Pete Scott – Edgefield, S.C.
W. Thurmond Burnett David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Richard H. “Pete” Scott, […]
Eva Lyon Holmes
Eva Lyon Holmes, born on April 23, 1923, in Edgefield County and daughter of the late Mary and Matthew Daniel Lyon, went to be with her heavenly father on December 20, 2020. She was the beloved wife of the late Lewis Frontis Holmes for over 50 years. She was a graduate of Winthrop being awarded a degree in […]
2020’s Biggest Stories
By: Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. So much happened in 2020 that it is difficult to pick out the biggest stories, those that will have the most influence acrossour […]
What Was Said About Jesus
By: By Sigrid Fowler All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. We know the most famous prophecies about a Messiah, prophecies we hear at Christmas. What people […]
To Be or Not to Be
By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. To vaccinate or not to vaccinate…that is the question of today. In our polarized culture, we may hear […]
Charlie I. Turner- Edgefield, S.C.
W. Thurmond Burnett David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Charlie Irvin Turner, 95, […]
E. L. Langley- Edgefield, SC.
W. Thurmond Burnett David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com E. L. Langley, 81, […]
Good News
By Sigrid Fowler All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. At the heart of the Christmas story is the concept of good news. Timothy Keller in Hidden Christmas, makes […]
Riot at McCormick Correctional Institution
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a riot at the McCormick Correctional Institution in McCormick, SC, around 6:30 in the evening, Sunday, Dec. 28. In a statement on Facebook, the McCormick Police Department referred to the event as an “incident” at the prison and said that employees kept inmates inside the prison’s fence. The statement went […]
Christmas Poetry
Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. As I’ve done in Christmases past, I’ll yield my OpEd space this week to a poem from my Dad’s […]