To Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Jane Jenkins Herlong keeps her audience laughing, and sometimes about the most serious of issues. That kind of laughter is healing. So do we call Jane a local “healer,” as well as entertainer, writer, and songster? This songster did well before a smaller-than-usual audience (an unexpected death in the […]
Edgefield County Deputies responded to a call at Taylor Nursery off Airport Road in Trenton Tuesday morning, Aug. 7, where they found evidence of an attempted theft. Aluminum pipes that were in a field at the tree nursery were found sawed in half in an apparent attempt to make the 20-30 ft. long pipes easier […]
The following stories ran in the print edition of The Edgefield Advertiser on July 4, July 11 and July 18, 2012, and held much interest for those connected to Johnston and the school which no longer exists. Here they are, in sequence, for all to see. — A Johnston High School Newspaper — From 1944 […]
Genealogical and historical societies from all over South Carolina and Georgia are gathering together at the “Southern Studies Showcase” on Friday, September 28 through Saturday, September 29, in the town of Edgefield. Hosted by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society and the Old Edgefield District African American Genealogical Society, the event is a series of […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Carrie Phillips Lindsey, 72, of 1090 Meeting Street, widow of Dennis C. Lindsey, died August 3, 2012, at her home. Born in Edgefield County, she was the daughter of the late O.W. and Hurley Gilliam Phillips. She was a member of Willow Spring Baptist Church, WHAS #126 and a retired employee of […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Pansy Wood Turner, born in the Antioch Section of Edgefield on July 28, 1922, passed away on Saturday August 4, 2012. Mrs. Turner was the daughter of the late John W. and Maggie Wood and she was a retired textile worker. She was a member of the Edgefield First Baptist Church. […]
The Advertiser is now posting the 10 lowest gas prices for Edgefield and Johnston, and Aiken and North Augusta, on our new Gas Prices Page, as reported by GasBuddy. You can help keep this information current and accurate by downloading the GasBuddy app for your mobile phone and reporting prices when you stop to fill-up your tank. […]
By Terese Bland Bueker “The one person I want to meet in Heaven, besides my mother, of course, is Talton Bland,” said Terese Bland Bueker of The Woodlands, Texas. “And the first thing I’m going to say to him is ‘Talton, who’s your Daddy?!’” As a genealogist I learned that my ancestor, Talton Bland, was […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Patricia Sherbert Clark, age 64, will be held Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Johnston First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home on Saturday evening from 5-7 pm. Mrs. Clark, a native […]
Strom Thurmond High will be scrimmaging Newberry next Wednesday night, 8 August, at home starting at 6:00 p.m. Come out and meet the Rebels. There will be a $3 admission charge. Don’t forget the scrimmage Saturday morning 4 August at Laurens High School starting at 10:00 a.m.