Monthly Archives: June 2017
Letters to the Editor
Not solving the problem
Dear Editor,
I read the Pickens County School Board passed its budget, raising property taxes 2 mills. This was approved in a 4-2 vote, with Brian Swords, Shannon Haskett, Betty Bagley and Betty Garrison voting for the tax hike. This follows a slight tax increase in
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Edwards receives SWU scholarship
CENTRAL — Carson Edwards signed a letter of intent to attend Southern Wesleyan University on a music ensemble scholarship.
Edwards is a 2017 graduate of Powdersville High School. Graduating with honors, he received the Patriot Scholar Award and was a member of the National Honor Society. Edwards also graduated with Honors from the Computer Services Program at the Anderson District Career and Technology Center. While at Powdersville, he participated in the Powdersville State Champion Marching Band as well as the Powdersville Show Chorus. His personal interests include serving in the Rock Springs Baptist Church Orchestra and singing in the Youth Choir. He is most passionate about his leadership role in the Young Men’s Quartet. Known as the Bow Tie Quartet, they travel to churches and venues where they sing four-part harmony quartet songs.
“Through the years, Carson has been blessed to have many positive influences in his
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Education Foundation grants first round of donations to schools
COUNTY — The Education Foundation of Pickens County has announced its first round of donations ever for Pickens County schools, funding grants to impact 
hundreds of students.
Totaling $4,500, the donations will fund grant requests submitted by teachers, and they will benefit students at elementary, middle, and high school levels across the district’s four main attendance areas.
“When we asked teachers to submit
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Courier Obits 6-21-17
Virginia Crawford
Liberty — Virginia Gravitt Crawford, 87, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville.
Born in Gainesville, Ga., she was the wife of Charles Robert “Bob” Crawford of the home and a daughter of the late Fletcher Bell and Mary Myrtlean McIntyre Gravitt. Through the years, Mrs. Crawford was not only a homemaker and foster mother to
Student Art Exhibit Kicks Off with June 29 Reception
PICKENS — Student artists who have taken classes with Renee Gillespie at the 
Pickens County Museum of Art and History will be exhibiting their worksat the museum in a show that begins June 29.
The public is invited to a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on June 29 at the museum, 307 Johnson Street, Pickens.
The exhibit, which runs through August 31, will featuremore than 30 student artists
The Unbreakable Tiger
Photo by Ken Scar
Former U.S. Army 1st Lt. William H. Funchess, 89, displays his Clemson College Class of 1948 class ring next to his father’s Class of 1920 ring.
Former POW recounts Korean War nightmare
By Ken Scar | Clemson University
It was Nov. 4, 1950. When Funchess radioed the brass back at headquarters to tell 
them what he had seen, they told him he was mistaken. There were no Chinese soldiers in North Korea.
“The final instructions from battalion headquarters was — if Chinese soldiers are in Korea, they’re protecting hydroelectric plants. Under no conditions will you fire on a Chinese national,” Funchess said. “Before the day ended, I had been struck by machine gun fire, and I was a POW of the Chinese army.”
He remained a prisoner for nearly three years — 34 months to be exact — enduring
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Pickens Class of 1967 gathers for 50th reunion
The Pickens High School Class of 1967 held its 50th reunion at the Gatehouse Restaurant in Pickens on April 29. Pictured, front row from left, are Sandy Beasley Beck, Phyllis Escoe Morgan, Diane Hinton Easley, Dottie Hannah Aultman, James Littleton, Marshall Clark, Ken Grant, Pat Kelsey, Haskell Grant, Tom Porter, Sara Trotter, John Breazel and Jerry Hughes. Middle row, Steve Morgan, Faye Shelton Norton, Basil Trotter, Dianne Moon Hodge, David Chastain, Mac Jones, Chalma Childs Drake, Janitt Linn Smith, Sandra Youngblood Hinton, Martha Shelton Belmore, Diane Hardin Duncan, Rita Swafford Raby, Nancy Simmons Peace, Edie McCollum Allen, Lynn Welborn, Diane Pilgrim Little, Ken Hull, Brenda Cash Hull, Barbara Jean Wilson, Susan Singleton Houston, Brenda Dodgens Doucette, JoAnn Gilstrap Brewer, Sandra Porter Craig, Scottie Hodge, Danny Ray, James McCall and Wallace Cantrell. Back row, Rocky Harden, Tom Sheppard, Gary Crowe, Bob Hiott, Jarrell Alexander, Mike Roper, Marion Breazeale, Clova Welborn Vaughan, Charles Anthony, Nancy Lewis Gilstrap, Ralph Boroughs, Gail Riggins Grant, Sammy Little and Lou Palmer Shields. Not pictured are Giles Singleton and Rick Findley.
Newest class graduates from
EASLEY — On May 25, 22 local leaders graduated as members of Leadership Pickens County Class XXVI at DunBurks Premier Events in Easley.
Established in 1990, LPC is sponsored by the chambers of commerce in Pickens County and provides a framework of experiences for local leaders to become more
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Packed with flavor
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
Asparagus are not just good, they’re good for you. They have vitamin E, K and folic acid and are credited with helping as a conductor of insulin in the body.
They’re a fibrous vegetable, and a serving can fill you up. These are all good reasons to eat
Courier Legals 6-21-17
NOTICE OF SALE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE # 2017-CP-39-00139
Bryan Ellwell Freeman and Paula Ann Freeman as Personal Representatives of the Estate of H. E. Freeman, deceased, Plaintiffs, vs- David L. Hughes and Elizabeth A. Hughes, and Carmel Financial Corp., Defendants.
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YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to an Order of the Honorable
