Lawrence Alfred Swanson, 90, died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, at Jasper Memorial Hospital.Mr. Swanson was born in Toledo, Ohio to the late Augustus Swanson and Ruth Anderson Smith. He served as a medic in the Army Air Corps. Before retirement, he was a machinist for the Wiremold Company in West Hartford, Connecticut. His wife, Frances…
Mrs. Patricia Burke Penn, 71, of McDonough, died November 7, 2010.Mrs. Penn was born in Atlanta, the daughter of the late James David and Wenonah McDuff Burke. She was a member of McDonough First Baptist Church. Mrs. Penn enjoyed spending time with her family, sewing, cooking, decorating, traveling and reading. Survivors include her husband, J.D.…
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RESPOND TO ACCIDENT Two people were killed, and two were injured, on Thanksgiving eve, last Wednesday, Nov. 24, shortly after the 6 p.m. official start of the Thanksgiving holiday.Alice Goolsby, and her son Nigel Griffith were traveling on Post Road in a Pontiac 6000. Meanwhile, Alexandria Hoffman, 16, of Monticello, and a passenger,…
Bertha Kate Glover, 63, died Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Righteous Temple Holiness Church. Survivors include mother, Mattie Moreland Glover; sisters, Annie Ruth Glover, Bessie Mae Glover, all of Monticello, Doris Jordan of Eatonton, Diane Torbert of Nolan, AL; brothers, Tommy James…
John R. Edelberg, 88, formerly of Turtle Cove, died November 24, 2010 at his home in Lawrenceville. He was born in Saranac Lake, N.Y. He was the fifth of five children born to Samuel and Mary Edelberg. He was an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was stationed in the Pacific.…
Edna B. Ewing, 88, of Monticello, died on Saturday, November 13, 2010. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010, at 3 p.m., Fairview Memorial Gardens in Stockbridge.Ms. Ewing retired from the U.S. Postal Service and was a member of St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church. She is survived by: sister-in-law, Eleanor Bargeron; nieces,…
The Piedmont Academy Cougars defeated Edmund Burke, Friday Nov. 26 with a score of 26-14 to become State AA Champions. Congratulations to the coaches, players and staff.
An automobile accident claimed the life of two people last Wednesday, possibly the first fatalities of the long holiday weekend.Alice Louise Goolsby and her son, Nigel Kevon Griffey, died in the accident which occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on November 24 at the intersection of Barr Bridge Road and Post Road.
Linda Penn Barber, 104, of Bainbridge, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 at Memorial Manor Nursing Home.The funeral service was held Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Randy Mosley officiating and will conclude at the chapel. A private interment will be held at Oak City Cemetery.Online visitors may sign the guest…
As a child I thought all turkeys came from the country, Turkey. Boy, did they take the wrong boat and me, too! We consume, according to the USDA records, 45 million turkeys on Thanksgiving Day. And according to “Dancing with the Stars” judge, Bruno Tonioli, the dance, the turkey trot, was indeed patterned after the…