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West Union, SC — Gwendolyn McCurry Duncan, 77, wife of Harold E. Duncan, of 289 Fowler Road, West Union, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at her son’s home. A native of Oconee County, Mrs. Duncan was the daughter of the late Benjamin H. McCurry and Lucy Quarles McCurry. She was a retired teacher having worked with the […]
Read moreWestminster – James Earl McAlister, 73, husband of Connie Turner McAlister, of 120 Carver Road, passed away Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at his residence. Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late William Duffy and Retha Mae Savage McAlister. Earl was formerly employed at JP Stevens in the Print Department and retired after 30 years of […]
Read moreSeneca – Nina Louise Cleveland Lother, 89, wife of the late Loyce Bartell Lother passed away, February 23rd, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Ransome and Myrtie Mae Nalley Cleveland. Louise was a homemaker who had a great passion for photography, enjoyed walking and loved […]
Read moreMountain Rest, SC – Mickel Fred Turner, 84, husband of Elma Wilbanks Turner, of 251 Whetstone Road, Mountain Rest, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at his home. Mr. Turner was the son of the late Clemson Calhoun and Clara Miller Turner. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from the Forest Service and Oconee […]
Read more896 new cases across the state (5 in Oconee). 25 new confirmed South Carolina deaths. Of 16,333 test results, positivity was 8.8%. In Oconee public schools, eight new cases were registered Tuesday. Seven are students, one is an employee. A 1st grade Orchard Park Elementary class was sent home and given a March 1 return date.
Read moreIn a normal year, the auditorium in Seneca’s Family Life Institute is packed for the city’s official luncheon during Black History Month. But, as the pandemic continues, this year’s Black History Tea, arranged by the Oconee NAACP, will be a virtual event 4 pm Sunday and available at https://clemson.zoom.us/j/2663610627 The annual program focuses on the role that NAACP has played […]
Read moreIf you are a numbers junkie, you can find them in the 2020 activity summary of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. Among the accomplishments during a year consumed mostly by the world pandemic, Sheriff Crenshaw says were a unity walk aimed at better relations with county resident and the hiring of a cultural diversity director. To request service the telephone, mainly […]
Read moreGovernor McMaster is not in favor of moving teachers up in the priority for COVID-19 shots. But the State Senate recently was unanimous (42-0) to move teachers to Phase 1A. Yesterday the health subcommittee in the House at Columbia discussed the bill, but did not vote to move teachers to 1-A. According to the spokeswoman for Oconee schools, because Phase […]
Read moreA North Carolina man’s motorcycle ride in upper Oconee County two years ago turned to disaster, his lawsuit alleges, when his bike hit a deep pothole and he was thrown down an embankment and into a tree. To compensate for the cost of treatment and other damages, the civil court suit for Ronald Piccari alleges negligence and names Oconee […]
Read moreThird District Rep. Jeff Duncan has announced legislation to prevent the transfer or release of prisoners kept at the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and is worried that, in the change of administrations, it’s possible the holding facility will be closed and, as Duncan puts it, some of the “most dangerous enemy combatants captured” by the U-S military” He’s […]
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