1915 Ethel Cook Brooks was born September 24, 1915 in Blaney, South Carolina, a daughter of Ransom Thomas Cook, Sr., and Minnie Laura Easler Cook. 1999 GASTON – Funeral services for Ethel Cook Brooks, 83, will be held 2 p.m. Monday, August 23, 1999, at Convent Baptist Church, Leesville. The Revs. Bill Padgett and Carl B. Koon will officiate. Interment will be in Cook Family … Continue reading Ethel Louise Cook Brooks

ELGIN – Services for JoAnn Toole Watts, 48, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, August 20, 1999 at Hillcrest Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Harry Widener and Rev. Bill Drees will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today, August 19, 1999, in the Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel. Memorials may be made to the International Mission Board, … Continue reading JoAnn Toole Watts

1934 David Zorn, Jr, was born June 24, 1934 in Blaney, South Carolina, the son of David Zorn, Sr., and Mildred Bowen Zorn. 1999 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Services for David Zorn Jr., 65, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Idaho Falls LDS 26th Ward. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church, with burial in Taylor Cemetery. … Continue reading David Zorn, Jr

News you can use The Lugoff Elgin Schools are part of the Kershaw County district. Clip and save this chart to help guide you through the school year. Karen Yorkcontact reporter Karen York with news and feature story ideas about Lugoff Elgin schools.Phone: (803) 771-8303Mail: The State, P. O. Box 1333, Columbia, 29202Fax: (803) 771-8430E-mail: kyork@thestate.com Contacting the districtBy phone: The district general phone number … Continue reading Lugoff – Elgin

1916 Born March 23, 1916 in Blaney, he was a son of the late John David Goff and Nannie Ross Goff. 1920 Census Information: According to the 1920 United States Census recorded on January 8, 1920; Dave Goff (46) owned a farm in Wateree Township in Kershaw County, with whom he shared with his wife, Nannie Goff (44), Also in home were their children; Anderson Goff … Continue reading Paul Otis Goff

Blaney Elementary School Principal Rose Sheheen and Assistant Principal Eleanor Porter wave at students from atop the school’s roof. Students got to send their principals to the roof because they read 17,555 book during the school year and passed test on those books at 80 percent or higher. Continue reading Hitting the Roof

Elgin is growing – and so are the families that inhabit its quiet neighborhoods such as Idlewood. This neighborhood of more than 30 homes began in 1997 and is already full of growing families. With home prices in the $80,000s and $90,000s, residents say the neighborhood is great for new families. Ashley Ripley has lived in the neighborhood for a year and says Idlewood has … Continue reading NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE: IDLEWOOD NEW FAMILIES GROW WITH TOWN IN ELGIN’S IDLEWOOD

Lt. Col. Don Brown, chief of officer training at the U. S. Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson, will speak at Union Baptist Church in Elgin Sunday. Brown will speak at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Union Baptist is at 1177 Wildwood Lane, a mile north of Blaney Elementary School in Elgin. Call 438-3706 or e-mail union@rocmail.com. Continue reading Union Baptist Church

1936 Herbert Woodrow Kinard, Jr. was born October 15 1936, son of Herbert Woodrow Kinard Sr. and Wilma V. Huckabee Kinard. 1939 On August 5, 1939, H. W. Kinard, Jr., was listed in the newspaper article “Cayce News.” 1942 On September 27, 1942, H. W. Kinard, Jr. was listed in the newspaper article “Cayce Happenings.“ 1999 Herbert Woodrow Kinard, Jr., 62, passed away June 8, … Continue reading Herbert Woodrow Kinard Jr.

1914 Curtis Willie Morgan was born November 18, 1914 in Kershaw County, South Carolina, a son of Alvin Levert “Jack” Morgan and Sarah Alice Nelson Morgan. 1920 Census Information: According to the 1920 United States Census recorded on January 13, 1920, Jack L Morgan (32) rented a farm in Wateree Township, Kershaw, South Carolina, with whom he shared with his wife, Allice Morgan (37) and their … Continue reading Curtis Willie Morgan