Four Seats on Edgefield Co. School Board Are Up for Re-election: File by August 15 Notice is given in the print edition of The Advertiser, page 5, that the filing is open for the Edgefield School Board elections in the general election of early November. There are four seats up for re-election: Districts 3, 4, 6, […]
McKie’s Pavillion is a Family Affair The Grand Opening of Santi’s Dollar Store (short for Santiago) was held Saturday, July 14, at 9 a.m. Summer hours will be Monday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1-6 p.m. If the community shows a need, the fall/winter hours will be from 8 […]
EDGEFIELD – Ms. Dorothy Lee Perry, 71, of Brooks Street, entered into rest July 11, 2012. Funeral services will be held 12 noon Monday, July 16, 2012 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Oscar Brown officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Ms. Perry, a native of Edgefield County was a member […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mr. Isaac T. “Tom” Robinson, 85, of Madison Road, entered into rest July 8, 2012. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Old Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Patten officiating. Interment will be in Poplar Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Robinson a native of […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Mr. John (Sullivan) Newsome, 90, of North View Avenue, entered into rest July 7, 2012. Funeral services will be held 12 noon Saturday, July 14, 2012 at G. L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary Chapel. Interment will be in Walker Memorial Park. Mr. Newsome, a native of Edgefield County was a member of […]
TRENTON – Mrs. Rosalee Boyd Meriwether, 83, of Courtney Road, entered into rest July 15, 2012. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Meriwether, a native of McCormick County was a member of Poplar Spring Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Dianna Negron, Doris Meriwether, Trenton, SC and Connie Meriwether, Brooklyn, NY; six sons, William […]
GRANITEVILLE – Mrs. Donaleen M. Price Gardner, 86, of Graniteville, wife of the late Ralph Gardner, went to be with her lord Saturday July 14, 2012 at University Hospital. Funeral Service will be held Wednesday July 18, 2012 at 11 A.M. at Pine Grove Baptist Church in Bath, S.C. with burial in the church cemetery. […]
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has scheduled a public hearing Tuesday, July 17, in Edgefield County concerning the proposed improvements to US 25 from Secondary Road 429 (Barton Road) to SC 19 (Augusta Road). The hearing will be between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the Mt. Canaan Baptist Church Fellowship Hall located […]
JOHNSTON – Graveside services for Mrs. Lou Carter Lewis, age 83, will be held Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 4 pm at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park. The family will receive friends after the service at the gravesite. Mrs. Lewis died Wednesday, July 11, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Issac and Julia Bishop […]
BY KAY CAMPBELL When our trip to Washington, DC, was planned 6 months ago, we had no idea of the history we were about to witness. We knew we’d visit the Capitol, the Library of Congress, all the war memorials and many other historic landmarks. But who knew we would see the Chief Justice of […]