Monthly Archives: March 2011
Go all out this St. Paddy’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is this Thursday, and we are indebted to our Irish ancestors for the richness of the heritage passed along to our entire region.
Our music, stories, food and traditions bear the stamp of the shamrock whether Irish blood flows in our veins or not.
Irish potatoes and Irish stew make regular appearances in our kitchens year-round, so why not go all out on St. Patrick’s Day and make the menu an all-Irish one?
Feel free to fine-tune these recipes anyway you like.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all.
Obituaries for the week of March 16
Jimmy Lum Dancy
Glendale Springs, N.C. — Jimmy Lum Dancy age 71, of Glendale Springs, N.C. died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, N.C.
Mr. Dancy was born Dec. 17, 1939 in Ashe County, N.C. to Dennis and Johnsie Miller Dancy. Mr. Dancy attended Glendale Springs Presbyterian Church where he was very active. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. After retiring from J. R. Vannoy & Sons Construction he remained very active.
Mr. Dancy is survived by his wife Juanita O’Shields Dancy, two sons both of Charlotte, N.C., his Mother, two sisters, one brother, five grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Dancy was preceded in death by his father.
You may send and view condolences to the family through the funeral home website, www.badgerfuneralhome.com.
Joe A. Durham
Liberty — Joe Alfred Durham, 66, of 315 Patterson Road, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital.
Born in Six Mile he was a son of the late Hermit I. Durham, Sr. and Ettie Galloway Durham.
He was a retired independent truck driver and was a member of Roanoke Baptist Church and the Adult Auditorium Sunday School Class. He was an avid race fan, and loved to build dirt racing cars.
Surviving are his wife, Marjorie Dickson Durham of the home; two daughters and sons in law, Tracey and Phillip Batson and Karen and Johnny Garrett, Sr. all of Greenville; two sons, Randall Durham of the home, and Richard Watson and his wife Rhonda of the Townville; two sisters, Mary Dillard of Easley and Romaine Chappell of Columbia; a brother, Doc Durham and his wife Linda of Pickens; six grandsons, Brian S. Watson and his wife Amy of Union Point, Ga., Johnny Garrett, Jr. and his wife Kim of Berea, Shane Garrett and his wife Kendall of Berea, Nathan and Dylan Watson both of Townville, and Joey Batson of Greenville; nine great grandchildren.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, and four brothers.
Funeral services to honor the life of Mr. Durham were 1 p.m. Friday in the Liberty Mortuary Chapel. Burial was at Roanoke Baptist Church Cemetery.
Memorial messages may be sent to the family by visiting www.libertymortuary.com Liberty Mortuary is handling arrangements.
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Driver in fatal accident charged with felony DUI
PICKENS — A driver involved in last week’s wreck that killed a Pickens County DSS worker and a 9-year-old girl has been charged with four counts of felony DUI.
Julie Melton Mason, 45, of 227 Ambler School Road in Marietta, faces two counts of felony DUI resulting in death and two counts of felony DUI involving great bodily injury, South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Corporal Bill Rhyne told the Courier Wednesday.
According to state troopers, Mason’s GMC Sierra pickup truck crossed the centerline of Pumpkintown Highway in Pickens last Friday afternoon at 4:20 p.m., striking a Chevrolet Impala driven by Chrystal Nicole Harrison.
Harrison, 36, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, as was 9-year-old Raven Alania Stancell. Stancell’s two brothers, ages 15 and 17, were also seriously injured in the wreck. All four were wearing seatbelts.
Rhyne said Mason was arrested Tuesday after being released from the hospital, and she is currently being held at the Pickens County Detention Center.
DSS worker, child killed in accident
PICKENS — Tragedy struck the Pickens community Friday, when two people lost their lives and three others were injured in a vehicle accident on Pumpkintown Highway just outside city limits.
Former Clemson student sentenced in toddler’s death
LAURENS — A former Clemson University student charged in the 2009 death of a 16-month-old baby was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week.
Administrator: County saving thousands with spay program
COUNTY — Legendary gameshow host Bob Barker signed off every episode of The Price is Right by reminding audience members to have their animals spayed or neutered.
Pickens County’s spay and neuter program’s price has indeed proven to be right as well, according to county administrator Chap Hurst.
County mourns loss
PICKENS — For the second time in as many weeks, School District of Pickens County officials were forced to issue a statement reporting the loss of a student to a traffic accident on Monday.
Following last week’s death of 10-year-old fourth grader Keelan Odom, the SDPC was saddened by the tragic loss of 9-year-old Raven Stancell, a third-grade student at Ambler Elementary, in Friday’s car accident just outside Pickens city limits.
‘Gesture’ wins art award
This oil-based clay sculpture, entitled “Gesture,” by Pickens High School’s Megan Tomberlin, took first place in the recent Pickens County Youth Arts 2011 awards competition. The piece, along with hundreds of works from county students, is currently on display at the Pickens County Museum.
Meals on Wheels director resigns
COUNTY — The executive director of Pickens County Meals on Wheels is stepping down later this month, the organization announced this week.
Meals on Wheels board of directors chairman Gerald Reese announced in a release Monday that the organization had recently accepted the resignation of executive director Meg Benko.
Benko has served as the executive director of PCMOW for the last four years. Leaving her position, she said, is the most difficult decision she has ever made.
