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The Advance IS ONLINE! Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. $$ 9 955 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 yougivethestate YourNewspaper-Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Pleasesee Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall, ClubPresident,James PhotobyWilliamLedford powertodothings foryou,yougiveit resp morial Clu Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’Neal a powertodothings andDarrellNobles. toyou. -AlbertJayNock Free COVID-19 In1971,Congressdes-ignated MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional holidaytocommem-orate themenandwomen who died while serving ByDeborahClark 478-275-6570. 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Formoreinformation,call peacetime. setasidetohonorallmen andwomenwhoservedin themilitaryduringwaror In2017,theLionsLy-ons Clubcreatedaproject “CountMeIn!” tohonorthesacrificesof deceasedToombsCounty veteranswhoservedour country in the Armed Forces.TheLyonsLions TheMontgomery Library,Tri-CountyFamily Pleasesee Clubandits60members with help from students atToombsCountyHigh andtheLeoClubofRob-ert ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct- Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. PhotobyWilliamLedford RegionalEditor ByDeborahClark dclarkadvance@gmail.com Schoolsarepartneringto sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For details,Seepage3A. 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AWheelerCountymanwasshotand RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, com killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin Subscribe Now! www.theadvancenews.com The Advance IS ONLINE! Get all the local news you need on your computer, smart phone or tablet. $$ 9 955 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 yougivethestate YourNewspaper-Toombs,Montgomery& WheelerCounty,Georgia May27,2020 Pleasesee Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsibleforthememorial crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall, ClubPresident,James PhotobyWilliamLedford powertodothings foryou,yougiveit resp morial Clu Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’Neal a powertodothings andDarrellNobles. toyou. -AlbertJayNock Free COVID-19 In1971,Congressdes-ignated MayasMemorialDay,ana-tional holidaytocommem-orate themenandwomen who died while serving ByDeborahClark 478-275-6570. TheSouthCentral HealthDistrictissponsoring freedrive-upCOVID-19 theircountryinthemilitary service.Anationalmoment ofremembrancetakesplace testinginGlenwoodon Monday,June1,from11 a.m.until3p.m.Noreferral Testingin Glenwood MemorialDay. at3:00p.m.localtimeon Veterans Day is ob-served annuallyonNovem-ber thelastMondayin isneededforthetest.The testsiteislocatedatthe OldMiddleSchool,503S.W. 11eachyearandisaday RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com ThirdAvenue,Glenwood. Formoreinformation,call peacetime. setasidetohonorallmen andwomenwhoservedin themilitaryduringwaror In2017,theLionsLy-ons Clubcreatedaproject “CountMeIn!” tohonorthesacrificesof deceasedToombsCounty veteranswhoservedour country in the Armed Forces.TheLyonsLions TheMontgomery Library,Tri-CountyFamily Pleasesee Clubandits60members with help from students atToombsCountyHigh andtheLeoClubofRob-ert ToombsAcademyand theCityofLyonsconstruct- Crosses page 2A KEEPINGPATRIOTISMATTHEFOREFRONT—MembersoftheLyonsLionsClub,thecivicorganizationresponsiblefortheme-morial Thompson,Jimmy“Spook”Alexander,WayneWheeler,LucretiaNobles,AlysaMarsciano,JillO’NealandDarrellNobles. PhotobyWilliamLedford RegionalEditor ByDeborahClark dclarkadvance@gmail.com Schoolsarepartneringto sponsorCensus2020events inMontgomeryCounty.For details,Seepage3A. CensusEvents CountyCommission, MontgomeryCounty Connectionandthe MontgomeryCounty ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail.com crossesandflags,poseinfrontofthestreet-longdisplayonVictoryDrive.LtoR:JasonHall,ClubPresident,James Afteralmostaquartercentury atherpostastheToombsCoun-ty sheriff’ssecretary,itishardfor JohnnieJeanBranchtoretire,but asshesaid,“Whenyougettobe 77yearsold,itistimetogohome androckonthefrontporch.” INTHISISSUE Editorials...........................Page 4A SeePage 10A brieflfl Johnniewas52yearsofage when Toombs County Sheriff CharlesDursthiredhertowork asareceptionistatthecountyjail. Shesoonascendedtotheposition ofsecretary,ajobpreviouslyheld byBillieJones.Mrs.Joneshad beensecretarytherefor40years andshe brieflyreturnedfromre-tirement tomentorMrs.Branch.“I alwayscalledher‘myteach,’”John- ByDeborahClark RegionalEditor dclarkadvance@gmail. AWheelerCountymanwasshotand RonestraKotoyaWilliams,42,ofAlamo, com killedandtwoothersinjuredinashootingthat occurredearlySunday,May24,inAlamo. diedinanincidentat#4BluebirdLane,the GeorgiaBureauofInvestigationreportedin Subscribe Now! www.theadvancenews.com
