Adolph Avila Obituary A Mass of Christian Burial for Adolph Lee Avile, 68, will be held on Monday, May 19, 2025, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church at 2:30 PM. Father John Zimmerman will officiate. A rosary will be recited at 7:00 PM on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. Memorials may be made to Our Lady … Continue reading Adolph Lee Avila
BY CHRIS TRAINOR Welcome back to the Restaurant Roundup, an occasional series where we take a look at news bits and items of interest in the food and restaurant scene in Columbia and across the Midlands. This week’s entry includes a popular coffee shop opening a new outpost in the Richland Library, a well-known pizza chain debuting near northeast Columbia, and the coming closure of … Continue reading Richland Library gets coffee shop, new pizza near Columbia
BY MICHAEL SAULS When Emily Vinson wrapped up her junior season at Longwood last year, she had no plans to leave the Farmville, Virginia college in search of greener softball pastures. Vinson was coming off the best offensive season of her career and her defensive prowess a year earlier had earned her a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Rawlings Gold Glove Award, given to the nine … Continue reading Portal gamble leads Vinson home to S. Carolina softball
2023 On May 2, 2023, Dora Anderson was mentioned as the living mother in the obituary of Jenny Anderson Langley. 2025 Obituary of Dora Smith Anderson KERSHAW- A funeral service for Dora Smith Anderson, 79, will be held Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at House of Prayer with Open Arms with burial to follow in Boonetown Cemetery. The Rev. Donnie Barrett will officiate. The family will … Continue reading Dora Smith Anderson
Gwendolyn Drakeford Moorer Obituary Gwendolyn Drakeford Moorer,70, affectionately acknowledged as “Gwen” entered into the arms of an all-wise and all-knowing God on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Pruitt Health-Blythewood in Columbia, South Carolina. She answered her heavenly father’s voice and departed from this earthly world, from labor to reward. Gwen was the daughter of Johnie Boyd Drakeford and the late Estella Champion Drakeford. Gwen was … Continue reading Gwendolyn Drakeford Moorer
2021 On November 15, 2021, Thomasena Pollard Reid was mentioned as the living wife in the obituary of James Reid. Obituary of Thomasena P. Reid SUMTER- A funeral service for Thomasena Pollard Reid, 76, will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church, Rembert, with burial to follow in Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. B.J. Jefferson will officiate. … Continue reading Thomasena Pollard Reid
BY NOAH FEIT For the first time in 2025 an earthquake was recorded in a part of South Carolina that borders on the Charlotte, North Carolina area, as seismic activity was recorded early Thursday morning. A 2.2 magnitude earthquake rumbled near the state line while most people were asleep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Thursday’s earthquake was recorded at 3:34 a.m. in the Lancaster … Continue reading Earthquake rumbles under Lancaster County area
A popular Peruvian tapas restaurant near northeast Columbia is planning to close next month. Ratio, which is located at 566 Spears Creek Church Road in Elgin, will be closing after its dinner service on June 28, according to a post from owner/chef Javier Uriarte on the restaurant’s Facebook page. Uriarte is a well-known restaurateur on the Midlands culinary scene, and was a SC Chef Ambassador … Continue reading Peruvian restaurant in Elgin plans to close
2023 On October 3, 2025, Maxine Epling Shrader was mentioned as the living mother in the obituary of Betty Lanora Shrader Haston. 2025 Obituary of Norma Maxine Epling Shrader Lugoff – A service to celebrate the life of Norma Maxine Epling Shrader, 93, will be held on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. in Sawney’s Creek Baptist Church. The Rev. Richard Humphries will officiate. … Continue reading Norma Maxine Epling Shrader
1948 Henry Alvin Waites was born on 30 Aug 1948 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of Eddie Woodrow Waites and Flossie Elizabeth Ellis Waites. 2009 On May 22, 2009, Henry Waites was mentioned as a living son in the obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Ellis Waites. 2024 On December 26, 2024, Henry Waites was mentioned as a living brother in the obituary of Mr … Continue reading Henry Alvin Waites
