Martha Curry – Edgefield, SC

EDGEFIELD – Miss Martha “Mot” Curry entered into rest June 25, 2016 at the Ridge Rehab & Health Care Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Miss Curry a native of Edgefield County was a 1967 graduate of W. E. Parker High School and a member of Science Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include a dedicated […]

DAVE DAY: Friday, July 8, 2016 in Aiken, SC; Saturday, July 9 in Edgefield, SC

DAVE DAY: Friday, July 8, 2016 in Aiken, SC; Saturday, July 9 in Edgefield, SC

Come celebrate DAVE THE POTTER at a two-day, two-town festival in honor of this extraordinary African-American artisan! Dave, born into slavery, lived for the first three-quarters of the 19th century in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. Thirsty for knowledge, he dared to challenge anti-slave-literacy laws by learning to read and write. He left an […]

Letter to the Editor – Edgefield County Theatre Company

Letter to the Editor – Edgefield County Theatre Company

In the interview for the article addressed in the letter below (ECTC in Limbo, June 15 Advertiser), both the reporter and editor clarified with the interviewees the intent of the article. The intent was to address the necessary change of venue for the theatre and how they were managing that. The reporter brought up interviewing […]

Mrs. Verna C. Forrest – Johnston, SC

Johnston, SC – Graveside Services for Mrs. Verna Cromley  Forrest, age 86, will be held Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 2 o’clock at Mount of Olives Cemetery, Johnston, with Pastor Paul Volpitto and Rev. Barry Epps officiating.    The family will receive friends following the service in the Johnston Presbyterian Church Social Hall.  Honorary pallbearers will be […]

SC Prescribed Fire Council ‘Fire Birds’ meeting in Edgefield

SC Prescribed Fire Council  ‘Fire Birds’ meeting in Edgefield

The South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council will talk about the importance of fire to bobwhite quail and wild turkeys during its annual meeting Sept. 21-22 at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield. Johnny Stowe, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) representative to the Prescribed Fire Council, says the theme for this […]

Wash Wins in Miss SC Teen Preliminary

Wash Wins in Miss SC Teen Preliminary

Miss Laurens County Teen, Davis Wash, 15, from Edgefield, won the Wednesday Evening Gown/Onstage Question preliminary in the Miss South Carolina Teen competition. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wash.

Head-On Collision on Hwy 25

Head-On Collision on Hwy 25

A two vehicle, head-on collision occurred around 8:30 Monday morning, June 20, on Hwy 25 near Sarah’s Peach Stand.  The Advertiser spoke with a source Monday who heard the accident occur and then went to the scene.  According to that source, the driver of one vehicle, a male, was able to exit his vehicle after […]

Mr. Bennie Padgett – Johnston, SC

JOHNSTON- Funeral services for Mr. Bennie L. Padgett, Jr., 58, will be held at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Johnston at 1PM, Friday, June 24, 2016. Pastor Lewis Burt and Rev. Richard Padgett will preside over the services. There will be no viewing at the church service. Bennie was a lifelong resident of Saluda County, […]

Mrs. Mattie P. Burt – Edgefield, SC

  EDGEFIELD- Mrs. Mattie Padgett Burt, 90, of 726 Long Cane Road, died on Monday, June 20, 2016 at her home. She was born in Edgefield County, SC, daughter of the late George and Emma Oliphant Padgett. She was a member of the Willow Spring Baptist Church and the Woman’s Home Aide Society #126. She […]

Mr. Raymond B. Duford, Jr. – Edgefield, SC

Mr. Raymond B. Duford, Jr., 70, of Republican Road, husband of 53 years to Loretha Jackson Duford, died June 21, 2016 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Friday June 24, 2016 at 2 P.M. at Peace Haven Baptist Church in Edgefield with burial in the Church Cemetery. Mr. Duford was a native of […]