Mercantile Funeral Home Johnston Chapel 384 Lee St. Johnston, South Carolina 29832 (803) 275-2509 or (803) 637-6536 March 2, 2019 Andy L. Brumbles Johnston, SC Andy L. Brumbles, 67, husband of Nancy Derrick Brumbles of Ridgeview Lake Rd., Johnston, SC entered into rest Friday, March 01, 2019. Graveside […]
Mercantile Funeral Home Johnston Chapel 384 Lee St. Johnston, South Carolina 29832 (803) 275-2509 or (803) 637-6536 March 02, 2019 George T. Edwards, age 87, of Leesville, SC, formerly of Columbia, SC went home with the Lord on Friday, March 01, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 11 […]
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 March 1, 2019 Joseph Bryce Feagle, III Monetta, SC Joseph Bryce Feagle, III, 75, son of […]
Two fires in as many days in the Merriwether/North Augusta section of Edgefield County kept the Merriwether and County Line Fire Departments busy at the beginning of the week. The first fire occurred on Sunday, Feb. 24, a little after 2:30 in the afternoon on the 400 block of Miller Street. According to Merriwether Fire […]
It was a First-of-its-Kind for Johnston Elementary CAPTION: Johnston Elementary Chorus. By Judy Gibson Holmes Johnston Elementary held their first Black History Program February 21 led by Coach Betty Edwards, the event coordinator. Coach Edwards said that she felt like the school needed to focus on bringing the local Black leaders to the children’s […]
By: Scott Cooper 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. Three Books: I have been contemplating whether to continue my weekly editorial due to time constraints. Last […]
By: Robert Scott 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. I subscribe to the Episcopal Public Policy Network’s newsletter, and this week the top issue was not The […]
Members of Edgefield’s Hezzie Griffis Post 30 teamed with soldiers of the SCARNG to re-position the M60A3 Tank on its new pad last Monday morning. The repositioning of the tank makes it possible for the Memorial Park committee to move forward with park development. The next step is to move the flagpole donated to the […]
Researcher/writer for WWI Articles, LCDR Thomas Strother (ret.) USN The following is an overview of the material covered in the print edition of The Edgefield Advertiserfrom mid-April 2017 to date. This long term series included articles from the pages of this newspaper of 100 years ago. The Advertiseris hoping to publish on line (and when […]
Legislative Update: Week of 2/19/19-2/21/19 Last week was the 7th week of the 2019 legislative session. There are 11 weeks remaining in the regular session. Here are the highlights from Senate floor action from last week. MEDICAL HISTORY INFORMATION FOR ADOPTED CHILDREN – The Senate passed S. 181, a bill that would allow adopted children to learn of the […]