Ira Davis “Sonny” Bledsoe – Johnston, SC

W. Thurmond Burnett                                                                    David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Ira Davis “Sonny” Bledsoe, 80, of Johnston, SC, husband of Wynell Holsonback Bledsoe entered into rest on Sunday, August 30, 2020.  A graveside service will be held at 11 AM, Wednesday, […]

Leslie Ruth Harley – Johnston, SC

W. Thurmond Burnett                                                                    David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Leslie Ruth Harley, 56, of Johnston, SC entered into rest on Saturday, August 29, 2020. A private family graveside service will be held at later date. Miss. Harley was born in […]

IGA in Johnston to Close

IGA in Johnston to Close

Community Responds             The Advertiser received word Wednesday, Sept. 2, from a spokesperson with Alex Lee, Inc., the parent company of KJ’s Market, IGA, and Lowes Food, that the IGA in Johnston is going to close.  Kimberly George, Vice President of Communications and Corporate Citizenship, told the Advertiser that the plan is “to relocate the Johnston IGA […]

Bilo Sold- Confirmed

Bilo Sold- Confirmed

   The Advertiser has been informed by reliable, local sources that the BiLo in Edgefield has been sold.  Sources say that the grocery store has been bought by KJ’s Market.  According to the website www.scnow.com, KJ’s and IGA grocery stores were purchased in Oct. of 2019 by Lowes Food which owns “nearly 85 full-service grocery stores in North […]

American Spirit in Cowboy/Cowgirl at Rodeo

American Spirit in Cowboy/Cowgirl at Rodeo

By Karyn Sealy Bland All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  The recent Sandy Oaks Pro Rodeo celebrated the American Spirit, particularly the cowboy/cowgirl. Sitting in the stands […]

100 Years Ago, Women Won Right to Vote

100 Years Ago, Women Won Right to Vote

The photo above tells the story of The Edgefield Advertiser and its backing of the 19th Amendment, voted on in 1920.  This photo was made in 1918 during a parade in Edgefield when the Advertiser publicized both its age and its stand on Women’s Suffrage.  Examine the wheels to see written: “For Women Votes.”  Seated in the driver’s […]

Helen C. Corley of Modoc

W. Thurmond Burnett                                                                    David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Helen C. Corley of Modoc, SC, wife of the late John H. “Pete” Corley entered into rest on Thursday, August 27, 2020 just one day before she would have turned 89. […]

Mrs. Edna Winn Smith

Mrs. Edna Winn Smith, 87 of Hwy 220 East, Lincolnton entered into rest on Friday, August 21, 2020 at University Hospital Summerville. Graveside services were held on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 4 pm at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery, 2896 Key Rd., Plum Branch, S.C.   Mrs. Smith, daughter of the late Lewis and Gertrude Culbreath […]

Clear Vision

Clear Vision

By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  I recently had a very successful cataract surgery.  Perhaps I have recovered the eyesight I enjoyed forty years ago!  There’s […]

Politics and Health, 2020

Politics and Health, 2020

By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  As we get closer to Election Day, we often hear from candidates that they and their family are […]

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