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Joyce Andrews Ware, 86, of Barnesville died Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.
Services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 16,, at 11 a.m. at Williams Funeral Home. [Full Story »] 

Annie Maude Banks Fletcher died Aug. 4, 2009. Services were held Aug. 8 at East Mount Sinai Baptist Church. [Full Story »] 

Onis Wayne Corley Dawson, 69, of Barnesville died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Services were held Sunday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m. at New Life Baptist Church. [Full Story »] 

Earline Hendrick Shockley, 88, of Barnesville died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Services were held Monday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m. at Williams Funeral [Full Story »] 

Nora Marie Brown Horn, 76, of Senoia died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. Services will be held in Florida at a later date. [Full Story »] 

Johnnie Mack "Nig" Lester, 76 of Barnesville died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Services will be held Friday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. at Conner-Westbury Funeral Home. [Full Story »] 

Billy Rose, 69, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. Services will be held Friday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery. [Full Story »] 

Deacon David Smith, 52, of Warner Robins, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. A wake will be held Tuesday, Sept. 8, from 6-8 p.m. at Bentley's Funeral Home in Barnesville. Services will be at New Lebanon Baptist Church in Crawford County Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 2 p.m. [Full Story »] 

Bennie Crawford, 63, of Atlanta, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Shaw's Temple True Church of God in Christ. [Full Story »] 

Gladys Mae Lingold, 79, of Barnesville died Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. Services will be private. [Full Story »] 

Between Friday, Sept. 4, and Thursday, Sept. 10, the Lamar County sheriff's office made 13 arrests:
Jatori Lamont Davis, 22, Thomaston, state sentence;
Ronnie Mark Watts Jr., 26, Griffin, speeding and DUI alcohol;
Jeffery Alan Reeves, 45, Barnesville, disorderly conduct and terroristic threats and acts;
Garris Wall, 76, Jackson, cruelty to children and family violence simple battery;
Pamela Jean Johnson, 50, Jackson, cruelty to children;
Stephen Brad Lanier, 33, Barnesville, simple battery;
Jennifer Lee Franklin, 32, Alto, probation violation;
Andrew Cortez Carter, 19, Perry, possession of marijuana;
James Justin Shirley, 35, Barnesville, possession of methamphetamine and other charges;
Clifford Ray Jones, 36, Macon, driving while license suspended or revoked and traffic misdemeanor;
Tracey Anita Fowler, 38, Griffin, probation violation;
Rodriquez Centail Foster, 28, Barnesville, discharging a firearm on or near a public highway, reckless conduct and aggravated assault;
Jose Jesus Tapia, 36, Lawrenceville, driving while license suspended or revoked. [Full Story »] 

T-shirts have been unveiled for the 32nd annual Buggython Road Race, which traditionally kicks off Saturday's events for Buggy Days. The race will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. [Full Story »] 

Between Friday, Sept. 4, and Friday, Sept. 11, the Barnesville police department made six arrests:
Jason Brown, 94 Rogers St., Barnesville, burglary;
 Dontavious Carter, 130 Boxwood Lane, Woodbury, DUI, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane.
Eric Cooper, 417 Country Kitchen Rd., Barnesville, shoplifting;
Samuel Crownover, 300 Brook Rd., Barnesville, DUI;
Jeffery Reeves, 338 Pine St., Barnesville, disorderly conduct;
Martin Vasquez, 1509 Bush St., Barnesville, driving while license suspended.
Officers answered 108 calls for service including nine accidents, 10 alarms, one battery, 20 building security checks, one burglary, three damage to property, eight disturbances, two dog complaints, two domestics, 15 escorts, one forgery, one fraud, one harassment, one juvenile complaint, 14 miscellaneous, one noise complaint, one shoplifting, 10 suspicious persons/vehicles, four thefts, one traffic control, one 911 hang-up and one welfare check. They issued 16 citations including two disorderly conduct, one driving while license suspended, two DUI, one failure to stop at stop sign, one failure to maintain lane, one following too closely, one loud music, one reckless driving, one shoplifting and five speeding. [Full Story »] 

Between Friday, Sept. 4, and Thursday, Sept. 10, the magistrate court issued 15 criminal warrants; filed six dispossessories, two garnishments, three pre-warrant applications and eight civil suits; and held three pre-warrant, three civil suit and 10 first appearance/bond hearings. [Full Story »]