Blue Flame win 17th volleyball state title
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com COLUMBIA — Down 24-19 in the third set of Saturday’s Class 4A state More »
County volleyball players named all-state
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — The S.C. Coaches Association for Women’s Sports (SCCAWS) announced its 2024 All-State More »
This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER
DANIEL OVERCOMES SLOW START IN FIRST-ROUND WIN OVER DREHER; LIBERTY FALLS IN PLAYOFF OPENER; FLAME COME UP SHORT AT CAMDEN; More »
Hagood-Mauldin House gets major renovations
PICKENS — The major restoration work at the Hagood-Mauldin House and Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts in uptown Pickens More »
Courier Legal Notices 5-13-20
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Pasui Real Estate Holdings, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. The H. Glen Smith cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina, and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint; any unknown adults, being as a class designated as John Doe, and any such unknown infants and/or persons under disability being as a class designated as Richard Roe, and any and all persons having any and all rights to utilize and access the cemetery as
Courier Notice to Creditors 5-13-20
The publisher shall only be liable for an amount less than or equal to the charge for the space of the item in error in the case of errors in or omissions from any advertisement, and only for the first incorrect insertion.
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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 Trespass Notices 5-13-19
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Courier Classifieds 5-13-20
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Easley’s Senior League World Series canceled
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Easley’s J.B. “Red” Owens Complex will not host an international tournament this 
summer for the first time in nearly 20 years after the 2020 Senior League Baseball World Series was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Little League International President and CEO Stephen Keener announced the cancellation Thursday during a Facebook Live video.
“The devastating impact of this COVID-19 pandemic has reached every corner of our society and has
County’s reopening plan underway
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — County officials held a virtual briefing Friday morning on the plan to “Kickstart Pickens County.”
“The purpose of this morning’s conversation and briefing is to give 
you some ideas about the way that Pickens County is going to come out of the COVID-19 situation here over the next few weeks,” acting county administrator Ken Roper said.
Reopening in “measured, incremental steps” allows the county to respond “if situations change,” he said.
“The idea here is that we are adaptable to circumstances,” Roper said. “It gives us some adaptability in a situation that we know is changing.”
The county’s parks, recreation and tourism department created the “Kickstart Pickens County” concept, and it was developed further “at the department head level,” Roper said.
“The idea is we’re keeping a wary eye on the circumstances, but we all
Residents urged to wear masks
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — As the county looks to open up more of its facilities to the public, residents are still 
encouraged to wear masks to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
One of the questions fielded by county officials during a virtual briefing Friday morning on the “Kickstart Pickens County” plan to reopen the county concerned the need for masks.
“Will masks be required, or should we assume that it is now safe to go into public without one since more things are opening up?” a resident asked.
County emergency management deputy director Pierce Womack emphasized the importance of wearing masks.
“We do want to encourage folks to wear masks,” Womack said. “Wear masks if you can. If you’re in an outdoor, open setting, you’re not as at risk as you are inside of a closed business or some type of facility. So please work with us and
Teen killed at Twin Falls
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SUNSET — A Greenville teen died Sunday after falling from Twin Falls.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Nathalie Ann Ospina, 18, of Dellwood Drive.
The accident occurred around 12:45 p.m. Sunday afternoon when Ospina fell off the falls, Kelley said.
She died from blunt force trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, Kelley said.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
During his daily update video on Facebook Live Monday morning, acting county administrator
Four new election board members sworn into office
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — Four new members of the Pickens County Board of Voter Registrations and Elections have formally been sworn in.
Lillian Boatwright of Clemson, Robert Rauton Jr. of Six Mile, Richard Reece of Pickens and James Liddle of Easley will be tasked with finding a new director and preparing for the June 9 primaries that will be unlike any ever seen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But acting Pickens County administrator Ken Roper isn’t concerned.
“The board is already hard at work,” he said. “I had the pleasure of meeting with them and showing them around the election office, tabulation room and election machine storage areas. I’m impressed
Mom, I.O.U.
I imagine Mother’s Day is a very sad occasion when it comes around for the first time after you’ve lost your mother. For a mother who loses a son, it must be that much more sorrowful to face the day without him for the first time.
So my heart goes out to Maud Bryant, Browning Bryant’s mom, who lost the bright shining star in her life late last year.
She told me, though, that as she approaches this holiday, she has found solace in a letter he wrote to her for her 90th birthday in 2016. I later found out that the letter was adapted from a Jimmy Dean song called “I.O.U.” that reached the country top 10 in 1976.
Browning intended to read it to her at her birthday party, but it was so noisy, he didn’t get to. But she came across it the other day and offered to share it.
“Let me tell you, this letter that he wrote to me, every mother would certainly appreciate what he had to say to me,” she said.
I agree with her on that. Pretty much everything he said would apply to my mom, too.
Browning, in case you don’t know, was a Pickens native who rose to national fame as a singer in his
