WALTERBORO, S.C. – Mr. Willie Marvin Reynolds, 82, of Still Street in Walterboro, entered into rest Saturday morning, April 6, 2013, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. He was the husband of sixty years to the late Mrs. Annie Mims Reynolds. Funeral services will be conducted 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, April 9, 2013, from […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Ella F. Mikell Wallace, 66, of Eidson Rd., wife of Daniel Wallace, died Saturday April 6, 2013 at her residence. Graveside Services will be held Wednesday April 10, 2013 at 10 A.M. at Ridge Crest Memorial Park in Batesburg. Mrs. Wallace was born in Glennville, Ga. and was a member of […]
SALUDA, S.C. – Graveside Funeral Services for Mrs. Nancy Hentz Patterson Grant, age 83, will be held Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park at 11 am. The family will receive friends at the gravesite following the service. Mrs. Grant died Sunday, April 7, 2013 at Saluda Nursing Center. She was a daughter […]
AIKEN, S.C. – The City of Aiken’s Historic Tour program will extend its normal Saturday morning tours for Masters Week. Two additional tours are planned for Wednesday, April 10th and Friday, April 12th from 10 a.m. – noon. The regular Saturday morning tour on April 13th will also still be held. This two hour historic tour offers visitors […]
Opera; Lectures; Church, Cemetery, Garden Tours – ABBEVILLE, S.C. – Abbeville will celebrate its French heritage April 19-21 with the first Abbeville French Heritage Festival, featuring a piano concert in Abbeville’s historic Trinity Episcopal Church, an original opera at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and an antique and art show at the historic Livery Stable. Friends of […]
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Students in Lander University assistant professor of art Doug McAbee’s advanced sculpture class recently installed seven “sensory sculptures” along the therapeutic riding trail behind the Burton Center. The idea is that visitors to the newly created trail will interact with ‘sensory stations’ while on the trail, according to McAbee, adding that the […]
Amends 2012-2013 Budget By Tiffani Ireland – The Edgefield County Council gave unanimous approval to the 2013-2014 budget after its first reading at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, Tuesday, Apr. 2. The 2013-2014 will see an increase by $251,399 over last year’s budget to bring the total to $8,801,393. The county is expecting to use […]
Three crime related stories from the area. By Advertiser Staff – Man Sought for Indecent Exposure A case of indecent exposure has Edgefield County law enforcement as well as North Augusta Public Safety on the lookout for a suspect. According to a report filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, a woman was getting gas […]
Barry Naylor is a name that many communities of our county will remember. He was the president of the Strom Thurmond High School 2003 graduating class (also an Honor Graduate), and attended Edgefield County schools from seventh grade up, having attended Mead Hall School in Aiken prior to that. Some of us knew his grandparents […]
April 5, 2013 Council passes Land Development ordinance County Council passed a land development ordinance this week. As I have mentioned before, it will play an important role as our County develops. The idea of a land development ordinance was birthed by the Edgefield County Strategic Plan. We held numerous meetings as part of the […]