Mamie J. Rearden [updated]

EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mrs.  Mamie J. Lewis Rearden, 114, bore the title “Oldest Living American” entered into rest January 2, 2013. Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Rearden will be held Saturday, January 12, at Springfield Baptist Church at 1 p.m. with Rev. J.C. Williams officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Rearden, a […]

Zelene Lawton White

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Zelene Lawton White, 89, of Edgefield, wife of the late Luther R. White, died Thursday January 3, 2013 at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab. Funeral Services will be held Sunday January 6, 2013 at 2 P.M. at Rehoboth Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Mrs. White was born in […]

Wilma Mathis

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Wilma G. Mathis will be held 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Pine Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerome Coleman Pastor. Interment will be in the church cemetery. She was a homemaker. Survivors include: Three Daughters: Charlene (Jack) Mason of Washington, DC, Virginia & Shirley Mathis both of […]

Hazel Jackson

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mrs. Hazel Jackson, 80, of Celeste Avenue, entered into rest December 29, 2012. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Jackson, a native of Edgefield County was a member of Science Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Linollia Twiggs Holloway, North Augusta, SC and Wilma Twiggs James, Graniteville, SC; three […]

Benjamin “Peanut” Riley, Jr.

WARRENVILLE, S.C. – Mr. Benjamin “Peanut” Riley, Jr., 60, of Warrenville, husband of 28 years to Mrs. Jo-Ann Anderson Riley, entered into rest on Thursday, December 20, 2012, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born in Edgefield County, a son of the late Benjamin Lee, Sr. and Sarah Louise Riseanger Riley, he had been […]

Annice Kneece

TRENTON, S.C. – Mrs. Annice Williamson Kneece, 71, of Trenton, loving wife for 46 years to Milledge E.”Jimmy” Kneece and daughter of the late Joseph Williamson and Josephine Chavis Williams, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, December 15, 2012. In addition to her husband, she is survived by sisters and brothers-in-law, Frances and Pete Talbert […]

Ernest Christie

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Ernest Christie, 72, died on December 20, 2012 in the University Hospital. He is survived by: wife, Annie Mae Christie; son, Spencer (Angela) Christie, all of Edgefield, S.C.; one granddaughter, Ellen Christie of Edgefield, S.C. and other relatives. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with […]

Sadie Wells Murrell

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Sadie Wells Murrell, 85, of Butler St., wife of the late Harold S. Murrell, died Thursday December 20, 2012 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Murrell was born in Aiken, S.C. and a retired Textile Worker at Stone Manufacturing. Survivors include 1 Daughter- Lila (Bubba) Crow; 2 Sons- John (Catherine) Murrell, […]

Lee Terrell Mathis, Sr.

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Lee Terrell Mathis, Sr., 94, of Edgefield, husband of Katherine Hammond Mathis, died Wednesday December 19, 2012 at the Edgefield County Hospital. Funeral Services will be held Saturday December 22, 2012 at 11 A.M. at Peace Haven Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Mathis was a native of Edgefield, […]

Frances Busbee Green

BELVEDERE, S.C. – Graveside services for Mrs. Frances Busbee Green, age 81, will be held Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 2 pm at Busbee Cemetery off Luke Bridge Road, Johnston, SC. The family will receive friends at the gravesite following the service. Bland Funeral Home, Johnston, is assisting the family with arrangements. Mrs. Green, a […]