Mrs. Martha Young Hill, 85, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2014 in a local hospital. Visitation was held on March 5, 2014 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Heritage Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral services were held March 6, 2014 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Heritage Memorial Funeral Home. Burial was at 3…
Anna Marshall Tillman Williams, 99 of 1307 W. 3rd Ave, Albany passed away March 5, 2013 at her home. The funeral service will be held Saturday 2 p.m. with a graveside service at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight of First Baptist Church will officiate. She was married to the late Lamar Mayo…
Mrs. Geneva Caulder, 71, of Perry died Monday March 3, 2014 at her residence. The funeral service was held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday March 4, 2014 at Story-Odom Cemetery. Rev. Grady Morey officiated. Mrs. Caulder was born on December 24, 1943 in Warwick to the late C.G. and Ressa Mildred Murphy Suggs. She lived…
Mrs. Karen Sumner Ellis Haman, 78, of Ty Ty died Tuesday March 4, 2014 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday March 7, 2014 at Banks Funeral Home with interment to follow in the Sumner Cemetery. Reverends Mike Davis and Ben Reeves will officiate. Mrs. Haman was born…
Why would anyone want to celebrate the fire ant? Come find out March 28-29 in Ashburn GA in the 19th annual Fire Ant Festival. This free festival features the usual arts and crafts and plenty of festival food. This year’s festival has a carnival, a sanctioned barbecue cook off and tethered hot air balloon rides….
When Staff Sgt. Joseph Simms donned his maroon beret after completing Enlisted Green Platoon-Combat Skills, he never expected a few years later to see another member of his family experience it; however, his son Pvt. Charlie Shaw changed that when he graduated from Enlisted Green Platoon, Feb. 18 at Cole Parks Commons. “I never expected…
Who said women can’t referee? Well Bonnie Walker from Sumner has and loved it. She refereed basketball. Bonnie received her certification in 1972 to referee and did it for a few years until she started her family. She loves to remembering the good ole times, “I can remember the first time I refereed a basketball…
