EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Nell Covar Shaffer, 80, of Edgefield, wife of Melvin S. (Perk) Shaffer, Jr., died Tuesday January 28, 2014 at Edgefield County Hospital. Graveside services were held Friday, January 31, at 2 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mrs. Shaffer was a native of Edgefield and was retired manager at Hardees […]
ORANGEBURG, S.C. – Mr. Benjamin Bryan “Ben” Hare, 87, of Orangeburg, died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at the Veterans Victory House Nursing Home in Walterboro. A Celebration of Life service was held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, in the First Baptist Church, Orangeburg, with the Reverend Ryan Tucker and the Reverend Toni Pipkins […]
EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mr. Ned Glanton, 58, of Glanton Drive, entered into rest January 20, 2014. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Republican Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Patten, Jr., officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Glanton, a native of Edgefield County was […]
AIKEN, S.C. – Mrs. Josephine Boyce McBroom, 103, died Monday, January 13, 2014 in Edgefield, SC. Born in Sewanee, TN on June 5, 1910, to Benjamin Harris and Marie Sherwood Boyce, Mrs. McBroom lived most of her life in Chattanooga, TN. She moved to South Carolina in 1990 to spend her last years with her […]
AIKEN, S.C. – Mr. Terry S. Shaffer, 62, of Aiken, died Tuesday January 21, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Graveside Services will be held Friday January 24, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Shaffer was a native of Edgefield, S.C. and was the son of Melvin S. (Perk) […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Mr. Daniel Winkie Mealing, 66, of Troy Avenue, entered into rest January 19, 2014. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mr. Mealing, a native of Edgefield County was a former member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Survivors include four sisters, Effie (George) Lanham, North Augusta, SC; Julia Mealing, Portsmouth, VA; LaRosa (Fransis) […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – John Otis (Buster) Smith, 61, died January 13, 2014. Born in Saluda, he was the son of Emma Bell McKinney Smith and the late Herbert Adams. He was a member of Mine Creek Baptist Church and Mine Creek Burial Society. He was a retired textile worker. He is survived by his mother, […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Mary McGlothlin Burton, 63, of Edgefield, beloved wife of Major (Ret) Wayne T. Burton, Sr., joined her Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday January 18, 2014. A Celebration of Mary’s life will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday January 21, 2014 at Gilgal Baptist Church, Edgefield, S.C. with Rev. Jerry Garvin officiating. The […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Thomas William “Bill” Cartledge, 92, died Thursday, January 16, 2014. Born April 22, 1921, in Edgefield County, he was the eldest son of the late Joseph Zachariah and Ida Lou Byrd Cartledge. Mr. Cartledge graduated from Edgefield High School with honors and graduated in 1942 from the University of S.C. with a […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – James E. (Jimmy) Padgett, 68 of Fairway Dr., husband of Ellen Miller Padgett, died Thursday January 16, 2014 at University Hospital. Graveside services will be held Saturday January 18, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Padgett was a native of Edgefield, SC and was the son […]