Chafee Jones III
DARLINGTON – Chafee Jones III, age 69, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020. A graveside service was held Tuesday, July 7, at Grove Hill Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family received friends Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the Darlington Country Club. Born Aug. 26, 1950, Chafee was the son of the late Chafee Jones Jr. and Katherine Harris Jones. He was involved in the Boy Scouts of America, achieving its highest rank as Eagle...
Library programs aim to stave off summer slide
With so many school districts across the country forced to curtail the school year due to COVID-19, the extended “summer slide,” where children’s schoolwork fluency erodes due to lack of practice, could spell disaster when students eventually return to the classroom.
Cecil Ray Blackmon
DARLINGTON — Cecil Ray Blackmon, 82, a lifelong resident of Darlington, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, June 27, 2020. Cecil, as his friends knew him, was born April 19, 1938, in Darlington and was the son of the late William Francis Blackmon Sr. and the late Ruby O’Neal Blackmon, both of Darlington and brother to the late William Francis Blackmon Jr. and the late Patricia Blackmon Huggins of Darlington. As a...
Saws, maters and men long gone
by Tom Poland Growing up in eastern Georgia deep in pines, I wakened to the wail of chainsaws six days a week. Yellow McCullochs and red Poulans sliced through green resinous pines as Dad and his partner, Bobby Cooper, tested saws they had fixed. Not repaired, mind you, fixed, in a sweltering shop of tin. The wailing was the sound of money. Broken saws put food on our table, clothes on our back, shoes on our feet. I loved Dad’s old...
Tax Day is July 15
The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) reminds taxpayers the updated Income Tax due date is July 15.