‘A true friend’
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 »
Courier Notice to Creditors 12-30-20
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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
Courier Legal Notices 12-30-20
NOTICE
To: The Unknown Owner
The following vehicle has been abandoned at 1040 N. Mechanic St., Pendleton SC. There is a lien on this vehicle for repair and storage. Plus any additional storage from the date of this notice. Contact Buddy’s Auto, Inc. at (864) 646-3513 to claim this vehicle.
The owner must show proof of ownership (via title and show proper ID) and pay all repair and
O Holy Night
With COVID-19 putting a damper on many holiday festivities, some local churches have been celebrating the reason for the Christmas season with events including drive-thru nativity scenes throughout the month of December. Pictured here are several scenes from Easley First Baptist Church’s “Journey Through Bethlehem,” a multi-night event that gave visitors an authentic look at what it felt like to be there on the night that Jesus was born. To see more photos, visit the church’s Facebook page.
Photos by Gregory Linsz
Community mourns Stone’s death
83-year-old was nation’s second-longest serving sheriff
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Former longtime Pickens County Sheriff C. David Stone, the man who was South Carolina’s longest serving sheriff, has died.
Stone died Tuesday at age 83.
First elected sheriff in 1969, Stone was reelected 10 times, serving 44 years until his retirement in 2012. At the time of his retirement, he was the second-longest serving sheriff in the United States.
During a ceremony for retiring Pickens County Sheriff’s Office employees at the end of
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County sets new weekly record for virus deaths
COLUMBIA — Pickens County has set a record high in COVID-19 deaths for the second week in a row, with 18 deaths reported in the seven-day period ending on Monday, when the latest DHEC 
numbers available at press time had been released.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported the confirmed COVID-19 death of 16 elderly Pickens County residents, along with one middle-aged county resident. DHEC also reported a probable
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Easley officials mandate masks
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The city of Easley’s ordinance requiring masks to be worn to help stop the spread of COVID-19 is now in effect.
The ordinance “requiring face coverings in certain circumstances” passed during Easley City Council’s Dec. 14 meeting and took effect two days later.
Earlier in the pandemic, council adopted a resolution encouraging citizens to wear masks, city administrator Stephen Steese said during the
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Ex-Pickens County Council chairman Nash remembered
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — Central resident Bob Nash, who died last month at age 82, served others in education, 
government, the military and his community.
“Bob was a first-class person and a person everyone should aspire to be,” Central Mayor Mac Martin said.
Martin said when he was first elected to town council more than 15 years ago and later became mayor, Nash, who was then chairman
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Liberty man, 51, dies in accident
LIBERTY — A Liberty man was killed in a single-vehicle accident last week.
Pickens County deputy coroner Gary Duncan identified the victim as Patrick Steven Barr, 51, of Terrapin Crossing Road in Liberty.
The accident took place at 3:35 p.m. Dec. 16 on U.S. Highway 178 at Red Barn Road, three miles south of Liberty, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brandon Bolt.
The accident occurred as Barr was driving a 2006 Toyota pickup truck east on Highway 178, he said.
The truck passed a car in a lawful passing zone and returned to its lane before traveling off the right side of the road and striking a tree, Bolt said.
Barr was the sole occupant of the vehicle, Bolt said.
He was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene, Duncan said.
The Highway Patrol is investigating.
Mayor asks for teamwork
The holiday season is upon us, and now we come to the part of the year where many of us truly look forward to the celebration of Christmas and the coming New Year.
Due to the virus, as a city, we have had to make decisions that we felt were in the best interest of our citizens. With a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Upstate and in Pickens County, I’m here today asking for your help.
Currently, we have a resolution in effect that recommends citizens adhere to the CDC guidelines of
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What Christmas offers this year
I guess it goes without saying that Christmas will be a little different this year for most of us.
It seems like every year you hear somebody say, “It doesn’t really feel like Christmas this year.” 
Usually, the complaint is that Christmas has become too commercialized — which is certainly true.
I think we all have some idyllic memories of Christmas past, filled with magic reindeer, snowflakes, Christmas carols and the joy of giving and receiving gifts around the Christmas tree.
And, of course, a baby in a manger.
This year, though, it’s not only unfulfilled holiday expectations and too much hustle and bustle that
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