Essie Nicholson, founder and director of Women in Unity, has called it quits. After fifteen years serving as the Director of Operations and much prayer, “Mrs. Essie” (as people call her) felt that it was time to move on and allow some one else to come in and take WIU to another level. Essie started […]
Suppose that you found out that the state government received an unexpected windfall of 200 million dollars a year starting next year, without needing any changes to the tax law and without any new taxes. What should the South Carolina government do, if it happened? Well, it is about to happen. It turns out that […]
On Sunday, Jan. 28, it was evident the Presbyterian Church on Penn St. which has been empty and unused for so many years was quite active on a Sunday afternoon, January 28. The lights, in the form of hanging chandeliers inside, were brightly lit, cars filled the paved parking area, and the overgrown shrubbery had […]
Mr. Abe Moton, Jr., 74, of 36 Moton Moore Road, passed away on Wednesday 2/7/18 at his home. Born in Edgefield, SC, son of the late Abe Moton, Sr. and the late Myrtis Settles Moton. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Plum Branch, SC and a retired textile worker. He is survived […]
Mrs. Virginia Boeckel Ouzts, 84, wife of the late Leon R. Ouzts, of Highland Ave., passed away on February 10, the love of her life’s birthday. Graveside services will be held Friday February 16, 2018 at 11 AM at Eastview Cemetery in Edgefield. The family will receive friends after the service at the graveside. Mrs. […]
Mr. William C. “Bill” Moody, Jr., 85, of Sweetwater Road, husband of Joan Seawright Moody, passed away Friday Feb. 9, 2018 at the Edgefield County Hospital. Graveside Services will be held Sunday February 11, 2018 at 2 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. […]
Edgefield County Council voted at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, Feb. 6, to assist the Town of Johnston with their cleanup efforts of debris that resulted from the tornado that hit parts of the town on April 6 of last year. Initially, after the storm, it was determined that the County did not have the […]
Harcourt “Butch” Bull, III, 79, husband of Cynthia Odell Bull, of Wigfall Street, entered into rest on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Services will be held Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends after the service at a reception in the church fellowship hall. Mr. […]
EASLEY – Terry M. Ferrell, 96, husband of 54 years to the late Orpha Ferrell, passed away Monday, January 29, 2018. Known to many as “Preacher Ferrell”, Terry was born January 20, 1922 in Pomona, CA. He was a 1943 graduate of Oregon Bible College in Oregon, IL and retired after 76 years as a […]
Ridge Spring, SC – Graveside services for Mr. Albert Byron Goss, age 78, will be held Friday, February 2, 2018 at 2 pm at Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, February 1, 2018, from 6-8 pm at Bland Funeral Home, Johnston, SC. Mr. Goss, a resident of Ridge Spring, SC, died […]