Noah Alexannder Creech

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mr. Noah Alexannder Creech, 19, of Ridgefield Drive, entered into rest on Friday, November 7, 2014. His funeral service will be held at 4:30 PM on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at First Baptist Church of North Augusta with Rev. Tom H. Rogers officiating. Interment will be private. Mr. Creech was a member […]

We Can Join Together in Edgefield County

Opinion  – By Robert Scott – This year’s election cycle is finally over, and the results nationwide show a clear shift: in the U.S. Senate, there will now be a slight Republican majority instead of a slight Democratic majority, and in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republican majority will be larger than it has […]

OEDGS to Hear Underwood on Tillman-Gonzales Case

OEDGS to Hear Underwood on Tillman-Gonzales Case

The public is cordially invited to the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society meeting on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 3:00 p. m. in the Lynch Building Annex of the Tompkins Library, Edgefield, SC. The guest speaker will be James Lowell Underwood, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law at the University of South Carolina School of […]

Miriam Bryan Winn

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Miriam Bryan Winn, 95, widow of the late John E. Winn, of Edgefield, died Friday Nov. 7, 2014 at Forest View Manor. Funeral Services will be held Sunday Nov. 9, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Rehoboth Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mrs. Winn was born […]

An Inside Look At How Our County is Growing

Opinion Last month the County Council passed the millage rate for the current tax year. We did not increase the amount you pay in County Government taxes.   That’s the first bit of good news.   The second part of the good news is that our County is growing, which helps keep taxes under control. […]

Jessie Muriel Derrick Carson Duszik

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fl. – Mrs. Jessie Muriel Derrick Carson Duszik, age 93, passed away November 5, 2014 in Port Charlotte, Fl. Born on November 29, 1920, in Johnston, SC, she was a daughter of the late Jesse McKelder and Ardella Franklin Derrick. Mrs. Duszik was a cosmetologist who owned the Mirror Magic Beauty Salon in […]

Edgefield Is A Purple Heart Town

Edgefield Is A Purple Heart Town

• Town Council Holds Monthly Meeting As members of the Military Order of Purple Heart looked on Mayor Ken Durham delivered a town proclamation declaring Edgefield a Purple Heart Town. In attendance was Dr. Jim Hawk, an Edgefield Citizen and Purple Heart recipient, who served in Europe with the Third Army during World War II. […]

Spann UMC Holds 10th Hymn Sing

Spann UMC Holds 10th Hymn Sing

The Lord provided a perfectly beautiful day for the 10th Annual Fall Hymn Sing at Spann UMC in Ward, SC. The first of these services was held during the year of Spann’s 200th Anniversary Celebration.   The purpose was to showcase the grand old hymns from the Cokesbury Hymnal, in use at Spann since 1938. This […]

Small Ruminant’s Nutritional Needs

Small Ruminant’s Nutritional Needs

– By Gary Coleman of the Clemson Extension Office – Feed is the single largest cost related to raising small ruminants, more often accounting for 63 percent or more of the total production costs. It goes without saying that nutrition utilizes a very large influence on flock reproduction, milk production, and lamb and kid growth. […]

Here and There – 11-6-14

Here and There – 11-6-14

Storytime at the Library: Storytime at the Library will be Saturday, Nov. 22, at 11:30 a.m. at the Edgefield County Library in Edgefield. For more information call Miranda DiMarco at 637-4025. Holiday Bazaar: 34th Annual Holiday House Bazaar, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 471 W. Martintown Rd, North Augusta, Saturday, Nov. 8, breakfast from 8-10:30 a.m.; […]