Entries from February 2012

Benny Mize (2-2-12)

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Friday, February 3. 2012
LEXINGTON – Benny L. Mize, 65, died Thursday, February 2, 2012. A native of Athens, he was the son of the late L.B. and Dorothea Casper Mize. Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Runell and Leonard Baker, Lexington; niece, Michelle Dills, Athens; nephews, Richie Baker and Freddie Baker, both of Lexington. Graveside services will be ... [Full Story »] 

Marvine Rider (2-3-12)

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Friday, February 3. 2012
BOGART – Marvine Rider, 65, died Friday, February 3, 2012. Born in Dahlonega, she was the daughter of the late Guy and Reba Bryant Rider. She was a member of Beech Haven Baptist Church in Athens. She was a honors graduate of Lumpkin County High School in 1964, attended North Georgia College, transferred to the University of Georgia, completed ... [Full Story »] 

Thelma Morris (2-2-12)

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Friday, February 3. 2012
COLBERT - Thelma Freeman Morris, 93, died Thursday, February 2, 2012. Born in Danielsville, she was the daughter of the late Homer and Pearl Long Freeman and was preceded in death by her husband, Allison Morris and grandson, Dennis McCarty. She was retired from Blue Bell Manufacturing and was a longtime member of Colbert First Baptist Church ... [Full Story »] 

Donnie Barrett (2-2-12)

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Friday, February 3. 2012
COMMERCE – Donnie Mozelle Phelps Barrett, 80, died Thursday, February 2, 2012, at the Brown Memorial Convalescent Center in Royston. She was born in Oconee County on July 8, 1931, the daughter of the late Harry H. and Mary Sue Walls Phelps. She was a homemaker and member of the New Hope Worship Center in Danielsville. Mrs. Barrett was ... [Full Story »] 

Jerry Harrell (2-1-12)

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Friday, February 3. 2012
ATHENS - Jerry Eugene Harrell, 76, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012. A native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Mr. Harrell was the son of the late D.W. Harrell and Ruby Nell Cook Harrell and was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Daniel Harrell and sister, Elizabeth Ruth Ashcraft. He had worked for Gulf State Paper Company in Tuscaloosa and retired from ... [Full Story »] 

Football: Jackson Co., Jefferson football series to continue

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Friday, February 3. 2012
The closest of neighbors will continue playing football for the next two years despite no longer residing in the same athletic region. Jackson County and Jefferson, separated by only a couple miles apart, have signed on to play in 2012 and 2013. This year’s meeting is set for Sept. 7 in Jefferson, according to football schedules recently ... [Full Story »] 

Football: Jackson Co., Jefferson football series to continue

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, February 3. 2012
The closest of neighbors will continue playing football for the next two years despite no longer residing in the same athletic region. Jackson County and Jefferson, separated by only a couple miles apart, have signed on to play in 2012 and 2013. This year’s meeting is set for Sept. 7 in Jefferson, according to football schedules recently ... [Full Story »] 

The voice of the Dragons

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Friday, February 3. 2012
Longtime Jefferson PA announcer Tommy Healan has been calling Dragons games since high school EXCEPT for maybe Bolling DuBose —the Jefferson boys’ basketball coach of 36 years — nobody has been entrenched courtside in the Dragons’ gym longer than PA announcer Tommy Healan. Of course, Healan is more heard than seen. Healan, 46, has ... [Full Story »] 

Painting designed in Braselton will be U.N. stamp

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BarrowJournal
Friday, February 3. 2012
The design is simple, but the intricate stories behind a piece of artwork created in Braselton include the heartbreaking and the uplifting. And come April, “Crazy Love” will be one of six international postal stamps distributed by the United Nations (U.N.) for autism awareness. “The heart, for us, just keeps meaning something,” said ... [Full Story »] 

Painting designed in Braselton will be U.N. stamp

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, February 3. 2012
The design is simple, but the intricate stories behind a piece of artwork created in Braselton include the heartbreaking and the uplifting. And come April, “Crazy Love” will be one of six international postal stamps distributed by the United Nations (U.N.) for autism awareness. “The heart, for us, just keeps meaning something,” said ... [Full Story »] 
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