Category: Obituaries

Westminster– Lilian May Bell Thomas, 78, wife of Bruce Larrell Thomas, 203 Creekstone Court, passed away Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 peacefully at Cottingham Hospice House.   Born in Liverpool, England, she was the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Jane Wilson Bell. She was an executive assistant and business owner at LBE & Associates and a member of the […]

  Melvin (Mel) Swendsen, 82, of Seneca, SC, and formerly of Honesdale, PA and West Palm Beach, FL, died on November 24, 2021, at his home.   Melvin attended Penn State to earn a BS in Civil Engineering and a ROTC Commission in the U.S. Army. After many years as a successful engineer, in the 1990s Melvin transitioned to the […]

Seneca– Norman Ray Arnold, 77, husband of Karen Denise Hastings Arnold, passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at his residence.   Ray was born in Oconee County, South Carolina, and was the son of the late Paul Killen Arnold Sr. and Ila Bell Dillard Arnold.  Ray was a retired supervisor with Sherman Construction Company for over thirty plus years. […]

Seneca, SC– Dennis Steven McDonald, 70, of Seneca, passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021, at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown.   A native of Huntington, NY, Mr. McDonald was the son of Thomas and Mary Drake McDonald. He worked for the Navy as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Mr. McDonald was of the Christian Faith.   […]

Seneca, SC– Johnnie C. McConnell, 86, husband of the late Jean T. McConnell, of 249 Snow Creek Road, Seneca, passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021, at his home.   A native of Sandy Springs, SC, Mr. McConnell was the son of the late Calvin Mitchell and Eugenia Hunnicutt McConnell. He retired from K-MAC Service, INC. where he served as […]

Seneca, SC– William Bradley Pate, 49, of 302 Woodglen Ct., Seneca, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021, at Stephens County Hospital.   A native of Decatur, GA, Mr. Pate was the son of William Albert Pate, III (Rhonda) and Nancy Margaret DeLay Caspersen (Gary).  He worked for the City of Seneca in Buildings and Recreations for 29 years. Mr. […]

    Toccoa, GA– Archie Fred Turpin, Jr., 56, husband of Teresa Sertain Turpin, of 162 Hilltop Lane, Toccoa, GA passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021 at his residence.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Turpin was the son of Marie Clinkscales Turpin and the late Archie Fred Turpin, Sr. He was a material handler with Nifco KTW […]

Zirconia, North Carolina – John Thomas Freeman Sr., 77, husband of the late Lille Ellen Yonce Freeman, passed away Saturday, November 27th, 2021 at Missions Hospital in Asheville.   John was a native of Walhalla, South Carolina, he was the son of the late John B. Freeman and Sarah Freeman. John worked in fire protection and retired from Diboco, of […]

Mountain Rest, SC– Timmy Galloway, 57, of 246 Bonner Road, Mountain Rest, passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021 at his residence.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Galloway was the son of the late James Marvin Galloway and Norma Jean Wilbanks Galloway. He was a veteran of the United States Army and worked in the heating and air […]

Long Creek- William Kenneth “Bud” Matheson, 67, husband of Melinda Mae Hembree Matheson, passed away Friday, November 26th, 2021 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Oconee County, South Carolina, Bud was the son of the late Nelson Kenneth “Kenny” Matheson and Lena Mae James Matheson. Bud was a retired truck driver, logger, apple grower, and […]