The State | Lexington County Peach Festival to feature 2 Coastal Carolina players
Peach Pageants mark official start of festival events
The reigning Lexington County Peach Queen, Lindsey Morgan Roof, will crown her successor on Saturday, July 2. Contestants vying for the title of 2016 Lexington County Peach Queen met with Lindsey and Pageant Chairs, Miriam Matthews and Kathy Hoffman at a tea on June 25. Vying for the title of this year’s Peach Queen are Meagan Lynn Bostic, Catherine Hood Kirkland, Lexie deMoya, and Karoline Rose Kitchings.
Sheriff Koon named Grand Marshal for 58th Peach Festival
This year’s Grand Marshal for the 58th Lexington County Peach Festival parade will be Lexington County Sheriff Bryan “Jay” Koon. The parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. on July 4th. Sheriff Koon, the 39th Sheriff of Lexington County, will also be the Festival’s 11 a.m. program speaker in the Gilbert Primary School cafetorium. Weather permitting, the start of the parade will be signaled with a fly-over by Don Bell of Bell Aviation in an N3N. Bell’s plane was built in 1940 at the Naval Aircraft factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was used in World War II for training.