FIRST ANNUAL POETRY MEETS POTTERY TO BE HELD SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27

FIRST ANNUAL POETRY MEETS POTTERY TO BE HELD SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27

The first ever POETRY MEETS POTTERY event, which will include the first rhymed couplets contest, will be held at the Clay Studio on Saturday, February 27, at 2:30 PM. The Poet Laureate of Edgefield, Laurel Blossom, would like to invite all and sundry to attend the event, at which the winners of the couplets contest […]

Strom Thurmond CTC Sporting Clays Team Finishes State Skeet and Trap Tournament with 1st and 2nd Place Honors

Strom Thurmond CTC Sporting Clays Team Finishes State Skeet and Trap Tournament with 1st and 2nd Place Honors

The Strom Thurmond CTC (Career and Technology) Sporting Clays Team overcame cold temperatures and gusty winds on Friday February 12th and Saturday February 13th at the Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield to win the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Youth Trap and Skeet Championship in the Intermediate Trap, Intermediate Skeet, and High School Ladies […]

James M. Edwards, Jr.

James M. Edwards, Jr. JOHNSTON –     Funeral Services for James Martin Edwards, Jr., age 97, will be held Friday, February 12,  in Johnston First Baptist Church at 2 pm with the Rev. Thomas Barwick and Dr. Charles Hattaway officiating.  The family will receive friends in the church social hall immediately following the service.  Interment […]

Peggy A. Smith

Peggy Ayers Smith, 88, wife of the late Travis Grant Smith died Tuesday February 9, 2016 in Columbia, SC. Graveside services will be held Friday February 12, 2016 at 3 PM at Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield, SC. The family will receive friends before the service from 1:30 to 2:30 PM at Edgefield Mercantile […]

Couplets Contest Deadline This Friday, Feb. 12

$100 First Prize to be Awarded the Winning Couplet The Fist Annual Couplets Contest, part of the POETRY MEETS POTTERY event to be held at the end of the month, closes this Friday, February 12, when all couplets must be delivered to The Clay Studio on Buncombe St. in Edgefield by the end of the […]

PUBLIC MEETING

PUBLIC MEETING The Town of Edgefield and Edgefield County will be holding a Public Meeting at Edgefield Town Hall on February 17, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. to receive public input on the possibility of extending the Ten Governor’s Trail. If you have any questions or concerns about this project please contact Charlotte Cheatham at 803-637-4014.

NY Author Rooted in Edgefield

NY Author Rooted in Edgefield

Alice Denham, New York author whose roots are deep in Edgefield, died January 27, 2016, at home. She was in her 80s and was just before coming to Edgefield, in March, to do a reading from her new book being published by the Edgefield County Historical Society. Denham was a subscriber to The Edgefield Advertiser […]

James W. (Smokey) Bryan

James W. (Smokey) Bryan, 83, husband of Frances Diane Godfrey Bryan of McQueen St., died Saturday February 6, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday February 9, 2016 at 2 PM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, with burial at Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield, SC. Mr. Bryan was a native of Edgefield and was […]

Council Takes First Step to Put Bailey Bill Into Action

Edgefield County Council took the first step in putting the Bailey Bill into action within the county at their regularly scheduled Feb. meeting, Tuesday night, Feb. 2. (See coverage of full Council meeting in our related article.) The Bailey Bill is a bill that was enacted by the SC Legislature in 1992 that allows local […]

Martha Elmore Grice

Martha Elmore Grice, of Lake View Plantation, Berry Farm Rd., Trenton, SC, wife of James E. Grice of 61 years, died February 3, 2016 at Trinity Hospital. Graveside Service were held Saturday February 6, 2016 at 2 PM at Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield, SC. The family will receive friends after the service at the […]