Flame advance to state title game
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — With a trip to the Class 4A state championship on the line, More »
ElringKlinger to create 294 jobs in Easley
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — A company that announced it was coming to Pickens County last summer More »
Area groups discuss SNAP
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Nearly 20 dozen area organizations and groups met last week to discuss More »
Former Easley mayor faces ethics complaint
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com STATE — The South Carolina Ethics Commission held a hearing last month about an More »
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Remember those who paid price
Dear Editor,
As Memorial Day rolls around this year, I want to take a moment and remember all of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. More than 1.5 million men and women have died to provide our freedoms in our Constitutional Republic of our United States of America. I will not forget these brave patriots who believed in and died for our “One Nation under God.”
Pickens County has a rich heritage of military honor and patriotism, and that makes me proud to call Pickens my hometown. We have more
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Miracle Man
Mark Holliday strode casually to the pulpit at Mount Tabor Baptist Church last Sunday, and, amazingly, it seemed as though he had never been gone.
You never would’ve known by looking at him that Mark, a deacon at Mount Tabor and a high school teacher who coaches wrestling and 
football, had been walking through the valley of the shadow of death for nearly four months.
You never would have guessed that he had “died” (the term used by a hospital chaplain) seven times in 40 days. How’s that for a feat of biblical proportions!
It’s no wonder that many of the thousands of people who’ve been praying for him are calling him a Miracle Man.
This was his triumphant return to church after all that.
Based on what I’d heard, I half expected that his wife would wheel him out there, prop him up and let him wheeze out a
Courier Obituaries 5-31-23
RACHEL W. MASON
EASLEY — Rachel Wicker Mason, 88, daughter of Alton and Minnie Wicker, died on Monday, May 22, 2023, at St. Francis Hospital, surrounded by her family.
Rachel is survived by her daughters, Connie (Sid) Jenkins, Karen (Dale) Stephens and Amy Mason (Lynn Hendrix); a granddaughter, Jennifer (Rhett) Butler; great-grandchildren, Sidney Jenkins, Mason Butler, Ellie, Sam and Hosanna Broughton; her sister, Rebecca Clayton; sister-in-law, Kathleen Wicker; many nieces, nephews and cousins; and her best friend, Dot Crocker and “honorary daughter” Linda Lesley.
DAR holds annual Students Awards Day
COUNTY — The Fort Prince George Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) gave out 11 awards to Pickens County students at its annual Student Awards Day.
More than 60 family members and friends of the award winners joined the chapter for the ceremony. East End Elementary fifth-grader Ava
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Pickens County Community Calendar 5-31-23
• Veterans invited to American Legion
Veterans in the Liberty area are invited to the next meeting of American Legion Post 67 in Liberty. The Legion meets on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Scout Hut, circle off North Palmetto Street. All veterans are invited.
• Nix reunion set for Sunday at Northside
The descendants of Ulysses and Lou Annie Monroe Nix will gather for the annual Nix reunion this Sunday, June 4.
The reunion is set to be held at Northside Baptist Church, located at 421 Sangamo Road in Pickens. Lunch will be at 1 p.m.
Plates, cups and ice will be furnished, and family members are asked to bring covered dishes, desserts and drinks.
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Courier Trespass Notices 5-31-23
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:
Treadwell and Erica Zieigler June 2023
Sarah and James Rampey June 2023
Susan P. Gilstrap and
Michael H. Pilgrim July 2023
James Dan Winchester Aug. 2023
John Carter Lane Aug. 2023
Violet K. and
Clarence G. Simmons Aug. 2023
Greg and Rosemarie D’Ginto Aug. 2023
Randall and Lynne Griffin Sept. 2023
L.C. Russell Nov. 2023
Frances Revels Oct. 2023
Richard A. Riggins Oct. 2023
Rocky Nimmons Nov. 2023
Barry S. Durham Dec. 2023
James and Sheila Stansell Jan. 2024
Betty Haynes Jan. 2024
Dollie G. Morris Mar. 2024
Pamela Dodson April 2024
George Hannah May 2024
Murpree Farm LLC May 2024
Teresa Julian Tumbleston May 2024
Courier Notice to Creditors 5-31-23
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
Courier Legal Notices 5-31-23
SUMMONS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
CASE NUMBER 2023-ES-39-00269
