Category: Obituaries

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 — Cecil A. Justice, 82, of 135 Cool Breeze Dr., Seneca, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019, at Molena Extended Care in Molena, GA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, March 11, 2019, at Salem First Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. […]

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, […]

Seneca, SC — Donald Jeffries “Don” Lipscomb, 76, husband of Luz Marina Lipscomb, of 708 Overbrook Dr., Seneca, passed away, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at the Rainey Hospice House, Anderson, SC.   Born in Washington, DC, on January 30, 1943, he was raised in Virginia by his parents, the late Jeremy Traynham and Erma Myree Wonderley Lipscomb. Don worked for […]

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 […]

Westminster- Diana Brock Turner, 71, widow of the late Billy Turner, of 612 Westminster Hwy, passed away, March 5, 2019, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A private Celebration of Life will be held by the family. The family is at the residence. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made in Mrs. Turner’s memory to Clearmont Baptist Church, 1740 Clearmont Road, […]

Walhalla, SC — Gerald “Buzz” Gibson, 74, husband of the late Judy Ann Cannon Gibson, of 340 Chalmers Mountain Road, Walhalla, passed away, Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at the Chapel of Davenport Funeral Home with burial to follow in Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family […]

Westminster – John Edward Lyles, 82, husband of Arlette Lyles, of 9500 Long Creek Hwy, passed away March 2, 2019, at his residence. A funeral service will be held 3 pm, Monday, March 4, 2019 at Welcome Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Monday, from 1-2:30 pm prior to the service at Sandifer Funeral Home. The family is at […]

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 […]