Margaret Cain

Westminster – Margaret Ann Scurry Cain, 79, wife of Terry Ray Cain, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at her home.   A Native of Saluda, South Carolina, Margaret was the daughter of the late Julian and Margaret Scurry.   Margaret was a 1961 graduate of Saluda High School and a 1963 graduate of Columbia Business College.  After graduation, Margaret worked […]

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Promotions within Oconee Sheriff’s Office

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office held a promotions ceremony on November 15th to honor and recognize deputies who received promotions from all five Bureaus of the Sheriff’s Office.  Plus, deputies were also recognized for Life Saving Awards and for the use of Narcan to help reverse the effects of a drug overdose.   The following Deputies assigned to the Criminal […]

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Cynthia Ann Henry Watkins

Walhalla, SC — Cynthia Ann Henry Watkins, 60, wife of Ricky Watkins, of Walhalla, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Brevard, NC, Mrs. Watkins was the daughter of the late James Virgil and Lola Morgan Henry. She worked in security and was a member of Westminster Seventh Day Adventist […]

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Mark Howard

  Liberty – Mark Anthony Howard, 48, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at Callie and John Rainey Hospice House.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Mark was the son of Wayne Howard and the late Nancy Newman Goss.  Mark formerly worked in manufacturing and he loved fishing, and spending time with his grandchildren, niece, and nephews.   Mark […]

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Nathan Lee Webb

Walhalla, SC– Nathan Lee Webb, 19, of Walhalla, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022.   A native of Oconee County, Nathan was the son of Robert Webb and Leah Cannon. He worked at Yoders in the lumber yard and was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church. Nathan loved all things sports and outdoors, hunting, fishing, bull riding, baseball, […]

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Decrying lack of affordable housing

A member of Oconee Planning Commission, Pat Williams, decried a lack of affordable housing this week that excludes a segment of the county’s population.  Williams, an at-large planning commissioner, brought to the attention of his colleagues a communication that he received from a friend of his in real estate, which stated, that currently there’s a lack of houses for sale […]

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Civil filings in Oconee and Pickens courts

Defendant companies in the business of providing non-emergency transportation to doctors and other medical visits are being sued in Oconee County, on behalf of an Anderson County resident.  In pleadings filed in the Oconee Common Pleas Court, it’s alleged that plaintiff Christopher D. Davis sustained permanent and painful injuries when employees of the medical transport business dropped the plaintiff from […]

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Second Floridian arrested in Oconee crime

A second Florida resident has been arrested and charged in an ongoing vehicle break-in case at the Oconee County South Cove Park, dating to October of last year.  The latest arrest, according to the sheriff’s office, is that of Shellmeasha Laquesha Peterson, with addresses in both Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Peterson is charged with breaking into motor vehicles, petty […]

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