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The Advance IS ONLINE! Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. $$ 9955 With Honor and Respect 5 for Those Who Served mo. With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served News ews BYTES YTES Vol.122 No.22 YourNewspaper - Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Subscribe Now! PhotobyWilliamLedford MemorialDay. Pleasesee Crosses page 2A ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct Clubcreatedaproject to honor the sacrifices of deceased Toombs County veterans who served our country in the Armed Forces. The Lyons Lions Clubandits60members with help from students at Toombs County High andtheLeoClubofRob-ert In2017,theLionsLy-ons andwomenwhoservedin themilitaryduringwaror peacetime. 11eachyearandisaday setasidetohonorallmen annuallyonNovem-ber Veterans Day is observed themenandwomen who died while serving theircountryinthemilitary service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace at3:00p.m.localtimeon In1971,Congressdes-ignated thelastMondayin MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional holidaytocommem-orate 24 Years of Service TheSouthCentral HealthDistrictissponsoring freedrive-upCOVID-19 testinginGlenwoodon Monday,June1,from11 a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral isneededforthetest.The testsiteislocatedatthe OldMiddleSchool,503S.W. ThirdAvenue,Glenwood. Formoreinformation,call 478-275-6570. KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. PhotobyWilliamLedford MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto details,See TheMontgomery CountyCommission, page3A. sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For ByDeborahClark SeePage 10A asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe androckonthefrontporch.” brieflfl tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’”Johnby Billie Jones. Mrs. Jones had beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff 77yearsold,itistimetogohome JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com INTHISISSUE RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com ByDeborahClark A Wheeler County man was shot and killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin www.theadvancenews.com The Advance IS ONLINE! Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. $$ 9955 With Honor and Respect 5 for Those Who Served mo. With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served News ews BYTES YTES Vol.122 No.22 YourNewspaper - Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Subscribe Now! PhotobyWilliamLedford MemorialDay. Pleasesee Crosses page 2A ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct Clubcreatedaproject to honor the sacrifices of deceased Toombs County veterans who served our country in the Armed Forces. The Lyons Lions Clubandits60members with help from students at Toombs County High andtheLeoClubofRob-ert In2017,theLionsLy-ons andwomenwhoservedin themilitaryduringwaror peacetime. 11eachyearandisaday setasidetohonorallmen annuallyonNovem-ber Veterans Day is observed themenandwomen who died while serving theircountryinthemilitary service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace at3:00p.m.localtimeon In1971,Congressdes-ignated thelastMondayin MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional holidaytocommem-orate 24 Years of Service TheSouthCentral HealthDistrictissponsoring freedrive-upCOVID-19 testinginGlenwoodon Monday,June1,from11 a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral isneededforthetest.The testsiteislocatedatthe OldMiddleSchool,503S.W. ThirdAvenue,Glenwood. Formoreinformation,call 478-275-6570. KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. PhotobyWilliamLedford MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto details,See TheMontgomery CountyCommission, page3A. sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For ByDeborahClark SeePage 10A asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe androckonthefrontporch.” brieflfl tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’”Johnby Billie Jones. Mrs. Jones had beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff 77yearsold,itistimetogohome JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com INTHISISSUE RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com ByDeborahClark A Wheeler County man was shot and killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin www.theadvancenews.com
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