Students in Toyna Seay’s fourth-grade class at Blaney Elementary won the Field Day tug-of-war competition. There also were water games, bouncer to play on and test of agility and strength. Here, back of line to front, Shaylyn Anderson, Kaitlyn Fuller, Jamie Stroud, John-Paul Watson, Samantha Cacace, Devin Reeder and Seay. Blaney Elementary fourth- and fifth-graders donned straw hats and ended the year with a hoedown. … Continue reading Blaney Elementary
Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Following is a countywide list of precincts. Questions about which one you should be voting in? Call the Kershaw County Voter Registration and Election Office, (803) 424-4016. Airport: Applied Technology Education, 874 Vocation Lane: (803) 425-8982Antioch: Antioch Head Start, 1591 Bishopville Highway; (803) 432-2823Bethune: Woman’s Clubhouse, 200 Blackmon St. South: (843) 334-3126Buffalo: Mount Pisgah School, … Continue reading Kershaw County Precincts
Aug/25/1922 – Jun/02/2008 Obituary of Sallie Burns Deese CAMDEN – Funeral service for Sallie Burns Deese, 85, will be held Friday at 10:00 a.m. at Hermitage Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Condy Richardson and Rev. James P. “Jimmy” Epps, Jr. will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday 6-8 p.m at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Memorials may be made … Continue reading Sallie Burns Deese
Some Kershaw County elementary and middle school students could choose to attend single-gender classes by the 2009-10 school year. District officials are starting discussions now with teachers, parents and students to gauge interest in a single-gender program, which would be tested in the first year at Blaney Elementary and Camden Middle and, possibly, expanded after that. The school district hopes to make a decision by spring of … Continue reading Schools consider single-gender – District would join growing trend of same-sex classes
Aug/26/1924 – May/27/2008 Obituary of James L. Bradley LUGOFF – Funeral Service for James L. Bradley, 83, will be held Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Lugoff First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Rev. Greg Sweet will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorials may … Continue reading James L. Bradley
Jul/01/1949 – May/24/2008 Obituary of David Wayne Dixon LUGOFF – Funeral service for David Wayne Dixon, 58, will be held Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Rev. Donnie Dixon will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Dixon died Saturday, May 24, 2008. Born … Continue reading David Wayne Dixon
Sep/09/1931 – May/20/2008 Obituary of Ruth Juanita Parker CAMDEN – Funeral service for Ruth J. Parker, 76, will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff, with burial to follow in Quaker Cemetery. Rev. Ed Stokes will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Parker, wife of the late Edgar G. Parker, left this … Continue reading Ruth Juanita Harden Parker
Oct/27/1970 – May/04/2008 Obituary of Rebecca E Owens CASSATT – Funeral service for Rebecca Elizabeth Owens, 37, will be held Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. at DeKalb Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Keith Coates and Rev. Denny Haston will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Mrs. Owens died Sunday, May 4, 2008. … Continue reading Rebecca E Owens
1930: Melvin Eugene “Gene” Neeley was born December 1, 1930 in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of Oscar P. Neeley and Nettie Martin Neeley. 2008: Melvin Eugene “Gene” Neeley passed away on April 28, 2008. He was a son of the late Oscar P. and Nettie Martin Neeley. Served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was an avid NASCAR fan and … Continue reading Melvin Eugene “Gene” Neeley
1928 Lola Mae Moak Rose was born July 25, 1928, in Blaney, she was the daughter of the late Lexie Moak and Zemmie Goff Moak. 2008 Lola Mae Moak Rose, 79, of Elgin, died Sunday, April 13, 2008. She was a member of Highway Pentecostal Church where she was a member of the Adult Sunday School Class and Women’s Ministry Program. Surviving were her husband … Continue reading Lola Mae Moak Rose
