Monthly Archives: August 2021
Courier Community Calendar 8-25-21
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Cub Scouts plan activities for month
Cub Scouts offers a chance for young children to enjoy outdoor adventures. Here are some upcoming activities for the Pickens troop.
Sunday, Aug. 29, 2 p.m.: Scout Day at Greenville Drive. Tickets are $8 per person, but the pack will provide a free ticket to any child who is interested in joining Cub Scouts.
Monday, Aug. 30, 7 p.m.: Cub Scout kickoff meeting at Troop 51 Scout Hut at 188 Blacksnake Road in Pickens.
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.
Courier Obituaries 8-25-21
BARBARA JEAN HOLCOMBE
SUNSET — Barbara Jean Holcombe, “Gram,” 67, went home to be with her Savior on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
She was born Sept. 11, 1953, to Russell and Sylvia Riggins of Midway.
She is survived by her husband, David Furman Holcombe, to whom she was married on Dec. 21, 1972.
Also surviving are her father and mother; sister, Reda (Donnie) Collins of Pickens; sister, Jan Kueber of Easley; niece, Jessica (Jeremy) Gilstrap of Easley; her “grands” James Gilstrap, Russ (Sarah Catherine) Kueber, Abbie Kueber; Jonston Gilstrap and Shelby Kueber; the newest “grand,” Russell Baylor Kueber; and many beloved cousins.
Barbara was a longtime resident of Eastatoe Valley, where she and David kept a beautiful, loving home for her youngest sister and all of her “grands” to visit and stay for days.
She graduated from North Greenville and Limestone colleges. She worked at BASF in Central for many years prior to going to Duke Power’s Oconee Nuclear Station, where she retired in 1988.
Barbara was a strong, independent woman. She loved to cook, garden, sew and fix any and every thing. The only
Pickens pummels Carolina during jamboree
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — For the Pickens Blue Flame, it was more disappointing than anything that they couldn’t take the field last week after the spectacular 28-0 showing they had against the Carolina High School Trojans at the Easley jamboree.
“It just sucks that we’re off for a week,” Pickens head coach Chad Smith said following the win at the Aug. 13 jamboree, which came
just hours after the School District of Pickens County announced extracurricular activities — including the Flame’s planned season opener against Liberty — were canceled for last week. “I think we’re ready to play, and hopefully we’ll come back and the kids will be in shape and just keep up the momentum.”
The new-look Blue Flame offense was unstoppable outside of a couple of fumbles, rushing for 162 yards and keeping the Trojans on their heels
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Liberty learns from jamboree loss
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — With a young team featuring nearly 20 freshmen and sophomores, the 2021 season is a rebuilding years in a lot of ways for the Liberty Red Devils, 
and the first step of that rebuild took place on Aug. 13 in the Red Devils’ 28-0 jamboree loss to Easley.
“We had 19 ninth- and 10th-graders out there tonight,” first-year Liberty head coach Paul Sutherland said. “We have four sophomores starting on the offensive
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Green Wave down Devils with balanced attack, smothering defense
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The Easley football team had a successful final preseason tuneup on Aug. 13, blanking county foe Liberty 28-0 in the
final half of the Easley jamboree.
Against the Devils, the Green Wave were clicking on all cylinders.
Liberty was bottled up on the first drive by end Joey Plummer and linebacker Noah Pierce.
After another defensive standoff, Easley drove 37 yards in four plays to go up 7-0. Quarterback A.J. Brown hit tight end Ethan Swann and receiver Chris Clemons to set up back Myles Martin’s 11-yard scoring run. Reeves Dacus’ kick made it 7-0 with 4:58 left in the first quarter.
Charlie Taylor, Pierce and Luke Peeples had big plays in the next series,
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Lions top Greenville in back-and-forth jamboree battle
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — For 24 minutes at the Aug. 13 Easley jamboree, the state’s top-ranked Class 3A football team edged out one of the top teams in Class 4A, but with just six seconds left against the Greenville Red Raiders, the Daniel Lions’ win looked like it might turn
into a tie.
A 59-yard pass from Red Raider quarterback Prometheus Franklin III to Josh Sapp set Greenville up with one last shot at the end zone from the Lions’ 18. With the game on the line, Franklin went back to Sapp, only to have the pass broken up Daniel’s Misun Kelley to secure a 7-0 Lion win in the team’s final preseason tuneup before this Friday’s
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Elgin and Santeler earn Eagle Badge
PICKENS — Noah Elgin and Jacob Santeler of Boy Scouts of America Troop 51 reached the pinnacle of scouting when they were awarded their Eagle Badge, the highest rank in Scouts, at a ceremony at Holly Springs Community Center on Aug. 7.
Elgin, 15, is a sophomore at Pickens High School and the son of Daryl and Sarena Elgin of Pickens. In addition to receiving Eagle, Elgin earned his Bronze and Gold Eagle Palms for 10 merit badges above those required for Eagle. For his Eagle Service Project, Elgin designed and built a Native American-style earthen oven at Hagood Mill, which has already been used to cook a pizza. As with all Eagle Service Projects, Elgin had the help of his fellow scouts, family and adult leaders. Elgin’s
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Griffin Mason receives Eagle Scout award
EASLEY — At a ceremony Aug. 6 at Easley First United Methodist church, Griffin Mason was presented the Eagle Scout award, the highest award a youth can earn in the Boy Scouts of America.
Mason graduated from Pickens High School as the valedictorian and a National Merit Scholar. He will be attending the University of Miami in the fall on a full scholarship to study marine biology and ecology. Mason’s parents are Mike and Kay Mason, and his older sister is Anne Mason.
At PHS, Mason lettered in basketball, soccer and cross-country, was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper and was a teacher cadet. He is an Eagle Scout with Troop 37 and loves art. He is also a classical pianist and a lifelong member of Easley First United Methodist Church.
