Monthly Archives: June 2021
Who are they?
Officials at the Clayton Research Room at the Southern Wesleyan University Library have a collection of original pictures that they are attempting to identify. We at the Pickens County Courier thought our readers might be able to help. The two pictures include people from the Pickens County area. If you can identify any of these people, contact Mildred H. Brewer at wycar@aol.com or claytonroom@swu.edu with the name and image number under the picture.
PHS class of 1971 set to hold 50th reunion
PICKENS — The Pickens High School Class of 1971’s 50th reunion will be at The Lighthouse Restaurant Event Center in Seneca from 5-9 p.m. June 19.
The cost of $50 per person covers the cost of heavy hors d’oeuvres, a DJ and lots of wonderful time with old friends and classmates.
Payment can be made by mailing a check to Sharon Crowe, 389 Talley Bridge Road, Cleveland, SC 29635, PayPal to scrowe002@aol.com or Venmo to crowesg@gmail.com.
Endless night of the possum
There are nights when you go to bed and fall immediately into a deep sleep, not waking til morning. And then there are those other nights we dread — nights that follow a long day’s work, when we are bone weary and longing for sleep.
Such was the night of the possum invasion.
Innocently, we went to bed to sleep the sleep of the weary. And we probably had been deeply asleep for about 20 minutes when it began.
It seemed as though the high-pitched barking came from far away, but as I
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Particularly delicious peach recipes
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
There’s nothing like a fresh ripe peach. And they only come our way once a year.
Probably the best way to eat a peach is from hand to mouth, with the juice running down your bare arm. Messy, yes. But oh so delicious.
If you want to serve something a little more formal, you can try some of the yummy peach deserts. I hope you like them.
Courier Trespass Notices 6-16-21
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Ricky T. Anthony and
Courier Notice to Creditors
The publisher shall only be liable for an amount less than or equal to the charge for the space of the item in error in the case of errors in or omissions from any advertisement, and only for the first incorrect insertion.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate: Lois Geraldine Brown Smith
Date of Death: 08/19/2020
Case Number: 2020ES3900960-2
Personal Representative:
Shelby Anne Key-Hendricks
Address: 215 Duncan-Chapel Rd., #28
Greenville, SC 29617
June 2, 9, 16
Estate: Judy Inez Dickard
Date of Death: 04/19/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900416
Personal Representative:
Susan Osteen
Address: 117 Maple Creek Drive,
Liberty, SC 29657
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
June 2, 9, 16
Estate: Preston Ray Pace
Date of Death: 03/03/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900316
Personal Representative:
Amanda Pace Edwards
Address: 1977 Leesburg Drive,
Clover, SC 29710
Attorney: David R. Harrison
Address: P.O. Box 412
Pickens, SC 29671
June 2, 9, 16
Estate: Jeanne Mohring Barrett
Date of Death: 02/19/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900201
Personal Representative:
Lawrence Gaugler
Address: 117 Evergreen Drive,
Clemson, SC 29631
Attorney: Randall M. Newton
Address: Post Office Box 1539,
Clemson, SC 29633
June 2, 9, 16
Estate: Wayne Eugene Newton
Date of Death: 09/27/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900435
Personal Representative:
Johnnie Newton
Address: 7135 Hwy. 11,
Sunset, SC 29685
June 2, 9, 16
Estate: Vernon Harold Miller, Jr.
Date of Death: 05/12/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900436
Personal Representative:
Mary Camelia Miller
Address: 134 Turkey Nob Rd.,
Central, SC 29630
June 2, 9, 16
Estate: Thomas Morton Reynolds
Date of Death: 04/18/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900473
Personal Representative:
Doris Holland-Reynolds
Address: 132 Hartsfield Drive,
Easley, SC 29642
Attorney: Emma W. Morris
Address: Post Office Box 795,
Seneca, SC 29679
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: William Kenneth Thompson
Date of Death: 04/23/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900424
Personal Representative:
Kenneth Brent Thompson
Address: 632 Old Cedar Rock Rd.,
Easley, SC 29640
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: Diane Lynn Craft
Date of Death: 02/13/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900469
Personal Representative:
Michael D. Craft
Address: 113 Starlight Lane,
Liberty, SC 29657
Attorney: Chadwicke L. Groover
Address: 133 Woodruff Place Circle,
Simpsonville, SC 29681
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: Ruth Louise Messer Leopard
Date of Death: 04/28/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900412
Personal Representative:
Marsha Joann Moore
Address: 2179 Dacusville Hwy.,
Easley, SC 29640
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: Erleen Barbara Frazee
Date of Death: 10/13/2020
Case Number: 2020ES3900872
Personal Representative:
Karen Stancil
Address: Post Office Box 481,
Central, SC 29630
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: James Edward Hendrix
Date of Death: 05/12/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900476
Personal Representative:
Jessie L. Hendrix
Address: 203 West C. Ave.,
Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: Brain K. James
Address: Post Office Box 93,
Easley, SC 29641
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: Ronald Edward Sims
AKA Ronnie Sims
Date of Death: 10/05/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900479
Personal Representative: Taryn Sims
Address: 318 East Kingston Avenue,
Charlotte, NC 28203
Attorney: James C. Alexander
Address: Post Office Box 618,
Pickens, SC 29671
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: Daniel Allen Whitford
Date of Death: 05/04/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900478
Personal Representative:
Nancy A. Whitford
Address: 119 Hagood Street,
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, III
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: Jacquelyn Ott Wuestenhagen
Date of Death: 12/14/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900482
Personal Representative: Susan Stockton
Address: 272 Adams Rd.,
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
June 9, 16, 23
Estate: Roy Merle Cisson
Date of Death: 03/13/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900497
Personal Representative:
Milissa Cisson Trotter
Address: 3045 Hwy. 11,
Cleveland, SC 29635
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, III
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
June 16, 23, 30
Estate: Johnny Lee Dyar, Jr.
Date of Death: 01/16/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900492
Personal Representative:
South State Bank
Address: 200 E. Broad Street, Suite 100,
Greenville, SC 29601
Attorney: Paul M. Lynch
Address: Post Office Box 22828,
Charleston, SC 29413
June 16, 23, 30
Estate: Michael Tommy Medlin
Date of Death: 04/22/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900482
Personal Representative:
Steve Huffman
Address: 132 Francis Street,
Central, SC 29630
Attorney: Randall M. Newton
Address: Post Office Box 1539,
Clemson, SC 29633
June 16, 23, 30
Estate: Mildred Genell M. Mull
Date of Death: 05/15/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900465
Personal Representative:
Shena Robin Floyd
Address: 1299 Cleo Chapman Hwy.,
Sunset, SC 29685
June 16, 23, 30
Estate: William Leroy Cheezem, Jr.
Date of Death: 02/11/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900250
Personal Representative:
Margaret C. Rogers
Address: 120 Keller Blvd.,
Clemson, SC 29631
June 16, 23, 30
Estate: Darlene R. Blau Thomas
Date of Death: 05/26/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900470
Personal Representative:
John H. Thomas, Jr.
Address: 625 Saluda Hill Road,
Cleveland, SC 29635
June 16, 23, 30
Estate: Jimmy Claude Gillespie
Date of Death: 03/17/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900382
Personal Representative:
Stuart N. Gillespie
Address: 1515 Five Fork Rd.,
Pendleton, SC 29670
June 16, 23, 30
Estate: Richard Lee Hawk
Date of Death: 11/20/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900177-2
Personal Representative:
Katherine Hawk Long
Address: 316 Emmie Lane,
Wellford, SC 29385
June 16, 23, 30
Courier Legals Notices
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF: PICKENS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
CASE NUMBER: 2021ES3900189
IN THE MATTER OF:
THELMA J. YATES
‘I keep growing and growing’
Busy summer in store for Easley native, former ‘America’s Got Talent’ contestant
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Ansley Burns is ready to get back out and sing.
The 14-year-old Easley native, known across the nation for her appearances on “America’s Got Talent,” has a busy summer of performances planned.
She’ll perform from 1-2 p.m. this Saturday at the Bounce Back, a family fun carnival at the Pickens County Performing
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School board OKs final budget with millage increase
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — During a special called meeting Friday morning, the Pickens County School Board voted 6-1 to approve third and final reading of a proposed $136.4 million budget that represents a more than $6.4 million increase from last year’s 
budget and includes a one-mill tax hike.
The FY ‘21-22 budget includes more than $7.5
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