Obituaries
Margaret Ann Musselwhite Slade
Ann was born April 1937 in Americus Georgia. She and Jerry lived in Brandon and Lithis, Florida. She was the daughter of Margaret Johnson Musselwhite ...
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Jerry Charles Slade
Jerry Slade died August 5, 2020. Jerry grew up in Cordele. Jerry Charles Slade was born in 1936 to Alice and Wallace Slade. He was ...
by Chris Lewis, Thursday, June 10, 2021 3:27 pm
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Watermelon Festival ribbon cutting
The 72nd Annual Watermelon Festival ribbon cutting was held this morning at the Cordele State Farmers Market. Georgia Ag Commissioner Gary Black was in attendance ...
by Chris Lewis, Thursday, June 10, 2021 2:27 pm
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Rollover at Coney Road and Hwy 300 South
An ABC Towing driver places chains on the underside of a pickup truck before righting it. There were only minor injuries Wednesday when ...
by Chris Lewis, Wednesday, June 9, 2021 12:27 pm
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World Soaring Champion competes in Fly Cordele
By Neil B. McGahee Managing Editor A world champion will be flying over the cotton and peanut fields of Crisp County for ...
by Chris Lewis, Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:55 am
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Cordele-Crisp proclaim June 10, 2021 as Commissioner Gary Black Day
Staff reports Monica Simmons, President of the Cordele-Crisp Chamber of Commerce announced today that “the Cordele City Commission and the Board of Commissioners of Crisp ...
by Chris Lewis, Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:53 am
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A Gator Ade for Everett
Nine-year old Everett Pettis undergoes kidney transplant Tuesday By Neil McGahee Managing Editor Everett Pettis, a nine-year-old boy from Arabi, has mixed feelings ...
by Chris Lewis, Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:21 am
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Morning wreck on I-75
Edward Walker Jr. of Fort Myers, Fl. and his family survey the wrecked 2018 Ford Explorer that crashed in the north bound lane of ...
by Chris Lewis, Friday, June 4, 2021 10:03 am
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Holder feels whole again
By Neil B. McGahee Managing Editor He said he wasn’t going to cry. But when prosthetic fitter John Rodman slipped Holder Mathis’s new ...
by Chris Lewis, Friday, June 4, 2021 9:40 am
Obituaries
Vaudean White Bentham
Vaudean White Bentham, 87, of Cordele passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in Blakely. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 7, ...