Through the generous support of Atlanta Braves players, 25 youth from Edgefield County Youth Empowerment Center were able to attend braves baseball game on Saturday, June 16. They watched with excitement as the Braves played the Baltimore Orioles at Turner Field. Many who attended currently play recreational baseball, so they were ecstatic, says Marcella Edwards, […]
EDGEFIELD – Mrs. Vivian Hammond Sprouse, 62, of Plum Branch Rd., wife of Harvey Sprouse, died Monday June 25, 2012 at her residence. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday June 27, 2012 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mrs. Sprouse was a native of […]
The Right Reverend Andrew Waldo, Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, made his annual visitation today, June 24, to the Episcopal Church of the Ridge. One new communicant was received into the Episcopal Church as the entire congregation renewed their Baptismal Covenant during service at Trinity Episcopal Church in Edgefield. Bishop […]
WARD – Graveside Services for Miss Fannie Belle Hite, age 101, will be held Sunday, June 24, 2012 in Spann United Methodist Church Cemetery at 2 pm. The family will receive friends at the gravesite following the service. Miss Hite, a native of Johnston, died Friday, June 22, 2012. She was a daughter of the […]
EDGEFIELD – DeShawn Surry, 15, of Gary Street, entered into rest June 20, 2012. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Monday, June 25, 2012 at Republican Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Patten, Jr. officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. DeShawn was a rising freshman at Storm Thurmond High School and […]
On June 22, fourteen youth and seven adults from St. William Catholic Church in Ward visited the Catholic Diocese of Charleston and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. During the trip, the group visited with The Most Reverend Robert E. Guglielmone, who is the 13th Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Charleston. They also […]
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Henry McCain, a graduate of Paine College and Temple University, departed this life on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 67. Henry was funeralized on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 10:00am at the Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia and the interment was on June 11, […]
National Pollinator Week Encourages Everyone to “Bee” Good to Pollinators – (The Advertiser thought this too good to not publish. There is a decline, after all.) As part of National Pollinator Week, from June 18-24, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners will host public events across the country designed to highlight the […]
All in the Day of The Ridge Peach Festival – The Trenton Ridge Peach Festival was as grand and fun as ever. Every year it pulls thousands into the park there in Trenton and treats them to music, food, things to buy, and friends to see. And one can also buy good peaches, have peach […]
Photos from the Ridge Peach Festival held, June 16th, 2012.