Monthly Archives: July 2025
Courier Community Calendar 7-16-25
• Harmonizers to celebrate 39 years
All are invited to join the Mighty Gospel Harmonizers of Liberty as they celebrate their 39th anniversary on Sunday, July 20, at 103 West C Ave. Ext. in Easley.An evening of praise, worship and gospel music will begin at 4 p.m., with doors opening at 3 p.m. There will be several special guests for the event, including the Gospel True Notes of Travelers Rest, the Mitchell Gospel Singers of Wellford, the Gospel Determines of Gaffney, Men of Faith of Chesnee, the Gospel Truetones of Easley, and the Rev. Floyd Johnson & the Silvertones of Iva. Devotional leaders will be the New Popular Springs Male Chorus of Central, and the M.C. for the evening will be the Rev. Julius Hunt. The singing is a free event, but a love offering will be collected.
• Legion Post 67 seeks members
American Legion Post 67 in Liberty is accepting applications for membership from all U.S. military wartime veterans. For more information, call (864) 787-2322.
• Legion Post 52 to meet on 4th Tuesday
American Legion Post 52 officials invite all military veterans to join them in Easley.
Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Post building at 310 Pope Field Road in Easley.
• H.O.P.E. meetings scheduled monthly
Dillard Memorial Funeral Home and Hillcrest Memorial Park have announced the renewal of the H.O.P.E Ministries program. The program, which helps others through programs and the exchange of ideas and information, will host its next meeting on July 22.
“We are pleased to offer this as a support system for families in our community and surrounding areas who have experienced a loss,” said Tanya Gravely, general manager of Dillard Memorial Funeral Home. Meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Hillcrest building beside Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens with the Rev. Lewis Edwards, community relations and director of H.O.P.E. For more information, call (864) 878-6371.
• Fleet Reserve meets on third Saturday
Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 15 meets on the third Saturday of each month at Chicopee United Methodist Church, located at 403 S. Catherine St. in Walhalla.
The Fleet Reserve is open to all veterans of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Contact Tom Smith at (864) 868-9397 or fleetrevbrn015@gmail.com for more information.
• Pickens Rotary meets Wednesdays
The Rotary Club of Pickens meets at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Pickens County Museum. Guests are invited to the meetings to learn the 20 reasons to join Rotary.
• Dacusville Lions to host monthy bingo
The Dacusville Lions Club will be hosting Bingo night on the second Thursday of each month at the Lions Building in Dacusville, located at 1384 Thomas Mill Road.
The next Bingo session will be Thursday, August 12.
There are set to be 10 games beginning at 7 p.m., and
proceeds will go toward funding community events and other community needs.
The games should conclude around 9 p.m. Bingo night will be a family-friendly event and monetary prizes will be available. Cards are $1 each, with no limit on the number of cards that can be purchased for each round. For more, contact Bob Spalding at (864) 430-0119 or bob@bobspalding.net.
• Widowed persons group meets monthly
Moving Forward, a widowed persons group meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Silver Bay Restaurant at 7027 Highway 123 in Easley. For more information, call Marian Huskins at (864) 270-6032.
• Sertoma Club invites locals to meet
The Clemson Sertoma Club invites all local residents to attend its meetings. The club meets at noon the first and third Tuesdays of each month at Occasions at Wedgefield, located at 1551 Eighteen Mile Road in Central.
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Courier Trespass Notices 7-16-25
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:
Kevin Hardin Sept. 2025
Greg & Rosemarie D’Ginto Sept. 2025
Thomas and
Mary Ann Shivers Sept. 2025
Treadwell and Erica Zeigler Oct. 2025
Courier Notice to Creditors 7-16-25
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 uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate: Diane M. Avery
Date of Death: 5/10/2025
Case Number: 2025ES3900474
Personal Representative:
Joseph S. Hanegan
Address: 124 Rocky Ln.,
Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: James M. Robinson
Address: Post Office Box 738, Easley, SC 29641
July 2, 9, 16
Estate: Whitney Marie Anderson
Courier Legals 7-16-25
Hembree appointed PC Veterans Affairs Officer after election loss
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The county’s new Veterans Affairs Officer began his term July 1 but the 
man in the role is not the one who won the advisory election in May.
Voting for the advisory election was open from April 28 to May 9 and Walt Carter won with 51 votes over John Hembree’s 48.
But the Pickens County Legislative Delegation
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PC Delegation members look back on session
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Bridges, funding and teacher pay were among the issues area legislators helped address during the recently-concluded legislative session.
Pickens County Legislative Delegation members discussed the session during the June 30 meeting of Pickens United, held at the Nieri Family Alumni and Visitors Center on the campus of Clemson University.
SC Senate President Thomas Alexander believes this year
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Easley couple receives Order of the Palmetto for lifetime of service
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley couple were awarded South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, in recognition of decades of service, both in the classroom and outside it.
The Order of the Palmetto was presented to Betty and Jim Garrison at a ceremony 
Monday morning at the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library – a fitting location as Betty and Jim Garrison worked hard to establish the Captain Kimberly
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