COLUMBIA– The South Carolina Arts Commission and McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina announce winners of the Folk Heritage Award. The S.C. State Legislature will present the awards upon adjournment in the House Chamber, midday on May 3 at the Statehouse. Fiddle player Carder, of Leesville, gained a good deal of his knowledge […]
RIDGE SPRING – Graveside services for Sandra Cato Sawyer, 62, will be conducted at 3 o’clock PM Thursday at the Ridge Spring Cemetery with the Reverend Dow Welsh and Reverend Chris Yeargin officiating. Visitation was Wednesday evening at Barr-Price Funeral Home, and the family will also receive friends following the service. The family suggests that […]
Kim Tilley grew up in Cullowhee, North Carolina, near Tilley Creek, a creek named after her ancestors. She loved that creek. As a child she played on that creek. She loved her home in North Carolina, but when she was 13, she and her mom moved to Saluda, S.C., to be with her grandmother. Kim […]
COLUMBIA – First Citizens today announced that it plans to open a new branch in Edgefield, S.C., located at 309 Main Street. The new banking location, which will open for business Monday, April 23, will feature an ATM and drive-thru, and will operate on a full-time schedule. “First Citizens is excited about the opportunity to […]
Online Ed. Note: This is a posting of a Days Gone By column that originally was published in the print edition of The Edgefield Advertiser in June of 2004. —- The mention of the Trenton Bank – of old, that is – brings an immediate story of how it was one of the few banks […]
EDGEFIELD – Mr. Wallace Johnson, 81, of Horne Street, entered into rest March 16, 2012 at NHC National Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at G. L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Willie Patten officiating. Interment will be in Republican Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Survivors […]
At their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, March 14, the Trenton Town Council voted unanimously to accept a transfer of real estate from First Citizen’s Bank to the town of Trenton. With the bank vacating its location in Trenton on April 20 to open a branch in Edgefield, they have offered the bank’s current building on […]
Fragrance and color mark the Yellow Jessamine and Wisteria (purple), and one follows the other in blooming in spring. Over the green weekend (St. Pat’s Day) the wisteria opened its cascading blossoms to the warm sun, and our roadways and yards became decorated in splendor. This was just in time for spring which began at […]
Photos and race results from Saint Patrick’s Day festivities on the square in Edgefield. Shamrock Run Results (Top Male and Female in each category won $50) Top Male Elem. School Rhett Jolly 16:59 Middle School Ed Williams 14:19 High School Robert Boland 13:31 Non-High School – 29 […]
The first Flag Burning ceremony, sponsored by the American Legion Post #30, was held Thursday evening, March 15. A gathering at the Legion Hut in Edgefield saw the Strom Thurmond High School ROTC assisting legion post officers as they assembled the flags for a solemn flag burning ceremony. The Navy JROTC presented the colors and […]