Kathleen C. Lybrand – Easley, S.C.

Kathleen C. Lybrand Easley, S.C. EASLEY -Kathleen “Kathy” Clark Lybrand, 68, wife of Lynwood “Sonny” Lybrand, died Monday, July 9, 2018. Born in Edgefield, SC she was a daughter of the late Philip and Carrie Quattlebaum Clark. She graduated from Strom Thurmond High School and Baptist Hospital School of Nursing. She had a long nursing […]

Dr. Mullins Joins Local Dental Practice

Dr. Mullins Joins Local Dental Practice

Dr. Christina Mullins   Dr. Ransom Bryan, DMD, is pleased to have Dr. Christina Covar Mullins, DMD, join his practice. Dr. Mullins graduated from the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Born and raised in Edgefield, she was a graduate of Strom Thurmond High School and the […]

Named Director, Edgefield Mental Health Clinic

Named Director, Edgefield Mental Health Clinic

Mrs. Gail Smith   Mrs. Gail B. Smith is the daughter of the late John B. Butler and Ethel B. Butler of Trenton, SC.  She is married to Mr. Wilson Smith, Jr., and they have 2 wonderful children, Jabril and Amaryn. Mrs. Smith has been with the Beckman Center for 25 years.  She began her […]

Left, Right, or Center?

Left, Right, or Center?

This year, like most years recently, seems to be dominated by politics. At least during Party Primary season, Republican politicians seem to vie for the dubious honor of being seen as the Most Conservative or the Most Trump; Democrats vie to be noted as the Most Liberal or Least Trump. One has the impression that […]

Lori H. Holmes – McCormick, 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 July 3, 2018 Lori H. Holmes McCormick, SC   Lori Hood Holmes, 55, of Drennon St., McCormick, SC […]

Around the Square

Around the Square

And Down Main Street   Jalisha Michelle Adams, Edgefield County Public Library Manager, started out as a Page there in May of 2009 and became the branch manager in April of 2015. “The library is where I came when I was a little girl, it’s where I learned the joy of reading, so it’s a […]

  Around the Square

   Around the Square

And Down Main Street Preston Cox is photographed next to those great hydrangeas that he calls “hybrids.” (They grow as topiaries; and their color was originally pink and blue!) They decorate the entrance to Nonna’s Italian Restaurant on Main Street where Preston is General Manager, since July 5, 2017 – an anniversary this week!  You […]

Davis Wash, One of Top TEN in Miss SC Teen

Davis Wash, One of Top TEN in Miss SC Teen

Davis with her princesses, left is Collins Rosier and right is Olyvia Forrest.   Davis Wash of Edgefield scored well in the Miss South Carolina Teen 2018 contest that paralleled the Miss South Carolina pageant this past week in Columbia at Township Auditorium. She ended up in the top ten contestants to bring pride to […]

Edgefield Clay Studio Hosts Camps

Edgefield Clay Studio Hosts Camps

Harry Potter Camp Crew Does your child love to play in the mud?  Then Edgefield Clay Studio is the place for them.  The studio is hosting a series of weeklong camps for children throughout the summer months.  However, the camps, which are now in their third year, are becoming so popular that Paula Bowers of […]

Inaugural Strom Thurmond High School Athletic Hall of Fame

Inaugural Strom Thurmond High School Athletic Hall of Fame

In the more than 50 years of Strom Thurmond High School athletics, its teams have won 7 State Championships, 6 State Runners-up, and dozens of Region Championships; its athletes have won numerous individual state championships, All-State awards and All-Region awards. Strom Thurmond coaches have won many Region Coach of the Year honors, State Coach of […]