Othello Balchin Cogburn, 107, wife of the late Benjamin R. Cogburn entered into rest Tuesday January 23, 2018 at Forest View Manor Assisted Living in McCormick, SC. Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 27,2018 at 12 Noon at Little Stevens Creek Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. The family will receive friends from […]
Dorothy Seawright Padgett, 94, wife of the late Leonard Padgett, of Edgefield Rd. entered into rest Thursday January 18, 2018. Graveside Services will be held Saturday January 20, 2018 at 2 PM at Ebenezer Cemetery in Trenton, SC. The family will receive friends after the service at the graveside. Mrs. Padgett was born in Kansas […]
Trenton, SC — Memorial Services for Mr. Francis Donald Allen Polatty, age 60, will be held February 3, 2018 at 2 o’clock at B-L C.H. Church, Batesburg, SC. The family will receive friends following the service in the church Fellowship Hall. Mr. Polatty died Thursday, January 18, 2018. He was a son of the late Theodore […]
The Reverend Clyde Lambert Ireland of Columbia, SC, died peacefully January 16, 2018. Clyde was born March 30, 1929 to Hallie and Clyde Ireland of Columbia, SC. Clyde was ordained priest by the Ret. Reverend Alfred C. Cole in 1955. He served in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, the Diocese of Alabama, at the […]
The Edgefield County School District announced, through James Courtney, to this publication at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday that schools would be opening two hours late, for students and staff, on Thursday, January 18.
Clarence W. “Billy” Dickert, 82, husband of Betty Jane Lewis Dickert, of Parkman Rd. entered into rest Friday, January 12, 2018. Services will be held Thursday January 18, 2018 at 2 PM at Edgefield United Methodist Church, the family will receive friends after the service at the church. Mr. Dickert was born in Newberry, SC. […]
Will Williams, President/CEO of the Economic Development Partnership, told County Council at their monthly meeting, Jan. 9, that Samsung has leased the former Urban Outfitters building on Hwy 25 in Trenton. This announcement came on the heels of Williams’ announcement to Council that Samsung is opening a manufacturing site in Newberry. In sharing this information […]
Edgefield Police Chief Ronnie Carter confirmed to the Advertiser that an arrest has been made in the recent multiple break-ins that have occurred in Edgefield, seven of which happened Friday morning Jan. 5 and another around 4 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6. Jarvis Reynolds, 25, of Gary Hill Road, has been arrested and is being charges […]
Multiple businesses in Edgefield were broken into sometime between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. Friday morning, Jan. 5. According to Edgefield Police Chief Ronnie Carter, who spoke with the Advertiser Jan. 5 regarding the crimes, Chef Bob’s Cafe, Wonda’s Beauty Supply, the antique store The House Next Door on Jeter Street, Seawright’s Cleaners, the Edgefield […]
EFFECTIVE December 20, 2017 The Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority advises their customers located on Currytown Road from about and including Mealing Drive down to Martintown Road, Plantation Point, Currytown Station and Whispering Woods, Smoke Ridge, and Briggs Haven affected by the leak on December 19, 2017, that they no longer need to boil […]