Shards of pottery in a waster pile at the B.F.Landrum site. “The enormity of these waster piles helps to give a sense of how immense the sale of pottery production was at these sites” (Falk). Photo Courtesy of Juliana Falk Charleston Foundation Group Tour A short interview with Edgefield Potter Justin Guy gave the Advertiser, last […]
December 8, 1950 – January 14, 2020 Marie Crockett Mims, 69, of Edgefield, SC entered into rest Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Graveside services will be held at 2 PM Thursday, January 16, 2020 at Eastview Cemetery in Edgefield, SC. Ms. Mims was born in Augusta, GA and was the daughter of the late Matthew Hansford and Nancy […]
W. Thurmond Burnett David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Mary Quarles Shaffer, 86, wife of the late William C. “Bill” Shaffer entered into rest on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, January 18, […]
Robert A. Corley, 95, resident of McCormick, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born May 22, 1924, in McCormick, he was a son of the late Jesse Robert and Emma Brown Corley. He was educated in McCormick County Schools and was a US Army Air Corps Veteran of World War II. Mr. […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of someone being shot at a residence on Indigo Drive, Monday, Jan. 6, around 2:00 in the afternoon. According to an ECSO spokesperson, law enforcement arrived on the scene to find one man shot twice; once in each leg. The victim was taken by EMS to Augusta University […]
St. Augustine, Fla. John Waters ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – John Dawson Waters, 94, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2020 at his home of over 50 years in St. Augustine, FL. He was born in Johnston, S.C. to George and Donna Waters on December 7th, 1925. John spent his youngest years on the family farm […]
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PHOTO: Dr. Jodie Peeler, Ph.D. The public is cordially invited to the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society (OEDGS) meeting on Sunday, January 12th, at 3:00 p. m., in the Lynch Building Annex of the Tompkins Library, 104 Courthouse Square, Edgefield. The guest speaker will be Dr. Jodie Peeler, Ph.D., who will discuss her new book, Ben […]
By Jim Farmer Here is a quiz on an important figure in Edgefield history: His portrait is prominently displayed in Edgefield’s Discovery Center. His former residence looms large on Buncombe Street. A road near the house is named for his family. Roselands, his plantation house, still stands in upper Saluda County. And early issues of this newspaper, which he […]
County Woman Falls Victim to Scam The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office received a call from an Edgefield County woman Jan. 4, after she became the victim to a computer scam. According to the ECSO report, the woman received a call from a man identifying himself as a being from the Apple Corporation. (The call came from 1-609-606-9030.) The […]