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The ADVANCE, August 18, 2021 /Page 8A
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Mr. Phillip Bobbitt
Mr. Phillip Lamar Bob
bitt, age 73, of Marietta,
died on Sunday, August 8,
2021, at Cartersville Nurs
ing and Rehab.
Mr. Bobbitt was a na
tive of Vidalia and was a
1966 graduate of Vidalia
High School. He earned
an Associate
degree from
Brewton-
Parker Col
lege in Mt.
Vernon and
later enlisted in the U.S.
Army, serving one tour
of duty in Vietnam. After
his military service, he at
tended Oglethorpe Uni
versity and later earned a
Jurisprudence Law degree
from Woodrow Wilson
College of Law in Atlanta.
He started his law practice
in 1979, was co-founder
of Baggerly, Berry, Bob
bitt & Bray, and in 1983,
founded Bobbitt & Asso
ciates. He was a member
of the American Bar Asso
ciation, and recognized by
the National Republican
Nitty
continued from page 6A
their grandparents spoke.
In the 2020 census,
there are 19 different
possibilities for self
categorization.
In both the white and
Black categories, filers are
now asked to respond to
additional questions
regarding their country of
origin.
The strangest part of
the emergence of this
movement as a political
force is that it constitutes
everything that supp osedly
is undesirable that we want
to eliminate. Racism.
Is it any less racism if I
conclude who a person is
and what they are about
based on whether they are
white or Black?
Yet, here we are with a
good part of our nation
mobilized, adopting the
disease that we all thought
we were trying to eliminate
as its cure.
Last weekend, I came
across a beautiful short
video of the great Nobel
laureate in physics,
Richard Feynman, talking
about knowledge.
Feynman began his
legendary career working
on the Manhattan Project,
which developed the first
atomic bomb, and finished
as a member of the
commission that
investigated the cause of
the fatal explosion of the
space shuttle Challenger
in 1986.
The video starts with
the headline “Names
Don’t Constitute
Knowledge.”
Feynman recalls
walking through a park
with his father and his
father telling him the
names of different birds in
different languages. In the
end, notes Feynman, you
know what different
people around the world
Obituaries
Congressional Committee
for serving on the Business
Advisory Council. He at
tended Shiloh Hills Baptist
Church in Marietta and
was a licensed falconer. He
was preceded in death by
his parents, Lamar V. Bob
bitt and Wynette Phillips
Bobbitt; and 1 sister, Vicky
Bobbitt Arnold.
His family includes his
wife of 48 years, Mildred
Coffey Bobbitt of Marietta;
2 daughters, Jacqueline
Bobbitt Smith and hus
band Caledon of Savannah,
and Ua Britt Barnett and
husband Todd of Social
Circle; 3 siblings, Gail Bob
bitt Sasser and husband
Jack of St. Simons Island,
Calvin Bobbitt of Vidalia,
and Marla McDonald and
husband Delton of Hilton
Head, SC; 3 grandchil
dren, Austin Barnett, Abi
gail Smith, and Katherine
Smith; and several nieces
and nephews.
A graveside funeral
service was held Saturday,
August 14, 2021, at 1:00
p.m., at Pinecrest Ceme
tery, with Military Honors.
Pastor Vick Bledsow offici
ated.
In lieu of flowers, me
morial contributions may
be made to the Georgia
Sheriffs’ Youth Homes,
3000 Hwy. 42, North, Mc
Donough, GA 30253.
Mrs. Amanda Anderson
Mrs. Amanda Miller
Anderson, age 41, of the
Cedar Crossing Commu
nity, died on Sunday, Au
gust 15, 2021, at Memorial
Health Meadows Hospital
in Vidalia after a brief battle
with Covid.
She was a native of
Toombs County and lived
in Cedar Crossing all of her
life. She was a 1998 gradu
ate of Toombs County
High School, and a gradu
ate of Southeastern Tech
nical College in Vidalia.
She was a homemaker and
was preceded in death by
her parents, J.R. Miller and
Marcell Adams Miller.
Her family includes
her husband, Michael S.
Anderson of Cedar Cross
ing; 3 children, Luke An
derson and wife Lacey of
Oak Park, Noah Anderson
and Cassie Anderson, both
of Cedar Crossing; 1 sister,
Lisa Miller Smith of Cedar
Crossing; 2 brothers, Greg
Miller of Baxley, and Brian
Miller of Cedar Cross
ing; 2 brothers-in-law, Bill
Anderson of Vidalia, and
Brian Anderson and wife
Nikki of Lyons; 2 nieces,
Kayla Jernigan and Caro
line Smith; 2 nephews,
Brent Miller and Trevor
Miller; 1 great-niece and 1
great-nephew.
The family will receive
friends at the funeral home
on Wednesday evening
from 6:00 until 8:00.
The funeral service will
be held on Thursday, Au
gust 19, 2021, at 11:00 a.m.
in the chapel of Ronald V.
Hall Funeral Home, with
Pastor Steven Toole and
Pastor Clint Hutcheson
officiating. Burial will fol
low later in the Mt. Moriah
United Methodist Church
Cemetery.
Flowers will be ac
cepted, or memorial con
tributions may be made
to Shriners Hospitals for
Children, 2900 Rocky
Point Drive, Tampa, FL
33607, or by visiting their
website at shrinershospi-
talsforchildren.org.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
Loran
continued from page 6A
own hand, and some fresh
tomatoes. Nothing like a
Supreme Court Judge with
a green thumb and a pretty
wife, Sandra Kate, who can
shoot straighter than Annie
Oakley.
Lunch in Lyons, with
Vince and Brian Stanley
and Andy Woodruff of Vi
dalia Valley LLC, at Hard
ware Pizza restaurant was
followed by the handing
over of a box of Vidalia
sweet onions. Then a stop
in Vidalia, one of the pret
tiest towns in Georgia, to
visit another newspaper
publisher, William Led
ford, who has not won the
lottery. However, he drinks
Silver Oak wine. He shared
a bottle with his friend. I
was moved to search for
a corkscrew but with two
hours of driving ahead, I
came to my senses, but be
came giddy thinking about
that hour when a cork
screw would be engaged.
In Jesup, I had a mo
ment of silence in memory
of John Donaldson, with
whom I fished for many
years. A fine football player
and coach for Georgia’s
Bulldogs, John was the best
of anglers. I never knew
anybody who enjoyed
fishing the extent that he
did. Eating what he caught
made his day.
The drive to St. Simons
was a winner in itself. Fried
Shrimp with Tom Mitchell
at the Frederica House re
mains a must on trips here
where I often bump into
old friends like Charlie
Bankston, Wayne Murphy
and Julia and Kel Goalby.
Julia is one of the most
enthusiastic Dawgs in the
Golden Isles.
Breakfast with Bill
Griffin and Jimmy Bishop
at the Ocean Forest Club
was the final stop. An ac
complished lawyer, Jimmy
grew up in Alma on the
other side of the state, was
graduated from UGA and
settled here. There are no
regrets.
Jimmy is the unofficial
town crier for his commu
nity. “People are coming
here in big numbers,” Jim
my says. “They like it here
because there is good gov
ernance, good schools—
both public and private
— good weather and the
economy is very good.
“You have so many
options from the beach to
golf to fishing to nature and
wildlife. There is plenty of
history here, but the main
thing is that it is a place
where you feel at home all
the time.”
A trip to the Golden
Isles allows one to appre
ciate his home state. The
drive to get here heightens
the anticipation, and the
return trip leaves one with
precious memories.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
call the same bird, but you
know absolutely nothing
about the bird.
Consider what
Feynman tells us in his
observation that “names
don’t constitute
knowledge.”
If we look in the Bible
in the Book of Genesis, it
says, “God had formed out
of the ground every beast
of the field and every bird
of the sky, and brought
them to the man to see
what he would call each
one; and whatever the
man called each living
creature, that remained its
name. And the man
assigned names to all the
cattle and to the birds of
the sky.”
Man does not create
reality. He just names it.
Politics is the opposite.
Rather than naming a
reality that precedes him,
of which he is a part, the
progressive political man
pretends to create reality
with his language and
names.
America was founded
to be a free nation under
God. Our government was
not designed to replace
God, but to be subservient
to God.
The so-c ailed
enlightened theory of
wokeness will reduce
America to a weak,
balkanized country where
everyone is at his
neighbor’s throat, rather
than unique individuals
cooperating in unity to
produce greatness.
Speech must be free -
not politically canceled -
and used in the pursuit of
truth.
Star Parker is president of
the Center for Urban Renewal
and Education and host of
the weekly television show
"Cure America with Star
Parker." To find out more
about Star Parker and read
features by other Creators
Syndicate writers and
cartoonists, visit the Creators
Syndicate website at www.
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Mrs. Sylvia Dennis
Mrs. Sylvia L. Den
nis, age 79, of the English
Eddy Community, died on
Sunday, August 15, 2021,
at her home after a brief ill
ness.
Mrs. Dennis was a na
tive of Toombs County,
living there most of her life,
and in English Eddy since
1965. She was a 1960 grad
uate of Toombs Central
High School. She earned
an Associate degree from
Abraham-Baldwin Agricul
tural College in Tifton, and
Bachelor’s degree in His
tory from Georgia South
ern College in Statesboro.
She retired as director after
more than 30 years with
the Toombs County De
partment of Children and
Family Services. She was
a member of the former
English Eddy Presbyterian
Church. She was preceded
in death by her parents, Jim
Willard “JW” Lockley and
Flora Belle George Lock-
ley; and 1 sister, Diane
Lockley Pennington.
Her family includes
her husband of 58 years,
Fred Dennis of English
Eddy; 2 children, Tami
Paulitta Dennis of Ar
lington, VA, and Freddy
Dennis and wife Jennifer
of English Eddy; 1 sister,
Gail Lockley Leith of the
Providence Community;
1 sister-in-law, Carol Den
nis of St. Simons Island;
4 grandchildren, Jenna
Stuckey and husband Mi
chael of Alpharetta, Will
Dennis (US Coast Guard)
and wife Sarah of Houston,
TX, Erin Dennis of Wash
ington, D.C., and Brandon
Dennis of English Eddy; 5
great-grandchildren, James
Stuckey and Sophie Sylvia
Stuckey, Liam Dennis and
Rhea Dennis, and Camilla
Dennis; and 3 nieces, Tara
Cusick, Kara Shuck, and
Alice Rodriguez.
A celebration of life
will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, me
morial contributions may
be made to the Commu
nity Hospice Foundation,
P.O. Box 2277, Vidalia, GA
30475, or to the charity of
your choice.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
Lowry
continued from page 6A
the Green New Deal with
a slew of new clean energy
initiatives, including
“smart agriculture” and
“environmental justice,”
and the creation of a
Civilian Climate Corps, a
climate-alarmist homage
to FDR.
It is a sign of the
insane ambition of Biden’s
Democrats that they hope
as well to include a
sweeping amnesty for
illegal immigrants in the
Alamo
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partment and Wheeler
County Sheriff's Of
fice were searching for a
33-year-old Alamo man
who was last seen leav
ing his mother’s home in
Alamo on July 18. He was
reported to have men
tal health issues and had
not taken his medication.
Authorities have not con
firmed that the body that
was found August 9 was
that of the missing man
bill, a measure that is sure
to be struck by the Senate
parliamentarian on
procedural grounds.
Relatively moderate
Democrats in the Senate
and the House, where the
party also has little margin
for error, have grumbled
about the size of the
reconciliation bill. It will
be up to them to decide
whether the party steps
back from the precipice or
goes all-in on Biden-
Sanders fiscal radicalism.
Rich Lowry is editor of
the National Review.
(c) 2021 by King
Features Synd., Inc.
and the search for the
missing man has not been
suspended.
If anyone has informa
tion regarding the investi
gation, they are asked to
contact the GBI Eastman
office at 478-374-6988 or
Wheeler County Sher
iff’s Office 912-568-7151.
Tips can also be submit
ted by calling 1-800-
597-TIPS(8477), online
at https://gbi.georgia.
gov/submit-tips-online,
or by downloading the See
Something, Send Some
thing mobile app.
NOTICE
The MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a
meeting to be held at the MONTGOMERY COUNTY ADULT LITERACY BUILDING, 251S. Washintgon Street, Mount
Vernon, Georgia on FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021 at 11:30 AM and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-32 does
hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest
and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2021 PROPERTY TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
C
o
u
n
t
y
w
i
d
e
A
r
e
a
COUNTY WIDE
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
V
A
L
U
E
Real & Personal
193,599,878
196,268,603
193,850,536
196,939,659
201,008,707
217,897,379
Motor Vehicles
8,747,130
6,738,700
5,094,470
4,196,560
3,639,420
3,287,290
Mobile Homes
1,946,691
2,144,725
2,242,847
2,074,195
2,074,195
2,195,638
Timber -100%
8,821,992
6,882,476
5,245,427
6,688,852
3,757,310
6,028,189
Heavy Duty Equipment
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gross Digest
213,085,691
212,034,504
206,433,280
209,899,266
210,479,632
229,408,496
Less Exemptions
30,106,267
31,611,138
30,707,427
29,848,136
29,995,704
30,553,819
NET DIGEST VALUE
182,979,424
180,423,366
175,725,853
180,051,130
180,483,928
198,854,677
R
A
T
E
Gross Maintenance &
Operation Millage
15.1200
16.3420
16.4430
16.7070
17.4320
16.7520
Less Rollback
(Local Option Sales Tax)
1.4650
1.6430
1.6270
1.7900
1.9740
2.0520
NET M&O MILLAGE RATE
13.6550
14.6990
14.8160
14.9170
15.4580
14.7000
TAX
TOTAL M&O TAXES LEVIED
$2,498,584
$2,652,043
$2,603,554
$2,685,823
$2,789,921
$2,923,164
Net Tax $ Increase
$153,459
($48,489)
$82,268
$104,098
$133,243
Net Tax % Increase
6.14%
-1.83%
3.16%
3.88%
4.78%