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Nettie Leese Brown
Funeral services to celebrate the life of Nettie Leese Ogburn Brown, 90, of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Kilbourne Park Baptist Church in Columbia. Burial will follow in Quaker Cemetery, Camden, SC. The family will receive friends at 1:00 PM, prior to the service in the church sanctuary. Memorials may be made in Mrs. Brown's memory to Kilbourne Park Baptist Church, 4205 Kilbourne Rd., Columbia, SC 29206 ...
Robert A. Carswell
Robert A. Carswell, 85, of Camden, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Plans are incomplete and will be announced by Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel.
Jessie Mae "Bell" Holiday
Mrs. Jessie Mae "Bell" Holiday, 86, of Hampton, Virginia, and formerly of Camden, entered into eternal rest on Friday, may 3, 2013. Born in Lee County she was daughter of the late Bishop Nelson and Missionary Lois Bradford. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, at Mount Calvary Holiness Church, Rembert, with burial in church cemetery. Mrs. Holiday will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. for viewing. ...
Al Neuharth
The term "visionary" is sometimes overused these days, but it can truly be applied to Al Neuharth, who transformed the newspaper business back in 1982 with the advent of USA Today. Born into hardscrabble circumstances in South Dakota, he rose to become chairman of Gannett, which became the most profitable company in newspaper history. He was flamboyant and had expensive tastes, always dressing in gray, black and white, which ...
Fenwick tabbed award cooler sponsor by USHJA
The United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) is pleased to announce Camden-based Fenwick Equestrian Products as the Awards Cooler Sponsor of the 2013 USHJA Children's/Adult Amateur Jumper Regional Championships.
Running from life
Brenda Heist wanted to run away from life. Naturally, she went to Key West, Fla.
Theresa Wood
Theresa Wood, 93, of 1537 Dixon Road in Elgin died Thursday, May 9, 2013. Plans will be announced by Collins Funeral Home.
Golfers tee it up for animal shelter
The inaugural Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter Golf Tournament, a fundraiser for the facility, will be held on Sunday, May 19 at the White Pines Golf Club in Camden.
CHS to honor student-athletes at banquet
The Camden High School Athletic Banquet will be held on Tuesday, May 21, in the school gymnasium.
American Legion tryouts set for tonight
The James Leroy Belk Post 17 Kershaw County Senior and Junior American Legion baseball teams will both begin tryouts for the 2013 summer season tonight at 6 p.m. at American Legion Park in Camden.
County sends 10 athletes into state championships
Led by seven qualifiers from Camden High School, there will be 10 Kershaw County athletes taking part in this weekend's South Carolina High School League State Track and Field Championships.
Fugitive wanted in 2011 home invasion arrested
A man wanted in connection with an August 2011 east Camden home invasion is now in jail thanks to a tip that he was running a club there.
Reader complains about rude family members
Dear Annie: My grandfather passed away last month, and the wake was catered by a close friend of the family who owns a restaurant. He closed off a section of his dining hall for our family.
Sam Kendall’s adding restaurant in Blythewood
By MARTIN MOBLEY Country Chronicle (Blythewood, S.C.) editor mmobley@countrychronicle.com Sam Kendall's, a Camden fine dining establishment, plans to open its second restaurant in Doko Meadows in Blythewood in late fall. The way was cleared for the town's newest economic development project with approval April 26 of a $900,000 loan by Santee Cooper's board of directors. In a telephone interview with the Country Chronicle on May ...
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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.
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”
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