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Clinton plans Thursday evening fun, celebrates new ice cream shop
Clinton, S.C. – For many months Laila’s Place Ice Cream has been providing sweet treats from its mobile cart, and now the family business owned by Newberry residents Jason and Tia Devette is proving a welcome addition to the Main Street Clinton landscape, said Main Street Clinton Manager Joe Timmons. “It’s been packed,” Timmons said.…
Read MorePeter Bruce Huff
Peter Bruce Huff, 67, passed away at his home on August 22, 2022. He was the son of Dr. Randolph and Helen Huff, who predeceased him. Peter graduated from Presbyterian College and the MUSC School of Pharmacy. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Robin, his daughter, Dr. Jamie Huff (Dr. Jacob Herman),…
Read MoreAnnette Senn Crawford
Joanna, South Carolina Annette Senn Crawford, 63, of Joanna, S.C., passed away unexpectedly and peacefully in her sleep on August 20, 2022. She was the daughter of Yeoman (Buster) and Linnie Kyzer Senn, who predeceased her. She graduated from Presbyterian College and taught at Joanna Woodson Elementary School for 39 years before retiring in 2019.…
Read MorePC offers $60 million in scholarships to Palmetto Girls State participants
Presbyterian College’s kilt-clad president made a stunning and generous offer Tuesday to each of the 600 Palmetto Girls State delegates. Come to PC and receive a $ 25,000-a-year scholarship. President Dr. Matthew vandenBerg told the group that PC is making a four-year, $60 million commitment to the rising seniors in Palmetto Girls State, the largest…
Read MoreThomas Lumley
Greenwood, South Carolina Thomas Lumley, 91, resident of 201 Olde Puckett’s Ferry Road, widower of Edwina Hardee Lumley, passed away Monday, June 6, 2022, at his home. Born April 18, 1931, in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Harold and Camille Jennings Lumley, Sr. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School and…
Read MorePC announces lacrosse incident conclusions, punishments
Presbyterian College President Matthew vandenBerg announced Thursday that four students have been expelled and a fraternity has been permanently banned from campus following an investigation into an incident that occurred at a women’s lacrosse game this past February. According to the release from PC, an independent investigation conducted by attorney Cindy Crick validated reports that…
Read MoreHenry Burrell “Burl” Patterson
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina Henry Burrell “Burl” Patterson, 82, husband of Margie Campbell Patterson, of Clinton, SC, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, May 1, 2022. He was born in Clinton, SC to the late Floyd and Early Gertha Spencer Patterson. Burl loved his family and cherished Sunday dinners. He was…
Read MorePC students, athletes walk for ‘diversity in an environment of unity’
Clinton , S.C. – On the campus of Presbyterian College last week, a group of students from the Multicultural Student Union (MSU) scrambled and brought together almost 250 students, faculty and administrators to show the Clinton community and the PC family that unity, love and diversity can co-exist. The Thursday morning “Unity Walk” was in…
Read MorePC alumnus establishes wrestling scholarship in honor of his father, the late Rev. Robert S. Link ’56
As a Presbyterian minister, the late Rev. Robert S. Link ’56 undoubtedly wrestled with the foes of goodness and decency. As a Presbyterian College student, however, he grappled for the Blue Hose. A member of PC’s first college wrestling team in the late 1940s and early ‘50s, Link is remembered by his son, Robert S.…
Read MoreLoyd Jackson Cain
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina Sgt. Major Loyd Jackson Cain, US Army, Ret., 85, of Clinton, SC, husband of Katheryn Weems Cain, died Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Rockingham, N.C., to the late Woodrow and Annie Kanipe Cain. Sgt. Major Cain retired from the US Army…
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