Mrs. Jonnie Melton Heisler, 82, of Sylvester died Wednesday January 15, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. The graveside service was held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday January 17, 2014 at Hillcrest Cemetery. Rev. David Collyer officiated. Pallbearers included Chris Burrell, Todd Ford, Brandon Morris, Bo Brand, Keith Willis and Mark Giddens. Mrs. Heisler was born…
A very cold Monday night in Sylvester did not stop the room from being full at the work session of the mayor and council for the city of Sylvester. A special called meeting was held prior to the work session to discuss and consider for approval some business matters as well as the swearing in…
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Charles Louis McKenzie, Jr., age 77 of Gainesville, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with Reverend John Kinsey officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family…
Kelley Manufacturing Co. sponsors the Grand Door Prize Producers can fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 38th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show on Jan. 16, 2014, at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The show is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission in cooperation…
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Worth County Board of Education held its first board meeting for the year last Thursday night. Kristen Garland, Nutrition Director for Worth County Schools presented the Community Eligibility Provision. Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is an alternative to collecting, approving, and verifying household eligibility applications for free and reduced price eligible students in high poverty local…
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Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Robert Cedrick Baker, III, age 37, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to serve 75 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The sentence was handed down…
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Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Anthony David Olson, 53, ofMauk, Georgia, was sentenced on Thursday, January 9, 2014, to serve 55 months imprisonment for the crimes of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return. Olson’s codefendant, Patrick Edward Keefe, 34, of Dayville,…
Mary Myrtle Ricks, 95, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014. Services were held on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Hart’s at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Reverend Jimmy Corbitt officiated. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to Greenwood Baptist…
Clara J. Hodge, 97, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Westview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Port Wentworth, Georgia. Mrs. Hodge was born on June 10, 1916 in Greer, South Carolina to the late L.V. and Mary Woods Jones. She was a hard worker and had a strong entrepreneurial drive. Her business ventures included…