Pat Bell, 60, died Thursday
Services for Patricia “Pat” Ann Bell, 60, of Cairo, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 8, 2010, at the Pine Park Baptist Church with Rev. Gordon Cloud will officiating. Interment will follow in Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Mrs. Bell passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2010, at the Archbold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville,…
Read MoreRuby Lea Hammett dead at 79
Services for Ruby Lee Hammett, 79, of Tallahassee, FL, are at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 8, 2010, at the Pine Hill Baptist Church. Rev. Karen Pellett will officiate. The family will receive friends after the service in the Fellowship Hall. Mrs. Hammett passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2010, at Broadview Assisted Living in Tallahassee. …
Read MoreBrian Stone died Thursday
Services for Emory Brian Stone, 67, of Climax, GA, are at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Whigham United Methodist Church, Whigham, GA. Rev. Garth Duke-Barton and Rev. Charles Whatley will officiate. The family will receive friends after the service in the Fellowship Hall. Active pallbearers will be Terry Logue, Cecil Gibbs, Embree Robinson,…
Read MoreConnie J.H. Smith died Wednesday
Services for Connie Harrell Smith, 57, of Whigham, GA, are at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 8, 2010, at First Freewill Baptist Church, Cairo, GA. Rev. Gus Turner and Rev. Marshall Kennedy will officiate. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Mrs. Smith passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at her residence. Active pallbearers will…
Read MoreGraveside services planned for Tom Allen
Services for Thomas “Tom” Nick Allen, 79, of Cairo, GA, are at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 7, 2010, graveside in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Rev. Henry Bass and Rev. Tegler Greer will officiate. Mr. Allen passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at Grady General Hospital. Active pallbearers will be Ken LeGette, Bob…
Read MoreC.J. Harrison services are Friday
Services for Charles J. “C. J.” Harrison, 70, of Cairo, GA, are at 4:00 p.m., Friday, May 7, 2010, at El Bethel Baptist Church, Whigham, GA, with Rev. Bob Knight and Rev. Ronald Barrett officiating. Burial will be in Pine Level Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Mr. Harrison passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at his…
Read MoreGrant funds being invested in new sheriff’s office vehicles
Grady County Sheriff Harry Young is putting grant funds to work by placing three new vehicles on the road to replace aging patrol cars.Tuesday morning, Grady County commissioners voted 3-1 to accept a bid of $33,472 per unit from Stallings Motors of Cairo for the new sheriff’s vehicles. The actual low bid of $32,863.15 was…
Read MoreAndy Bell died May 1
Roy Andrew “Andy” Bell, age 52, passed away in the Inpatient Hospice Unit of the VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro, TN on May 1, 2010. He was born on September 13, 1957, to Roy Arthur “Buddy” Bell, Jr. and Donnis Hurst Bell Ward. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Cairo,…
Read MoreRash seeks county office
The former finance director for the city of Cairo is running for election to the Grady County Commission as a Republican. Cecil M. Rash qualified Friday and will challenge Democrat Thomas L. (T.D.) David for the commission’s District Five seat being vacated by longtime Commissioner Bobby Burns, who is retiring.Rash, 67, is a Grady County…
Read MorePoitevint seeks District 2 post
A Grady County man who believes county tax dollars are not being spent to benefit all residents is seeking a seat on the county commission.Billy Poitevint of 1926 Stage Coach Road qualified Friday as a Republican candidate for the District 2 county commission post, which is currently held by incumbent Democrat Commissioner Charles Renaud.Renaud and…
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