The Edgefield County Republican Party has invited Representative William D. “Bill” Clyburn (D) to be the speaker at their next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 26 at the Edgefield County Council chambers. Mr. Clyburn has been in the legislature since 1994 and represents Aiken, Edgefield and Saluda Counties. He will be updating those in attendance about the past […]
MENTOR, Oh. – Margaret Seawright Walters, 89, passed away on July 18, 2014, in Mentor, Ohio. She grew up in Edgefield, S.C. She is survived by her daughters Karen(Robert) Fink and Virginia(Ginger) Pryor; grandchildren Tracy(Daniel) Hartnett, Thomas(Jennifer) Lingafelter, Heather(Jerry) Shire, Rebecca(Jermaine) James, Megon Pryor, Melissa Chadwick and Kristen(Dave) Fink. She is also survived by 13 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its annual report, Expenditures on Children and Families, also known as the Cost of Raising a Child. The report shows that a middle-income family with a child born in 2013 can expect to spend about $245,340 ($304,480 adjusted for projected inflation*) for food, housing, childcare […]
Another Northside Church the Target of Thieves A third church located on the Northside of Edgefield was discovered to have been the target of thieves, Sunday, August, 17, although, again the crime may have been committed days earlier. (See The Advertiser’s previous coverage of the two other churches burglarized at our website.) McKendree Baptist Church […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Moltry Booker, Sr., 90, of Old Five Notch Road, entered into rest August 15, 2014. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Flint Hill Baptist Church with Rev. John R. Brightharp officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Booker, a native of Greenwood County was […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral services for Ms. Renata L. Minick will be held 3:00 pm Monday at the Bland Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Willie D. Abney, Pastor. She is survived by: her father, Jimmy Stevens, brothers, Zenta Stevens and Jimmy Stevens, Jr., sisters, Alisha Minick, Latoya Stevens, Tracy Daniels, Keisha Daniels, Jackie Gilliam, […]
– By Sara and Karyn Sealy (mother and daughter) – This summer story began last November when my daughter and I planted pansies at our church, Mt. Calvary Lutheran, in Johnston. After church, one Sunday, we changed clothes and unloaded the truck with two flats of pansies that we grew in a horticulture class in […]
Strom Thurmond’s Rebels defeated Clinton last night 9-0 at Wilder Field in Clinton, South Carolina. A field goal by #99 Cole Fell and a TD with 2:33 remaining to play added more oil to the Rebel fine tuning with regular season just a week away. The Rebel JV team also won against Clinton 6-0.
Piedmont Technical College President Dr. Ray Brooks has announced that Dr. Jack Bagwell has joined the college as the vice president for academic affairs. Bagwell is a graduate of Winthrop University, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology. He earned his doctorate in educational studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2010. […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – The meeting last Saturday (August 9th), with the Edgefield County Democratic Party hosting our Republican Senator Shane Massey, really worked out well. The meeting was open to all residents regardless of political party, and both Mr. Massey and the party chairman, Johnston’s Mayor Terrence Culbreath, agreed about many things, […]