ALLENDALE, S.C. --- Manderlene Youmans used to go to her son's grave every few days and sit in silence. She wouldn't say anything. She would just stare at the tombstone, said her husband, Johnnie.
By Johnny Edwards
ALLENDALE, S.C. -- There's a framed photo that sits on a coffee table in the Youmans home on Mill Street. It's not the best picture the family has of Marine Lance Cpl. Rodricka A. Youmans, but it ...
By Johnny Edwards
BARNWELL, S.C. -- The theme of self-sacrifice played heavily in Chief Warrant Officer Jason DeFrenn's eulogy.
By Johnny Edwards
Something that haunts Garth DeFrenn about his son's death is how close he came to talking him out of going back to Iraq.
By Johnny Edwards
BARNWELL, S.C. --- When Staff Sgt. George E. Buggs III became the first South Carolinian to die in the Iraq war, the picture of him seen across the country showed him at graduation. But Buggs ...
By Johnny Edwards
BARNWELL, S.C. --- As a child, Guy Buggs had a father who doted on him, coming home from Fort Stewart every Thursday and spending four straight days with him. Then, when he was 12, his father was ...
By Johnny Edwards
MARTIN, S.C. -- Orenthial Smith had a bad feeling about Iraq. He didn't let on to his mother, but he confessed it to his friend and mentor, McKinley Neal.
By Johnny Edwards
MARTIN, S.C. --- When the people in Army uniforms came to tell her, Iratean Smith screamed before they could say anything.
By Johnny Edwards
