Opinion – By Robert Scott – In my 35 plus years as a Navy Officer and as a government contractor, I maintained a National Security Agency (NSA) clearance, and have a great deal of respect for the need for security. I must admit that I used to have more respect for the NSA than I […]
Assault and Arson on Kennedy Drive Deputies and an investigator with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to Kennedy Drive in North Augusta (Edgefield County) Friday, May 22, after they received a report of a vehicle on fire. According to a report regarding the incident, when law enforcement arrived on the scene, they found one […]
May 26, 2015 – The bridge at Garrett Road in Clarks Hill (Edgefield County) is currently closed due to construction. According to a spokesperson with the construction company in charge of the project who spoke to The Advertiser, work on the bridge began May 5 and is scheduled to be completed around the end of […]
KINGSPORT, TENN. – Patricia “Patsy” Hart Marsh died unexpectedly on May 23, 2015, at Holston Valley Medical Center. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Ken Marsh, and a daughter, Katherine Marsh Gibson, and son-in-law Jeremy Gibson, both of Knoxville, Tennessee; she is also survived by a sister, Peggy Hart, brother James W. […]
EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Ms. Mamie L. Butler Kimble, 62, of Macedonia Street, entered into rest May 21, 2015. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Bethlehem Baptist Church with the Rev. Reginald Grimes officiating. Interment will be in Bland Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Kimble, a native of Edgefield County […]
Two Edgefield County students won first place in the state for their essays sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Turner Miles Peeples, a seventh grade student at Wardlaw Academy won in category three which is for grades 7 and 8. Beth Warnken, a tenth grade student at Wardlaw Academy, won for category IV which is […]
– By Becky Turner – Sunday afternoon, May 17, the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society (OEDGS) held their bi-monthly meeting at the Tompkins Library on the Square in Edgefield. This day the program was dedicated to the past and present service personnel. The first speaker was Dennis Bussey, son of the late Mr. Joe Bussey who […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. William “Bill” Baron, Chief Petty Officer, US Navy, Retired, age 84, of Highway 121, passed away Monday, May 18, 2015 at the Edgefield County Hospital. Bill was a native of Niagara Falls, NY, having made South Carolina his home for over forty-three years. The son of the late Adolph and Mary […]
Luau: The Edgefield Chapter of the Edgefield National Wild Turkey Federation will host its 15th annual Luau at the Headquarters Pavilion May 21, to begin at 6 p.m. and dinner served at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited. For more info or tickets call April Flowers at 803-637-3106. Farmer’s Market: Edgefield Farmers Market is open […]
Bettis C. Rainsford, Jr. graduated from the University of South Carolina, School of Law on May 8th, 2015. While in law school, Bettis was a member of the American Bar Association’s Real Property Trust and Estate Journal, the Federal Bar Association, and Phi Delta Phi. He was a Peer Mentor, a representative on the Student […]