Category: Obituaries

Westminster – James Ronnie Hughes, 68, husband of Beverly Pressley Hughes, passed away Friday, February 5th, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   He was a native of Oconee County, and was the son of the late James Edward and Pauline Young Hughes and reared by his parents the late Verlan and Nora Young.  Ronnie retired after 35 plus […]

Westminster – Utah McCoy Eller, 71, husband of Helen May Eller, passed away Thursday, February 04, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   He was a native of Clayton, Georgia, and was the son of the late Willie and Mary Ramey Eller.  Utah retired after 23 years from Sherman Construction as a carpenter.   He is survived by his […]

Westminster – Kathryn Elaine Hix, 57, of 110 Hix Drive, passed away Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at her residence.   She was a native of Oconee County and was the daughter of the late Billy Harold Hix and Brenda Gail Honea Wilson and adoptive parents, the late Eugene and Annie Sue Hix Ramsey.  Kathryn worked at the original Lucky Strike […]

Westminster – Sally Jane Krauss Steward, 73, wife of the late Richard Lavern “Rick” Steward, passed away Thursday, February 4th, 2021 at her residence.   Born in Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Elmer C. and Dorothy L. Niethardt Krauss. She was a retired accountant, special education teacher for the Coastal Center and a College professor at […]

Salem – Thomas Babbitt, 61, of 211 Vineyard Lane, passed away Monday, February 1st, 2021 at Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital.   He was a native of Great Falls, Montana and was the son of the late Thomas Babbitt Jr. and Ellen Babbitt. Thomas was a carpenter by trade.   He is survived by daughters, Mary May Grace Langston of Walhalla […]

Walhalla, SC – Alan Dean Boggs, 90, husband of the late Betty Wiggins Boggs, passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2021, at North Greenville Hospital.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Boggs was the son of the late Homer R. Boggs and Betty Kelly Boggs. He was a 1953 graduate of Clemson University and later worked as a county […]

Seneca, SC – Ray Dover Reed, 78, passed into eternity with God on February 2, 2021, at his home in Seneca, SC.   Ray and his twin brother, Ralph, were born in the Whiteside Cove of Jackson County, NC on February 10, 1942. His parents were the late Edward Lewis “Ed” and Hazel Mae Neely Reed. Ray grew up in […]

Westminster – Barbara “Bobbie” Joyce Leatherwood McGuffin, 83, wife of the late Fred McGuffin, passed away Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 at Prisma Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Waynesville, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Carl Joseph Leatherwood and Lois E. Schlock Martin.  Bobbie was an avid golfer, a member of the women’s Chickasaw Golf Club […]

    Mountain Rest, SC – Marvin Lewis Moore, 88, husband of Lois Joan Apsey Moore, of 241 Land Bridge Road, Mountain Rest, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at his residence.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Moore was the son of the late Silas Newton Moore and Annie Mae Bottoms Moore. Mr. Moore was a veteran […]

Westminster- Nathan Charles Alexander Compton, 29, passed away January 30, 2021, at his residence.   Born in Oconee County, he was the son of Les Compton and Tonya “Krissy” Bruce of Westminster.  Nathan previously worked in roofing and enjoyed the times he spent with his family.   In addition to his parents, he is survived by his fiancé Bethany Webb; his […]