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Kevin Earl Carper

 
 
Kevin Earl Carper Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 2, 2009
1. Kevin Earl Carper Marker
Inscription.
In memory of Deputy
Kevin Earl Carper

Loving husband, Father, Public Servant, Hero
Killed in the line of Duty
February 27, 2007

We appreciate your 10 years of
service to Spartanburg County.
Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall
be called the children of God.
MATTHEW 5:9

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Law Enforcement. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1862.
 
Location. 34° 57.665′ N, 82° 3.192′ W. Marker is near Spartanburg, South Carolina, in Spartanburg County. It is on Interstate 85. The Marker is on Westbound Highway 129 but can only be seen from Highway 85 South. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Spartanburg SC 29301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Joshua Hawkins (approx. 1.1 miles away); Edward Bomar (approx. 1.2 miles away); In Honor of the Students of (approx. 2.7 miles away); Tucapau Mill (approx. 2.9 miles away); Camp Wadsworth (approx. 3.2 miles away); Berlin Wall (approx. 3.3 miles away); Colonel Warren H. Abernathy Highway (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spartanburg.
 
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Another marker is no longer nearby.
Fort Prince (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Kevin Earl Carper Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 2, 2009
2. Kevin Earl Carper Marker
Kevin Earl Carper Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 2, 2009
3. Kevin Earl Carper Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 15, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,224 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 2, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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