CLEMSON, S.C., March 2, 2015 – A survey designed by Clemson University researchers to begin to quantify the economic and ecological damage caused by feral hogs will soon start showing up in the mailboxes of many South Carolina farmers and rural landowners. The survey data will help inform a feral hog-management strategy that will be […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Jozell Anderson Hooper, 83, of Brooks Street, entered into rest February 26, 2015. Funeral services will be held 11:00AM, Wednesday, March 4, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Oscar W. Brown officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hooper, a native of Edgefield County, was a member of Pleasant […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Mary Emma Anderson Scurry, 96, the widow of Jinks Scurry, died on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, in the University Hospital, Augusta, GA. She was born in Edgefield, SC, daughter of the late Milledge and Ammie Loveless Anderson. She was a member of the Pleasant Lane Baptist Church. She is survived by: […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – Our County, Edgefield, really is the heart of South Carolina, with Ten Governors and roots reaching back to colonial days. Many of our ten governors were household names not only in South Carolina but across the nation. One of those was Benjamin Ryan Tillman: planter, politician, Governor, and Senator. […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Delvie B. (Sonny) Herron, 80, died Saturday February 28, 2015 at National Health Care. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday March 4, 2015 at 1 PM at Immanuel Baptist Church in North Augusta, SC. Mr. Herron was born in Santa Monica, Ca. He was a Retired Shipping Clerk for Northrop Corporation. […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Helen Moss Summer, 76, of Trenton died Saturday February 28, 2015 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Graveside Services will be Monday March 2, 2015 at 10 AM in Ebenezer Cemetery Trenton, SC. Ms. Summer was retired from the SC Forestry Commission where she was the first female Nursery Supervisor in the State. She […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Jane Olivia Saye, age 68, will be held Monday, March 2, 2015 at 2pm at Bland Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. Burial will be private following visitation. Jane died Saturday, February 28, 2015. She was a daughter of Jeanette Griffis Berry and the late […]
Soup, Sandwich & Smiles: Edgefield United Methodist Church invites everyone to join them at noon, Thursday, February 26, for lunch and fellowship. Republican Women: of Edgefield County will meet Thursday, Feb. 26th, at Edgefield Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Speaker – George Thornton, CEO National Wild Turkey Federation The […]
February 25, 2015 – Edward Terrell Chandler, 27, of Johnston, was arrested Tuesday morning, Feb. 24, for the sexual assault and kidnapping of an 82 year old Johnston woman. According to law enforcement, Chandler knocked on the door to the woman’s Lee Street home early Tuesday morning saying he needed help for his father. When the […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Cecil L. Berry, 80, of Rabbit Trail, husband of Lucy Hyman Berry, died Monday February 23, 2015 at V.A. Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held Thursday February 26, 2015 at 2 P.M. at Living Word Fellowship with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield with Military Honors.The family will […]