HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2002 PAGE 5-A
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Savanlm__h Rose Shelton
March 28, 2002
: Savannah Rose Shelton, infant daughter of David
Lee Ann Watdrop Shelton, died March 28, at
Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. The
was conducted March 30 in the
A. McKibben and Sons Funeral
Hogansville. The Reverend Carl Calhoun
and interment was in Calvary Baptist
in Coweta County.
In addition to her parents, survivors include two
Shelton of HogansAlle and Kayla
of Grantville; three brothers, Dakota
Benjamin Shelton, and Blake Shelton, all
; grandparents, Patricia Olmstead of
California and Ronald Olmstead of
; great grandparents, Betty Ann and
Dorman of Stockbridge, Margaret and E.J.
and Lillian Olmstead, all of Luthersville;
two aunts, Tracy Shelton and Tiffany Swain.
The Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Fth B. Waters
December 13, 1898 - March 29, 2002
Mrs. Edith Blockman Waters, 103, of Pine
morial service will be held at a later
in Pound Ridge, New York with interment in
Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut.
Mrs. Waters was born December 13, 1898 in
, daughter of the late Albert
Blockman and the late Nellie Canfield
A resident of Georgia for the past two
she retired as the owner and operator of a
and was a member of Pound Ridge
Church in Pound Ridge, New York. She
wife of the late Carleton L. Waters.
include one daughter, Mrs. Helen W.
Mountain; two granddaughters, Mrs.
of Pine Mountain and Mrs. Barbara
of Pittsfield, New Hampshire; and one great-
Aaron Lee of Pittsfield.
McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Dorothy A. Overby
November 2, 1940 - March 30, 2002
Dorothy Arrington Overby, 61, of
died March 30 at her home. The funer-
was conducted April 1 in the Chapel of
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
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in Hogansville. The Reverend Johnny Williamson
and Mrs. Joyce Corby officiated and interment was
in the Franklin City Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Carlton Hannah, Jody Hannah,
Jimmy Hannah, Sammy Beckom, Gene Smith, and
Donnie Smith.
Born November 2, 1940 in Heard County, Mrs.
Overby lived in Hogansville and Franklin most of
her life. She was employed as a waitress.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law,
Thomasa and James Hickey of Franklin; one son
and daughter-in-law, Roger and Marcia Williamson
of Senoia; a stepson, Robby Overby of Palmetto;
her father, Harvey Arrington of Franklin; three sis-
ters, Mrs. Josephine Stringer of Newnan, Mrs. Sara
Padgett and Mrs. Mart Doyle Bagley, both of Lanett,
Alabama; one brother, Edward Arrington of
Newnan; five grandchildren; and one great-grand-
child.
The Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
of Hogansville was in charge of arrangements.
Joseph Christopher Thomas
June I3, 1968 - March 30, 2002
Joseph Christopher (Chris) Thomas, 33, of
LaGrange, died March 30 at West Georgia Medical
Center in LaGrange. The funeral service was con-
ducted April 1 in the Chapel of the Claude A.
McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville.
The Reverend Scott3' Fowler and the Reverend Jesse
Sims officiated and interment was in Myrtle Hill
Cemetery in Hogansville.
Pallbearers were Shane Bates, Tim Wilkerson,
Be Morgan, Austin Eley, Kyle Yates, Todd Reeves,
and Joe Thompson.
Mr. Thomas was born June 13,1968 in LaGrange.
A resident of Troup County most of his life, he lived
in Maquoketa, Iowa for three years before return-
ing to LaGrange four months ago. He was a gradu-
ate of Troup High School, attended Troup Tech, and
was an auto body repair technician. He attended
Springhill Baltist Church in 1Youp County.
Survivors include his wife Jennifer Thomas of
Maquoketa, Iowa; one daughter, Erin Thomas; one
son, Christopher Thomas, Jr., both of LaGrange; his
mother and stepfather, Sherry and James Purgason
of LaGrange; his father and stepmother, Nancy and
• Joseph Thomas Ill, also of LaGrange; two broth-
ers, Randall Chad Thomas of Opelika, Alabama and
Jeff Thomas of LaGrange; his grandparents, Hazel
and J.S. (Joe) Thomas, Jr. and Myra and Richard
Weaver, all of LaGrange; and aunts and uncles.
The Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
of Hogansville was in charge of arrangements.
,Rend Our Meetings
DEAR EDITOR:
In 1991, the National Association of
Counties (NACo) initiated County
Government Week as a way for coun-
ties to enhance the public's awareness
of the role that county government plays
in their everyday lives. The week of April
7-13 more than 1,000 counties across the
United States will participate in this
event.
Counties today are coming to real-
ize that with greater economic and fis-
cal challenges comes a greater respon-
sibility in letting the public know about
the challenges and how their money will
be spent in the face of those challenges.
The annual budget for Troup County
last year was over 1 million and dur-
ing the budgeting process only a very
few people other than the commission-
ers and staff attended the meetings to
see how we were proposing to pay for
the services provided. This is not unique
to budget meetings, commission meet-
ings on the whole are sparsely attended
other than when a zoning issue is com-
ing up. This situation is not unique to
Troup County, it happens m counties "all
around the country. Troup County has
the advantage in that we are a small com-
munity, but we still must find ways to
improve the way we communicate with
our constituents. We need newer inno-
vative ways to inform you about the
many valuable services that are provid-
ed to you as a citizen and also encour-
age you to be an active participant in the
process. We have upgraded our official
website (www.troupcountyga.org) to
include a schedule of our meetings. We
have also made available the agendas
and minutes of these meetings. You can
even look up property information as
well, In the future we are hoping to
include more information on our court
system.
The roughly 500 government
employees work hard each day to serve
the nearly 59,000 citizens of Troup
County. In the past year, we have built
a new facility to house our very suc-
cessful Work Release Program. This pro-
gram allows offenders to be punished
yet still support their families. Other
counties are using it as a model for sim-
ilar programs in their communities. We
built an addition to the Correctional
Institute; this allows us to use more
inmate labor to care for our parks, ceme-
teries and roadways. The Public
Defender's Office is a new program that
helps us to manage the ever growing
problem of indigent defense, and it may
well be expanded to include juvenile and
state court cases.
Great strides have been made in our
Solid Waste Management program, by
: making the shift from the old compactor
system to a very successful manned con-
venience center system.
We are constantly and consistently
working to construct, upgrade and main-
taln our system of roads and highways.
Each year our budget allows funds for
this purpose. Additionally, our Roads &
Engineering Department has taken on
major projects like the rebuilding of
Callaway Church Road, which provides
better access to the new Wahnart
Distribution Center and the impending
South Loop, which will be another sig-
nificant enhancement to our transporta-
tion system.
Our Fire Department is well trained
and prepared to meet the needs of our
community. We have a well-organized
jail system and our Parks and Recreation
Department reaches out to thousands of
our youth and senior citizens and will
soon provide even greater opportunities
community wide. The library and air-
port are also vital community resources.
And we are continuing to make invest-
ments into the quality of West Point Lake
so that it may atti its full potent,
Troup County belongs to all of us, we
share so many common goals and beliefs,
let us all put forth our best effort by
keeping informed about what's happen-
ing and participating in the shaping of
our future.
Troup County Board of
Commissioners
Ben Thompson, Jr., Cha/rman
Ken Smith, V'-Chairnmn
Buck Davis
Morris Jones
Richard English, Jr.,
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