Allen P. Sharpe – Johnston, SC

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 18, 2018 Allen P. Sharpe Johnston, SC   Allen Paul Sharpe, 63, husband of the late […]

Jerry J. Riggs, Jr. – Edgefield, SC

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 17, 2018       Jerry J. Riggs, Jr. Edgefield, SC   Jerry Jerome Riggs, […]

Spartanburg Group Tours Edgefield

Spartanburg Group Tours Edgefield

 Six of the 21 who toured Edgefield on February 27. Dr. Charlie Grey, far left, led the group. With the Civil War and Reconstruction in mind, a history study group, led by Dr. Charlie Grey, came from Spartanburg to see what Edgefield had to say about those topics.  The group was quite pleased with the […]

Local Students Chosen for Washington Trip

Local Students Chosen for Washington Trip

  Brendon Frazier Madison Brawley Madison Brawley of Strom Thurmond High and Brendon Frazier of Ridge Spring-Monetta High are among the students sponsored by Aiken Electric Cooperative to attend the all-expense-paid Washington Youth Tour. They were selected on the basis of their academic achievements, school activities, community service and a personal interview. South Carolina’s electric […]

Edgefield County 19th in State to Receive Award  

Edgefield County 19th in State to Receive Award   

  Edgefield County has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for it comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). According to GFOA, “the Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and […]

Strom Thurmond High Students Hold Walking-Out-of-Class Protest

Strom Thurmond High Students Hold Walking-Out-of-Class Protest

  The following information was given in response to The Edgefield Advertiser’s question to Edgefield County School officials today, Wednesday, March 14: How did Strom Thurmond High School students respond to the national movement to demonstrate in a 17-minute protest against recent gun violence in a Florida school? In response it was noted that “approximately […]

Mrs. Sally H. White – Edgefield, SC

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 11, 2018 Mrs. Sally H. White Edgefield, SC   Sally Howell White, 63, wife […]

Blandena T. Wall – Edgefield, SC

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 11, 2018 Blandena T. Wall Edgefield, SC Blandena Timmerman Wall, 88, wife of the late W. Virgil Wall, Sr., […]

Strom Thurmond High School Hall of Fame Announced

Strom Thurmond High School Hall of Fame Announced

By: Strom Thurmond High School Athletic Department March 6, 2018   In the 56 years of Strom Thurmond High School’s Athletics, its teams have won 7 State Championships, 6 State Runners-up, and dozens of region championships. Strom Thurmond Athletes have won numerous individual awards such as All-State awards and All-Region awards. Strom Thurmond coaches have […]

Columbia – John Albert Timmerman

Columbia – John Albert Timmerman

Columbia – John Albert Timmerman, Sr., 92, went to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, March 8, 2018. John was born October 15, 1925, in Edgefield, SC, the son of William Ryght Timmerman and Mamie Cheatham Timmerman. A farm boy by birth, but a ball player by desire, he attended Clemson College where he […]