indicate comfort while tulips are for care or forgiveness. It's better to know what each flower signifies before getting one.

2. Know The Colors

Just as flowers mean something, their colors also indicate a different meaning. For instance, blue stands for peace or serenity while red means courage, beauty or love. If you pick a flower you love, make sure the meaning aligns with your sentiments.

3. Choose A Proper Design

Not every style of floral arrangement goes with a funeral setting. The most appropriate designs for funerals include casket arrangements, sympathy bouquets, wreaths and vases.

4. Get The Timing Right 

You must also keep in mind the time of sending the floral arrangement while selecting one. You can send floral arrangements on the day of the wake of the burial. You can also send them during the memorial service.

5. Know The Recipient

Cultural differences also come in the way of one's perception of certain flowers. For instance, Greeks often prefer white flowers during such sad times.

6. Write A Proper Message

While it can be hard to express your feelings during these times, we urge you to be mindful of the feelings of the deceased's friends and family while drafting a small message.

7. Don't Go Overboard

You have to remember that it's not always better to get bigger, flashier floral arrangements. It's always best to keep it simple and not make a large display out of it.

8. Contact A Florist ASAP

Once you know what it is you want to send, make sure you contact a florist. The last thing you want to do is send your condolences late.

Are you confused about which florist to go to? You can reach out to us at E. L. Collins Funeral Home. We offer all kinds of funeral arrangement services. You will find the perfect flower that you're looking for here.

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Edwin Augustus Harleston (b.1882 - d.1931), 'Miss Bailey with the African Shawl', oil on linen/canvas, c.1930, American, currently in the Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC, USA.

Constantly constrained by both racial barriers and family duty, Edwin Augustus Harleston, who was once described by W. E. B. DuBois as the “leading portrait painter of the race,” was never able to fully devote himself to his art. Born in Charleston, South Carolina to a prosperous African American family, “Teddy” Harleston graduated as valedictorian from the Avery Normal Institute, the first accredited secondary school for African Americans in the area. He went on to attend Atlanta University, where he studied under DuBois, a renowned scholar and future co-founder of the NAACP. His enduring relationship with DuBois fueled Harleston’s academic ambitions and political activism. Determined to rise to his mentor’s challenge to the “talented tenth,” Harleston “took seriously his moral obligation to serve as a guide for [his] race” and would later serve as the first president of the Charleston chapter of the NAACP in 1917. Following his college graduation, Harleston enrolled at the prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, foregoing his admission to Harvard. Over his six-year tenure in Boston, his instructors included Frank Benson and Edmund Tarbell; in 1924 and 1925, Harleston was a summer student at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Despite his promising start as a professional artist in Boston, Harleston was pressured by his father to return to Charleston in 1912 and assume responsibilities with the family funeral home. The tension between family obligations and artistic passion pervaded Harleston’s adult life. In 1920, he married Elise Forrest, who became a respected photographer. Two years later, the couple opened a photography studio—which included space for Edwin to paint—across the street from the Harleston Funeral Home. A first for the African American citizens of Charleston, the establishment sought “to furnish the people of this community who are interested in works of art with portraits, in the following media, oil painting, charcoal, pastel, and French crayons.” In the years that followed, Harleston met with modest success as a painter; racial prejudices and segregation prevented several high profile commissions from coming to fruition and derailed a planned 1926 exhibition of his work at the Charleston Museum. In response, Harleston turned his attention to painting working African Americans. In a 1923 letter to Elise, he explained his plan to carry on the legacy of Henry Ossawa Tanner by portraying blacks “in our varied lives and types with the classic technique and the truth, not caricatures . . . to do the dignified portrait and take the picturesque composition of arrangements or scenes showing the thousand and one interests of our group in industry, religion, general social contact.”

Harleston often used photographs taken by Elise as source material for his portraits. One example of this practice is Miss Sue Bailey with the African Shawl, widely regarded as one of the artist’s finest works. Sue Bailey, a New Yorker with extensive connections in Harlem’s cultural community, was the national traveling secretary for the YWCA and, in that role, visited Charleston to establish a high school chapter for African-American girls. The three-quarter seated pose executed in strong color, reflects the artist’s sure academic foundation and mastery of mood. Harleston was quite proud of the portrait and entered it in the 1930 Harmon Foundation Awards.

In addition to portrait commissions, Harleston also created paintings depicting many of the local figures—such as black street vendors—featured in works by other artists of the Charleston Renaissance era. In 1930, Aaron Douglas, one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance, invited Harleston to assist him in completing a mural commission at Fisk University in Nashville. Harleston readily accepted the younger painter’s offer and spent several months working on the project alongside him. The unfinished murals form a backdrop to Harleston’s 1930 portrait of Douglas, a departure from more typical neutral backgrounds seen in other portraits, like that of Miss Bailey.

Edwin Harleston died from pneumonia at the age of forty-nine in Charleston. Today, his works are represented in the collections of the Gibbes Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art, and the California African American Museum. (x)

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Some people are so lost in their own darkness that they’ll burn just to see the light. 📸 by @_nathanrogers We’re in the Midwest and stoked for week 2 of the Right to Remain Defiant Tour w/ The Funeral Portrait & Oh the Horror! 5.04 Chicago IL - The WC Social Club 5.05 Westland MI - The Token Lounge 5.06 Akron OH - Empire Nightclub & Lounge 5.07 Rochestor NY - Montage Music Hall 5.08 Pittsburgh PA - Preserving Underground 5.09 Baltimore MD - Angels Rock Bar Baltimore 5.11 Virginia Beach, VA - Scandals Nightclub 5.12 High Point NC - Ziggys.Space 5.13 Jacksonville NC - Hooligans Live 5.14 Spartanburg SC - GroundZero 5.15 Huntsville AL - SideTracks Music Hall 5.17 Houston TX - Scout Bar 5.18 Dallas TX - Amplified Live 5.20 Las Vegas NV - Rockstar Bar Las Vegas 5.21 Hollywood CA - Bar Sinister 📸 by @_nathanrogers (at The WC Social Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdI6SinuVJb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Ramona Lee Robinette Milwood

Ramona Lee Robinette Milwood, 90, of Pacolet, SC died Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at Physical Rehabilitation and Wellness Center of Spartanburg. Born September 20, 1930 in Pacolet Mills, SC, she was the daughter of the late Amos Lloyd and Lucille Hodge Robinette and wife of the late Jack Ray Milwood Sr. A graduate of Pacolet High School, Mrs. Milwood loved her family, Jessie Wicks, dog, Bentley Alexander, longtime friends, and doing for others. She was a member of Pacolet United Methodist Church. Survivors include her son, Jack Ray Milwood Jr. (Linda) of Pacolet, SC; daughter, Dr. René M. Holden of St. Louis, MO; grandchildren, Wendy M. Rollins (Robert) of Campobello, SC, Jack R. Milwood III (Brenda Winchel) of Lorain, OH, Lee T. Holden of Miami, FL, and Nicholas S. Holden of Charleston, SC, and great-grandchildren, Samuel D. Rollins and Sophia Grace Rollins both of Campobello, SC. She was predeceased by son-in-law, Richard C. Holden Sr., and siblings, Carolyn Turner, Mary Jo Dillard, and Robert Robinette. No services are scheduled at this time. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pacolet United Methodist Church, P O Box 427, Pacolet, SC 29372 -0427. Floyd’s North Church Street Chapel from The JF Floyd Mortuary via Spartanburg Funeral

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Peggy Gaye Swofford Robinson

Peggy Gaye Swofford Robinson, 80, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, March 12, 2021, at Magnolia Manor of Spartanburg. Born April 9, 1940 in Cowpens, SC she was the daughter of the late Lewis Swofford and Ruth Sumner Swofford. A member of Croft Baptist Church, Mrs. Robinson was retired from Nestle Corporation. She is survived by her daughter, Sherry Donohue of Dacula, GA and special son, Phillip Alan Parker of Union, SC; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and sisters, Joyce Swofford of Spartanburg, SC and Nancy Swofford Richards of Colorado Springs, CO. She was predeceased by a daughter, Annette Robinson; son, Michael Robinson; brother, Joe Swofford, and sisters, Francis Swofford Berry and Polly Swofford Bullman. Visitation will be held 10:30-11:00 AM Friday, March 19, 2021 at Floyd’s Pacolet Chapel, 141 Memorial Drive, Pacolet, SC 29372. Graveside services will follow at 11:00 AM in Pacolet Memorial Gardens, conducted by The Rev. Dr. Michael Bradley. Floyd’s Pacolet Chapel from The JF Floyd Mortuary via Spartanburg Funeral

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Kenneth Ray Wynn D.D.S

Kenneth Ray Wynn, D.D.S., of Moore, S.C., passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at the age of 85, at Spartanburg Medical Center. His beloved wife Ruth was by his side. Kenneth was born on October 9, 1934, to Guy Carlton Wynn and Essie Elizabeth Ray Wynn in Fletcher, N.C. He was one of six children. Kenneth attended elementary school in Fletcher, N.C., and graduated from Forest Lake Academy in Apopka, Fla. He majored in pre-dental studies at Southern Missionary College in Collegedale, Tenn., and in 1956, Kenneth traveled west to study dentistry in the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Loma Linda, Calif. Kenneth met his sweetheart of 62 years, Montie “Ruth” Phillips, when she was studying to be a registered nurse at the Mountain Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing in Fletcher, N.C. They were married in 1958, and Ruth joined Kenneth in Loma Linda. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and graduated in 1960. Following graduation, the Wynns relocated to South Carolina, where Kenneth practiced dentistry in York, Woodruff, and Spartanburg, for 42 years, until he retired in 2002. Kenneth was loved by all his patients and well-respected by his professional colleagues. He served as secretary/treasurer and later president of the Southern Chapter of the National Association of Seventh-day Adventist Dentists. Kenneth also was a member of several professional associations and societies, including the Spartanburg County Dental Society, Piedmont District Dental Society, South Carolina Dental Association, American Dental Association, Loma Linda University Alumni Association, Century Club of Loma Linda University, and the National Association of Seventh-day Adventist Dentists. A member of the Spartanburg Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kenneth devoted much of his life to serving his community and church. He held a variety of church offices throughout his life. Kenneth was chair of the Finance Committee when the existing church was built on John B. White Sr. Blvd. He also was instrumental in co-founding the first Pathfinder youth club at the Spartanburg Church. Kenneth was known for his untiring love and devotion for his Savior, family, and his many friends who also remember him for his wit, wisdom, kindness, and ever-present smile. His loved ones trust he is resting in Jesus until He returns at the Second Coming to reunite families. Kenneth’s hobbies included writing poetry for many friends, family members, and special events. He loved photography, painting, sculpting, wood turning, wood carving, and baking cookies and bread. Survivors include his wife Ruth of Moore, S.C.; daughters, Deborah Wynn of Moore, Diane Thurber (Gary) of Lincoln, Neb., and Denise Hagerty of New Braunfels, Texas; grandchildren, Ryan Thurber (Baylie) of Colorado, Justin Thurber of Fla., J.D. Hagerty (Alicia) of Texas, and Sam Hagerty (Bianca) of Texas; great-grandchildren, Aviana Hagerty and Jack Hagerty of Texas; sister-in-law, Hilda Sheets of Georgia, brother-in-law, Dr. Edward Cranford of N.C., and many beloved nieces and nephews. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Irving Wynn, Wilton Wynn, and Lowell Wynn, and sisters, Elouise (Wynn) Smith and Eileen (Wynn) Cranford. A celebration of Kenneth’s life will be held at a later date. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Greeneville, Tenn. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to the Pathfinder Youth Club of the Spartanburg Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1217 John B. White Sr. Blvd., Spartanburg, SC 29306. Floyd’s North Church Street Chapel from The JF Floyd Mortuary via Spartanburg Funeral

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Caleb Ryan Hollingsworth

Caleb Ryan Hollingsworth, 32, of Spartanburg, SC died Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 30, 1988 in Spartanburg, SC he was the son of Annette Hollingsworth Riley (Kevin) of Woodruff, SC, and the late Jeffrey Vernon Lee. Caleb was an insurance coach with Sitel Group and a member of Beaver Hills Baptist Church. He loved telling corny jokes, Pokémon Go, Clemson football, all sports, and was a huge history buff. In addition to his mother and step-father, he is survived by his fiancée, Rachel Howard of Spartanburg, SC and her daughter, Zoey Howard of Woodruff, SC; sisters, Kady Freeman (Cameron) of Inman, SC, Kendall Richards of Duncan, SC, and Claire Riley of Woodruff, SC; maternal grandmother, Susie Mahaffey of Simpsonville, SC; fraternal grandmother, Betty Lee of Moore, SC; great-grandmother, Betty Parker of Simpsonville, SC; nephews, Asher, August, and Anders Freeman; aunt, Sherry Wandtke (Don) of Greenville, SC; uncle, Jasper Lee of Moore, SC; special uncle, Larry Hollingsworth Jr. (Charity) of Gray Court, SC; many cousins and friends; special friends, Ashton and Angel Ezell, and Lewis Nix, and Miss Kitty Le Blanc, his cat. A visitation will be held 4:00-6:00 PM Sunday, April 18, 2021, at Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel, 2075 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29307. Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel from The JF Floyd Mortuary via Spartanburg Funeral

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David Edward Tate

David Edward Tate, 80, died April 8, 2021 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. He was born June 23, 1940 in the Republic of Panama. Son of the late Jesse DeWitt Tate and Ethel Westman Tate, he grew up in the Panama Canal Zone with his parents, his older sister Louise, and numerous pets, including his beloved Javelina, Moochie. An avid outdoorsman from childhood onward, he spent many happy hours hunting and fishing in and around the Canal Zone. After graduation from Balboa High School, he journeyed to Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta, he saw his first snowfall and completed Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Named the Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Senior in Mechanical Engineering, another highlight was a blind date with Jane Johnston. Instantly appealing to one another, they were married in December 1963. The couple journeyed to Fort Benning Georgia to serve his Army commitment in the Army Corps of Engineers. Along the way, David earned the coveted Paratrooper Wings, completing five jumps including a night jump. Additionally, he attained the marksmanship rating of Expert with the M14 rifle and the .45 automatic pistol. He was deployed to Vietnam in 1965 and made a safe return in 1966. After his honorable discharge from the Army, David and Jane moved to Spartanburg SC. David and Jane commenced a lifelong affiliation with First Presbyterian Church at that time. The family had expanded with three energetic sons, and by 1972, David was ready to go into business for himself, founding Tate Metalworks in April 1972. By dint of hard work and much skill, David and Jane grew the business over the years, with David stepping aside as President of the company in 2013 and handing the reins over to his son Brian. Although fully engaged at work, David made time for his church, serving First Presbyterian as Elder, Deacon, Sunday School teacher, and on a host of committees. Additionally, he and Jane were both heavily involved with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, with David serving as scoutmaster, and with all three Tate boys attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. Jane died in 2013, and David stayed busy with outdoor and family pursuits. In the meantime, a family friend arranged a date with the lovely widow Betty Reagan. Eventually, they were married, and a harmonious new family unit was created, now expanded to three children, two step-children, and eight grandchildren. No summary of David’s living life to the utmost is complete without discussing his mechanical and outdoor pursuits. He assembled and disassembled entire \cars, skillfully conceived, designed and fabricated complex custom pressure vessels, caught a 70-pound tarpon on a fly rod, and took a 300-pound grouper with a spear gun while Scuba diving. A masterful hunter, he took feral hogs from a helicopter in Western Texas, used thermal imaging, on foot, to carry out successful night hunts for feral hogs, built his own muzzleloaders, successfully used to take deer. Living life to the maximum, this one-man episode of Wild Kingdom made his own free-range sausage that is the stuff of family legend. A vital element of all of Dad’s adventures was that all of them took place accompanied by his sons and grandsons so that all of these epic occasions became joyous family outings. Predeceased by his first wife Jane Johnston Tate, parents Jesse Dewitt and Ethel Westman Tate, and sister, Louise Tate Schlegel, he leaves behind an expansive and loving family unit. Surviving family includes sons, David Tate, Jr. (Danielle) of Louisville, Kentucky, Grant Tate (Becky) and Brian Tate (Jeannie), both of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Jay Reagan (MaryLadd) of Charlotte North Carolina, and Kelley Reagan of Charleston, South Carolina. Grandchildren include David Tate III, Elizabeth, and Katherine Tate of Louisville, Kentucky, Evie Tate of Missoula, Montana, Maron Tate of Los Angeles, California, Abby Moss of Beaufort SC, Joshua Moss of Inman, South Carolina, John Reagan and Anne Palmer Reagan of Charlotte, NC, Antonio Santana (Destiny), Miko Santana (Bekah) and Timothy Durham, all of Louisville, Kentucky. A recent joyful addition is great-grandson Dixon Ray Santana of Louisville, Kentucky, along with Dixon’s running mate, grand-dog Miss Marple the Great Dane. The family would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Dr. Steven Corso and his staff, the hematology-oncology unit at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, the Hospice Service at Spartanburg Regional, and the Comfort Keepers team, all of whom provided superb, compassionate care to David. Funeral services will take place 11:00 AM Monday, April 12, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church, 393 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC, 29302, with graveside services to follow immediately at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, 1300 Fernwood-Glendale Road, Spartanburg, SC 29307. Masks and social distancing are required in the sanctuary. The service will be livestreamed at https://bit.ly/2OvzWjy. In place of flowers, David requests that memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church, 393 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302. Floyd’s North Church Street Chapel from The JF Floyd Mortuary via Spartanburg Funeral

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