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Tinsley remembered as friend, mentor By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — A fixture in the automotive and banking More »
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Red Devils handle homecoming business against Landrum; Lions rolling in region play; Pickens to return to action; Easley falls to More »
Elections set for Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Pickens County voters will return to the polls this week to vote More »
Appalachian Folk Festival to be held Friday, Saturday
PICKENS — The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce announced the return of the Pickens Appalachian Folk Festival, taking place this More »
Market at the Mill’s ‘Stuff the Truck” project set to help Helene survivors
PICKENS – With the Relief effort continuing for Hurricane Helene survivors, one of the biggestobstacle has been oversupply support staging. More »
AnMed CEO discusses current, future growth
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — What began as one woman’s promise to God has developed into a More »
Courier Notice to Creditors 3-3-21
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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: Hogan Durell Vissage
Date of Death: 12/22/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900079
Personal Representative:
Gloria S. Vissage
Address: 108 Shannah Ln.,
Easley, SC 29642
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Braddock F. Fowler
Date of Death: 01/13/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900093
Personal Representative:
Doris E. Fowler
Address: 152 Holder Street,
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Peter John Peters
Date of Death: 01/30/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900156
Personal Representative:
Margaret J. Peters
Address: 106 Springwood Drive,
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, III
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: James Perry Wilder
Date of Death: 01/22/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900162
Personal Representative:
Celeste W. Wilder
Address: 119 Weatherstone Drive,
Central, SC 29630
Attorney: William K. Hubbard
Address: 1510 Blue Ridge Blvd., Ste. 205,
Seneca, SC 29672
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Melvin Robert Sorton
Date of Death: 11/26/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900168
Personal Representative:
Sandra Sorton Keller
Address: 320 Petty Road,
Seneca, SC 29672
Attorney: William K. Hubbard
Address: 1510 Blue Ridge Blvd., Ste. 205,
Seneca, SC 29672
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Jonathan Ray Jefferson-Neal
Date of Death: 11/28/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900160
Personal Representative:
Bobby Ray Neal
Address: 108 City Lake Ct.
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Florence Marie Harrison
Date of Death: 01/21/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900131
Personal Representative:
Leon Alan Gosson
Address: 100 Thornbury Ridge,
Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: Brian K. James
Address: Post Office Box 93,
Easley, SC 29641
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Ernest Craig Pelfrey
Date of Death: 08/06/2020
Case Number: 2020ES3900561-2
Personal Representative:
Elizabeth Dianne Pelfrey
Address: 205 Freedom Forest Drive,
Liberty, SC 29657
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Ella Mae Byrum
Date of Death: 01/25/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900148
Personal Representative:
Samuel L. Byrum
Address: 209 Woodfield Drive,
Easley, SC 29642
Attorney: James S. Eakes
Address: Post Office Box 1405,
Anderson, SC 29622
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Michael Ervin Hayes
Date of Death: 01/07/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900050
Personal Representative:
Cheryl L. Hayes
Address: 160 Mile Creek Rd.,
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Shirley Marlene Runyon
Date of Death: 01/23/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900144
Personal Representative:
Donald L. Runyon, Jr.
Address: 4208 Riverveiw Drive,
Peachtree Corners, Ga. 30097
Attorney: R. O’Neil Rabon, Jr.
Address: P. O. Box 10766,
Greenville, SC 29603
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Donald Lawson Runyon, Sr.
Date of Death: 12/30/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900143
Personal Representative:
Donald L. Runyon, Jr.
Address: 4208 Riverveiw Drive,
Peachtree Corners, Ga. 30097
Attorney: R. O’Neil Rabon, Jr.
Address: P. O. Box 10766,
Greenville, SC 29603
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: William Ray Hare, Jr.
Date of Death: 12/27/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900142
Personal Representative:
Eleanor O. Hare
Address: 202 Crest Circle,
Clemson, SC 29631
Attorney: Randall M. Newton
Address: Post Office Box 1539,
Clemson, SC 29633
Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10
Estate: Cecile Faye Jones Crisp
Date of Death: 12/11/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900172
Personal Representative:
Robert M. Crisp
Address: 123 Barracuda Road,
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: James C. Alexander
Address: Post Office Box 618,
Pickens, SC 29671
Mar. 3, 10, 17
Estate: Bobby Garland Simmons
Date of Death: 01/24/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900123
Personal Representative:
Marilyn G. Simmons
Address: 202 McAlister Trace,
Easley, SC 29642
Attorney: Tyler B. O’Shields
Address: Post Office Box 1428,
Easley, SC 29641
Mar. 3, 10, 17
Estate: Clare Louise Block Faza
Date of Death: 04/15/2020
Case Number: 2020ES3900778
Personal Representative: Amy Faza
Address: 132 Grace Lane,
Liberty, SC 29657
Attorney: Daniel E. Hunt
Address: P.O. Box 887,
Easley, SC 29641
Mar. 3, 10, 17
Estate: Eduardo Faza
Date of Death: 10/03/2020
Case Number: 2020ES3900779
Personal Representative: Amy Faza
Address: 132 Grace Lane,
Liberty, SC 29657
Attorney: Daniel E. Hunt
Address: P.O. Box 887,
Easley, SC 29641
Mar. 3, 10, 17
Estate: Joseph Anthony Harris
Date of Death: 12/06/2020
Case Number: 2020ES3900914
Personal Representative:
Robert William Robinson
Address: 115 Noble Road,
Easley, SC 29640
Mar. 3, 10, 17
Estate: George Edward Hart, Jr.
Date of Death: 01/07/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900115
Personal Representative:
Diane Angeline Hart
Address: 917 Berkeley Drive,
Clemson, SC 29631
Mar. 3, 10, 17
Estate: Cary Ann Williford
Date of Death: 12/26/2020
Case Number: 2021ES3900173
Personal Representative:
Melvin Wendell Williford
Address: 110 Princess Grace Ave.
Clemson, SC 29631
Mar. 3, 10, 17
Courier Legal Notices 3-3-21
SUMMONS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C.A.: 2020-CP-39-01260
Corvus, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. The Estate of Steven E. Hurley; Daniel Ray Hurley, Heir-at-Law of Steven E. Hurley; unknown Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Steven E. Hurley; their Heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors, and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and John Doe and Mary Roe, representing all unknown persons having or claiming to have any, right, title, or interest in or to, or lien upon, the real estate described as 330 Crowe
Liberty names athletic director
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Nearly one month after hiring a new head football coach, Liberty High School has made another key hire within its athletic department, announcing last Friday that Hal McManus will 
become the school’s new athletic director.
McManus joins Liberty High School fresh off a stint at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, but he carries plenty of ties to the Upstate.
A 1990 graduate of Byrnes High School, McManus won a state title on the hardwood for his father, legendary Byrnes coach Harold McManus. Following his time at Byrnes, McManus
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Car wrecks kill two Friday
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Two people died in separate car accidents near Easley on Friday.
An Easley man died Friday afternoon after a motorcycle was hit by a car.
Pickens County deputy coroner Gary Duncan identified the victim as Jonathan Paul Gilmer, 47, of Dacusville Highway.
The accident occurred at 12:50 p.m. on Hester Store Road, five miles north of Easley, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Joe Hovis.
The collision occurred as Gilmer was operating a 2001 Honda motorcycle and traveling west on
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Working together
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Officials hope a partnership with Clemson University will boost tourism in Pickens County.
County administrator Ken Roper discussed the partnership during a recent county council meeting.
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County virus deaths down
COLUMBIA — After weeks of double-digit COVID-19 death tolls, Pickens County had one of its best 
weeks in recent memory with just six deaths over the past seven days.
According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the county reported five confirmed deaths and one probable death in the one-week period from
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AnMed relaxes rules for visitors
PICKENS — AnMed Health, which operates AnMed Health Cannon Hospital in Pickens, has eased restrictions for visitation.
Beginning this week, people will be allowed to visit admitted hospital patients from 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. daily. Officials had been operating from 2-6:30 p.m. daily before the change.
“Extending the visiting period allows greater
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House honors Daniel High football team
S.C. House Rep. Jerry Carter recently presented a resolution passed by the South Carolina House of Representatives recognizing and honoring the Daniel High School football team for its successful year and winning the Class 3A state championship. The resolution was approved unanimously by all 124 members of the House. Pictured, from left, are Carter, Daniel athletic director Tommy Plumblee, head coach Jeff Fruster and principal Shannon Sharkey.
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School district COVID counts drop again
COUNTY — The number of positive COVID-19 cases and quarantines across the School District of 
Pickens County dropped again last week.
According to the district’s weekly update released Friday, 33 students and 16 staff members tested positive for the virus last week, compared to 40 and 17, respectively, the previous week. Quarantines also fell from 445 students and 38 staff members two weeks ago
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Conservative group demands legislators boost transparency
COUNTY — A conservative group has demanded that members of the Pickens County Legislative Delegation hold quarterly meetings and be more transparent in its process for appointments to boards and commissions.
Conservatives of the Upstate adopted a resolution sent to the delegation to demand the changes.
“We do not think that once a year meetings are enough to keep Pickens County citizens informed as to what is taking place in Columbia,” a news release sent out by COTU leadership team member Johnnelle Raines said. “We also do not think it is in the best interest of Pickens County citizens that they email and phone each other about their decisions to appoint board members and
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