The next opportunity for Edgefield County to vote is in the Party Primary Elections on Tuesday, June 12. Since South Carolina has open primaries, all registered voters may choose to participate in whichever party’s primary they want to, so long as they are registered voters. What ID do you need to vote? Current law […]
I hope that the readers of The Edgefield Advertiser continue to enjoy the political columns on this page and are thinking about the issues that Scott Cooper and I have been bringing up. Our perspectives are different, which is why the Editor has invited us both to write. One issue we have both written […]
Thurmond Burnett Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com May 18, 2018 Sarah H. Wates Edgefield, SC Sarah Holmes Wates, 93, wife of the […]
Ramey Funeral Home 202 North Rudolph Street P.O. Box 458 Saluda, South Carolina 29138 (864) 445-2366 rameyfh@embarqmail.com Dateline: Trenton, SC Jackie Whitlock Jackie Smith Whitlock, 85, died Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Lexington County and a daughter of the late Jake and Inez Farmer […]
Mrs. Geraldine Ruth Baron Housewife and former Ceramic Shop Owner JOHNSTON, SC – Funeral Services for Geraldine Ruth Baron, age 87, of Highway 121, Johnston, SC, who died Tuesday, May 15, 2018 will be celebrated at 11:00 AM Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Old historic St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Park […]
Barry Jones, 54, of Johnston, SC, is being charged with murder in connection to the May 7, 2018, shooting at the Johnston Pool Room that resulted in the death of Milledge Hall according to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. The ECSO also confirmed that Jones is being charges with 2 charges of attempted murder, […]
Leonard Jackson, 72, of Saluda, SC, died May 15 in an automobile crash on Augusta Road. According to the SC Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 2:30 in the afternoon on the aforementioned road approximately 1.4 miles north of Trenton. Mr. Jackson was traveling south on Augusta Rd. when he attempted to pass another […]
The public is cordially invited to the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society (OEDGS) meeting on Sunday, May 20th, at 3:00 p. m., in the Lynch Building Annex of the Tompkins Library, 104 Courthouse Square, Edgefield. The guest speaker will be Professor Emerita Patricia G. “Pat” McNeely, who taught writing and report- ing in the USC […]
PHOTO: National Geographic Kids Residents of Edgefield County and the surrounding areas are accustomed to hearing reports of bears and even cougars (a.k.a. mountain lions, a.k.a. pumas) roaming about, but a kangaroo? Yes, a kangaroo. The McCormick County Sheriff’s Office issued a notice Monday, May 14, advising residents of the marsupial’s sighting and warning citizens […]
Thurmond Burnett Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com May 11, 2018 Alleen M. Miller Edgefield, SC Alleen Mathis Miller, 73, wife of Wayne Miller […]