GRAY COURT – Funeral Services for Mrs. Jean Bonnette Holston, age 89, will be held Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 12 noon in Bland Funeral Home Chapel, Johnston, S.C. with burial to follow in Ridge Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11am-12 prior to the service. Mrs. Holston , widow of the late […]
GREENWOOD – Jerry Leon “Chris” Gambrell Jr., 45, resident of 917 Andrews Chapel Rd, husband of Jessie McClellan Gambrell, passed away Friday August 11th , 2017 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont. Born in Columbia, May 1, 1972, he was a son of Jerry Leon Sr. and Cathy Bledsoe Gambrell. Upon graduating from Strom Thurmond high […]
James B. Ryder, 66, of Country Club Rd., husband of Nancy Bolyard Ryder, died Thursday August 10, 2017. Services were Monday August 14, 2017 at 11 AM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Bellevue Memorial Gardens in Augusta, GA. Mr. Ryder was born in Evanston, Ill. and was the son of late Charles […]
Johnston, SC – P. Marion Quarles, Jr., 59 of Bouknight Rd., husband of Debra Robinson Quarles, died Saturday August 12, 2017. Memorial Service will be held Tuesday August 15, 2017 at 4 PM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 3 to 4 PM before the service. Mr. Quarles, Jr. was […]
Edgefield, SC – J. “Becky” Parkman Allen, 88, wife of the late Kinniard Allen, died Saturday August 12, 2017. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday August 15, 2017 at 11 AM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Eastview Cemetery. Mrs. Allen was born in Edgefield County and was the daughter of the late […]
As a retired Navy Officer and now a mathematician and a University Professor, I have met many interesting people from all across the globe. Mathematicians don’t pay much attention to their colleagues’ race, religion, or politics. Can this person teach? Do they really know mathematics? Are they committed to keeping up with their field? If […]
Edgefield from Noon to 3:00 Edgefield is the place to be for the Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, August 21. The event will be held on the Edgefield Courthouse Square from 12:00 p. m. to 3:00 p. m. There will be locally made pottery tumblers for sale. Attendees can purchase one and fill it with […]
The Edgefield Advertiser August 8, 1917 This series of redacted vignettes from stories redacted from news articles, advertisements, and community “ announcements” is intended to give our readers of the EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER insight into how life was in Edgefield County during World War i. The series is thus entitled Edgefield During the Great War. That […]
Veterans in SC Committing Suicide 50% Higher Rate GREENWOOD, S.C. – Lander University will soon offer an equine therapy program for U.S. military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The horse-based therapy initiative, which will begin in the spring of 2018 at Lander’s Equestrian Center on Hwy. 72-221 in Greenwood, is made possible by […]
Edgefield, SC — John Dennis Culbertson, 69, of Pine Ridge Rd., husband of Mrs. Virginia Watson Culbertson died, Friday August 4, 2017. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday August 8, 2017 at 11 AM at Edgefield United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Barnwell County Memorial Cemetery at 3:30 PM. Mr. Culbertson was born in […]