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The ADVANCE, October 18, 2023/Page 9A
Obituaries
Mr. Drevin Hayes
Drevin Kayhle Hayes,
age 14, of Alamo, died on
October 9, 2023.
Drevin was born in
Dublin and was a 9th grade
student at Wheeler County
High School, where he was
very active and involved
in school organizations.
He was a member of Beta,
FCA, 4-H, FBLA, and
FFA, and he was on the
high school baseball team.
He made good grades and
was a self-proclaimed Play
Station expert. He was an
active member of Alamo
Methodist Church. He was
preceded in death by his
grandfather, Danny James.
Drevin is survived by
his parents, Mike and Bev
erly Hayes; brothers, Da
kota Hayes and Danyon
Hayes; Mommie, Kayla
James of Athens; uncle,
Brian James (Cindy) of Al
amo; and numerous aunts,
uncles, and cousins.
The funeral service was
held on Thursday, October
12, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., at
Alamo Methodist Church,
with Rev. Amy Carter and
Rev. Andy Brownley offici
ating.
Pallbearers were
Dwayne Bell, Tucker
Dixon, Hal Ford, Rusty
Rodgers, Bobby Rowland,
Richard Selph, Lynn Stin
son, and Lee Stokes, and
the Wheeler County High
School Baseball Team were
honorary pallbearers. In
terment followed in the
Alamo City Cemetery.
ALAMO, GEORGIA
Rev. Dewitt Corbin
Rev. Dewitt R. Corbin,
age 84, died on Tuesday,
October 03, 2023, at the
Pineland Personal Care
Home.
Rev. Corbin was born
in Glenwood. He was a Vet
eran of the United States
Navy. He was a 1994 gradu
ate of Brewton-Parker Col
lege with a Bachelor of Arts
Summa Cum .
Laude, and a
2005 gradu
ate of An-
dersonville
Theological
Seminary with a Master of
Christian Counseling. He
was an ordained minister
and bi-vocational pastor
since 1973. He attended
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
as his home church and
was a Hospice Chaplain, a
licensed Clinical Christian
Counselor and certified
Temperament Counselor,
and a published author of
“Walking with the Dying:
Chronicles of a Hospice
Chaplain.” He is preceded
in death by his parents,
Cecil and Nora Annie Bell
Corbin; his wife, Marian
Dyal Corbin; 1 brother,
Labay Corbin; and 1 sister,
Mary Nell McNeal.
Survivors include 3
sons and daughters-in-law,
Andy Corbin, Craig (Jen
nifer) Corbin, and Jared
(Mandy) Corbin; 1 daugh-
ter-in-law, Brigette Corbin;
and 2 grandchildren, Beth
any Victoria Corbin and
Bre Elizabeth Corbin.
Memorial services will
be announced at a later
date.
In lieu of flowers, con
tributions may be made
to the Mt. Zion Learning
Center.
Wainright-Parlor Fu
neral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
Wheeler County Hosts Three Rivers Hog Show
L to R, B to F: Zoey Vann, Molly Bridges, Emaley Landrum, Anna Beth Ethredge, Patricic
Horne, Luke Burns, Layton Spires, Jaxson Derriso, Hattie Claire Sconyers, Layla Vann
Remi Bateson, Katie Rose Hammock, Aaron Hammock, Makayla Hughes, Alice Brad
dy, Clay Ryals, and London Burns.
Courtsey of Wheeler County
Schools
On Saturday, Septem
ber 30, Telfair, Wheeler,
Laurens, Treutlen, and
Montgomery Counties
came together to have the
Three Rivers Hog Show.
Sixteen students were able
to show at the Wheeler
County Agriculture Facil
ity in efforts to prepare for
the hog show at the Geor
gia National Fair in two
weeks.
The show began with
showmanship at 10:00
a.m. Landon Burns was the
champion Novice show
man, and Layla Vann won
the junior showmanship
class. In the intermediate
class, Alice Braddy was
first, and Emaley Landrum
was the senior showman
ship champion.
In the breeding gilt
show, Alice Braddy won
the breeding gilt class with
her March Duroc. Emaley
Landrum won the com
mercial breeding gilt with
her 2811b gilt. Alice went
on to win Grand Cham
pion Breeding Gilt with
her Duroc, and Landon
Burns won Reserve Cham
pion Breeding Gilt with his
March Yorkshire.
There were five classes
of market hogs ranging
from 191 pounds to 275
pounds. Remi Bateson
won class 1- Purebred Bar-
rows with her 240 lb York
shire, Zoey Vann was the
first place winner of class 2
with her 204 lb barrow, and
Layla Vann won first place
in class 3 with her 213 lb
barrow. In Class 4, Landon
Bums won with his 251 lb
barrow. Luke Bums placed
first with his 270 lb gilt
in class 5. Luke went on
to win Grand Champion
Market Hog. Layla Vann’s
class 3 winner followed as
Reserve Champion Market
Hog.
Others participating in
this show were Aaron Ham
mock, Hattie Claire Scony
ers, Clay Ryals, Layton
Spires, Katie Rose Ham
mock, Anna Beth Ethredge,
Patricia Horne, Jaxson Der
riso, Makayla Hughes, and
Molly Bridges.
Landon Burns- Reserve Champion Breeding Gilt
Alice Braddy- Grand Champion Breeding Gilt
LIVESTOCK SHO
RESERVE CHAMPION
SUIKH BOG
2023
Layla Vann- Reserve Champion Market Hog
THREE RIVERS
LIVESTOCK SHOW
S5/F
Luke Burns- Grand Champion Market Hog
Amber
continued from page 7 A
pomegranates always
make the superfood list.”
“What’s a superfood?”
he asked.
“Well, it’s a food that
is rich in vitamins, miner
als and has lots of good
stuff that offer benefits to a
person’s health,” I said.
Mom allowed the
three kids to each pluck
one pomegranate from
the tree to take home
with them. I plucked two.
I held them in my hands
and thought about the
Lowry
continued from page 7A
so much heavy-handed
ness — although it took
measures to protect itself
from the threat in Gaza, as
did Egypt — but the naive
belief it could reach a de
facto accommodation
with a Hamas that would
misrule Gaza for its own
ends while not becoming
too dire a threat to Israel.
Its mass terror attack on
saplings my stepfather had
given to me and my sister
in the last decade of his
life. My sapling grew for a
couple of years, but as hap
pens sometimes, it died a
mysterious death. In the
months before Johnny
passed away, he had vowed
to dig up another sapling
for me so I could try again.
Over the fence, I saw
the large fig tree on the
other side of the yard. Be
ing a summertime fruit,
the figs are gone now.
Mom said that the birds
got most of them this year.
Pears. Pomegranates.
Figs. Persimmons. Paw-
Israel ends that delusion.
If nothing else, the ac
cusation of colonialism is
very telling. There is one
country in the roll call of
nations that doesn’t de
serve to exist. One people
that doesn’t deserve a
homeland. One people
who, despite being sub
jected to hideous persecu
tions over the centuries
and being constantly at
tacked today, is suppos
edly guilty of every possi
ble crime.
paws. They are fruits that
have thrived in Georgia’s
heat and humidity for gen
erations and generations.
There was a time when ev
eryone had at least one of
these trees in their yards,
but today, these fruits are
rather uncommon, and
in some areas of Georgia,
they are unknown. Still,
their fruits are delicious
and continue to bind us
to another time and place.
Each bite is a reminder
of the beauty that can be
found in the simplest of
moments — old and new.
And it happens to be
Israel and its Jewish inhab
itants.
The Hamas attack was
just a taste of what it would
do to Israel if it had the
power — extricate an in
digenous people from
their homeland in the
most brutal fashion possi
ble, in the name, of course,
of anti-colonialism.
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
(c) 2023 by King Features
Synd., Inc.
Star
continued from page 7A
were moved from Gaza, I
related how they moved
inland to a barren patch of
desert and built a new ag
ricultural settlement.
They piped in desalinated
water from the Mediterra
nean, irrigated the desert
and started planting.
Within five years they
were exporting $50 mil
lion a year of organic pota
toes, carrots and peppers.
Now this community,
Halutza, boasts a medical
center and dental clinic
and grows 75 different va
rieties of fruits and vegeta
bles, with exports world
wide.
Meanwhile, in Gaza,
under Hamas leadership,
zero has been accom
plished. Things are exactly
as they were 20 years ago.
Their only accom
plishments have been the
casualties, Palestinian and
Israeli, as a result of the
never-ending state of war,
totally the result of Hamas
refusing to recognize Is
rael and vowing its de
struction.
They have wasted
their sovereignty growing
hate rather than a state
and an economy.
When I wrote the col
umn back in 2010, Israel’s
per capita GDP was
$31,267. By 2022, it was
up to $54,660.
Per Daniel Pipes, pres
ident of the Middle East
Forum, the Palestinians
living under the Hamas
totalitarian regime are not
happy, but expressing op
position amounts to a
death sentence.
Polls, per Pipes, show
that the local population
supports the statement,
“Palestinians should push
harder to replace their
own political leaders with
more effective and less
corrupt ones.”
He notes that since
Hamas took over, “an esti
mated 250,000 to 350,000
young adults” have left
Gaza.
The horrors and atroc
ities committed by these
purveyors of death have
been captured on video
for all to see. Women, chil
dren and elderly civilians
murdered in cold blood.
Corpses desecrated.
Unfortunately, now,
young Israelis are pulled
out of universities and
places of work and mobi
lized once again to fight.
More parents will lose
their children; more
young wives will become
widows.
Israelis fight in order
to survive. Hamas fights
because they want to kill.
For the sake of Israel,
for the sake of the Pales
tinian people, for the sake
of the world, we must pray
that this time is the last
time that Israeli and Pales
tinian lives are lost be
cause of this evil regime.
The status quo is no
longer an option. Hamas
must be removed for good,
once and for all.
Star Parker is president of
the Center for Urban Renewal
and Education and host of
the weekly television show
"Cure America with Star
Parker." Her recent book,
"What Is the CURE for
America?" is available now.
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