Pickens County woman receives high civilian award
A lifelong Pickens County resident, Mable Owens Clarke, recently was awarded South Carolina’s highest civilian award–the Order of the Palmetto. That award recognized Clarke for her work in the Liberia community and the Soapstone Baptist Church. Liberia dates back to 1865 and denotes it was created by a group of more than 600 newly freed slaves as a place of […]
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