Category: Obituaries

Westminster – Jimmy Roscoe Thrift, 77, passed away on Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 at Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late James Roscoe Thrift and June Rogers Thrift. Jimmy attended Gardner Webb University and was one of the owners of Thrift Lumber Company, and was a logger.   Jimmy is survived […]

Westminster, SC – Wesley Dean Grogan, 81, husband of Gladys B. Grogan, of 116 Riley Street, Westminster, passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Westminster, SC, Mr. Grogan was the son of the late Wesley Hicks and Annie Mae Cobb Grogan. He worked at Jantzen and then retired from Torrington. Mr. Grogan was […]

Seneca- Donna Dowell Timmons, 69, wife of the late Billy Burdick, passed away May 23rd, 2021 at her residence.   Born in Rhode Island, she was the daughter of Harold Dowell and Alene Summerlin. Donna was a medical secretary and an avid shoe collector and of the Catholic Faith. Donna is survived by her daughters, Tara Timmons (Bryan Holcomb) of […]

Patricia Ann DeFields, 79, of Seneca, SC passed away Monday, May 24, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts on December 17, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Esther Kibby Sanford. Mrs. DeFields is survived by her two sons, David Reed of Seneca, SC, and Ron Reed […]

West Union, SC – Patricia “Pat” Bryant Johnson, 80, wife of the late Heyward Marion Johnson, of West Union, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital.   Born in Cateechee, SC, Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late Luther Clifton and Virgis Gilden Bryant. Her family moved to West Union, SC when she was […]

Seneca, SC — Mabel O. Gooding, 90, wife of Foster Owen Gooding, of 950 Avondale Drive, Seneca, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021, at her home.   A native of Manchester, TN, Mrs. Gooding was the daughter of the late Vernon T. Ferrel and Louise Marie. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.   Mrs. Gooding is survived […]

Westminster – Araceli Gomez Lara, 64, passed away May 23, 2021, at her home surrounded by her family.   A native of Mexico, Araceli currently resided in Westminster, South Carolina.  She was the daughter of Santiago Gomez of Mexico and the late Patricia Gomez Lara.  Araceli was the owner of Alondra’s Hair Salon and worked as a cosmetologist.    In […]

Westminster- Dustin Paul Thrasher, 32, passed away May 22nd, 2021 at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital   Born in Anderson County, South Carolina, he was the son of Paul Thrasher and Karen of Fair Play and Tina Annett Justice Reynolds of Seneca. Dustin worked as a technician at Baxter Enterprises and attended Beaverdam Baptist Church. Dustin was an avid outdoorsman and […]

Evelyn Doris Black Todd, 83, passed away on May 22, 2021 at the Cottingham House in Seneca.  Born July 29, 1937, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Bunyan Black, Sr. and Nevada Hudson Black of Walhalla.   Evelyn was a graduate of Walhalla High School where she excelled as a basketball player.  She retired from the School District of […]

  Clemson- Aurora Camille Cunningham, infant daughter of Charles “Tyler” and Morgan Empkie Cunningham, passed away May 21st, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   In addition to her parents, Aurora is survived by her maternal grandparents, Melissa Empkie and William Empkie; paternal grandparents, Tammie Milton, Charlie Cunningham and Elayne Loper; great grandparents, Larry and Patricia Harris and Martha […]