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No vote taken on Pickens annexation
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Pickens officials on Monday heard again from residents urging them to vote More »
Peabody Engineering expanding in Liberty
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — A plastics manufacturer plans to expand its Pickens County operations, a move More »
Semper Fi Barn to host Community Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony
SIX MILE — The Semper Fi Barn will host a community-wide Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony on September 11, offering area More »
Keowee Vineyards make donation to help ‘Feed A Hungry Child’
On August 27, the Keowee Vineyards CRO Advisory Board proudly presented a check to their Fund the Need recipient, Feed More »
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Courier Notice to Creditors 8-10-22
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 security as to the claim.
Estate: Robert Steven Loftis
Date of Death: 12/31/2021
Case Number: 2022ES3900604
Personal Representative:
Mary Christina Loftis
Address: 214 Pickens Street,
Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, III
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Patricia Henderson Brock
Date of Death: 06/13/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900602
Personal Representative:
Glenn R. Brock
Address: 226 Hendricks Rd.,
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, III
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Edward Davis McDowell, Sr.
Date of Death: 04/03/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900601
Personal Representative:
Edward Davis McDowell, Jr.
Address: 108 Brookwood Drive,
Clemson, SC 29631
Attorney: Nathan M. Clark
Address: Post Office Box 1539,
Clemson, SC 29633
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Barbara Ross Melton
Date of Death: 05/15/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900504
Personal Representative:
James Henry Melton
Address: 323 Gilstrap Drive,
Liberty, SC 29657
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Donald Ray Powell
Date of Death: 06/08/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900550
Personal Representative:
Mary Nell Powell
Address: 162 Lay Bridge Road,
Central, SC 29630
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Teresa Ann White
Date of Death: 06/13/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900621
Personal Representative:
Thomas B. White
Address: 102 Pressley Drive,
Clemson, SC 29631
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Thomas Florian Chapleski
Date of Death: 03/03/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900611
Personal Representative:
Stacey Jeanine Cilenti
Address: 1125 Thomas Lane,
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Attorney: E. Zachary Horton
Address: 413 Vardry Street, Ste. 4A,
Greenville, SC 29601
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Frances Carter Strickland
Date of Death: 05/21/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900610
Personal Representative:
Kayce Scott Strickland Looper
Address: 1180 Freeman Bridge Road,
Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: J. Baker Cleveland, III
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Cecelia Carol Tate Singleton
Date of Death: 05/26/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900617
Personal Representative:
Richard Singleton
Address: 208 Durham Hill Road,
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
July 27, Aug. 3, 10
Estate: Ella Hamilton Cannon
Date of Death: 05/24/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900537
Personal Representative: Myra Armistead
Address: 138 Beverly Street,
Central, SC 29630
Attorney: L. Lesesne Hendricks, Jr.
Address: P.O. Box 665,
Easley, SC 29641
Aug. 3, 10, 17
Estate: Jackie Charles Scroggins
Date of Death: 07/07/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900585
Personal Representative:
Danny Lee Scroggins
Address: 317 Odell Road,
Liberty, SC 29657
Aug. 3, 10, 17
Estate: Vivian Thornton Bryan
Date of Death: 07/07/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900640
Personal Representative: Ruby T. Jacobs
Address: 15 Lobelia Way,
Landrum, SC 29356
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Estate: David Kenneth Posey
Date of Death: 01/04/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900647
Personal Representative:
Brenda Gail Black
Address: 105 Donald Drive,
Easley, SC 29642
Attorney: Samuel B. Tooker
Address: 1001 E. Washington Street,
Greenville, SC 29601
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Martha Joan Owen Winchester
Date of Death: 06/30/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900650
Personal Representative:
Charles L. Winchester
Address: 103 Pine Grove Road,
Sunset, SC 29685
Attorney: R. Scott Dover
Address: Post Office Box 462,
Pickens, SC 29671
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Estate: David Edward Powell
Date of Death: 04/29/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900451
Personal Representative:
Barbara Chapman
Address: 596 Golden Creek Rd.,
Liberty, SC 29657
Attorney: James C. Alexander
Address: Post Office Box 618,
Pickens, SC 29671
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Estate: David Clifton Cassell
Date of Death: 04/02/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900632
Personal Representative: Betty G. Cassell
Address: 1403 Cove Creek Rd.,
Pickens, SC 29671
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Mary Frances Dixie Heaton
Date of Death: 06/25/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900606
Personal Representative:
Lynda Carolyn Rumfelt
Address: 200 Georgia Street,
Fountain Inn, SC 29644
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Lester John Porter
Date of Death: 10/24/2021
Case Number: 2021ES3900913-2
Personal Representative:
Bonnie P. Eldridge
Address: 1021 Scott Drive,
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Attorney: James M. Robinson
Address: P.O. Box 738,
Easley, SC 29641
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Estate: William Gary Bright, Sr.
Date of Death: 07/19/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900659
Personal Representative:
William Gary Bright, Jr.
Address: 134 Orr Road,
Easley, SC 29642
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Ian Browne Williamson
Date of Death: 07/06/2022
Case Number: 2022ES3900629
Personal Representative:
Rory Waid Williamson
Address: 1709 Potomac View Ave.,
Woodbridge, VA 22191
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9,
Pickens, SC 29671
Aug. 10, 17, 24
Courier Legal Notices 8-10-22
LEGAL NOTICE
Wills of the following decedents have been delivered to me and filed.
No proceedings for the probate of said Wills have begun.
Fred Cone filed Jan. 4, 2022
Not forgotten, three decades later
Retired Central police chief, investigator still hold hope in woman’s 1992 slaying
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — It’s been 30 summers now since the town of Central was terrorized by a murder so brazen yet so 
mysterious that it will never be forgotten by anyone who lived through it — least of all by the lawmen who spent years trying in vain to find the killer.
It still weighs heavily on the minds of two retired members of the Central Police Department who never gave up in their futile attempts to solve the case.
Frank Cantrell, police chief at the time, and Sgt. Bill Stephens, an investigator on the case, still agonize over the crime that shattered the
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The picks are in
After readers cast thousands of ballots and members of the Courier family spent many hours hand-counting and tabulating the results, the time has finally come to officially unveil the businesses who were honored as the best at what they do in Pickens County in the fourth-annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
Check below or grab a print edition for a special keepsake section listing the winners and honorable mentions across more than 100
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SC officials urge vaccinations as school year starts
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — The public health director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is stressing the importance of vaccinations and healthy habits as the new school year begins.
Dr. Brannon Traxler gave media a COVID update on July 27.
“We continue to urge parents to get their children vaccinated as we come up on this 2022-2023 school year,” she said. “We know the toll that COVID has taken in the classroom over the last two years, from virtual learning to constantly being in and out of
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Six file for three Clemson council seats up for grabs
CLEMSON — Six people have thrown their names into the hat for three available seats on Clemson City Council, with the filing period for the November election closing at noon Monday.
Voters will decide Nov. 8 from familiar face Margaret Thompson, political newcomers Rocco Cioffoletti, Lillian Boatwright and Adam Jones and incumbents Alesia Smith and John Fulmer in the bid for three seats.
Boatwright
A Clemson resident since 2007 who attended Daniel High School, Tri-County Technical College and Clemson
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Pair arrested on heroin charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Two people were arrested on heroin distribution charges after an incident in Easley last week.
According to a release from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, deputies with the PCSO Uniform Patrol Division saw a disabled vehicle in the parking lot of
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