Monthly Archives: March 2024
Thomas among Upstate’s best real estate agents
PICKENS — Megan Thomas of Thomas Realty in Pickens was recently honored as one of the top real estate agents in the Upstate.
Out of almost 10,000 local agents, Thomas ranked in the top 100 residential real estate agents from the 2023 real estate year.
Thomas’ results put you in the top 1 percent of residential real estate agents out of the GGAR MLS and the Western Upstate MLS from last year (based on 2023 on-market local sales within the county).
Thomas made a significant impact on Upstate South Carolina and its communities. She will be presented her award and honored at the “Upstate Real Producers Choice Awards” on March 20 in Greenville.
Wreaths Across America mobile exhibit comes to Pickens County
COUNTY — At the request of local Wreaths Across America (WAA) location coordinator Ann Warmuth, the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit visited Pickens County last month.
Students at Daniel, Easley, Liberty and Pickens high school were able to experience the exhibit.
According to the WAA website, the goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring local
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County basketball players honored
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — With South Carolina’s high school basketball season coming to an end last week, multiple awards and recognitions have come in for Pickens County players.
The highest honors came for Daniel’s Lila Mann and Pickens’ Maggie Chambers and Ava Owens, as they were named
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The Moon-Eyed people
When the Cherokee settled in the southern Appalachian Mountains, 11,000 years ago, the Moon-Eyed people were already there.
The Cherokee tell about a mysterious people, with blonde hair and round blue eyes, who lived in caves in the 
Appalachian Mountains. They were short and fat with beards, and their skin was milky white and covered with a soft down. Their blue eyes were so sensitive to light that they could only
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Courier Letters to the Editor 3-6-24
Biden’s leadership
Dear Editor,
Your Feb. 21 Opinion page included a humorous collection of headlines including “Joe Biden spotted on Campaign TRAIL,” suggesting that President Biden is not out campaigning for his second term. We think his absence is great; President Biden is using his integrity and leadership skills to deal with an array of problems the U.S. and world are
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Leveling strongholds within the human mind
The human experience includes the standard requirement to choose right and wrong and has always been 
accountable when it comes to good and evil.
Each of us has the free will to choose how we live and no matter how much we brag about being independent, there is no such thing as walking through this life refusing to be accountable to God. Every self-
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Put a ‘pause’ on surgery at the VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding an initiative designed to hold off rushing a veteran to surgery. The purpose of the Surgical Pause is to give a good going over with veterans destined for surgery to screen them for risk of 
frailty.
Already taking place at 50 of the VA facilities, the program seeks to identify veterans who would likely experience post-operative
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Little expenses that add up
But it’s only …” is a phrase I’ve come to dislike. It always involves money and people who don’t understand living on 
reduced income.
“But it’s only twenty dollars a month,” said the one who was signing up for the new program at the rec center and trying to convince others to do the same. “But it’s only an extra fifty dollars a month,” said the one who was
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Courier Obituaries 3-6-24
ALTON PRESTON KELLY
CENTRAL — Alton Preston Kelly, 84, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Cottingham Hospice House in 
Seneca.
Born July 2, 1939, in Pickens County, Alton was the son of the late Marvin Kelly and Lexia Smith Kelly. Mr. Kelly was a member of the Baptist faith. He was a huge Clemson football fan. He enjoyed watching westerns, gardening and fishing for anything that would bite. He loved his family dearly, especially his grandkids.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Kelly of Central; his children, Tammie Nagy (Joseph) of Midlothian, Va., Richard Kelly (Teresa) of Westminster, Eddie Kelly (Pam) of South Daytona, Fla., Randall Kelly (Suzie) of Central and Donna Kelly of Central; grandchildren, Adam Roberts, Nicholas Roberts, Shane Roberts, Will Nagy, Shannon Kelly, Justin Kelly, Candice Kelly, Brooke Kelly, Chris Kelly, Courtney Whitworth, Randall Scott Kelly Jr. and Ashlie Riley; and 15 loving and precious great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Kelly was predeceased by 10 brothers and one sister. He was the last of his siblings to pass.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Alton’s honor may be made to the American Cancer Society by mailing P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741, by calling 1-800-227-2345, or by visiting cancer.org/donate.html.
Mountain View Funeral Home – Pickens Chapel is serving the Kelly family.
BARBARA ELLA CARLTON
SIX MILE — Barbara Ella Carlton, 79, loving wife to the late Lonnie Carlton, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2024, at Six Mile Retirement Center.
Born April 16, 1944, in Pickens County, Barbara was the daughter of the late George Washington Bates and Junia Benjamin Bates. Mrs. Carlton was a member of the Church of God faith and a strong prayer warrior. She worked a career in nursing, treating all of her patients like her own mother and father. Barbara would always let you know where you stood and if you were doing something wrong. She loved her family dearly, especially her three sons.
Survivors include her children, James “Eddie” Howe, Marie Tucker, Terri C. Symons and Joanne Carlton; many loving and special grandchildren; a brother, Kenneth Bates; and a special niece, Sherry Haney.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Carlton was predeceased by two
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DAR brings ‘Love and Goodies’
CLEMSON — Residents at Richard Campbell Veterans Home and Everlan and Dominion Senior Living were surprised with Valentine Love and Goodies by Clemson Members of Fort Prince George Chapter Daughters of the
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