Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. The Advance With Honor and Respect $ 95 for Those Who Served With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served News ews 5 BYTES YTES IS ONLINE! mo. Vol.122 No.22 Inproportionas yougivethestate YourNewspaper - Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Pleasesee Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall, ClubPresident,James andDarrellNobles. PhotobyWilliamLedford powertodothings resp morial Clu Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’Neal a -AlbertJayNock foryou,yougiveit powertodothings toyou. Free Testingin COVID-19 In1971,Congressdes-ignated thelastMondayin MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional holidaytocommem-orate themenandwomen who died while serving theircountryinthemilitary ByDeborahClark dclarkadvance@gmail.com Glenwood TheSouthCentral MemorialDay. peacetime. Veterans Day is observed annuallyonNovem-ber 11eachyearandisaday setasidetohonorallmen andwomenwhoservedin RegionalEditor 478-275-6570. HealthDistrictissponsoring freedrive-upCOVID-19 service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace at3:00p.m.localtimeon “CountMeIn!” testinginGlenwoodon Monday,June1,from11 a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral TheMontgomery CountyCommission, isneededforthetest.The testsiteislocatedatthe OldMiddleSchool,503S.W. Clubcreatedaproject deceasedToombsCounty veterans who served our country in the Armed Forces. The Lyons Lions with help from students andtheLeoClubofRob-ert theCityofLyonsconstruct- ByDeborahClark MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily ThirdAvenue,Glenwood. Formoreinformation,call Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto Pleasesee Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial PhotobyWilliamLedford RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For CensusEvents themilitaryduringwaror In2017,theLionsLy-ons tohonorthesacrificesof Clubandits60members at Toombs County High ToombsAcademyand details,See page3A. ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. www.theadvancenews.com INTHISISSUE SeePage 10A Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’”John- brieflfl ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com AWheelerCountymanwasshotand killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. The Advance With Honor and Respect $ 95 for Those Who Served With Honor and Respect for Those Who Served News ews 5 BYTES YTES IS ONLINE! mo. Vol.122 No.22 Inproportionas yougivethestate YourNewspaper - Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Pleasesee Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall, ClubPresident,James andDarrellNobles. PhotobyWilliamLedford powertodothings resp morial Clu Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’Neal a -AlbertJayNock foryou,yougiveit powertodothings toyou. Free Testingin COVID-19 In1971,Congressdes-ignated thelastMondayin MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional holidaytocommem-orate themenandwomen who died while serving theircountryinthemilitary ByDeborahClark dclarkadvance@gmail.com Glenwood TheSouthCentral MemorialDay. peacetime. Veterans Day is observed annuallyonNovem-ber 11eachyearandisaday setasidetohonorallmen andwomenwhoservedin RegionalEditor 478-275-6570. HealthDistrictissponsoring freedrive-upCOVID-19 service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace at3:00p.m.localtimeon “CountMeIn!” testinginGlenwoodon Monday,June1,from11 a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral TheMontgomery CountyCommission, isneededforthetest.The testsiteislocatedatthe OldMiddleSchool,503S.W. Clubcreatedaproject deceasedToombsCounty veterans who served our country in the Armed Forces. The Lyons Lions with help from students andtheLeoClubofRob-ert theCityofLyonsconstruct- ByDeborahClark MontgomeryCounty Library,Tri-CountyFamily ThirdAvenue,Glenwood. Formoreinformation,call Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty Schoolsarepartneringto Pleasesee Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial PhotobyWilliamLedford RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For CensusEvents themilitaryduringwaror In2017,theLionsLy-ons tohonorthesacrificesof Clubandits60members at Toombs County High ToombsAcademyand details,See page3A. ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. www.theadvancenews.com INTHISISSUE SeePage 10A Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’”John- brieflfl ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com AWheelerCountymanwasshotand killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin
DISTRIBUTING TREES – Montgomery County 4-H’er Hartley Williamson (center) loads a tree into a citizen’s car during the ReLeaf Grant Tree Giveaway.Photo by Makaylee Randolph
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