Linzy "Gene" Criminger

A service to celebrate the life of Linzy Eugene Criminger, 74, will be held Monday at 4:00 pm at St. John's United Methodist Church. The Rev. John Mims will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made to St. John's United Methodist Church, 45 Roseborough Road, Lugoff, SC, 29078 or AGAPE Hospice, 141 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC, 29210. Mr. Criminger died ...

CMA Member and Guest Showcase

Pictured is the Chamber Choir of Kershaw County (CCKC). They will be one of the performing groups at the Camden Music Association's (CMA) Member and Guest Showcase May 19 at 3 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center in Camden. Members of the CCKC: Sherry Algood, Sierra Benson, Jean Broom, Anne Compton, Megan Commings, Isa Commings, Grace Dunham, Judith Hawkesworth, Linda Higgins, Barbara James, Mary Ellen Jordan, Diane Lee, June McCaskill, Khadija Murphy, Steven Parrot, ...

Dating success not equal in open-marriage

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been happily married for 15 years and recently decided to try an open-marriage lifestyle. We are doing this with full honesty and respect for each other. The main problem is that the dating success is not equal. I found it easier to get a date. Whereas, my husband is having a tremendous degree of difficulty. He has online dating profiles, but no luck.

Elgin

Funeral service for Theresa M. Wood, 93, of 1537 Dixon Road in Elgin will be held Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Mt. Sinai AME Church with burial in the cemetery. She died Thursday, May 9, 2013. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Jane G. Brady

Jane G. Brady, 91, of Camden, S.C. died Sunday, May 12, 2013. Plans are incomplete and will be announced by Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel.

Colonial Cup rematch on tap for Nashville

Demonstrative and Divine Fortune, the respective winner and second finisher in last year's season-ending Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup in Camden (Gr. 1) race, will meet again on Saturday, in the $150,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois (Gr. 1), the crowning race of the rich Iroquois Steeplechase in Nashville's Percy Warner Park.

CMA Member and Guest Showcase to be May 19

The Rotary Singers will be performing at the Camden Music Association Member and Guest Showcase on Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m in the Wood Auditorium at the Fine Arts Center. Director of the Rotary Singers is Mary Ellen Jordan.

Local Garden Club happenings

King Haigler Garden Club The King Haigler Garden Club will meet on Monday at 3:30 p.m. Cheryl Black will host the group at historic Proctor Hall. Nancy Fisher and Jane Hannon will cohost with delicious refreshments. There will be no horticulture or arrangements. Members will celebrate the installation of new officers and the presentation of yearly club awards. All members are reminded to bring a plant to exchange with someone else. May ...

Edward Thompson

Funeral service for Reverend Edward "Eddie" "Pete" Thompson, 78, of 300 Lafayette Way in Camden will be held Saturday, May 11, 2013, 12 p.m. at Gaines Baptist Church with burial in the Sanders Creek Baptist Church cemetery. Friends may visit at 156-A Sycamore Road in Camden. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

John W. Stone

Service for John W. Stone, 74, also of Waterford, Conn. will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. The Rev. Mike Vinson will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.

Mary Kate Shepard Wilson

Mrs. Mary Kate Shepard Wilson, 75, of 2114 McGee Street, Elgin, SC, passed on Friday, May 3, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 10, 2013, 2:00 PM, Fort Clark Baptist Church, Elgin, SC, with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

‘A positive difference’

I would like to take a few minutes and write a brief letter suggesting that our community take some time to concentrate on all the good things our hospital has stood for the past 100 years.

Come out and enjoy a taste of Camden

The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) and the city of Camden are pleased to bring you the second annual A Taste of Camden on the Town Green Saturday, May 18 from 6 to 10 p.m.

Anita Gibbons Ardis

Funeral services for Anita Gibbons Ardis, 97, formerly of Summerton, S.C., will be held Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John's United Methodist Church, Lugoff, S.C. Burial will be at 3:00 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery in Summerton, S.C. The Rev. John Mims will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff, S.C. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. ...

Janie D. Brown

Mrs. Janie Gertrude Davis Brown, 85, of Centerville, TN, formerly of Camden, SC, died Tuesday morning in a Tennessee nursing home.

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Ward Baker wed

Pamela Collins Gibson of Columbia, S.C. and Kevin Ward Baker of Lugoff, S.C. were married May 18, 2013 at Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church in Camden, S.C. The 4 p.m. ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. James C. Adams. A reception immediately followed at Aberdeen.

Former Camdenite wins ‘Best In Show’

Former Camdenite Manda McKay's painting "Love You To Death" won "Best In Show" at Southworks 2013. The Oconee County Arts Foundation (OCAF) hosted the opening reception April 12 in Watkinsville, Georgia. McKay grew up in Camden and graduated from Camden High School.

May at the Library

Children's Programming:

Wife unsure of what to do about husband’s dementia

Dear Annie: I've been married to "Ned" for 25 years, and each year it seems to get worse. When we married, he told me I could do whatever I wanted with the house, but he never said I'd be the one paying.

Seniors reflect

I meet with a lot of groups and committees over the course of the year, and I think it's important for me to do so. One of my favorite groups is Student Cabinet, which is comprised of student government leaders from each of our high schools. We meet four times a year over lunch. What I love and value about students is that they don't hesitate to tell you what's ...

A matter of conscience:

In 1929, my family moved from Chesterfield County to a farm adjoining the farm of Donald Holland's parents in the Cassatt community. I was a year old at the time but before many years passed, Donald and I established a friendship lasting until Donald's passing in 2003.

The one that didn’t get away

Magistrate swearing in

Kershaw County community members celebrated as former Kershaw County Recreation Center Director James E. Davis Jr. was sworn in as a county magistrate judge on Thursday afternoon. Kershaw County Councilman Jimmy Jones, Fifth Circuit Assistant Solicitor Brett Perry and Rep. Laurie S. Funderburk spoke at the short ceremony at the Kershaw County Court House. Judge Roderick M. Todd Jr. called the ceremony to order; Clerk of Court Joyce McDonald administered the oath; Rev. Constance ...

Former Demon Tisdale earns coaching honor in Florida

Former Lugoff-Elgin and Winthrop University baseball standout Eddie Tisdale has been named as the District 4A-13 baseball coach of the year this week by Broward (Fla.) High School Baseball.

Jane Barron Henry

A memorial service for Jane Barron Henry, 88, of Camden, will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, May 20, 2013 at Hammet Chapel at Bethesda Presbyterian Church with inurnment at Quaker Cemetery. Rev. Dr. William Summers will officiate. .

The Lugoff-Elgin “Blue Monster”