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Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. The Advance With Honor and Respect $$ 9 955 Vol.122No.22 Inproportionas yougivethestate powertodothings foryou,yougiveit powertodothings toyou. YourNewspaper-Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 for Those Who Served In1971,Congressdes-ignated MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional thelastMondayin holidaytocommem-orate themenandwomen who died while serving IS ONLINE! 5 TheSouthCentral HealthDistrictissponsoring freedrive-upCOVID-19 theircountryinthemilitary service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace testinginGlenwoodon Monday,June1,from11 at3:00p.m.localtimeon MemorialDay. Veterans Day is ob-served a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral isneededforthetest.The testsiteislocatedatthe annuallyonNovem-ber 11eachyearandisaday setasidetohonorallmen andwomenwhoservedin themilitaryduringwaror OldMiddleSchool,503S.W. ThirdAvenue,Glenwood. Formoreinformation,call 478-275-6570. peacetime. In2017,theLionsLy-ons mo. 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In2017,theLionsLy-ons asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral Clubcreatedaproject tohonorthesacrificesof deceasedToombsCounty veteranswhoservedour androckonthefrontporch.” countryintheArmed Forces.TheLyonsLions Clubandits60members withhelpfromstudents atToombsCountyHigh holidaytocommem-orate Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriffff andtheLeoClubofRob-ert ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct- Pleasesee Crosses page 2A at3:00p.m.localtimeon CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. dclarkadvance@gmail.com PhotobyWilliamLedford AWheelerCountymanwasshotand killedandtwoothersinjured inashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May 24,inAlamo. RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin INTHISISSUE ma SeePage 10A Tegus? CensusEvents CountyCommission, ob byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflflflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’”John- 2 MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For details,Seepage3A. mINsTHI4S I2ISSUoE ByDeborahClark Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” Johnniewas52yearsofage CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor whenToombsCountySheriff brieflfl GBIInvestigatingin Alamo; NoArrestsMade AWheelerCountymanwasshotand killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. ByDeborahClark dclarkadvance@gmail.com RegionalEditor RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the www.theadvancenews.com Subscribe Now! Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. The Advance With Honor and Respect $$ 9 955 Vol.122No.22 Inproportionas yougivethestate powertodothings foryou,yougiveit powertodothings toyou. YourNewspaper-Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 for Those Who Served In1971,Congressdes-ignated MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional thelastMondayin holidaytocommem-orate themenandwomen who died while serving IS ONLINE! 5 TheSouthCentral HealthDistrictissponsoring freedrive-upCOVID-19 theircountryinthemilitary service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace testinginGlenwoodon Monday,June1,from11 at3:00p.m.localtimeon MemorialDay. Veterans Day is ob-served a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral isneededforthetest.The testsiteislocatedatthe annuallyonNovem-ber 11eachyearandisaday setasidetohonorallmen andwomenwhoservedin themilitaryduringwaror OldMiddleSchool,503S.W. ThirdAvenue,Glenwood. Formoreinformation,call 478-275-6570. peacetime. In2017,theLionsLy-ons mo. TheMontgomery CountyCommission, MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial PhotobyWilliamLedford Vol.122No.22 YourNewspaper-Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto Pleasesee Crosses page 2A Clubcreatedaproject tohonorthesacrificesof deceasedToombsCounty veterans who served our country in the Armed Forces. The Lyons Lions Clubandits60members with help from students at Toombs County High andtheLeoClubofRob-ert ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct- crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall, ClubPresident,James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. Inproportionas -AlbertJayNock sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For details,Seepage3A. 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In2017,theLionsLy-ons asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral Clubcreatedaproject tohonorthesacrificesof deceasedToombsCounty veteranswhoservedour androckonthefrontporch.” countryintheArmed Forces.TheLyonsLions Clubandits60members withhelpfromstudents atToombsCountyHigh holidaytocommem-orate Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriffff andtheLeoClubofRob-ert ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct- Pleasesee Crosses page 2A at3:00p.m.localtimeon CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. dclarkadvance@gmail.com PhotobyWilliamLedford AWheelerCountymanwasshotand killedandtwoothersinjured inashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May 24,inAlamo. RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin INTHISISSUE ma SeePage 10A Tegus? CensusEvents CountyCommission, ob byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflflflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’”John- 2 MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For details,Seepage3A. mINsTHI4S I2ISSUoE ByDeborahClark Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” Johnniewas52yearsofage CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor whenToombsCountySheriff brieflfl GBIInvestigatingin Alamo; NoArrestsMade AWheelerCountymanwasshotand killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. ByDeborahClark dclarkadvance@gmail.com RegionalEditor RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the www.theadvancenews.com Subscribe Now!
