The Pickens County Historical Society will hold an event to celebrate Confederate Memorial Day at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hagood-Mauldin House, located at 104 N. Lewis St.

The Reserve at Lake Keowee is hosting award-winning local artist Charlie Pate as its artist in residence through Saturday.

Mary Geren, a Tri-County Technical College professor who announced her intentions to run for the U.S. House of Representatives last month, was recently awarded the college’s Presidential Medallion Award in Instructional Excellence.

Sandra A. Weaver Galbreath-Manley
May 12, 2017
WALHALLA, S.C. – Sandra Manley, wife of Johnny Manley, went home to Heaven on Friday, May 12.
Born in Oconee County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Albert and …

Dr. Villard Stuart Griffin Jr.
April 30, 2017
SENECA, S.C. – Dr. Villard Stuart Griffin Jr. passed away Sunday, April 30.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 19, at Eternal Shepherd Lutheran Church, …

Joan Brewer Lacy
May 2, 2017
SENECA, S.C. – Joan Brewer Lacy, 86, of 310 Lakeside Drive, passed away after being in the CCU at Oconee Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, May 2, surrounded by her three children.
She …

William Andrew Oakley
May 14, 2017
SENECA, S.C. – William Andrew Oakley, 89, of 621 Knox Road, passed away Sunday,  May 14, at Oconee Memorial Hospital.
Davenport Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

William E. O’Dell
May 11, 2017
WESTMINSTER, S.C. – William Earl O’Dell, 54, of 200 West Oak Highway, passed away Thursday, May 11.
Sandifer Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Bonita Vinson
May 11, 2017
SENECA, S.C. – Bonita Mariya Washington Vinson, 26, of 701 S. Cherry St., passed away Thursday, May 11, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Sandifer Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Although many suicides occur within the week after Christmas, the highest number of suicides happen in the spring.