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The Pee Dee Baptist Association 2008 summer mission trip is set for July 19-25th. \ The trip will be to Kanawha City, West Virginia. \ All volunteers will be working with Freedom Baptist Church in Kanawha, West Virginia to repair walls in the church and do some painting. \ The mission trip will consist...
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Question: With all of the technological advances today, I have been wondering why we are not able to keep up with our health care information and records on the internet like we do with banking and bills. My wife and I take care of almost everything on-line since we learned how to do it,...
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There are several things that have been going on that deserve a thumbs up. \ Here are a few of them:\ \’d1A thumbs up to the Johnson Foundation and to the people of Dillon County who have taken on supporting the Blast Frozen Meals program for senior citizens through June 30th.\ \’d1A thumbs up...
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The Dillon County Council For The Aging made an appeal in early March for the community to contact their representatives and encourage them to support the $2.9 million State Supplemental Funding for Home and Community Based Services in the 2008-2009 State Budget.
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Vehicle break-ins are still occurring in the city and county, according to law enforcement.\ Many of these vehicle break-ins involve a glass break to get a pocketbook or other valuables.\ Some of these vehicle break-ins have even occurred at the victims\’d5 own homes.\ The vehicle break-ins are believed to be the work of different...
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This week I am sharing my mother's recipe for "real" country ham. This is the cured ham-not the picnic or fresh variety.
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Funeral service for Mr. George Bethea of Lake View will be held Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Little Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev. Williams, Pastor and Rev. McGill Jr., Eulogist. Interment will follow in Zion Hill AME Church Cemetery. Mr. Bethea died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at his residence. Bartell Funeral...
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Funeral Service for Mrs. Arula Blue will be held Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. at New St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Anita Dudley, Interim Pastor. Interment will follow in Church Cemetery. Mrs. Blue died Monday, April 21, 2008 at McLeod Medical Center-Dillon. Bartell Funeral Home, LLC of Dillon is in charge...
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Funeral Service for Mr. Roy Lee Rivers was held Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at Fork Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Curtis Campbell, Pastor and Rev. Eugene Campbell, Eulogist. Interment followed in Rest Haven Cemetery, Latta, SC. Mr. Rivers died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at his residence. Bartell Funeral Home, LLC of Dillon was in...
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Charles Edward Harley of East Saint Louis and formerly of Dillon died Saturday at John Cochran VA Medical Center in Saint Louis, MO. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 3, 2008, 2 PM at Minturn Grove Baptist Church in Minturn Burial will follow in Road Side Cemetery in Dillon. Be the first to...
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James Fountain passed away Monday, April 28. There will be a memorial service on Saturday, May 3, at 3 p.m. at the cemetery in Fountain, N.C. Be the first to like. Like Unlike
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