‘Long overdue’
Monument to Andrew Pickens to highlight Legacy Square By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Those passing by Legacy More »
Easley thrift store aims to help others
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — The operator of DH Tiny Homes Thrift Store hopes his small store More »
America’s top chocolate shop has local roots
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com GREENVILLE — A business owned by a Pickens resident recently received national recognition. Last More »
Local municipalities plan Fourth of July events
COUNTY — With the nation getting ready to observe its 249th Independence Day, people from around Pickens County will have More »
Banjo Extravaganza is July18-19
PICKENS — The Banjo Extravaganza Festival returns to the Hagood Mill Historic Site on Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July More »
Understand the past to help the future
I’ll never forget my first visit to Mathis’ Bar & Grill in downtown Macon, Ga.
It was 1974, the heyday of the Allman Brothers Band, and I had moved down there to get in on the music scene.
I had heard Mathis was a jazz-blues virtuoso on the Hammond B-3 organ and had a great band. So one night I slipped down there to check them out.
The music was incredible, as I expected. But that wasn’t why that particular night stands out in my memory.
It was because I was the only white person in a dark, smoky, packed room of about 200.
It was my first time ever being in that situation. And if you’re white and you’ve never been in that situation,
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Daniel boys win in PKs to take state championship
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — After letting a two-goal lead slip away in regulation, the Daniel High School boys’ soccer team’s state championship hopes rested on the result of penalty kicks after 110 minutes of hard-fought play.
The Lions turned to senior captain Liam Desjardins for the first kick, and he delivered to put the Lions ahead, but it was the play of keeper Coleman Wright in the moments after that stole the show.
The junior blocked three of four Brookland-Cayce attempts to give the Lions the win and secure their first Class 3A state championship since 2003.
“I think he would be honest and tell you that maybe he made a couple of mistakes to let BC back into the game, but I can’t say enough about his ability to bounce back,” Daniel head coach Phillip Boyer said of Wright. “He could have let that defeat him, and his head
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Wave take district title
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — There are more firsts for the Easley High School softball program following a 12-1 run-rule Game 2 win over Lancaster last Wednesday night in the District 2 championship
For the first time, the Lady Green Wave are District 2 champions and earned a berth in the Class 4A Upper State tournament.
“It feels great,” Easley Coach Trish Spence said. “I am so proud of the girls.”
Easley (15-12) scored seven runs in the top of the second on five walks and a grand slam home
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Liberty, Pickens athletes sign letters of intent
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Liberty and Pickens high schools will be sending three more athletes to the college ranks next fall.
In a ceremony at Liberty High School last week, Chantzli Fowler and Kendall Meinders signed to continue their volleyball careers at the next level. Both players were key components of a Liberty volleyball team that advanced to the Upper State championship for the first time since 2014.
Fowler, an outside hitter for the Red Devils, will play beach volleyball at Erskine College. Fowler was twice named all-region and was named all-state at the
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Special Lions group culmination of Boyer’s culture
‘‘I can’t lie and say I always believed the Daniel High School boys’ soccer team was going to pull out the state championship win against Brookland-Cayce on Friday.
When the Lions went up 2-0 in the first half, I was ready to call the game. Then, when Brookland-Cayce stormed back to take the lead in the final five minutes, 
I was ready to call it once again for the other side, and once again I was proven to be wrong as Liam Desjardins hit the equalizer from 52 yards out.
By the start of extra time, I realized that neither team was going to give until the final whistle, and for the first time I got it right, with the Lions pulling out the heart-pounding state championship win in penalty
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Courier Obituaries 5-18-22
BOBBIE MELTON
LIBERTY — Barbara Ross “Bobbie” Melton, 78, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at her home surrounded by family.
Born in Six Mile, she was a daughter of the late John and Lillie Matoy Ross.
She retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of Rices Creek Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Bonny Melton of the home; a son, Jamey Melton (Lisa) of Liberty; two daughters, Lynn Dingwell (Terry) of Liberty and
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Courier Trespass Notices 5-18-22
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:
Clarence and Violet Simmons May 2022
Courier Notice to Creditors 5-18-22
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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: David Shane McJunkins
