Author: Gary Butts

Clinton, SC — Ronda Jane Massey, 57, of Clinton, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019, at the Whitten Center.   A native of Seneca, SC, Ms. Massey was the daughter of John Massey and the late Sylvia Massey.   In addition to her father, Ms. Massey is survived by her brother: Allen Massey (Robyn) of Seneca, SC; sister-in-law: Della Hunt […]

Salem, SC — Jeanette Harper Cantrell, 71, wife of the late Ray Eddie Cantrell, Jr., of 523 Sparkle Rock Drive, Salem, passed away Monday, March 11, 2019, at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Cantrell was the daughter of the late Henry Dilworth Harper and Lois Jesse Allen Harper. She retired from Argentum Medical.   […]

Townville – Johnnie Sue Hopkins Gilliam, 75, widow of the late George Thomas Gilliam, 421 Simmons Ford Road, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Sunday, March 10, 2019.      Born in Carnesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas Hopkins and Lillian Morgan Hopkins.  Mrs. Gilliam worked at Schlumberger in West Union and […]

Walhalla, SC — Mary Sue Swafford, 73, of 172 Bryant Drive, Walhalla passed away Friday, March 8, 2019, at her home.   A native of Seneca, SC, Ms. Swafford was the daughter of the late Lige Bert Swafford and Eula Mae Wilbanks Swafford. She was a homemaker.   Ms. Swafford is survived by her son: Stephen Rod Underwood of Walhalla, […]

Westminster – Bruce Randall Pressley, 70, widower of Barbara Jean Henson Pressley, 114 James Street, passed away, March 6, 2019 at his residence.      A residence of Oconee County, he was born in Toccoa, GA.  He was the son of the late Webster Pressley and Nannie Mae Rogers Pressley.  Mr. Pressley was employed as a laborer at Sangamo.  He […]

Walhalla – June O’Lee Phillips Sargent, 69, widow of Bobbie Sargent, of 1159 Stribling Shoals Rd, passed away, February 28, 2019, at Linley Park Rehab HC Center.    Born in Oconee County, she was the daughter of the late Wade Plumer Phillips and Mary Watkins Phillips. June was a homemaker and a member of Eastern Star.  She was of the […]

Seneca, SC — Lucinda Olinger Doherty, 64, of Seneca, SC, passed away February 19, 2019, after a 3-year battle with a rare incurable cancer, Carcinosarcoma. She was born April 8, 1954 in Atlanta, GA. Her parents, William Randolph Olinger, Jr. and Mary Frances Vaughan Olinger, as well as her father-in-law, Robert J. Doherty pre-deceased her. She is married to Gregory […]

Easley, SC — Dr. Bruce Leslie Malcolm, Sr., 94, husband Diana Jeanne Muschert Malcolm, of 205 Bud Nalley Drive, Easley passed away, Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at his home. A native of Elizabeth, NJ, Dr. Malcolm was the son of the late Talbot M. Malcolm, Sr. and Margaret Elizabeth Richart Malcolm. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having […]

Tamassee, SC — Helen Patterson Fuller, 81, wife of the late Jimmy Fuller, of 781 Cheohee Valley Road, Tamassee passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Tamassee, SC, Mrs. Fuller was the daughter of the late Leroy Patterson and Cora Hopkins Patterson. She retired from Avondale and was of the Baptist Faith.   […]