Category: Obituaries

Walhalla, SC– Claude Lewis Dickson, 71, husband of Wanda Rutledge Dickson, of Walhalla, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at his home.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Dickson was the son of the late Vernon Leon and Edna Ball Dickson. He retired from industrial maintenance at Koyo and was a deacon at Rocky Knoll Baptist Church.   […]

Westminster – Mann Luke “ML” McGuffin, Jr., 92, husband of the late Gwendolyn Leatherwood McGuffin, passed away Saturday, December 24th, 2022 at Oconee Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family.      Born August 28th, 1930, in Oconee County, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Mann Luke McGuffin, Sr. and Kate Cox McGuffin. ML was a United […]

Seneca, SC — Carolyn Skelton Cochran, age 99, born in Seneca in January 1923, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Christmas Eve.   She lived her entire life in Seneca; graduating from Seneca High School, attending Furman University during the war years, and marrying William Ray Cochran after he returned from the South Pacific. She began teaching elementary school […]

Seneca – Dennis Jerome Sorrells, 68, passed away Friday, December 23rd, 2022 at Oconee Memorial Hospital.      Born December 12th, 1954, in Oconee County, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Paul Stancil Sorrells and Virginia Maire Jones Sorrells. Dennis was a retired Truck Driver, who enjoyed the lake, spending time with his family and friends and […]

Seneca, SC– James Benjamin Sanders, III, 80, husband of Kathy Peebles Lee , of Seneca, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022, at his home.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Sanders was the son of the late James Benjamin Sanders, Jr., and Eleanor Fricks Sanders. He retired as a Chief Master Sergeant in the Air Force. He was […]

  Walhalla, SC– Mason Leroy Lusk, 87, husband of Lois Winchester Lusk, of Walhalla, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022, at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Walhalla, SC, Mr. Lusk was the son of the late L.B. and Nellie Stephens Lusk. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and retired from textile work. Mr. Lusk was a member […]

Westminster– Carol Elaine Freeman Strickland, 80, wife of William “Bill” Strickland, passed away on Friday, December 23rd, 2022 at her residence, surrounded by her loving family.   Born in Westminster, South Carolina, Carol was the daughter of the late Cleroy Freeman and Lena Moore Freeman. Carol was a graduate of Westminster High School Class of 1960 and later attended Forest […]

  Walhalla, SC– Adam Zachary Long, 22, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at his home.   A native of Oconee County, Adam was the son of Kristopher Long and the late April Elaine Fretwell Long. He loved his son, baseball, and Fortnite. Adam also enjoyed long, meaningful, and sometimes awkward conversations with his family and friends, who he […]

Seneca – Richard Larry Bramlett, 47, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2022 at AnMed Health Medical Center.   Born in Anderson, South Carolina, Richard was the son of Mary Greene Bramlett and the late Robert Lee Bramlett.  Richard was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a United States Army Veteran.  Richard enjoyed comic books […]

Walhalla, SC– Our beloved father, Merrill Wilburn Norris, more commonly known as Mickey, left this life, peacefully while sleeping in his home, on December 18, 2022, at the age of 94 to be with others he loved and who have departed before him.   A native of Ironton, Ohio, Mr. Norris was the son of the late Lee Roy and […]