MISSION
The mission of the Pickens County Coroner's Office is to professionally investigate deaths
occurring in Pickens County with integrity, respect, courtesy, fairness, and consideration in a
timely manner on behalf of the decedent and their families. It further includes maintaining
open lines of communication with area medical personnel, funeral homes, local law
enforcement and the court.
OUR STAFF
Coroner Kandy C. Kelley
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Kandy was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. She and her family
made their home in Vermont until Kandy was fifteen. At that time she,
her mother, brother, and step-father relocated to Easley. After
graduation from Easley Senior High, she married J. B. Kelley of
Walhalla who is currently a Lieutenant in the Criminal Investigations
Division of the Pickens County Sheriff's Office. They have two daughters, Kasey Liner and Kristy Smith.
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Kandy received her degree as a Surgical Technologist from Greenville
Technical College in 1996 where she was on the Dean's List and voted the best all-round
student in her class. Kandy has been employed in the surgical field at Palmetto Health
Baptist Hospital and Cannon Memorial Hospital. She is certified as a Medical Assistant and
has also worked as a Medical Assistant in the fields of Oral Surgery, ENT, Urology, and
Internal Medicine.
Kandy received advanced training when she attended "Medicolegal Training for Death
Investigators" at the University of Saint Louis in October 2000 and has received additional
training in Forensic Entomology. Kandy joined the Pickens County Coroner's Office on
January 3, 2001. Kandy joined the Pickens County Coroner's office on January 3, 2001 as
Chief Deputy Coroner.
HISTORY
Pickens County Coroners List
| William D. Sloan |
02/08/1830 |
| John Burdine |
02/06/1833 |
| Nathan Boon |
07/27/1839 |
| William J. Gantt |
07/08/1848 |
| Isaac Michliffe |
02/14/1865 |
| William J. Gantt |
02/12/1867 |
| John W. Major |
06/10/1869 |
| Warren Boyd |
02/10/1873 |
| B. B. Earle |
02/13/1877 |
| Thomas Parkins |
02/11/1879 |
| Thomas K. Kirsey |
02/08/1881 |
| James A. Lesley |
02/10/1885 |
| Patrick H. Boggs |
08/04/1888 |
| William S. Parsons |
02/14/1893 |
| W. D. Jones |
02/09/1897 |
| Benjamin F Parsons |
02/12/1901 |
| D. A. Parrott |
02/14/1905 |
| Patrick H. Boggs |
01/05/1909 |
| Millard F. Hester |
06/11/1910 |
| Joseph E. Medlin |
01/03/1911 |
| Oscar C. Durham |
01/07/1919 |
| William T. Beasley |
01/04/1921 |
| Oscar C. Durham |
01/06/1925 |
| William T. Beasley |
01/01/1929 |
| D. H. Rampey |
01/05/1937 |
| Earl R. Owens |
01/04/1949 |
| Clement A. Smith |
01/01/1957 |
| Doug Haynes |
01/05/1965 |
| Burts R. Childress |
01/02/1973 |
| Orr F. Thrasher |
08/08/1975 |
| Stewart Bell |
01/04/1977 |
| Mitchell Davis |
01/01/1989 |
| James Mahanes |
01/01/2001 |
| Kandy C. Kelley |
01/01/2009 |
Terms under the Constitution of 1790 began on the second Tuesday in February following
election. Sometimes the Governor had the authority to appoint a successor until the next
election and sometimes special elections were held that moved the election from the date set
by the Constitution. In 1907 the General Assembly moved the start of terms to the First
Tuesday in January following the election.