Olyvia Wall, age 6, daughter of Richard and Ginny Wall, took the Advertiser to her pumpkin patch. She is sitting on her biggest and favorite pumpkin. Olyvia planted the pumpkins in early July and watered them for three months.
The heavily populated deer woods in East Central, SC will be filled with disabled hunters Nov. 7th – 8th, 2013. They’ll be participating in the 4th. Annual West Central SC “Ultimate Adventure Deer Hunt.” The hunt is being hosted by the Edgefield/Saluda County SC Chapter and Outdoors Without Limits (OWL). The Saluda Shrine Club 1035 […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Miss Renee Lee Smith, 30, of Walker Road, died Tuesday September 30, 2014 in North Augusta. Miss Smith was born in California and was the daughter of Mary Schmitt Reeder and the late Ronald E. Smith. She was a Waitress. Survivors include her mother and stepfather- Mary and Sam Reeder; 1 daughter- […]
Opinion – By G. Miller Thompson – In a small mountainous village of El Salvador lives a precious little four-year-old girl. Even at such a young age, she is expected to help her family in running errands and by making beds. Her parents are unmarried, but live together and support their daughter. In El Salvador, […]
Semi-annual event to offer verbal appraisals by experts The Museum Road Show, one of the South Carolina State Museum’s most popular events, is back and will be held from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11. Whether it’s an heirloom, antique or artifact, local experts will be onsite at this popular semiannual event […]
Victim Chases Down Thief and Recovers Property A resident of Flintlock Drive in North Augusta (Edgefield County) took matters into his own hands Monday, Sept. 29, when he discovered his golf cart was being stolen. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report detailing the incident, the victim stated he was awaken around five thirty […]
Saturday, September 27, 2014 Photography by Robert Norris
JOHNSTON, SC – Memorial services for Heather Nicole Holsomback, age 30, will be held Monday, September 29, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Bland Funeral Home. The family will receive friends after the service. Survivors include 2 children: Brayden Reames and Skylar Higgins, and her mother Sylvia Courtney; sister: Morgan Holsomback; brother: Houston Holsomback. Please sign guestbook and send condolences to […]
“Dead Man’s Curve,” the aptly named part of roadway on Hwy 23 West, claimed another life around 9:45 Friday night, Sept. 26. According to the SC Highway Patrol, thirty year old Heather Holsomback of Johnston was killed when the 1988 Chevy Blazer she was driving east on Hwy 23 toward the town of Edgefield lost […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – As both a member of the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society (OEDGS) and a mathematician, I have often thought about how sure we all are about our ancestry when Edgefield County was first settled by European-Americans and African-Americans, in the early 1700’s. One is never certain about paternity, of […]