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With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served News BYTES ews YTES toyou. powertodothings foryou,yougiveit yougivethestate resp morial Clu a -AlbertJayNock powertodothings Inproportionas Vol.122No.22 YourNewspaper-Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Pleasesee Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall, ClubPresident,James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’Neal andDarrellNobles. theCityofLyonsconstruct- ToombsAcademyand andtheLeoClubofRob-ert atToombsCountyHigh with help from students Clubandits60members Forces.TheLyonsLions country in the Armed veteranswhoservedour deceasedToombsCounty tohonorthesacrificesof peacetime. Clubcreatedaproject In2017,theLionsLy-ons themilitaryduringwaror andwomenwhoservedin setasidetohonorallmen MemorialDay. 11eachyearandisaday annuallyonNovem-ber Veterans Day is ob-served at3:00p.m.localtimeon ofremembrancetakesplace service.Anationalmoment theircountryinthemilitary who died while serving themenandwomen holidaytocommem-orate MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional thelastMondayin In1971,Congressdes-ignated RegionalEditor 478-275-6570. free drive-up testinginGlenwoodon Monday,June1,from11 a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral isneededforthetest.The testsiteislocatedatthe OldMiddleSchool,503S.W. ThirdAvenue,Glenwood. Formoreinformation,call TheSouthCentral HealthDistrictissponsoring Glenwood Testingin Free COVID-19 COVID-19 PhotobyWilliamLedford ByDeborahClark dclarkadvance@gmail.com “CountMeIn!” CensusEvents TheMontgomery CountyCommission, MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For details,See page3A. Pleasesee Crosses page 2A RegionalEditor brieflfl androckonthefrontporch.” JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but dclarkadvance@gmail.com ByDeborahClark Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial PhotobyWilliamLedford ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com SeePage 10A alwayscalledher‘myteach,’”John-beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad when Toombs County Sheriff CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. 77yearsold,itistimetogohome Johnniewas52yearsofage sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty INTHISISSUE RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com ByDeborahClark killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, AWheelerCountymanwasshotand diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin Subscribe Now! www.theadvancenews.com
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