Entries from January 2013

Mayor expecting good things in '13

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
In addition to serving as a physician and Commerce mayor, Clark Hill is taking on the role of the city’s public relations leader. Hill previewed a “State of the City” presentation at the city council’s “work session” meeting Monday night. It’s a presentation he was scheduled to make to the Commerce Area Business Association today ... [Full Story »] 

New year starts badly with traffic stops

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
The Commerce Police Department reported a quiet first week of the year, but two New Year’s Eve revelers face multiple charges following a pair of traffic stops in the wee hours of Jan. 1. Both occurred on Homer Road at Pittman Creek, and the first was a cause of the second. An officer pulled over a vehicle for a defective headlight and a ... [Full Story »] 

New sheriff makes staff changes

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
New Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum made several staff changes during her first few days in office, including naming Daniel Thomas as chief deputy and Clayton Lowe as jail commander. Major Thomas, who retired from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after 30 years and also worked with the Georgia State Patrol, replaces David Cochran as ... [Full Story »] 

Lady Bulldoggs experience winning side

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
In sports, sometimes the first win is the most difficult. That seems to be true for the Winder-Barrow High School Lady Bulldoggs in 2012-2013. After beginning the season 0-11, WBHS has won three of its last four games and hopes to continue that winning momentum throughout the season’s second half. For coach Brandon Thomas, who entered the ... [Full Story »] 

Altie Rice (1-8-13)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
DANIELSVILLE - Altie T. Rice, 100, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2013. Mrs. Rice was the daughter of the late James and Vickie Wilkie. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Roger Rice, Sr.; daughter, Louise Crowe; son, Carl Melton Rice; and a granddaughter, Ashton Strickland. Survivors include daughters, Jean (Russell) Pulliam and ... [Full Story »] 

Kerry Williams (1-9-13)

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Wednesday, January 9. 2013
COMMERCE - Kerry Maurice Williams, 55, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at his residence. He was born in Commerce, the son of Marie David Williams of Commerce and the late Jackie Williams. He was a member of Jones Chapel Church and was employed with Gold Kist Hatchery. Survivors in addition to his mother, include his wife, Erica Jackson ... [Full Story »] 

Mary Jeffreys (1-7-13)

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Wednesday, January 9. 2013
BUFORD - Mary Jeanelle Jeffreys, 80, formerly of Flowery Branch, passed away Monday, January 7, 2013, at Marieta's Mission following an extended illness. She was born September 7, 1932, the daughter of the late John Arven and Callie Heaton Burrell in Toccoa and graduated in 1949 from Toccoa High School. She had been a member of Blackshear Place ... [Full Story »] 

‘Slim’ Duncan (1-8-13)

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Wednesday, January 9. 2013
COMMERCE - Eugene Walter “Slim” Duncan, 80, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at his residence. He was born in Ila, the son of the late Pascal B. and Wilda Chandler Duncan. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and was retired from the Navy Supply Corp School. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Mathis Duncan, Commerce; daughter, ... [Full Story »] 

‘Polly’ Porterfield (1-8-13)

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Wednesday, January 9. 2013
COLBERT - Rachel Pauline "Polly" Porterfield, 81, went to be with the Lord late Tuesday night, January 8, 2013, at her residence. Born in Coweta County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Leona Moore Hudson. Mrs. Porterfield was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe Doyle Porterfield; and a son, James "Red" Flanagan. Survivors ... [Full Story »] 

Trudi Dalton (1-4-13)

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Wednesday, January 9. 2013
WINDER – Trudi Travis Dalton, 54, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Lon Paul and Louise Green Travis. She was a member of the Winder First United Methodist Church and was a registered nurse at DeKalb Medical Center, where she worked for two years. Throughout her career, she worked as a nurse at Dr. Huff’s ... [Full Story »] 
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