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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
ANSWERING QUESTIONS – During the Georgia Power Hatch-Wadley Line Information Sessions in Vidalia on July 16, over 50 Georgia Power professionals, representatives, and experts were available to answer parcel owners’ questions about the new line construction project.Photo by Makaylee Randolph
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