Mrs. Angela (Angie) D. Neal, 54 of Sylvester died September 11, 2013 at Willson Hospice House in Albany. A memorial service will be held at Saturday at 10 a.m. at Kimbrell-Stern. Rev. Dan Story will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Kimbrell-Stern. Interment will be in Thundering Springs…
Mr. Troy Melton Spence, 81, of Sylvester died Tuesday September 10, 2013 at his residence. The funeral service was held at 2:00 PM on Thursday September 12, 2013 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel with interment following in the Hillcrest Cemetery with Rev. Jason Willis officiating. Mr. Spence was born on November 27, 1931 in Shingler…
The Worth County Grand Jury met on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, returned a no bill after considering the indictment of Thomas Seth Frye, the Warwick Police Officer whose police dog, Sasha, died inside his police vehicle in September 2012. The group of Worth County citizens was presented with a document giving them the option of…
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More than $26,000 is on its way to Moore, Oklahoma, to aid relief efforts at its tornado-ravaged medical center. Phoebe Putney Health System employees raised approximately $13,000 through donations to the Moore Medical Center fundraiser this summer. The other $13,000 was a dollar-for-dollar match from VHA, Inc., a national healthcare alliance for nonprofit hospitals, which pledged…
Mrs. Margaret Courson Brady, 92, of Sylvester died Sunday September 8, 2013 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday September 11, 2013 at Banks Funeral Home with interment to follow at the Isabella Cemetery. The Rev. Grady Morey and the Rev. Dan Story will officiate. Pallbearers include James…
Erms Saunders Campbell, 91, of Moultrie died Thurs., Sept. 5, 2013 at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. The funeral service was held Sun., Sept. 8, 2013 at Baker Funeral Home Chapel with interment following at Paulk’s Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Donnie Sloan officiated. Pallbearers included Jody Hart, Adam Campbell, Toby Norman, Ramsey Norman, Andy Norman and Stephen…
Saturday, October 12th, the Third Annual 100 Mile Peanut Pickin’ Yard Sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m, rain or shine. The sale is a tourism effort to promote the region and an opportunity to showcase these cities to visitors who may purchase a home or start a business. Vendors will be…
Mrs. Nan S. Buchanan, 77, of Lake City, died Friday afternoon, August 30, 2013 in the North Florida Regional Medical Center. A native of Sylvester, Georgia, Mrs. Buchanan was the daughter of the late Christopher and Lola Mae Williams Gill. She had been a resident of Lake City since 2008 having moved here from Panama…
Billy Maddox Jones died Sept. 4 at age 88, one of 11 children of Charles and Margaret Jones. He grew up a farmer’s son near Sylvester, GA, and was taught by his sister, Elise in a two-room schoolhouse. He began college, but excitedly enlisted in the Army-Air Corps at age 18 to begin his life-long…