Notre-Dame at Risk, Potential Symbolism.

Notre-Dame at Risk, Potential Symbolism.

I want to thank CBS This Morning for their piece on the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris on Tuesday March 20th. It frankly is discouraging to learn about the state of its disrepair and its crumbling from within.   I am so grateful for the opportunity to have traveled to view this amazing testimony of craftmanship […]

Make a Wish for Cashous Gantt

Make a Wish for Cashous Gantt

  PHOTO- Cashous in car seat with his mother, grandmother and big brother.   On March 19, 2018, at 9 a.m. a long black limousine came to Johnson Street in Johnston, S.C., to pick up Amber, Teresa, Cashous and Gregory and carried them to Columbia, S.C., to shop. The limousine was stocked with sparkling cider, […]

Ola L. Jolly – Edgefield, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                     Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com March 24, 2018     Ola L. Jolly Edgefield, SC   Ola Langley Jolly, 79, wife of […]

How I met R.D. Porcher and the Hawthorn Tree  

How I met R.D. Porcher and the Hawthorn Tree   

          Pictured: Richard Porcher I shall forever think of Richard Dwight Porcher when I see a hawthorn tree.  I saw one for the first time, recently, while attending one of his lecture tours through a swamp at Middleton Plantation out of Charleston, SC. Porcher is retired from The Citadel where he taught […]

Johnston Community Park Selected by Leadership S.C.

Leadership South Carolina believes the best way to positively impact the state is through education and awareness of the most pressing challenges facing the state. The Leadership South Carolina Class of 2018 selected the Johnston Park Partnership as their community investment project. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Johnston Park Partnership will be Sunday, April 15th at […]

Joanne B. Gilstrap – Edgefield, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                   Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com March 18, 2018   Joanne B. Gilstrap Edgefield, SC   Joanne Barnes Gilstrap, 69, wife of William “Bill” […]

Allen P. Sharpe – Johnston, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                     Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com March 18, 2018 Allen P. Sharpe Johnston, SC   Allen Paul Sharpe, 63, husband of the late […]

Jerry J. Riggs, Jr. – Edgefield, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                        Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com March 17, 2018       Jerry J. Riggs, Jr. Edgefield, SC   Jerry Jerome Riggs, […]

Spartanburg Group Tours Edgefield

Spartanburg Group Tours Edgefield

 Six of the 21 who toured Edgefield on February 27. Dr. Charlie Grey, far left, led the group. With the Civil War and Reconstruction in mind, a history study group, led by Dr. Charlie Grey, came from Spartanburg to see what Edgefield had to say about those topics.  The group was quite pleased with the […]

Local Students Chosen for Washington Trip

Local Students Chosen for Washington Trip

  Brendon Frazier Madison Brawley Madison Brawley of Strom Thurmond High and Brendon Frazier of Ridge Spring-Monetta High are among the students sponsored by Aiken Electric Cooperative to attend the all-expense-paid Washington Youth Tour. They were selected on the basis of their academic achievements, school activities, community service and a personal interview. South Carolina’s electric […]

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