Mrs. Bettie M. Wash – Toccoa, GA

Toccoa, GA – Mrs. Bettie Martin Wash, age 84, Wesley Circle, Toccoa, Georgia, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the StephensCounty Hospital. A daughter of the late Bland and Florence Mackie Mathis, she was born on September 22, 1932 in Edgefield, South Carolina, moved to Atlanta, Ga. in 1974, and later moved to Toccoa in 1978.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church […]

Mrs. Connie H. Reynolds – Lexington, SC

  Lexington, SC – Connie Holmes Reynolds, 44, wife of David Reynolds, died December 30, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday January 3, 2017 at 11 AM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield. Mrs. Reynolds was a native of Trenton, S.C. and was the daughter of […]

US Fibers Expanding

US Fibers Expanding

US Fibers is expanding their operations.  The news of the expansion came the last week of 2016 through Will Williams, President and CEO of the Economic Development Partnership.  Williams provided to the Advertiser a press release from the company that announced the commercialization of their newest PET fiber line.  Described as a “multi-million dollar investment”, […]

Prater Home Burns in Morning Fire

Prater Home Burns in Morning Fire

An early morning fire, Thursday, Dec. 29, claimed the home of Rusty and Deborah Prater, longtime residents of the Westside community.  According to a fireman with Westside Fire Department, the call went out a little after 6:00 Thursday morning.  When fire officials arrived, the home was fully engulfed.  However, before fire responders were able to […]

Mrs. Annie Lewis Ripley Hall – Johnston, SC

Johnston, SC —  Funeral Services for Mrs. Annie Ripley Hall, age 98, will be held Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 11 o’clock in Johnston First Baptist Church.   Burial will take place in Mt of Olives Cemetery prior to the service at 11 o’clock.  The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home Friday evening from 5-7 […]

Bakers Branch fire

Bakers Branch fire

At 8:20 am 12-27-16 the Merriewether and County Line fire departments were dispatched to the 600 block of Bakers Branch and battled a house fire that did heavy damage to the residence. The home was unoccupied at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. The fire cause is still under investigation and […]

One Muslim’s Conversion to Christianity

One Muslim’s Conversion to Christianity

The Rev. Kambiz Saghaey Shares His Testimony at Antioch “A strong Muslim” – that is how the Rev. Kambiz Saghaey described himself to the congregation of Antioch Baptist Church as he spoke to them Sunday morning during their worship service the week before Christmas.  The Rev. Saghaey explained that he was born into the Islamic […]

Break-in on Nicholson Rd.

Break-in on Nicholson Rd.

The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a break-in at a residence on the 100 block of Nicholson Rd. in Trenton, Dec. 19.  According to an ECSO report on the incident, the homeowner returned home in the evening to find a basement window on the backside of his residence had been knocked out.  Upon arriving […]

Mr. Mark D. McGinnis – Edgefield, SC

EDGEFIELD – Mark D. McGinnis, 62, of Edgefield, went to be with the Lord on December 19, 2016. Mark was born on December 16, 1954 in Huntington, WV, the son of the late David H. and Clara S. McGinnis. He is survived by his brother, Matthew (Sandy) McGinnis of Surfside Beach, and his sister, Jeannie […]

Mrs. Margaret P. Dorsey – Johnston, SC

JOHNSTON – Funeral services for Margaret P. Dorsey will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2016, at Shaws Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. R.C. Holloway Pastor. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 28, at Amos  & Sons Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Dorsey was a […]