– 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 […]
Everywhere they went they were asked, “You are with the Honor Flight?” It was a trip of a lifetime, according to Dr. Jim Hawk who was one of over 70 WWII veterans who took the flight from Columbia recently to visit the memorials in Washington, D.C., to return the same day. According to him, there […]
– By guest writer Alana Caddell, STHS student – Early on Saturday morning at the Wake County Courthouse in Raleigh, N.C., Strom Thurmond High School’s mock trial team waited to face yet another team at the national level of competition. They could face a team from another state or from Guam or even one from […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Deanna Kimball Strawhorn-Yount, 43, of Coventry Court, entered into rest Sunday, May 17, 2015. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Christian Heritage Church. Pastor Stephen D. Phillips officiating. Interment in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Deanna was a lifelong resident of Aiken County and graduated Magna Cum Laude from […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Raymond Tidwell Timmerman Jr, 86, husband of Mary Elizabeth Watkins Timmerman for 63 years, died Monday, May 18, 2015, at University Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 11 AM at Edgefield First Baptist Church will burial at Eastview Cemetery. Mr. Timmerman was a native of Edgefield, […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – By the time this OpEd goes to print, South Carolina’s Senator Lindsey Graham will likely have joined the field of announced Republican candidates for President. Sen. Graham is known for his favoring military solutions to many problems, certainly more than President Obama and probably more than President Bush. Following […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Benjamin Waldrep Anderson II, died peacefully on May 16, 2015, after a five-year battle with lung cancer. Born in Edgefield, SC on August 25, 1951, he was the son of the late Joe F. Anderson, Sr. and Carmen Wilkerson Anderson. Ben had a wide circle of friends and family, all of whom […]