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Updated: 35 years after torturous murder, Donna Johnson probe goes on

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Wednesday, July 17. 2019

Updated: 5 days ago

Thirty-five years ago today, 28-year-old Donna Ogletree Johnson was tortured then killed - her battered body found on an old logging road. The crime, arguably the most heinous in Lamar County history, remains unsolved.

At times since the killing, which shocked the community and scared many into locking their doors for the first time, the investigation has lagged but sheriff Brad White and district attorney Jonathan Adams have made it a priority. [Full Story »]

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Big timber rattler killed here

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, July 17. 2019

Lamar County used to be north of the gnat line and north of the rattlesnake line but both species are moving in slowly but surely. Charles Wheeler killed this four-foot timber rattler June 29 near Willis Road. It had 12 rattles. Wheeler reports he loves snakes and has never killed a non-venomous one. He was bitten by a copperhead in 1990.

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Mary Sue Suthard Smith

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Staff Writer

Friday, July 19. 2019

Mrs. Mary Sue Suthard Smith, age 80, of Barnesville, GA, passed away on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon.
Mary Sue was born on Monday, February 13, 1939 to the late Murphy Suthard and the late Grace Gillions Suthard of Montross, Virginia. Mary Sue was an inspiration to her family and always had a beautiful smile.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Billy B. Smith; children: Susan (Dan) Etheridge, Michael (Heather) Smith, and Steven (Cathy) Smith; grandchildren, Michael (Melissa) Smith, Steven (Stacy) Smith, Amanda (Jesus) Gamez, Kate (Nabyis) Trice, Megan Etheridge, Emily & Josh Smith, Lola, Saber, & Blaze Smith; great-grandchildren, Skylar Hayes, Dayna, Braxton, & Jeremiah Trice; sisters-in-law, Evelyn S. Bankston, Marie Suthard, & Lou Suthard. Many nieces and nephews also survive.
A graveside service for Mrs. Mary Sue Smith will be held at 5:00 P.M. on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Lamar Memory Gardens with Elder Kurt Bacon officiating. The family will receive friends at Williams-Westbury Funeral Home on Saturday, July 20, 2019 from 3:30 P.M. until 4:30 P.M.
The family may be contacted at the home of Susan & Dan Etheridge.
To sign the online registry or to send a condolence online, please do so at www.williams-westburyfuneralhome.com
Williams-Westbury Funeral Home, 526 College Drive, Barnesville, is serving the Smith family.

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