Final rites for Helen Ward are Sunday
Services for Helen Thomas Ward, 82, are at 4:30 p. m., Sunday, May 2, 2010, at the Chapel of Clark Funeral Home. Dr. Joe Allen and Rev. Chris Allen will officiate with interment to follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Ward passed away at Pinewood Nursing Center on Friday, April 30, 2010. Active pallbearers will…
Read MoreTwo county commission races develop
As qualifying came to a close at noon today, April 30, two county commission races developed. Republican qualifying agent Billy Hester reported on Friday that Billy Poitevint qualified for the District 2 county commission seat and former Cairo finance director Cecil M. Rash qualified for the District 5 county commission seat. Poitevint will face incumbent…
Read MoreHazel White to be buried Saturday
Services for Hazel Harper White, 87, of Cairo, GA, are at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 2, 2010, at the Clark Funeral Home Chapel, Cairo, GA. Rev. Roger Brinkley will officiate. Interment will be in Harrison Cemetery, Airport Road, Cairo, GA. Mrs. White passed away at her home on Thursday, April 29, 2010. Mrs. White was…
Read MoreFriday services planned for James T. Ulmer
Services for James Thomas Ulmer, 79, of Attapulgus, GA, are at 3:00 p.m., Friday, April, 30, 2010, at Harvest Assembly of God, Bainbridge, GA, with Rev. Malcolm Parker officiating. Burial will be in Attapulgus Community Cemetery, Attapulgus, GA. Mr. Ulmer passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at his home in Attapulgus, GA. Pallbearers will…
Read MoreR.W. “Bob” Bussey Sr. graveside service is Saturday
Graveside memorial services for Robert “Bob” Weyman Bussey, Sr., will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 1, 2010, at the Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, GA. He passed away February 16, 2010 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Bob was born in Cairo, GA on November 5, 1929, son of the late Peyton and Eunice Bussey. Bob was…
Read MoreCity workers could get small raise
Although it has not been budgeted yet, city officials are looking at the possibility of giving city workers a minimum of a two percent pay hike in the new fiscal year which begins on July 1.Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton presented his proposed budget to members of the city council Monday night and the 2010-2011…
Read MoreCouncil not in favor of free utilities for library
Just like Grady County commissioners, Cairo city councilmen want to see what budget cuts Roddenbery Memorial Library Director Alan Kaye proposes to make to the library’s operating budget before they will agree to increase funding for the public library.Kaye is scrambling to fill a $100,00 budget gap in anticipation of the Grady County Board of…
Read MoreHigdon files counterclaim against JDA
The ongoing legal battle between the Grady County Joint Development Authority and Joseph W. Higdon of Higdon Furniture Company took an unexpected twist this week.A counterclaim was filed in Grady Superior Court Monday on behalf of Higdon against the JDA. This action is in response to a law suit filed previously by the authority against…
Read MoreSyrupmakers fall to Rams
The Cairo Syrupmakers held the Worth County Rams to just one run through five innings before the Rams exploded for 6 runs in the sixth inning and five more in the seventh to beat the Makers 12-1. Cairo was held to just one run and a hit by Trey Kimmel. The loss dims the Syrupmakers…
Read MoreHunter Hinson signs with University of Alabama
Brookwood senior Hunter Hinson signed a swimming scholarship agreement with the University of Alabama on Friday morning at Brookwood. Hinson, who was recruited by universities in at least three states before deciding to continue his competitive swimming with Alabama, is the son of Lofley and Barbara Hinson of Cairo.“When I set foot on Alabama’s campus,…
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