Edgefield Kicks Off History Event Series

Edgefield Kicks Off History Event Series

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – One of South Carolina’s historic towns is bringing the past to life during The Edgefield Experience: Living History Saturdays this Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The event offers artisan demonstrations, cemetery tours, a re-enactment, farmers and artists market and a Jazz & Blues Festival. The Edgefield Experience: Living History […]

Emerging Young Leaders Hear Councilwoman Boles

Emerging Young Leaders Hear Councilwoman Boles

Middle School students from Abbeville, McCormick, Edgefield, and Greenwood are participating in a signature initiative of the Iota Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The Emerging Young Leaders (EYL) program emphasizes leadership development, civic engagement, enhanced academic preparation and character building. Participants attend a monthly workshop centered on the one of the […]

Turkey Harvested on Youth Day

Turkey Harvested on Youth Day

Adam Smith harvested his first turkey with his uncle Dale Cullum on March 30. It weighed 16 lbs had a 10″ beard and 3/4″ spurs. Adam is the 13 year old son of David Smith and Kathy Smith, both of N. Augusta.  

Dorothy Herlong

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Dorothy Lee Oates (Dot) Herlong, 91, entered into rest on April 8, 2013 at Edgefield County Hospital. Services will be held at Harmony United Methodist Church on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 2 pm with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening at Bland […]

Edgefield Farmers Market

Dear Editor: The Edgefield Farmers Arts and Crafts Market on the Square began the first Saturday in April.  This will be held every Saturday till further notice, from 8:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m.  Plans are to continue this till the first Saturday in September.  The Market is sponsored by the ECDA. All crafters and farmers […]

Willie Marvin Reynolds

WALTERBORO, S.C. – Mr. Willie Marvin Reynolds, 82, of Still Street in Walterboro, entered into rest Saturday morning, April 6, 2013, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro.  He was the husband of sixty years to the late Mrs. Annie Mims Reynolds. Funeral services will be conducted 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, April 9, 2013, from […]

Ella M. Wallace

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Ella F. Mikell Wallace, 66, of Eidson Rd., wife of Daniel Wallace, died Saturday April 6, 2013 at her residence. Graveside Services will be held Wednesday April 10, 2013 at 10 A.M. at Ridge Crest Memorial Park in Batesburg. Mrs. Wallace was born in Glennville, Ga. and was a member of […]

Nancy Grant

SALUDA, S.C. – Graveside Funeral Services for Mrs. Nancy Hentz Patterson Grant, age 83, will be held Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park at 11 am. The family will receive friends at the gravesite following the service. Mrs. Grant died Sunday, April 7, 2013 at Saluda Nursing Center. She was a daughter […]

Aiken Extends Welcome During Masters Week

Aiken Extends Welcome During Masters Week

AIKEN, S.C. – The City of Aiken’s Historic Tour program will extend its normal Saturday morning tours for Masters Week.  Two additional tours are planned for Wednesday, April 10th and Friday, April 12th from 10 a.m. – noon.  The regular Saturday morning tour on April 13th will also still be held. This two hour historic tour offers visitors […]

Abbeville French Heritage Festival, April 19-21

Abbeville French Heritage Festival, April 19-21

Opera; Lectures; Church, Cemetery, Garden Tours –  ABBEVILLE, S.C. – Abbeville will celebrate its French heritage April 19-21 with the first Abbeville French Heritage Festival, featuring a piano concert in Abbeville’s historic Trinity Episcopal Church, an original opera at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and an antique and art show at the historic Livery Stable. Friends of […]