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PERMIT NO, 35
Formerly The Hogansville Herald
Received Each Week in 4,000 Homes in the Hogansville-Grantville Area
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Changed to Honor
Jennings' Memory
an Geter
The Hogans, ville Housing
Authority held its official ribbon
cutting ceremony last Saturday
for J.C. Jennings Homes.
The Authority recently
changed the name of a local apart-
ment complex from Sunset
Homes to Jennings Homes in
memory J.C. Jennings, who
served as Hogansville Housing
Authority Commissioner for
many years.
Jennings served on the board
of commissioners for 22 years
beginning his service on July 1,
1978. He died on May 20, 2000.
A . resolution honoring
Jennings was read by ttousing
Authority Chairman Thomas
Thrower Thrower stated
Jennings strived to provide the
best housing conditions possible
to those less fortunate and will
forever be remembered by those
whose lives he touched.
Jessie Sims, who has served
as Director of the Hogansville
Housing Authority for 19 years
and is expected to retire at the
end of December, said Jennings
will be greatly missed by the
Authority.
Brenda Sims, who has been
with the authority for 10 years,
will assume the director's duties
beginning January 1, 2001.
Wreck Claims
By Frances Robinson
IBON CUTTING CEREMONY HELD - Hogansville's Mayor Wilson St. Clair (left) cuts the ribbon during the festivities Saturday
at Jennings Homes. The homes have been dedicated in the memory of Rev. J.C. Jennings, who served as Commissioner of
Housing Authority for many years. Jennings' nephew, James Jennings of Atlanta, and relative Carrie Hall of Camden,
help Mayor St. Clair cut the ribbon.
By Frances Robinson
REMEMBERED - Thomas Thrower, Chairman of the Hogansville Housing Authority (center) reads a resolution honoring
enning s at a ribbon cutting ceremony held at Jennings Homes which will stand for years to come in Jennings' memory.
t as Commissioner of the Hogansville Housing Authority for many years.Pictured left to right are: James Jennings (J.C.
nepheW); Carrie Hall also a relative Charles Maxwell, board member, Hogansville Wilson St. Clair; Thrower; and Housing
DireCt Jessie Sims. All are intently listening as Thrower reads a resolution honoring Jennings.
Lives of Four
By Bryan Geter
Four people were killed in a
Thursday, December 7th auto
accident in Newton County.
A former Hogansville resi-
dent remains in critical, but sta-
ble condition, after being injured
in the two-car accident on Walnut
Grove Road.
Rose L. Kent Bone, 61, was
flown by helicopter to Grady
Memorial Hospital in Atlanta
vrhere she has underwent three
surgeries and still has at least two
others to go, according to a fam-
ily member.
THE CRASH CLAIMED four
lives including Bone's daughter,
Linda Kay Fowler, 36, a mother
of three and the driver of one of
the vehicles involved in the acci-
dent, a Dodge Intrepid.
According to Georgia State
Patrol reports, Phillip V. Morse,
21, of Forest Park was driving a
Toyota Corolla and traveling
southbound on Hwy 138 when he
crossed the centerline and struck
Folwer's vehicle head-on as she
was travelling north bound.
The trooper who wrote the
report, speculated that Morse
may have been attempting to pass
another vehicle when he struck
the Fowler vehicle.
Morse and passenger Derrick
Minott, 23, of College Park both
were pronounced dead at the
scene of the accident.
Another passenger, Kenard
Sales, 19 died later at Walton
Medical Center.
FOWLER DIED 24 hours later
at Grady Memorial Hospital. She
was buried Sunday at the
Lawnwood Memorial Park in
Covington.
Fowler is survived by three
children, Kellie, Mack and Jacob;
her parents, Coley and Rose Bone;
two sisters, Cindy Shetter and
Rebecca Bone; and one brother,
Jay Bone; and numerous other
family members and friends.
Fowler was a lifelong resident
of Walton County and a 1982 grad-
uate of Logansville High School.
She was employed by Design
Packaging in Lithonia.
Grant Will Help
Crime Victims
Governor Roy Barnes is award-
ing $84,688 in grant funds to the
Coweta Judicial Circuit.
The grant will help victims of
crime in Carroll, Coweta, Heard,
Meriwether and Troup Counties
through a victim witness assistance
program.
'q'his project will not only pro-
vide assistance to innocent victims
of crime, but it will also serve to
improve public confidence in our
criminal justice system," said
Governor Barnes.
The grant is part of the 2000
Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
Victim Assistance Grant Progrmn.
The federal government awards
the funds to Georgia for distribu-
tion to state/local governments and
non-profit organizations.
The VOCA Grant Progranl is
administered by the Criminal
Justice Coordinating Council
(CJCC), which recently became a
division of the Department of Public
Safety (DPS).
"This exceptional grant pro-
gram is in its 1Sth year, and this
year will provide nearly $10 mil-
lion to more than 140 programs
throughout Georgia," said newly
appointed CACC Director Gale
Buckner.
The purpose of VOCA grants is
to support victims of crime by
restxmding to their emotkxml needs,
assisting them in stabilizing theh"
lives, and helping them to partici-
pate in the criminal justice system.
