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The Advance IS ONLINE! Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served $$ 9 955 News BYTES ews YTES Vol.122 No.22 YourNewspaper - Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 5 24 Years of Service mo. me-osses andflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James n, Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crosses Thompson, PhotobyWilliamLedford ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com brieflflfl Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld by Billie Jones. Mrs. Jones had beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’” John-Vol. John- ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin A Wheeler County man was shot and Subscribe Now! www. theadvancenews. com
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The Advance IS ONLINE! Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served $$ 9 955 News BYTES ews YTES Vol.122 No.22 YourNewspaper - Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 5 24 Years of Service mo. me-osses andflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James n, Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crosses Thompson, PhotobyWilliamLedford ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com brieflflfl Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld by Billie Jones. Mrs. Jones had beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’” John-Vol. John- ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin A Wheeler County man was shot and Subscribe Now! www. theadvancenews. com
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