Ridge Spring – James Edward Pressley was born June 5, 1944. in Chester County. He was the son of the. Late. E.W. and Margaret Cox Pressley. Jim (known as “Bill” to some) died June 7, 2016 at his home. Jim graduated from Great Falls High School and joined the US Navy. He retired from the […]
Katherine L. (Kathy) Johns, 65, of N. Martintown Rd. died Monday June 6, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Saturday June 11, 2016 at 2 PM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial to follow in Barrs Chapel Methodist Cemetery in Edgefield, SC. Mrs. Johns was a native of Edgefield County and a member of […]
MCCORMICK, S. C. – Mr. Charlie W. Martin, of Hwy 378 W., entered into rest June 4, 2016 at his residence. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at Springfield Baptist Church with the Rev. C. Moses Myers officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Martin, a native of Edgefield […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home at Creekstone Drive in North Augusta (Edgefield County), Thursday, June 2. Once there, the homeowner stated that he returned home from work at around 2:30 in the afternoon to find that his utility trailer was missing from his driveway. The man reported last seeing the trailer […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to two separate reports of dogs possibly being stolen. In the first incident, the ECSO was called to a home on the 100 block of Woodlawn Road, in Clarks Hill (Edgefield County) on Thursday, June 2. The homeowner stated that upon returning from taking his children to school, he […]
I hope that the readers of The Edgefield Advertiser are enjoying the political columns on this page and are thinking about the issues that Scott Cooper and I have been bringing up. Our perspectives are different, which is why the Editor has invited us both to write. One issue we have both written about is […]
Eighty-six year old Jean Bell of Ward, SC, finally got her wings. Not her angel wings — although some may argue that she deserves those too — but her flight attendant wings. The story of this event was told to The Advertiser by family friend Kelli Graham, a former flight attendant herself, who was instrumental […]
George Bryant notified the Advertiser that, on May 18, a neighbor driving by his house noticed an unhealthy looking raccoon in the Bryant yard, on Garrett Road. George suggested to the neightbor that they get on his golf cart and go find the raccoon, which they did, noticing that truly it was “not right.” They […]
My wife Karin and I were recently visiting my family and friends in and around Johnston. My mother, Annie Lewis Hall, and my brother Cliff, reside in The Saluda Nursing Center and we were pleasantly surprised to find Mother almost back to normal after a bout with pneumonia. Cliff required a full update of all […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Clerk of Court Sonny Reel that several of his campaign signs had been stolen. Reel, who is seeking re-election to his position, advised law enforcement that the eleven signs that were located on private, residential property. The locations of these signs included Columbia Road, Addison Street, Youngblood […]