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Lee Roy Martin (April 25, 1937 – May 31, 1972), known as The Gaffney Strangler, was an American serial killer from Gaffney, South Carolina. He murdered four people—two women and two girls—between 1967 and 1968.
The Gaffney Ledger is a tri-weekly newspaper in Gaffney, South Carolina. [1] It was founded in 1896 under the name The Ledger , and assumed its current name in 1907. [ 2 ] The paper has been owned and published by the Sossamon family for five generations.
Gaffney became a major center for the textile industry in South Carolina, which was the backbone of the county's economy up until the 1980s. Uptown Gaffney began to languish after Interstate 85 was built in the county as industries located near the new highway. Two serial killers have at different times attacked residents of Gaffney.
Dick Sheridan (August 9, 1941 – July 6, 2023) was an American college football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Furman University from 1978 to 1985 and North Carolina State University from 1986 to 1992, compiling a career college football record of 121–52–5.
William Edward Clary (May 22, 1916 – February 27, 2005) was an American baseball player and football back.He was drafted professionally in both sports, following a college career at University of South Carolina, pursuing a career in baseball, and spent two seasons with the Martinsville Manufacturers and Landis Dodgers.
Joseph Preston "Pete" Strom (July 31, 1918 – December 14, 1987) was an American law enforcement officer who served as the eighth Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, established in 1935, from 1956 until his death in 1987.
It leads southwest 8 miles (13 km) to downtown Gaffney and northeast 6 miles (10 km) to Grover, North Carolina. South Carolina Highway 5 is a four-lane road that passes east of the town center. SC 5 North ends at the south end of the bridge over I-85 at exit 102, 2 miles (3 km) north of the center of town.
Richard Bernard Moore (February 20, 1965 – November 1, 2024) was an American man executed in South Carolina for murder. He was convicted of the September 1999 murder of James Mahoney, a convenience store clerk, in Spartanburg, South Carolina.