Rachel Dickson Derrick

Rachel Elease Dickson Derrick died on April 15, 2023, at the age of 82.  She was born on February 20, 1941, to Jesse and Gladys Kelley Dickson and she was a 1959 graduate of Westminster High School.  In her younger years, she was an accomplished athlete and played basketball during both her high school and college years.  Rachel completed her […]

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Texie Broome

Westminster – Texie Bruce Broome, 84, passed Saturday, April 15th, 2023 at the Cottingham Hospice House.                Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Texie was the daughter of the late Sam Pettigrew Bruce and Mary Holbrooks Bruce. Texie was retired from Valenite, and was the former owner of Broome’s Florist. She had a great passion for cooking and enjoyed […]

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Emergency Services wins designation

Fire Safe South Carolina looks on Oconee County favorably.  Oconee Emergency Services, along with 131 other fire and rescue departments across the state, has been designated a “Fire Safe South Carolina” Community.  County emergency personnel finished 200 hours’ training to improve data quality, in-home safety visits, and learn additional skills in assessment and risk reduction. Each agency newly-designated as a […]

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County help for a housing developer

The pre-meeting agenda indicates Oconee County fathers are primed for final action tomorrow to lend a hand to a Texas developer to build large housing complexes inside the county, just east of Clemson University.  The third reading is planned tomorrow night on ordinance 2022-32, an arrangement with a project previously known as Greenpaw to permit “certain payments in lieu of […]

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Jim’s “the Mann” for the GOP

Jim Mann overcame a challenge and held onto the chair of the Oconee Republican Party.  In balloting Saturday, the county’s conventioneers gave him a 75-vote margin over his challenger, Roel Cruz.  Some 241 Republicans were seated and deemed qualified Saturday morning to vote to fill the offices of their county party for 2023.  Other results:  Rachel Moore prevailed over Karen […]

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Eloise “Weasie” Lusk

  Westminster– Eloise “Weasie” Lusk, 80, wife of the late William Ray “Bill” Lusk, passed away on Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 at her residence.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Eloise was the daughter of Elmer and Rosa Talley Lusk.  Eloise formerly worked at Duke Power as a pipefitter and was a member of Salem 1st Baptist Church and […]

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Larry Marcengill

Seneca – Larry C. Marcengill, 76, passed away, Saturday, April 15th, 2023 at Prisma Cottingham Hospice House after an extended illness.        Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Larry was the son of the late Walter Newton “Bub” Marcengill and Annie Roach Marcengill. Larry was a United States Army Veteran having served two combat tours during Vietnam War, a […]

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In the offing, a decision by local Methodists

Their minister predicts that Walhalla Methodists will be no shrinking violets when it comes to whether to splinter away or remain affiliated under the umbrella of the United Methodist Church (UMC).  The Rev. Kevin Lindley is speaking of his congregants, the members of the St. Luke United Methodist Church.  They like other Methodists across the country are approaching a decision […]

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