NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Vickey Ellis Barefoot, 71, who entered into rest October 14, 2015, will be conducted Saturday morning at 11 o’clock from Immanuel Baptist Church. Rev. Jimmy Coyle and Rev. Matthew Love officiating. Interment in Pineview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Barefoot was a native of Edgefield having made North Augusta her […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Joseph W. “Scooter” Tillman entered into rest October 16, 2015, at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab of Edgefield. Funeral services will be held 12 noon, Tuesday, October 20, at Jeter Baptist Church, of which the Rev. James Thomas pastor and the Rev. G.L. Brightharp eulogist. Interment will be in the church […]
CLEMSON, S.C. – One crop that might have escaped most of the wrath of early October’s historic rainfall is peaches. “Fortunately, the harvest is past and preparations are now underway to plant a significant acreage of new trees,” said Greg Henderson, Clemson Extension’s area commercial horticulture agent in Edgefield County. “As of now, I see few […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Mary Bell Scurry, widow of Ralph M. Scurry, peacefully passed on to her heavenly home Friday October 16, 2015. Graveside Services will be held Tuesday October 20, 2015 at 11 A.M. at Eastview Cemetery in Edgefield. The family will receive friends after the service at the cemetery. Mrs. Scurry was born July […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – All of us send heart-felt condolences to those suffering after “The 1,000-Year Flood.” Accurate or not, that phrase describes the profound damage to people and property in South Carolina. Regular home insurance does not cover flooding; one must purchase that separately, and most people don’t. Government property is self-insured: […]
LAURELS, S.C. – Rev. William “Bill” Joseph Vines, age 84, of 105 Lakeview Dr. passed away Monday, October 12, 2015, at his home. He was born in Asheville, N.C. and was a son of the late Carl Allen and Minnie Bailey Vines. Rev. Vines was a retired United Methodist Minister of the S.C. Conference of […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Dwight Joseph Graveline, 88, died Saturday October 10, 2015 at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab. A private service will be held at a later date. Mr. Graveline was born in Waterbury Connecticut. He was a retired shipping clerk for an Auto Parts Store. He was also a Veteran of the United States Army. […]
McCORMICK, S.C. – Ms. Dedy White Miller, 45 of McCormick, died October 8, 2015 at her residence. Graveside Services will be held Sunday October 11, 2015 at 2 P.M. at Plum Branch Cemetery. Ms. Miller was born in Greenwood, S.C. and was of the Baptist Faith. She was a Meter Reader with the McCormick County […]
A young men in his early twenties from Warrenville, SC, was bow hunting on Wildlife Management Area off Lanham Road, Friday evening, Oct. 9, when he fell from his deer stand. The stand was located about a mile into the woods off of Lanham Road, and according to a spokesperson with the Department of Natural […]
Sept. 29, 2015 Athens, Ga. — The University of Georgia College of Agriculture inducted U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame and awarded Jimmy Forrest, a nationally recognized South Carolina peach grower, the Alumni Award of Excellence at the college’s alumni awards ceremony and banquet. Forrest, a 1972 graduate with a […]