Mary Riddle McFarland

Mary Riddle McFarland, 93, of Inman, South Carolina passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Rosecrest Community Residential Care. Mary was born in Pulaski, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Errol Thomas Roller and the late Almeda Grooms Roller. She was also preceded in death by her late husband, Reverand Cecil Eugene McFarland.

Mary was a minister’s wife and was a lady of strong faith. She and her late husband Cecil enjoyed traveling the world over. Some of their travels included trips to Europe, the Holy Land, Canada, and on the Mississippi Cruise. She also enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She was an avid reader. She was a lady with a giving heart and enjoyed volunteer work. She loved knitting prayer shawls, chemo caps for cancer patients, baby hats for babies in the hospital, and children’s hats for local schoolchildren. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. To know her was to love her and she will be deeply missed.

Left to cherish her memories are her a son: Bob McFarland; a daughter and son-in-law: Ann and Mark Collins; two grandchildren: Kim Coggins (Justin) and Katie Bridges (Madison); two great grandchildren: Fiona Bridges and Zane Coggins. Also left to cherish her many memories is her sister: Martha Briscoe (Gary) of Hoover, AL.

The family will receive friends starting at 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The memorial service to honor Mary’s life will be at 3:00 PM following the visitation. Mary will be laid to rest beside her late husband in Emory and Henry Cemetery in Emory, Virginia.

Mary’s memories will live for years to come in the hearts of her family and friends.

The arrangements are entrusted into the care of Floyd’s Boiling Springs Chapel.