Today's Features

As a 33-year veteran of the military that included service in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, Johnny Mills can tell many stories of places he traveled, wars fought and friends made and lost. But Mills is a man of few words when it comes to talking about his war-time experiences.

Mills was born April 19, 1923 to the late Roosevelt and Octavia Mills. He grew up in Pageland and attended area schools. He and his wife of 63 years, Verla are the parents of three children.

Maurice Alden Duncan and Teresa Ann Jordan were married on August 13, 2012 at the Gardner House in Pageland.

Teresa is the daughter of Gurney and Jannie Mae Jordan of Pageland.
Maurice is the son of Bill and Dora Duncan of Waxhaw, N.C.

Gabrial Bentley Issak Moran celebrated his fourth birthday August 18. He is the son of Tasha Marsh and Chuck McMahon of Pageland. Grandparents are Kevin and Ann Patterson of Pageland and Debbie McMahon and the late Jerry McMahon of Jefferson.

Later on this year, Sheriff Wayne Byrd of Darlington County will attempt something that he has never done before, in fact, it’s something that few people have ever done. He will get behind the wheel of a Mini Cup race car and compete in a Carolina Eastern Mini Cup Association event at Dillon Motor Speedway. The 13 horsepower, half-scaled stock cars reach up to nearly 80 miles per hour at the speedway and put on a fantastic show for the fans in the grandstands at the speedway.