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Mountain Rest, SC– Timmy Galloway, 57, of 246 Bonner Road, Mountain Rest, passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021 at his residence. A native of Oconee County, Mr. Galloway was the son of the late James Marvin Galloway and Norma Jean Wilbanks Galloway. He was a veteran of the United States Army and worked in the heating and air […]
Read moreLong Creek- William Kenneth “Bud” Matheson, 67, husband of Melinda Mae Hembree Matheson, passed away Friday, November 26th, 2021 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Oconee County, South Carolina, Bud was the son of the late Nelson Kenneth “Kenny” Matheson and Lena Mae James Matheson. Bud was a retired truck driver, logger, apple grower, and […]
Read moreA 49-year old Seneca man was killed during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in a motorcycle accident in Stephens County, Georgia. Authorities have yet to release his name. The Georgia State Patrol at Toccoa was called at 3:41 Saturday afternoon to Georgia 17 and Whispering Pine Road and discovered a Harley Davidson had run off the road and hit a curb. […]
Read moreSeneca– Bessie Bennett Lee Welborn, 97, wife of the late William Lewis Lee and Ben Welborn, passed away Wednesday, November 24th, 2021 at her residence. Born in Seneca, South Carolina, Bessie was the daughter of the late Essie Bennett Corn. Bessie was a weaving trainer in the textile industry and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Bessie […]
Read moreSeneca – Charlene Meacham Bell, 85, wife of Dr. Harold Bruce Bell, passed away Thursday, November 25th, 2021 at Prisma Health Lila Doyle. Born in Ripley, TN, Charlene was the daughter of the late Rev. Roy Thomas Meacham and Estelle Stevens Meacham. She was a 1953 graduate of Bob Jones University Academy, owner of Pruitt-Bell Furniture Company, and was […]
Read moreA 40-year old Pickens man has been killed in an accident near his hometown, and the state patrol arrested the second driver involved in last evening’s accident. Coroner Kandy Kelley said Jodah Mullinax, who was riding the mini-bike without a helmet, died of blunt force trauma after the patrol reported the mini-bike attempted to make a left turn into a […]
Read moreThe highway patrol is looking for the driver and vehicle that left the scene of a fatal Wednesday morning accident in Pickens County. The accident was fatal to a moped driver on highway 178 near Harper Drive. The suspect vehicle is believed to be a Chevrolet Traverse, 2013-17, that has possible damage to the right front area near the headlight […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC– Bobby Leon Smith, 78, husband of the late Joyce Carolyn Moss Smith, of 107 Torrington Rd., Walhalla passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Walhalla, SC, Mr. Smith was the son of the late Ivan Clifton Smith, Sr. and Clara King Smith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army […]
Read moreThe Pickens County coroner, Kandy Kelley, says the victim of the early today traffic accident near Liberty as a 47-year old Easley woman, Jackie Jerome Cumbow. Kelley says Cumbow, who was not wearing a helmet, died of blunt force trauma when struck at 7532 Moorfield Memorial Highway by a second vehicle. State troopers say the second vehicle did not stop […]
Read moreA 35-year old Oconee man faces an additional nine charges placed by the sheriff’s office in a property crime investigation that dates back to early October. Among the charges announced by the sheriff’s office against Clinton Trey Whitworth: grand larceny, malicious injury to personal property, and petty larceny along with breaking into a motor vehicle, malicious injury to real property, […]
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