Here and There – 5/17/12

Genealogy 101: The Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society will have Genealogy 101 classes one Saturday a month, beginning May 19. The cost per class will be $10. Class begins at 9 a.m., lasting about an hour, with time and assistance for research until 1:30 p.m. Each class will be different. For more info call Tonya […]

Softball Championship Series – Updated x3

Softball Championship Series – Updated x3

  Game Three Postponed Again and Location Changed Game three will be played Saturday at 3:30 at Orangeburg Prep. The fields at Hammond have been deemed too soggy. Game Three Postponed until Friday Game Two The Wardlaw Academy Softball Team lost the second game of the three game series for the championship by a score […]

What You Missed. . .

If you don’t subscribe to The Edgefield Advertiser or pick up a copy at a newsstand, these are just a few of the things you’ll miss this week in our print edition: Society News Two engagements in the May 16 edition: Williams-Courtney; Jackson-Walker Trenton Gardeners dig Iris and Johnston Woman’s Club ends their season. Community  […]

Our Finest Citizens

Our Finest Citizens

By Jack Reece  “They are taking real good care of me sir,” was the response I received from the young soldier at Walter Reed.  “Please let everyone know how much I thank those who provided support from the Wounded Warrior Foundation while I was recovering in Afghanistan before being transferred back to the U.S. for […]

A Bouquet of Cerebral Rebels

A Bouquet of Cerebral Rebels

By Jack Reece I have made peace with myself in regard to the matter of my being very much out of place in a rose garden.  But you need to know that I really enjoyed being the troll last Tuesday morning at a gathering of learned Rebel juniors especially since they were all beautiful young ladies.  […]

Thomesena Price

TRENTON – Funeral services for Ms. Thomesena Price, who died Thursday, May 10, 2012 will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, May 14,  at Rosa Spring Baptist Church with the Rev. Winston Oliphant. Interment will be in the Shaws Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. She is survived by: her children Angela (Clarence) Weaver, Curtis (Sanita) Price, and […]

James M. Brown

EDGEFIELD – Funeral services for Mr. James M. Brown were held 12:00noon Saturday, May 12, 2012,at Cedar Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. David Colvin pastor and the Rev. Willie Patten, presiding. Interment was in the church cemetery. He leaves to cherish his memories, a son, Norris (Phyllis) Johnson, Charleston, SC, a daughter, Terry A. […]

Lady Patriots to Play for State Championship

Lady Patriots to Play for State Championship

The Wardlaw Academy Softball Team defeated Clarendon Hall and Jefferson Davis Academy over the weekend sending the Lady Patriots into the State Championship Series against Clarendon Hall starting Monday, May 14th at 6:00 p.m. The first of the three game series will be played at Wardlaw Academy followed by a trip to Clarendon Hall for […]

Fishing Rodeo

Fishing Rodeo

Lick Fork Lake in Edgefield County was alive with fish and anglers today.  Most of the folks fishing were young, as it was the Jimmy Shay Memorial Fishing Rodeo for young people.  The mission of the day is to give young people this treat as a deterrent to thinking of drugs, ever.  “Get Hooked on […]