Frances Ruby Davis Collins

1915 Frances Ruby Davis was born on 13 Jul 1915 in Richmond, Virginia, USA a child of Tom H Davis and Lillie V Barnes Player Davis Wood. 1930 Francis R Davis was counted in the census on 28 Apr 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 14-year-old, female, single, white, adopted daughter. Also in the home was her adopted father, James W. Wood; … Continue reading Frances Ruby Davis Collins

BOY, 8, KILLED GETTING OFF BUS ELGIN TRUCK DRIVER HELD IN PRISON AT KERSHAW COUNTY

A tractor-trailer carrying bags of cement hit and killed an 8-year-old boy Monday afternoon in Kershaw County. The boy was hit soon after stepping off a school bus around 3:15 p.m. on Sessions Road. The boy’s 7-year-old sister, 14 other Blaney Elementary school kids and the bus driver witnessed the accident, Kershaw County Sheriff Steve McCaskill said. Authorities have not released the boy’s name. “He didn’t know … Continue reading BOY, 8, KILLED GETTING OFF BUS ELGIN TRUCK DRIVER HELD IN PRISON AT KERSHAW COUNTY

Kenneth “Adam” Whitaker

1990 Adam Whitaker was born on 01 Mar 1990 in Richland, South Carolina, USA as the first child of Johnie Marvin Whitaker Jr. and Pamela Huggins Whitaker. 1998 He died on 20 Apr 1998 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at 639 Sessions Road. Adam Whitaker was buried on 24 Apr 1998 in Richland, South Carolina, USA at Greenhaven Memorial Gardens. His cause of death … Continue reading Kenneth “Adam” Whitaker

ALL KINDERGARTENS TO HAVE FULL-DAY CLASSES NEXT YEAR

Three years ago, full-day kindergarten was rare and, in some circles, rather controversial. How times have changed. “I don’t see how they could get anything done in half-day classes,” said Frances Dimery, a kindergarten teacher at Wood Elementary in West Columbia who has never taught anything but full-day. “They just don’t have time.” The turnaround in the way the program is viewed has been so … Continue reading ALL KINDERGARTENS TO HAVE FULL-DAY CLASSES NEXT YEAR