Special Events CLOTHING GIVEAWAY: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Blaney Baptist Church, White Pond Road and Church Street, Elgin. Clothing for adults and children will be available. Accepting donations through Friday; clothing should be clean, useable and separated by size and sex. (803) 438 – 3161. Continue reading ALMANAC EVENTS
1933 Novis Irene Peake Goff was born February 26, 2004 in Lugoff, the daughter of William Milton Peake and Maybelle Peake. 2004 Novis Goff ELGIN – Graveside services for Novis Peake Goff, 71, will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 11:00 AM in Blaney Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Ron Farrar will officiate. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 from … Continue reading Novis Irene Peake Goff
1926 Alice McDonald “Nobia” Roberson was born January 5, 1926. 2004 Alice Roberson BLYTHEWOOD – Services for Mrs. Alice McDonald “Nobia” Roberson, 78, will be held 3 p.m. Thursday (viewing at 2 p.m.) at Good Aim Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Wake services will be 7 p.m. this evening at Leevy’s Funeral Home, Taylor Street Chapel. Surviving are her sons, Reverend John … Continue reading Alice McDonald “Nobia” Roberson
1946 James “Jimmy” Hugh Watts was born February 10, 1946 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA, a son of Charlie Smith and Jesse Ruth Wright. 2004 James Watts ELGIN – Funeral services with Masonic Rites, for James “Jimmy” Hugh Watts, 58, will be held on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 2:00 PM at Hillcrest Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. … Continue reading James “Jimmy” Hugh Watts
Preston Young754-8222Voicemail733-7576 Russell & Jeffcoat Realtors Incorporated Pyoung@ruseelandjeffcoat.comwww.russsellandjeffcoat.com/prestonyoung SUMMIT – 3 bedroom 2 full baths, several upgrades. This home is better than new. Move-in condition. Call Preston to see this wonderful home. 788-1450 Ad#123406 WINDSOR LAKE – Well maintained one owner home. 3 bedroom, 2 and 1/2 bath, frml living & dining room, library w/FP, 20×20 family room w/FP, large lot with lots of curb appeal. Award … Continue reading Preston Young
Ronald Farrar, third from left, has been named intentional interim minister for Blaney Baptist Church in Elgin. Farrar most recently served at First Baptist Church in Tarboro, N.C., and Calvary Baptist in Shallotte, N. C. Former Blaney Baptist pastor Lawrence Dennis resigned in February to go into full-time service as chaplain with the S. C. National Guard. Shown here with Farrar are his wife, Shirlee, … Continue reading ALMANAC PEOPLE & ORGANIZATIONS
1962 Mrs. Clellie Drawdy was listed as a living sister in the obituary of Smyner Dalton Goff. 1930 Clellie G Goff. was counted in the census on 02 May 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 5 month old, female, single, white, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Dalton Goff; her mother, Etta E Goff; and her siblings, George T Goff, … Continue reading Clellie Jeanette Goff
1919 Earl Hubert Thornton was born February 28, 1919 in Blaney, South Carolina, a son of Joseph Earl Thornton and Mary Elizabeth Watson Thornton. 2004 ELGIN – Graveside services for Earl Hubert Thornton, 85, of Elgin will be held Sunday, August 1, 2004 at 2:00 PM in Blaney Baptist Church Cemetery. Chaplain Mark S. Bredholt will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service … Continue reading Earl Hubert Thornton
NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTS: Monday, Aug. 9 BUILDING UP: Among new construction and renovations: * Kelly Mill Middle School opens * Major addition at E.L. Wright Middle School * New science building at Richland Northeast High School * New district stadium at Blythewood High School * New portables placed at Lake Carolina and Round Top elementary schools, the district’s two newest schools, due to growth … Continue reading NEW THIS YEAR: RICHLAND 2
S. C. Watermelon Queen Megan Price, center, was a special guest at a watermelon/tomato fellowship at Blaney Baptist Church in Elgin. Among those who met Price were, from left, Sarah Dean, Brianna Mixon, Jana Bramblett, Ariel Smith, Brianna Bramblett, Anna Stevens and Amanda Dean. Price, a native of Batesburg-Leesville, attends College of Charleston. SONNY SMITH/SPECIAL TO THE STATE Continue reading WATERMELON QUEEN
