NORTH AUGUSTA, S. C. – Mrs. Sarah Schultz Curry, 69, entered into rest July 22, 2012. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Mealing Grove Baptist Church with Minister Curtis Wheeler officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Curry, a native of Edgefield County was a member of […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mr. Carroll Vernon Childers, 90, of Edgefield Rd., husband of the late Hazel Childers, died Friday July 20, 2012 at his residence. A Graveside Service will be held Monday July 23, 2012 at 11 A.M. at Sweetwater Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Childers was a native of Highpoint, N.C. and was a […]
On behalf of the Edgefield County Chamber of Commerce we are gearing up for our “Fill-A-Bus” school supply campaign, this year in memory of Mrs. Sandra Friar. Sandra was a long time employee of the Edgefield County School District, and a vital part of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. So this year we […]
Strom Thurmond High School will hold registration on the following dates from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day: August 6, Seniors; August 7, Juniors; August 8, Sophomores; August 9, Freshmen (Freshmen Orientation will be also be held from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.); August 13, New Students to the District. Reminder: All “Pre-registration” forms must be […]
The quiet of Friday afternoon, July 20, in the town of Edgefield was interrupted by a burst of sirens as police officers converged on the Edgefield Discovery Center. Reports came into The Advertiser office that “every police car in town” was seen there with descriptions depicting officers searching under of the Discovery Center. The Advertiser […]
Strom Thurmond High School announced that it has hired Christopher R. Zylstra as its new varsity baseball coach. In a statement released today, the school indicated that Coach Zylstra is from Wyoming, Michigan and has just graduated from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Graveside services for Ellerbe Orin “Sonny” Dukes will be held at 5:00 P. M. on Saturday, July 21, at Spann Cemetery in Ward, South Carolina. Mr. Dukes died at Edisto Island on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Born in Augusta, Georgia, on November 5, 1931, he was the son of the late Ellerbe […]
Resigned to the inevitable may best describe the sentiments of many in attendance at Tuesday night’s, July 17, public hearing held by the SC Department of Transportation to discuss the widening project of Highway 25. (This was at Mount Canaan fellowship hall on Highway 25, South, out of Trenton.) This project, which is composed of […]
Farmers’ and Artists’ Market: Johnston Farmers’ and Artists’ Market is held from 4-6 p.m. each Thursday. If interested in being a vendor call 275-4097. Meet the Players: Thursday night, July 19, from 6-7 p.m. Meet The Players on the town square will be held for the 11 and 12 year old All-Star team which will […]
Tammy Renee Boatwright, whose murder trial was set to begin Tuesday, July 17 for the 2011 shooting of Don Robert Boyd, Jr., accepted a plea bargain for the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. With this plea, the judge sentenced Boatwright to 15 years in prison and suspended that to 5 years in prison and 5 […]