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:
Janet Carlen Weingarten Forbes
Date of Death: 6/12/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900716
Personal Representative:
Timothy C. Merrell
Address: 110 Blackfox Way, Sunset, SC 29685
Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14

Estate: Ray Winston DeVall, Sr.
Date of Death: 08/08/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900635
Personal Representative:
Caroline M. DeVall
Address: 109 Winston Way, Easley, SC 29640
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: David Holmes Gessell
Date of Death: 12/03/2025
Case Number: 2026ES3900670
Personal Representative:
Jo Anne Marr Gessell
Address: 307 Mountain View Church Rd., Six Mile, SC 29682
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: Carolyn Thomas Teague
Date of Death: 8/26/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900679
Personal Representative:
Rebecca T. Phillips
Address: 117 Baldwin Place, Easley, SC 29642
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: Gayle Gue Fish
Date of Death: 08/14/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900681
Personal Representative:
G. Barry Fish
Address: 211 Sheffield Road, Easley, SC 29642
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: Charles F. Ellenburg
Date of Death: 7/17/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900726
Personal Representative:
Jo Ann Turner Ellenburg
Address: 271 Martin School Road, Pickens, SC 29671
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: S. Caleb Owens AKA Samuel Caleb Owens
Date of Death: 08/15/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900731
Personal Representative: Samuel Caleb Owens, Jr.
Address: 159 Freedom Forest Dr., Liberty, SC 29657
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: Sylvia Smith Durham
Date of Death: 6/20/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900737
Personal Representative:
Kimberly Evans Williams
Address: 268 Church St.,
Pendleton, SC 29670
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: Art Barron Nix
Date of Death: 08/17/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900727
Personal Representative:
Deborah Ann Nix
Address: 10 Deborah Court, Apt. D, Elkton, MD 21921
Attorney: Tyler B. Oshields
Address: Post Office Box 1428, Easley, SC 29641
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: Betty G. Israel
Date of Death: 06/19/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900741
Personal Representative:
Kelly Diane Pohler
Address: 2052 McGregor Blvd., Apt. H, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Attorney: Scott Allmon
Address: 1606 Blue Ridge Blvd., Seneca, SC 29672
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: Furman Gary Ellenburg
Date of Death: 03/10/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900264-2
Personal Representative:
Kimberly Ellenburg Rogers
Address: 446 Dacusville Hwy., Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: Justin W. Holloway
Address: 250 Magnolia Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306
Oct. 7, 14, 21

Estate: Leland Kole Yates
Date of Death: 02/21/2026
Case Number: 2026ES3900728
Personal Representative:
Eulas H. Yates
Address: 216 Hazlewood Court, Liberty, SC 29657
Oct. 7, 14, 21