Franklin Benjamin O'Neil Obituary
We bid farewell to Franklin Benjamin O'Neil (Columbia, South Carolina), whose journey of life gracefully concluded on March 29, 2025 at the age of 74. Franklin Benjamin touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, Charles O'Neil and Frizell Keller O'Neil; his great-grandparents, Frank I. and Phyllis Lawhorn Anderson; his wife Deloris Buggs O'Neil; his sons, LaMar O'Neil (Jenice Dreher) of Columbia, SC and Marlon Tyree O'Neil (Lorena) of Columbia, SC; his grandchildren, Angela O'Neil, Marlon Tyree, Jr., Jasmine Dreher, Cedric O'Neil, Jacob Charles O'Neil and Alexis Dreher of Columbia, SC; his sisters, Charlie Mae O'Neil Cornelius (John), Margaret O'Neil Davis (Anthony) of Columbia, SC, Christine O'Neil and Mary O'Neil Canty of Houston, TX; his daughter-in-law Lorena O'Neil; his siblings-in-law, Carnella Ellison, Janice Buggs, Connie Buggs, John Cornelius and Dea; and his nieces and nephews, Kenneth Cornelius, Ira Davis, LaShon Morrow, Lisa Buggs, Delora Kinlaw, Keolia Ellison, Brian Canty of Columbia, SC, Reginald Buggs of Suffolk, VA, Candace Canty Bailey of Houston, TX and Payton Cornelius of Atlanta, GA.
