From the Office of Senator Shane Massey Last week was the 7th week of the 2021 legislative session. There are 11 legislative weeks remaining before the General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn on May 13, 2021. Here are the highlights from last week in the Senate: COVID liability protections – The Senate passed S. 147 2021-2022 Bill 147: SC COVID-19 Liability Safe Harbor Act – South Carolina Legislature […]
JOHNSTON DATELINE BARBARA DARRACOTT Barbara Chestnut Darracott passed peacefully on February 21, 2021 at the age of 79. Although she resided in Johnston, SC, she was originally from Conway, S.C. She was the devoted wife of Frank W. Darracott, III and the beloved mother of a daughter, Ashlea Darracott and a son, Frank W. Darracott, IV “Deke”. She is […]
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 Christine Arthurs Boland, 54, […]
Jeanette Griffis Saye Berry of Johnston, South Carolina passed away on February 24, 2021 after deteriorating from a fall where she injured her leg. She was the second of and the last remaining of seven children by Jack and Susie Griffis. She was 98, only two months away from her 99th birthday.Originally from South Georgia […]
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 James Daniel “Jim” Seawright, […]
Response to Hixon, 2/3 Edition All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Just read a very interesting article in our little town paper-The Edgefield Advertiser, involving a state […]
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 Donna Ann Quattlebaum Covar, 60, of […]
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 M. Lourie Doolittle Hammond, […]
Arthur Northrop Part One and Two of this article can be found in the print edition (Published Feb. 17) of The Edgefield Advertiser, now on the stands and in the PO. Part Three – All Public Comments Were Opposed to Land Management Ordinance Note to readers – This section of the article has segments of quotes by26 concerned residents […]
By Sigrid Fowler All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. These days, I’m thinking about attacks on the authority of Scripture. Human history, especially from the last […]