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Westminster – Garce Albertson, Jr., 82, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2021 at Baptist Easley Hospital. Born in Oconee County to the late Garce and Kate McGowen Albertson, he was a retired logger, and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Albertson enjoyed rabbit hunting, and farming. He is survived by his sons, Paul Albertson, Leonard Albertson (Wendi); daughter, Varia “Sissy” […]
Read moreSeneca – Sheila Ann Swafford Johnson, 56, passed away Saturday, January 2nd, 2021, at St. Francis Hospital. Sheila was born in Anniston, Alabama, and was the daughter of Martin George Swafford and Jean Brown Swafford. She was a homemaker, a member of Westminster Wesleyan Church, and a member of the Blue Ridge Shrine Club Ladies Auxiliary. She is […]
Read moreU.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on the Cruz proposal to establish an electoral commission. “Proposing a commission at this late date – which has zero chance of becoming reality – is not effectively fighting for President Trump. It appears to be more of a political dodge than an effective remedy. “I do look […]
Read moreAn Anderson business leader recognized that bad roads and highways have a direct tie-in to a healthy economic climate. Pamela Christopher is now in a position to help ensure that the state’s roads and bridges are kept in good enough shape that the state’s producers of goods have little or no issues transporting those goods to market. Christopher directs the […]
Read moreProbate Judge Kenny Johns will do the honors Tuesday in swearing into office three members of the Oconee County Council. All three were winners in the November General Election. Scheduled to take the oath for four-year terms: the re-elected Julian Davis in District Four and the re-elected Glenn Hart in District Five. Matthew Durham is the one newcomer to the […]
Read moreThe Epoch student apartments and the complexes under construction across 123 at Hartwell Village are in Oconee’s pipeline for sewer service, but not the possibility of an additional one thousand apartment units nearby. In the last two months, members of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority have heard about and discussed apparent interest from a realtor for a project to construct […]
Read morePrisma Health Upstate (which includes Oconee Memorial Hospital) and AnMed Health Center are among 16 South Carolina health care facilities that have received 97,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Today’s DHEC announcement states that its distribution center has received 14,625 doses and distributed 5,555 to health care facilities without the ultra-cold storage required for storing Pfizer vaccine. By last night, […]
Read moreSeneca – Frank Albert Rogers, 85, husband of Audrey Lee Crooks Rogers, passed away, December 31st, 2020, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Born in Walhalla, SC, he was the son of the late Commodore Franklin and Ila Brown Rogers. Frank was retired from Saco-lowell as an application engineer and was in the United States Air Force […]
Read moreWithout question, Oconee’s judge of probate believes that in the COVID-19 year of 2020, matrimony took a hit. At least from the vantage point of Probate Judge Kenny Johns and his staff. The office reports these matrimonial numbers: 552 marriage licenses were issued. That’s only 10 fewer than 2019. The real difference came in the number of ceremonies that the […]
Read moreWestminster -William Jerry Barnett, 79, passed away on December 30, 2020 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County to the late Herschel Andy and Sara Louise Hubbard Barnett. Graduating from Westminster High School in 1959, he farmed with his father where they ran a small dairy. Having proudly served in the US Army during the […]
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