Category: Obituaries

Fair Play – Linda Broome, 72, wife of James “Jimmy” Welborn Broome, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at Cottingham Hospice House.   Born in Seneca, South Carolina, Linda was retired from Rosa Clark where she was a receptionist.    Linda is survived by her daughters, April Mathis (Brian), Angel Morehead (Cam); and grandchildren, Jonah Mathis (Dori Kimbrell) and […]

Mountain Rest, SC — Jeanne G. Geiman, 71, wife of the late Sydnor Fairfax Geiman, of Mountain Rest, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at Cottingham Hospice House.   Born in Philadelphia, PA, Mrs. Geiman was the daughter of the late Stephen and Bette Roswell Gavula. She worked as a Chief of Office for Senator Poddles for the State […]

  Salem, SC — Barbara “Jeannie” Jean Martin Barker, 65, wife of James “Jimmy” William Barker, of Salem, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022 at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Beaufort, SC, Mrs. Barker was the daughter of the late Edgar and Dorothy Mae Sherbert Martin. She retired from Koyo and was a member of Seneca Church […]

West Union, SC — June Gilden LeCroy, 60, wife of William LeCroy, of West Union, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022, at her home.   A native of Seneca, SC, Mrs. LeCroy was the daughter of the late James Odell and Barbara Mize Gilden. She was a member of the Prisma Breast Cancer Support Group. June worked at Seneca […]

Seneca, SC– Curtis “Clint” Clinton Mitchum, Jr., 69, husband of Sherry Vickery Mitchum, of Seneca, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022, at his home.   A native of Moncks Corner, SC, Mr. Mitchum was the son of the late Curtis Clinton Mitchum, Sr. and Katherine Ann Watkins Mitchum. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having severed in […]

Charles Edwin Bruce, 72, passed away on Thursday, September 29 at Oconee Memorial Hospital in Seneca, South Carolina. Born on December 12, 1949, he was the beloved son of the late Bertha and Euclid Bruce. Mr. Bruce was an avid race fan, both as a spectator and as a participant. On the dirt track circuit he was known by the […]

Maybelle C. Pelfrey, age 84, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022 at Hospice of the Foothills in Seneca, South Carolina. Born June 6, 1938 in Walhalla, South Carolina, she was the beloved daughter of the late Robert and Rosa Cooper. Ms. Pelfrey was an entrepreneur who was known in the local community for her boiled peanuts. Maybelle is survived […]

Seneca – Eddie Perritt Cochran, 77, husband of Glinda Wilson Cochran, passed away Wednesday evening, September 21, 2022 at Richard M. Campbell Veteran’ Nursing Home.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Eddie was the eldest son of the late Archie L. Cochran and Frances McConnell Cochran.  Eddie was a nuclear-contractor, a lifetime member of Richland Presbyterian Church and he […]

    The Reverend Dr. J. Derrill Smith, 70, of Seneca, South Carolina, passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by his beloved family on Friday, September 30, 2022, from complications caused by Lewy Body Dementia.   The son of the late Hubert and Bertha Dyar Smith, Derrill is survived by his wife of almost 49 years, Cindy Phillips Smith; […]

Seneca – Ruth Hix Rice, 93, daughter of the late Robert Dendy and Lula S. Hix, married to the late Harold J. Rice for 62 years, passed away on Saturday, October 1st, 2022 at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Oconee County, South Carolina, Mrs. Rice retired from Kendall, after 32 years and was a member of Reedy Fork […]