Category: Obituaries

Lexington, SC – Bryan Christian Burkhart, 11, of Lexington, SC passed away on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital.   Born in Greenville, SC, Christian is the son of Lori Sue Burkhart of Lexington, SC and Chance Sanders of North Augusta, SC. Christian was an Honor Roll student at Deerfield Elementary School.   He was a member […]

  Walhalla – William Fredrick “Freddie” Evett,75, husband of Deborah Ann Dempsey Evett of 39 years, passed away, June 1st, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.   Freddie was born in Greenville, South Carolina, he was the son of the late William and Julia Rose Evett. Freddie was a truck driver with Service Star for many years, […]

Seneca – Robert Russell “Bob” Simpson, Sr., 83, husband of the late Barbara Stover Simpson and the late Donna Sandercock Simpson, passed away Monday, May 31st, 2021 at Prisma Cottingham Hospice House.   Born in Cleveland, Ohio, to the late Harry and Pauline Simpson, Bob was retired from Kromheims, where he worked as a truck driver.  Bob attended Friendship United […]

Seneca- Eldridge Clinton “Pete” Sluder,91, husband of Jacquelyn Esther Graham Sluder, passed away May 28th, 2021 at Keowee Place.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Granville and Pearlie Cleo Morton Sluder. Pete was a United States Army Veteran having served in Germany post World War II, and worked in the textile industry […]

Walhalla- Edna Earl White Freeman, 84, wife of the late Willie “Jack” Jackson Freeman Sr., passed away May 28th, 2021 at home, surrounded by her loving family.   Named after Edna Earl, the heroine in Augusta Jane Evans’s 1866 novel, St. Elmo, Edna Earl White Freeman was born in Tamassee, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late John […]

Westminster- Dora “Jeanie” Elloise Marcengill, 73, of 124 Blackjack Road, passed away May 28th, 2021 Pruitt Health Care of Toccoa.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the Leonard Burt Marcengill and Ethel Timms Marcengill. Jeanie was a beautiful person who loved and cared for everyone that she came in contact with.   Jeanie is […]

Clifton Edward “Ed” Watkins, Sr., 89, husband of Betty Land Watkins, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at Oconee Memorial Hospital, Seneca, SC.   Preceding him in death, daughter, Kay Watkins Bindrim, 54, wife of Thomas “Tommy” Arthur Bindrim, passed away on December 22, 2020, at her home in Rocky Mount, NC.   A celebration of their lives and inurnment […]

Seneca – Wallace Lee Spoon, 86, husband of the late Esther Lee Freeman Spoon, passed away Thursday, May 27th, 2021 at his residence.   Born in Westminster, he was the son of the Lee Spoon and Effie Lee Sullivan Spoon. Wallace retired from the textile industry, a member of the Masonic Lodge #92, a Hejaz Shriner, a member of the […]

Seneca, SC –Martha Langford Thieme, 78, wife of the late Robert “Bob” Thieme, of 351 Knox Campground Road, Seneca, passed away on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at her home.   A native of Gallatin, TN, Mrs. Thieme was the daughter of the late Frank Wesley and Marjorie Culbreath Langford. She received her Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree and worked […]

Westminster – Michael “PA” Wayne Baker, 72, husband of, Henrietta Stone Baker, passed away Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 at Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Vardman Theo Baker and Lila Lawing Remmers. Pa was a lifetime resident of Westminster, where he retired from Beacon Manufacturing. He was a deacon and […]