2016-10-13 E-Edition

TRMC follows Stennis, Choctaw paths

PHOTO BY JEFF BYRD


This is the fourth and final part of series of articles based on an interview with Rush Health Systems President and Chief Executive Officer Wallace Strickland. In Part 4, we have added comments from officials in Meridian and DeKalb, Miss. The city of Thomasville has been wanting to build a new hospital ever since its old one closed in 2011. […]

Ghost Walk returns




Ghost Walk, Thomasville’s annual fall festival, will have a new location Saturday. Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day said this year’s Ghost Walk has been set up for the old Thomasville High School football field behind the Thomasville Civic Center. “Having it here will give carnival vendors more room than they had downtown,” Day said during Monday’s Thomasville City Council meeting. Ghost […]

Thomasville High crowns its queen



Day, Quillen plan trip to ICSC meeting




Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day and Clarke County Economic Development Director Jesse Quillen will be attending the International Conference Shopping Center convention in Atlanta Nov. 1-3. Day said the convention will allow Quillen and him to talk to national retailers and fast food chains about possible store locations for Thomasville and Jackson. “There are a lot of visitors to these conventions […]

Pair readies for Ghost Walk




The 2016 Ghost Walk will feature a number of talented local vendors who will have a wide array of crafts for sale. Two local artists will be among the many other craftsmen. Austin Morgan will have wooden products on sale in his booth. The talented young craftsman developed a love of wood very early in life. His grandfather, James Rutherford, […]

Property deeds



Sept. 28 -Oct. 6 Cindy Emch, to Annette Steadham. Deborah Eubanks, to Annette Steadham. Rene Bishop, to Annette Steadham. Jerry James, to Annette Steadham. Christina Hilton, to Annette Steadham. Alice Hill, to Annette Steadham. Jude Bumpers, to Annette Steadham. Travis James, to Annette Steadham. James Byrd, to Annette Steadham. Elsie Rose Young, to Annette Steadham. Gretchen Suddth, to Annette Steadham. […]

Thomasville crime report



The Thomasville Police Department filed the following charges during the week ending Oct. 9: • Rex Alton Avritt – Distribution of a Controlled Substance, Drug Trafficking and Possession of a Controlled Substance • Demorris Antwon Pritchett – Driving Without Obtaining a Driver License (Warrant) • Claus Maurice Thompson – Open Container Violation (Warrant) for Jackson Police Department, Reckless Driving and […]

Brunner



Randall Robert Brunner, 56, of Jackson passed away Tuesday Sept. 27, 2016 in Mobile. He was a social worker for Homestead Hospice. Survivors include his daughter, Leslie Fail and husband Joe of Dauphin Island; brothers, Daniel Brunner and wife, Ramona of Gilbertown and Steven Brunner and wife, Tammy of Kelso, Mo.; sister, Jane Andrews and husband, Harold of Butler; step-children, […]

Dickinson



George Dickinson, 74, departed from his earthly home and entered peacefully into eternal rest on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile. His departure was a deep loss to his family and friends. Dickinson was born July 15, 1942 in Thomasville to the late Grant Morrissette and Dorothy Treadwell Dickinson-Williams. Dickinson accepted Christ […]