2018-01-04 E-Edition

Library gets big grant from EDA




Thomasville got a big Christmas present thanks to the work of U.S. Senator Richard Shelby and President Donald Trump’s Economic Development Administration. Shelby, working through the federal government’s EDA agency, secured a $1.276 million grant for the City of Thomasville to renovate the downtown Barfield Building into a new Thomasville Public Library. The City of Thomasville provided a 40 percent […]

It’s cold outside




The cold cameth big time to Thomasville to start the new year. Since New Year’s Eve, a deep Canadian cold front has sent temperatures low and lower. Lows New Year’s Day were about 20 degrees. On Tuesday morning, as Thomasville residents went back to work following the three-day New Year’s holiday, the temperatures slid down to 17. The frigid weather […]

Steady leads key county development Quillen says

2018 Economic Development


Staying in the game. That’s how Clarke County Economic Development Director Jesse Quillen classified the county’s search for new industry in 2017. With Thomasville’s industrial parks becoming fiber optic ready last June, Quillen feels the county’s northern city will be able, in time, to land another industrial project that will bring in new jobs. He said the success for the […]

Personal touch helps THCRC Activity Director

A Caring Hand


With the dawning of 2018, Burnette Bennett begins her 24th year in a job that has changed her life. She remembers being afraid when she first started, wondering if this job was really for her. Now, she is excited about the challenges before her. In 1993, Bennett graduated from Thomasville High School, unsure what she wanted to do with her […]

Evans



Mendy Grey Evans, 89, a retired seamstress of Arlington died Dec. 24, 2017 at Thomasville Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Sept. 11, 1928 in Pine Hill to Jesse Frank and Lula McGilberry. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Pine Hill and the Pine Hill Nutrition Center. She is survived by her three sons, […]

Gillis



Ruth Etta Gillis, 85, of Grove Hill, died Dec. 26, 2017 at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug. 13, 1932 in California to James Richard and Ruth Leota Keepers. She was a retired elementary school secretary and a lifelong member of Grace Brethren Fellowship. She is survived by her husband, Eldred John Gillis, Jr.; three children, Erin Kathleen […]

Hannah



On Dec. 31, 2017, heaven gained a sweet angel we all know as Shirley Jean McCall Hannah. She was born on April 14, 1953 in Mobile to the late Robert Lee and late Betty Pouncey McCall. She leaves to cherish her memory her only child, Bettye McCall Chapman; son-in-law, Eric Chapman; two grandchildren, Justin and Cody Chapman; brother, John McCall; […]

Keahey



Ronnie E. Keahey, 75, of Grove Hill, passed away Dec. 25, 2017 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He was born Aug. 21, 1942 to George D. Keahey, Sr. and Katie Ford-Keahey. A practicing attorney for many years, he served in numerous capacities in the legal profession, including assistant district attorney, municipal judge in both Grove Hill and […]

Davis



Theodore Henry “Trapp” Davis, 71, died Dec. 23,2017 at his home. He was born Aug. 27, 1946. He is survived by his brother, Charles Davis and sister, Janie May Baker. Funeral services were Dec. 29, 2017 at New Hope No. 1 Baptist Church. Burial followed at the church cemetery.