JOHNSTON, S.C. – John Otis (Buster) Smith, 61, died January 13, 2014. Born in Saluda, he was the son of Emma Bell McKinney Smith and the late Herbert Adams. He was a member of Mine Creek Baptist Church and Mine Creek Burial Society. He was a retired textile worker. He is survived by his mother, […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Mary McGlothlin Burton, 63, of Edgefield, beloved wife of Major (Ret) Wayne T. Burton, Sr., joined her Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday January 18, 2014. A Celebration of Mary’s life will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday January 21, 2014 at Gilgal Baptist Church, Edgefield, S.C. with Rev. Jerry Garvin officiating. The […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Thomas William “Bill” Cartledge, 92, died Thursday, January 16, 2014. Born April 22, 1921, in Edgefield County, he was the eldest son of the late Joseph Zachariah and Ida Lou Byrd Cartledge. Mr. Cartledge graduated from Edgefield High School with honors and graduated in 1942 from the University of S.C. with a […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – James E. (Jimmy) Padgett, 68 of Fairway Dr., husband of Ellen Miller Padgett, died Thursday January 16, 2014 at University Hospital. Graveside services will be held Saturday January 18, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Padgett was a native of Edgefield, SC and was the son […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Trina Vanessa Simpkins Felder, 36, of 630 Ridge Road, the wife of Willie Felder, III, died on January 15, 2014, in the University Hospital, Augusta, Ga., She was born in Edgefield, S.C., daughter of David Simpkins and the late Lillie Mae Johnston Simpkins. She was a member of the Mt. Calvary Baptist […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Willette Simpkins, 49, of 38 Sherrell Lane, died on January 15, 2014, in the Edgefield County Hospital. She was born in Edgefield, S.C., daughter of David Simpkins and the late Ella Mae Johnston Simpkins. She was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church where she served as Director of E. Simmons Choir, […]
AIKEN, S.C. – Ms. Lenora Lanham Mathis, 57, of Greenville Street, entered into rest January 13, 2014. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Ms. Mathis, a native of Edgefield County was a member of Old Piney Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include her parents, Rev. Carsevelt Lanham and Dorothy Collier Lanham, North Augusta, SC; two brothers, […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Jewel B. Pardue, 89, of Johnston, S.C., wife of the late John Cecil Pardue, Sr., died Monday January 13, 2014 in Conway, S.C. Funeral Services will be held Friday January 17, 2014 at 2:30 P.M. at Harmony United Methodist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends […]
TRENTON, S. C. – Mrs. Fannie Mae Brighthop Christie, 84, of Brighthop Road, entered into rest January 13, 2014. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Mt. Canaan Baptist Church with the Rev. G. L. Brightharp officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Christie, a native of Edgefield […]
Dr. James W. Strobel, 80, died in an automobile accident in Florida on Jan. 8, 2014. The 12th president of Erskine College and Theological Seminary, he served from 1990 until his retirement in 1998. Strobel was a native of Ohio and a graduate of Ohio University. He received his Ph.D. in plant pathology from Washington […]