Hattie Ruth Rearden Waldo

EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mrs. Hattie Ruth Rearden Waldo, 87, of Crest Road, entered into rest January 26, 2014. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnny Clark officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Waldo, a native of Edgefield County, had […]

Thomas C. (Tommy) Hammond

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Thomas C. (Tommy) Hammond, 60, of Old Chappell Ferry Road, died Saturday February 1, 2014 at his residence. Graveside Services will be held Monday February 3, 2014 at 11 A.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Hammond was a native of Edgefield, S.C. and was the son of Margaret […]

Dr. James “Jim” Wayne Lemke

HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Memorial services for Dr. James “Jim” Wayne Lemke, 67, will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, January 30, 2014 in Davidson Hall on the campus of Coker College. The service will be simulcast to Watson Theater in the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center. The Rev. Dr. Dan Sansbury and Dr. Deane […]

Nell Covar Shaffer

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Nell Covar Shaffer, 80, of Edgefield, wife of Melvin S. (Perk) Shaffer, Jr., died Tuesday January 28, 2014 at Edgefield County Hospital. Graveside services were held Friday, January 31, at 2 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mrs. Shaffer was a native of Edgefield and was retired manager at Hardees […]

Benjamin Bryan “Ben” Hare

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – Mr. Benjamin Bryan “Ben” Hare, 87, of Orangeburg, died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at the Veterans Victory House Nursing Home in Walterboro. A Celebration of Life service was held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, in the First Baptist Church, Orangeburg, with the Reverend Ryan Tucker and the Reverend Toni Pipkins […]

Ned Glanton

EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mr. Ned Glanton, 58, of Glanton Drive, entered into rest January 20, 2014. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Republican Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Patten, Jr., officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Glanton, a native of Edgefield County was […]

Josephine Boyce McBroom

AIKEN, S.C. – Mrs. Josephine Boyce McBroom, 103, died Monday, January 13, 2014 in Edgefield, SC. Born in Sewanee, TN on June 5, 1910, to Benjamin Harris and Marie Sherwood Boyce, Mrs. McBroom lived most of her life in Chattanooga, TN.  She moved to South Carolina in 1990 to spend her last years with her […]

Terry S. Shaffer

AIKEN, S.C. – Mr. Terry S. Shaffer, 62, of Aiken, died Tuesday January 21, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Graveside Services will be held Friday January 24, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Shaffer was a native of Edgefield, S.C. and was the son of Melvin S. (Perk) […]

Daniel Winkie Mealing

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Mr. Daniel Winkie Mealing, 66, of Troy Avenue, entered into rest January 19, 2014. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mr. Mealing, a native of Edgefield County was a former member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Survivors include four sisters, Effie (George) Lanham, North Augusta, SC; Julia Mealing, Portsmouth, VA; LaRosa (Fransis) […]

John O. Smith

JOHNSTON, S.C. – John Otis (Buster) Smith, 61, died January 13, 2014. Born in Saluda, he was the son of Emma Bell McKinney Smith and the late Herbert Adams. He was a member of Mine Creek Baptist Church and Mine Creek Burial Society. He was a retired textile worker. He is survived by his mother, […]