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The Advance IS ONLINE! $$ 9 955 Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. 5 mo. With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served News BYTES ews YTES Vol.122No.22 Inproportionas YourNewspaper-Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Pleasesee Crosses page 2A resp morial Clu KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall, ClubPresident, James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. PhotobyWilliamLedford powertodothings a -AlbertJayNock yougivethestate foryou,yougiveit powertodothings toyou. In1971,Congressdes-ignated ByDeborahClark Glenwood Free Testingin TheSouthCentral COVID-19 holidaytocommem-orate at3:00p.m.localtimeon thelastMondayin MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com Glelenwood themenandwomen who died while serving theircountryinthemilitary service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace CensusEvents 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. TheMontgomery CountyCommission, PhotobyWilliamLedford ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto “CountMeIn!” Pleasesee Crosses MemorialDay. Veterans Day is ob-served annuallyonNovem-ber 11eachyearandisaday setasidetohonorallmen andwomenwhoservedin themilitaryduringwaror peacetime. In2017,theLionsLy-ons Clubcreatedaproject tohonorthesacrificesof deceasedToombsCounty veterans who served our country in the Armed Forces. The Lyons Lions Clubandits60members with help from students atToombsCountyHigh andtheLeoClubofRob-ert ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct- page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. dclarkadvance@ gmail.com inMontgomeryCounty.For details,See page3A. MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily Connectionandthe sponsorCensus2020events ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty INTHISISSUE SeePage 10A JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition briefl sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com AWheelerCountymanwasshotand killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. www.theadvancenews.com The Advance IS ONLINE! $$ 9 955 Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. 5 mo. With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served News BYTES ews YTES Vol.122No.22 Inproportionas YourNewspaper-Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Pleasesee Crosses page 2A resp morial Clu KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall, ClubPresident, James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. PhotobyWilliamLedford powertodothings a -AlbertJayNock yougivethestate foryou,yougiveit powertodothings toyou. In1971,Congressdes-ignated ByDeborahClark Glenwood Free Testingin TheSouthCentral COVID-19 holidaytocommem-orate at3:00p.m.localtimeon thelastMondayin MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com Glelenwood themenandwomen who died while serving theircountryinthemilitary service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace CensusEvents 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. TheMontgomery CountyCommission, PhotobyWilliamLedford ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto “CountMeIn!” Pleasesee Crosses MemorialDay. Veterans Day is ob-served annuallyonNovem-ber 11eachyearandisaday setasidetohonorallmen andwomenwhoservedin themilitaryduringwaror peacetime. In2017,theLionsLy-ons Clubcreatedaproject tohonorthesacrificesof deceasedToombsCounty veterans who served our country in the Armed Forces. The Lyons Lions Clubandits60members with help from students atToombsCountyHigh andtheLeoClubofRob-ert ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct- page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. dclarkadvance@ gmail.com inMontgomeryCounty.For details,See page3A. MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily Connectionandthe sponsorCensus2020events ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty INTHISISSUE SeePage 10A JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition briefl sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com AWheelerCountymanwasshotand killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. www.theadvancenews.com
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