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Miss Williams, Mr. Hinson plan wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Anthony Williams of Lugoff announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Brittany Nicole Williams of Lugoff, to Joshua Edward Hinson of Camden. He is the son of Mr. Mike Hinson of Camden and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Threatt of Camden.
Columbia mayor to speak at Dems convention
Kershaw County Democratic Party county convention attendees will hear from Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin at 7 tonight.
Larry Duval Burns
Funeral service for Larry Duval Burns, 58, of 832 Clinton Lane, Cassatt, will be held Thursday, March 22 at 2 p.m. at Nazareth Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. He died Thursday, March 15.
Juanita Smith Jackson
Funeral services for Mrs. Juanita Smith Jackson, 58, of Mt. Zion Road, Cassatt will be held Wednesday, March 21 at 2 p.m. at Household of Faith Holiness Church. Burial will be at Cedar Cemetery.
Chester Jones
Funeral service for Chester Jones, 78, of Camden, will be held Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at DeKalb Baptist Church with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The Rev. Keith Coates will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Memorials may be made to DeKalb Baptist Church, 2034 DeKalb School Road, Camden, S.C. 29020.
Geneva Williams Mitchell
Mrs. Geneva Williams Mitchell, 55 of 441 Pelham Drive, Columbia, died Thursday, March 15, 2012. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Brown's Funeral Home, Camden, who is serving the Mitchell family.
Shirley Fennell Sullivan
Memorial services celebrating the life of Shirley Colleen Fennell Sullivan, 76, of Camden, will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Wateree Baptist Church. Reverend Bobby James will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 1310 Norris Avenue. Memorials may be made in Mrs. Sullivan's memory to Meals on Wheels, c/o Kershaw County Council on Aging, 906 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020 or Wateree Baptist Church, 2024 Haile Street, Camden, SC 29020.
C-I wins SCPA general excellence title second year in a row
It's back-to-back wins for the Chronicle-Independent, named the best two-to-three times weekly newspaper in the state of South Carolina for the second year in a row and for the third time in five years. The C-I earned first place in the General Excellence category at a luncheon Saturday during the S.C. Press Association's (SCPA) annual meeting in Folly Beach.
Noted and passed - March 19, 2012
• One more sign of a changing digital world is the demise of the print edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, which will no longer publish a paper-and-ink version after 224 years. The World Wide Web, including online encyclopedia Wikipedia, made the Brittanica obsolete. It was considered the granddaddy of all American reference volumes, though its livelier cousin World Book, outsold it. Time waits for no man, and certainly not for Brittanica.
Way better than the sum of our parts
I was attending a coaching clinic in the mid 1970s, and I got to talk with a very well-respected and successful football coach who had won a number of championships during a long and storied career. I asked him about his favorite team, expecting him to tell me about one of the numerous state championship teams he had coached. I was surprised, however, when he told me about a team he had coached that had not even gone very far into the playoffs. The coach told me he loved and valued this particular team since it had achieved well beyond ...
2012 Heritage Tea winners announced
On Sunday, February 19 in the Wood Auditorium of the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) awards were presented to Kershaw County students who participated in the 2012 Heritage Tea. Students in grades three through eight from across the county worked on projects reflective of cultural heroes and legends in celebration of Black History Month in an art project competition. Awards were presented to all winners and the teachers of 1st place winners. Entertainment was provided by the Lugoff Elementary Singers, Jackson School Chorus, Kershaw County Show Choir and Mrs. Shiryl Morgan. The judges for the competition were Althea ...
Discount sale of Cup tickets ends Saturday
Saturday is the final day for patrons to secure discount general admission tickets for the Carolina Cup steeplechase races.
Let's play two (in one game)
They did not make the fans leave after seven innings and pay to re-enter Optimist Field Tuesday night. But they could have.
Robert Minges
Funeral service with full military honors for Robert Hall Minges, 75, Lugoff, will be held Friday at 12:30 p.m. at Rowan Presbyterian Church with burial to follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia. The Rev. Phil McCoy will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Rowan Presbyterian Church.
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Ann Dillon Barns
Ann Dillon Barns, 86, wife of Tom Barnes, formerly of Camden died July 26, 2014. Visitation 6-8pm August 1 and 10-11am Saturday followed by service at 11am all at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Bradley Creek Chapel, Wilmington NC. www.quinnmcgowen.com
Curtis Leon Drakeford
Funeral services for Curtis Leon Drakeford, 77, will be held Friday, August 1, 2014 at 10:00 am at Door of Hope Ministries, 984 Wateree Blvd, Camden SC. Burial to follow at Ft Jackson National Cemetery in Columbia. Pastors Gerald Brown and Lomarie Caldwell will officiate. Viewing will be held on Thursday morning at 11:00 am at Brown's Funeral Home in Camden. Curtis Drakeford was born on May 10, 1937, and passed award on Monday, July 28, 2014. He was head deacon at Door of Hope Ministries, directed the men's fellowship, and ministered at Manning Correctional Prison ...
Robert “Bobby” William Grimm
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Robert "Bobby" William Grimm, 45, of Camden will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, July 31, 2014 at First Baptist Church of Camden. Rev. Bruce Hancock will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday, July 30 from 6:00-7:30 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home Camden Chapel. Memorials may be made in Bobby's memory to Kershaw County Special Olympics, P. O. Box 310, Camden, SC 29021.
Myrel Hermina Gripper
Mrs. Myrel Hermina Gripper, 87, of 302 Smyrna Road, Elgin, South Carolina, passed on Thursday, July 24, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Fort Clark Baptist Church in Elgin, SC. Burial will follow at the Fort Clark Baptist Church Cemetery in Elgin, SC. Haile's Funeral Home is in serving the family.
Nanley Holmes
Mr. Nanley Holmes, 86, of 146 Battleship Road, Camden died Monday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Brown's Funeral Home, Camden, who is serving the Holmes Family.
Cathy Anne Tidwell
Funeral service for Cathy Anne Tidwell, 65, will be held on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
New kid on the block
Hey, y'all! I am Jim McGowan. I am the most recent addition to the award-winning staff of the Chronicle-Independent. I can only hope to live up to their high standards. It will not be easy. I will be the Localife editor and cover the education beat.
Op-Ed: Let parents give directly to public schools
A federal nutrition program that places new restrictions on snacks and beverages sold in schools also provides an opportunity for some fresh thinking about school fundraisers.
Reader ‘pleased’ with Amtrak plan
Having spent many hours working to get the historic Seaboard Railroad station preserved, I was extremely pleased to see that Amtrak was at the city council work session June 22 to present its plan for improvements to the station.
Rhame Arena concept
During the last Camden City Council work session, and as reported in the July 28 Chronicle-Independent, the concept of "adaptive reuse" of Rhame Arena was discussed. It was during this discussion that it was noted that the concept and sketch under discussion was developed by the daughter of Marti Wallace and Mike Jones (Elizabeth Ancrum Jones). Miss Jones developed her proposal several years ago. After a discussion of the property during a prior council meeting, her work was provided to city staff for their consideration.
2014 TripAdvisor awards
It is always exciting to read positive press in the Chronicle-Independent concerning businesses in our area. Sam Kendall's 2014 Certificate of Excellence Award was wonderfully covered by the C-I for its hard-earned recognition. Each year, TripAdvisor assesses local businesses worldwide and awards certificates to those with very high ratings. For 2014, they awarded three Certificates of Excellence in Camden to Sam Kendall's, Salud! Mexican Kitchen, and Bloomsbury Inn. In addition, their highest recognition, Traveler's Choice Awards, honors like businesses nationwide. As the C-I well-covered earlier in the year, Bloomsbury was a Traveler's Choice Award winner for ...
Coin Club announces annual Fall Show
The annual Fall Coin Show of the Camden Coin Club will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Camden Recreation Department, 1042 West DeKalb St., Camden.
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