Belton Bryant "B.B." BROCKMAN

1. The following was copied from the 7 May 1990 issue of the

Spartanburg Herald-Journal: "Former Sheriff dies at 92

Former Spartanburg County Sheriff B.B. Brockman, died yesterday

at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was 92. A native of

Spartanburg County, Belton Bryant Brockman of 118 Penarth Road,

Spartanburg, served as sheriff from 1944-1960 and had served in

the sheriff's department since 1929. He was past president of the

South Carolina Sheriff's Association, having served two terms and

also served as vice president of the National Sheriff's Association.

"He was one of the most fearless sheriffs I have ever known," said

former Spartanburg Mayor Bob Stoddard. He was very fair minded.

He wanted to be sure a person was guilty before he was arrested."

Former state Sen. Charlie Moore remembered Brockman as a

dedicated sheriff who surrounded himself with good officers whom

he remained loyal to. "He made a lot of friends and kept them and

did his duty at the same time," Moore said. Brockman was the

husband of Mittie Fowler Brockman to whom he has been married

since 1915 and the son of the late Henry and Ella Hendrix

Brockman. He was a member of Bethel Unitd Methodist Church

and was a former teacher of the Men's Bible Class. Also surviving

are two sons, Belton H. (Bunny) Brockman of Spartanburg and

Carlyle L. Brockman of Duncan; three daughters, Myrtle B. Sublett

and Margaret B. Ivey, both of Spartanburg and Hilda B. Suitt of

Greenville; two brothers, W. Gary Brockman of Greer and H. Toy

Brockman of Woodruff; a sister, Mattie Lou Fowler of Woodruff;

eleven grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. Visitation

will be held from 2 to 2:45 p.m. tomorrow at Floyd's Greenlawn

Chapel. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at

Greenlawn Memorial Gardens by the Rev. W. Harvey Floyd, Jr. and

the Rev. Dr. Charles A. Graves. In lieu of flowers, memorials may

be made to the Trustee's Memorial Fund, Bethel United Methodist

Church, 245 South Church Street, Spartanburg, S.C. 29301. Floyd's

Greenlawn Chapel is in charge of arrangements."

2. In 1930 his occupation was that of a jailer at the county jail.

SOURCES INCLUDE:

1920 Spartanburg co., SC census [ED 96.6.96].

1930 Spartanburg co., SC census [ED 64, family 177].

Social Security Death Index.

WFT 135:136, information from Curtis D. Crowe, 221 Harold Smith

Road, Woodruff, SC 29388.

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