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County staff still discussing Helene lessons

County staff still discussing Helene lessons

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Lions’ Williams captures second XC state championship

Lions’ Williams captures second XC state championship

By Eric Sprott Courtesy The Journal sports@upstatetoday.com NEWBERRY — With roughly 900 meters to go in the final cross-country meet More »

This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER

This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER

Lions outlast Richland Northeast behind Conn’s big day; Liberty, Pickens and Easley season in reviews’ Clemson clobbers the Citadel; all this More »

Red Devils win inaugural Liberty Tip-Off tourney

Red Devils win inaugural Liberty Tip-Off tourney

By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — Trailing 25-19 at halftime of its Liberty Tip-Off tournament championship game with More »

God loves unity

God loves unity

When we read, in Matthew 22:36-40, about our Lord being questioned by the Pharisees as to which is the greatest More »

Blue Ridge Bank opens new Pickens branch

Blue Ridge Bank opens new Pickens branch

PICKENS — Blue Ridge Bank recently held the grand opening of its new branch at 628 Ann St. in Pickens. More »

 

Notice to Creditors 6-21-23

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: Amy June Holden Worley
Date of Death: 03/08/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900429
Personal Representative:
Michael James Worley
Address: 190 Ridgeland Drive,
Six Mile, SC 29682
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, III
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
June 7, 14, 21

Estate: Sue Brown Gardo
Date of Death: 04/04/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900426
Personal Representative: Jerry Lee Gardo
Address: 100 Oakfield Ave.,
Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, III
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
June 7, 14, 21

Estate: Marada Clifford Palmer, Jr.
Date of Death: 04/01/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900422
Personal Representative:
Jarvis Milan Nealy
Address: 407 Bennett Street,
Greenville, SC 29609
Attorney: David M. Thompson
Address: Post Office Box 10796,
Greenville, SC 29603
June 7, 14, 21

Estate: Ressie Mae Bearden Palmer
Date of Death: 10/30/2022
Case Number: 2023ES3900420
Personal Representative:
Mary Dana Lowie
Address: 407 Bennett Street,
Greenville, SC 29609
Attorney: David M. Thompson
Address: Post Office Box 10796,
Greenville, SC 29603
June 7, 14, 21

Estate: Adval Couch Bates
Date of Death: 04/15/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900356
Personal Representative:
Gregory D. Bates
Address: 116 Ashwood Lane,
Easley, SC 29640

June 7, 14, 21

Estate: Danny Lee McClain
Date of Death: 01/15/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900258
Personal Representative:
Renee M. McClain
Address: 855 Farrs Bridge Road,
Easley, SC 29640

June 7, 14, 21

Estate: Benjamin Harrison Crowe, Jr.
Date of Death: 05/08/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900409
Personal Representative:
Patricia C. Gwinn
Address: 315 Griffin Circle
Liberty, SC 29657
June 14, 21, 28

Estate: Peggy Ann Fennell
Date of Death: 04/07/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900357
Personal Representative:
Marion C. Powell
Address: 101 Ashmore Ct.,
Liberty, SC 29657
June 14, 21, 28

Estate: Mayne Cole Cox Collins
Date of Death: 03/05/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900273
Personal Representative:
Edward Randolph Collins, Jr.
Address: 217 Wyatt Avenue,
Clemson, SC 29631
June 14, 21, 28

Estate: Kaitlyn Ashley Mack
Date of Death: 04/01/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900441
Personal Representative: Eleanor Garrett
Address: 614 Pepper St.,
Central, SC 29630
June 14, 21, 28

Estate: Sara Elizabeth Chastain Howard
Date of Death: 04/01/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900442
Personal Representative:
Gay Howard Dacus
Address: 402 Oshields Rd.,
Easley, SC 29640
June 14, 21, 28

Estate: Linda Dyar Golightly
Date of Death: 05/05/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900408
Personal Representative:
William L. Golightly, Jr.
Address: 221 Old Six Mile Rd.,
Central, SC 29630

June 14, 21, 28

Estate: Edith Collins\
AKA Minnie Edith Collins
Date of Death: 04/06/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900435
Personal Representative:
Douglas M. Collins
Address: 146 Southland Circle,
Liberty, SC 29657
Attorney: Daniel E. Hunt
Address: P.O. Box 887,
Easley, SC 29641
June 14, 21, 28

Estate: Luis Esteban Rivas, Sr.
Date of Death: 04/05/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900446
Personal Representative: Luis E. Rivas, Jr.
Address: 21250 SE 275 Court,
Maple Valley, WA 98038
Attorney: James M. Robinson
Address: P.O. Box 738,
Easley, SC 29641
June 14, 21, 28
Estate: Fung Nei Thang
Date of Death: 04/16/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900473
Personal Representative: Nancy Thiang
Address: 123 Vista Drive,
Clemson, SC 29631
June 21, 28, July 5

Estate: George Miskov
Date of Death: 02/07/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900451
Personal Representative:
Christine Ann Kuras
Address: 257 Maple Avenue,
Somerset, NJ 08873
Attorney: Randall M. Newton
Address: Post Office Box 1539,
Clemson, SC 29633
June 21, 28, July 5

Estate: Vernie Willimon Norton
Date of Death: 08/27/2022
Case Number: 2023ES3900396
Personal Representative:
Ginger Lynne Owens
Address: 414 Childress Rd.,
Easley, SC 29640
Co – Personal
Representative: Betty White
Address: 484 Rices Creek Rd.,
Liberty, SC 29657

June 21, 28, July 5

 

Estate: Reta Ida Elizabeth Bacorn Miskov
Date of Death: 9/28/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3901047-2
Personal Representative:
Christine Ann Kuras
Address: 257 Maple Avenue,
Somerset, NJ 08873
Attorney: Randell M. Newton
Address: Post Office Box 1539,
Clemson, SC 29633
June 21, 28, July 5

Estate: Jerry Robert Hardy
Date of Death: 4/29/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900413
Personal Representative:
Nancy L. Hardy
Address: 207 Boggs Rd.,
Central, SC 29630

June 21, 28, July 5

Estate: Lillian Brooks Parsons
AKA Sarah Lillian B Parsons
Date of Death: 01/15/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900196
Personal Representative:
Cynthia P. Sheriff
Address: 194 Daniel Drive,
Easley, SC 29642

June 21, 28, July 5

Estate: Halle C. Martinez, Sr.
Date of Death: 07/28/2022
Case Number: 2023ES3900464
Personal Representative:
Andrea Scrivner
Address: 300 Amusement Drive,
Ninety-six, SC 29666
Attorney: Sean J. Hinton
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens SC 29671

June 21, 28, July 5

Estate: Janice Louise Gilliam
Date of Death: 05/02/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900391
Personal Representative:
Ronnie Gilliam
Address: 366 Slab Bridge Rd.,
Liberty, SC 29657
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, lll
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29657

June 21, 28, July 5

Courier Legal Notices 6-21-23


Public Notice
Anyone claiming the following: 1940 Ford, Vin Number: 185368901. Contact Mike at 864-633-7812, 155 Misty Mnt. Way, Cleveland, SC 29635. If owner does not claim in 30 days an affidavit for a title on an abandoned vehicle will be filed.

May 31, June 7, 14, 21
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AMENDED SUMMONS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE PROBATE COURT

Courier Community Calendar 6-21-23

• Fishing equipment available at library

Want to go fishing this summer, but have no equipment? Visit the Village Library in Pickens. The branch now has added fishing rods and tackle boxes to its Library of Things through the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Fishing Tackle Loaner Program.
These items are only available at the Pickens branch of the library system and will need to be returned there as well. They can be checked out

Finding the right Father’s Day gift

Father’s Day is an annual celebration of fathers and the contributions they make to their families. Dads get their due on Father’s Day, when sons, daughters and wives typically give dad a few gifts to show their appreciation for all he has done for them and how much he means to them.
Finding the right Father’s Day gift is not always so easy. No two fathers are the same, so while a silk necktie might bring a smile to one father’s face, such a gift may fall flat with other dads. By asking themselves a few questions in the weeks before their dads’ big day,

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Man charged with bomb threat

Accused claimed the call was made as a “prank”

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

LIBERTY — A 25-year-old man has been charged after allegedly calling in a bomb threat against a Liberty business.

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a possible bomb threat to Imperial Die Casting at 1:30pm Thursday, June 8, according to a release from Chief Deputy Chuck James.

Imperial Die Casting is a manufacturing plant located at 2249 Old Liberty Road.

James said the sheriff’s office immediately responded to the plan, aided in evacuating the

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Making amends

County to hold dedication ceremony for LEC in honor of C. David Stone

By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com

PICKENS — Pickens County administrator Ken Roper said a formal ceremony to celebrate the renaming of the county’s law enforcement center in memory of longtime sheriff David Stone will happen in August after recent criticism from a former elected official.

“(Former Councilman Carl) Hudson and I had a very good conversation about that, and he expressed to me his passion about that and a lot of retirees’ passion about that, and I respect what he said and agree with him,” Roper said in his administrator’s report at the June 5 regularly scheduled

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Man faces drug charges

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

PICKENS COUNTY — A man faces multiple charges following the execution of a search warrant last month.

According to a release from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and Special Operations Unit agents executed a residential search warrant at the home of De’van Tovantey Nance on

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Easley teen killed in traffic accident 

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — A 17-year-old from Easley died Tuesday following a two-vehicle collision.

Pickens County Chief Deputy Coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as Elijah Hunter, 17, of Sequoia Court, Easley.

The accident occurred at 9:59pm Tuesday, June 6 on SC 93 near Maple Way, 0.9 miles west of Easley,

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Pickens set to host Independence Day celebration on July 1

PICKENS — Pickens residents are asked to mark their calendars and join together for the City of Pickens’ Independence Day Spectacular at the Pickens Amphitheater on Saturday, July 1, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The event, which has generally been held on July 4 in the past, has been moved to July 1 in order to allow more people to attend.

According to a release for the celebration,  event-goers can expect an amazing day filled with excitement and entertainment for the whole

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Staton tabbed to lead Easley High School softball program

By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — A little over a month after finishing their season, Easley High School has announced Rebecca Staton as its new head softball coach.

“We are extremely lucky and excited to be able to hire an experienced winner like Coach Staton to take the lead of our softball program,” Easley athletic director Gill Payne said. “Easley Softball is known for excellence and to be able to add a coach with 10 years of experience at both the

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