EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Janie Ruth Rearden Osborne, of Glover Street, entered into rest August 26, 2014. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig Myers officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Osborne, a native of Edgefield County, was a […]
Strom Thurmond High School alumni classes’ 79-90 School Supplies Give-Away was a great success. They gave away over 100 school supplies to grades K-12.
For those who may have missed Ethel Butler’s column on Revivals in the print edition (correspondent for pages 2-3 in section 2), it was a special retrospective on the revival preparations of her youth – and well worth going back to that edition. Revivals are a part of church life in this area, and two […]
Local family-owned company, Carolina CoverTech, broke new ground for their 8,000 sq. ft. addition. Congressman Duncan from the SC 3rd district joined as owners, brothers Rian True and Lee Jones, broke ground along with their 80-year-old father, Skip, whom they purchased the company from years ago. Carolina CoverTech has been hand-crafting quality products that cover, […]
The ALS Challenge (a focus on fundraising) has swept the nation with challenges met in every corner of the land, including Edgefield County and the Ridge. The media reports that over 4 million dollars have been raised in this effort. One only has to check social media, Facebook, to find both local and national videos […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – Like so many Americans, I was appalled by the reports of the beheading of an American journalist, James Foley, at the hands of the self-styled “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS). Like so many Americans, my immediate reaction was, we have to get those guys. What we want […]
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – Virginia Elizabeth Gilliam, 18, daughter of Herbert W. and Susan Platts Gilliam, and a student at Clemson University, died Sunday, August 24, 2014. The relatives and friends of Virginia Gilliam are invited to attend her Funeral Service on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in The Church at LifePark, 1151 George Browder Boulevard […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – A Celebration of Life for Mrs. Frances Clark Winn, age 86, will be held Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 12 noon at Bland Funeral Home with burial to follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home on Wednesday from 11 am to 12 pm prior to […]
The festival T-shirts have come through, in Carolina blue, for everyone to purchase for advertising and supporting the Edgefield Heritage Jubilee Festival coming up the weekend of September 26-27. They can be purchased at Wells Fargo Bank, Town Hall, Park Row and Seawright Cleaners at $10.00, short sleeve; $15.00 for long sleeves.
These photos were taken Saturday evening, August, 23, 2013 at the Sandy Oaks Pro Rodeo in Edgefield. Photo Credit: Robert Norris – High resolution prints of these images can be purchased from rhn3photo.com.