March 24, 2015 – The Edgefield County Historical Society will dedicate its new caretaker’s cottage at Horn’s Creek Church at its Spring Meeting this coming Sunday, Palm Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. The dedication ceremony will include a blessing of the cottage by several local clergymen, led by the Rev. Tom DiMarco of […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Ms. Annie L. Drummings Settles entered into rest March 21, 2015, at GLC-Windemere. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 28, at 2 p.m. at Science Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Jasper Lloyd officiating. Interment will follow in Bettis Academy Memorial Park. Ms. Settles, a native of Edgefield County, was a […]
JOHNSTON, S.C., March 23, 2015 – The Annual FFA Plant Sale at STCTC is going on now! FFA students will be available to help you select spring plants now during school hours or Saturday – March 28th from 8AM-2PM (at the Greenhouses behind the ST football field-house). The plants look beautiful and people are welcome to […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. Joe Edward Friar, 86, of Young St., husband of the late Frankie Norris Friar, died Saturday March 21, 2015. Mr. Friar was a native of Johnston, S.C. and was a Navy Veteran. He was retired supervisor of Maintenance and the Machine Shop at Owens-Corning in Aiken, S.C. Survivors include 2 Sons- […]
RIDGE SPRING, S.C. – A Memorial Service for Mr. Milton Lester Crouch will be held Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Bethel Baptist Church at 3 pm. The family will receive friends at the church following the service. A graveside service will take place at Travis Park Cemetery in Saluda prior to the Memorial Service at 2pm. […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – Anyone paying attention this spring knows that 2015 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Those who watch the evening news have been able to view footage of the original marchers brutally assaulted on “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965, as they crossed […]
The Edgefield County School District has announced that current Chief Financial Officer for the school district, David Fallaw, has been appointed to serve as assistant superintendent effective July 1, 2015. Mr. Fallaw will take the place of Donna Strom who notified the school board of her desire to retire at the end of this fiscal […]
Church Sale: Piney Grove Holiness Church $1.00 Sale at 114 Bouknight Ferry. Rd., Saluda; March 19-21 after 12 o’clock. Bingo Night: Johnston Elementary PTO will have a Family Bingo Night on Thursday, March 19. Hot Dog Supper begins at 5:30 and Bingo starts at 6 p.m.($3 for bingo cards and $1.00 for hot dogs and […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Miss Mary Frances McCullough, of Persimmon Street, entered into rest March 15, 2015, at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. A native of Edgefield County, she was a 1971 graduate of Strom Thurmond High School and a member of Republican Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Cassandra McCullough, of […]
The traditional Journey to Easter, produced by the Edgefield Methodist Church in conjunction with the Methodist community and the citizenry of the area, will be held again this year on the weekend of Palm Sunday: on Saturday March 28, at 3:00 p.m.; on Palm Sunday, March 29, at 3 p.m. The location is at Kendall […]