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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Huufitim Jlaily .Ijmmutl
Perry Office
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P.O. Box 1910
Perry, GA 31069
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State Briefs
Trooper dies of
crash ipjuries
BRUNSWICK (MNS) - A
veteran Georgia State Patrol
trooper known for his com
passion and professionalism
died Tuesday of injuries that
occurred Aug. 19 when his
patrol car crashed while he
was en route to assist anoth
er officer.
Cpl. Michael Young, 47, of
Brunswick died about 10:40
a.m. in the intensive care
unit of the Brunswick hos
pital of Southeast Georgia
Health System, according
to Glynn County Coroner
Jimmy Durden. Col. Bill
Hitchens, commissioner of
the Georgia Department
of Public Safety, described
Young as “a mddel Georgia
State Patrol trooper who
took great pride in his job.”
“He always treated the
public with the utmost
respect and courtesy, and
truly loved his job,” Hitchens
said.
Services will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday at First Baptist
Church in Brunswick. The
family will receive friends
from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral
Home in Brunswick.
Hitchens has ordered flags
to be lowered to half-staff
at all Department of Public
Safety facilities statewide
until dusk on Saturday in
honor of Young.
Girl stabbed in
school bus fight
AUGUSTA (MNS) - A
16-year-old girl is in police
custody and a 15-year-old
is in the hospital after a
fight escalated into a stab
bing on a school bus ride
home Tuesday afternoon,
police said.
At about 2:40 p.m., two
girls who were being trans
ported on Bus No. 245 from
Glenn Hills High School
started arguing, Richmond
County sheriff’s Investigator
Edwin Ackerknecht said.
“A 16-year-old girl pulled a
knife on a 15-year-old girl,”
he said. “The victim was
stabbed seven times and
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required four stitches,” he
said. Injuries to the girl’s
arm, hand and elbow were
consistent with her defend
ing herself, Ackerknecht
said.
She was taken to Medical
College of Georgia Hospital.
Police would not identify
either girl because they are
juveniles. A window on the
door of the bus was broken
after the victim kicked out a
pane trying to get away from
her attacker, Ackerknecht
said.
No other students were
injured but a female bus driv
er was taken to St. Joseph
Hospital, Investigator Tim
Rzasa said.
Two arrested, two
sought in meth bust
ATLANTA (AP) - Two
men have been arrested and
two more are being sought
following the seizure of more
than 300 pounds of meth
amphetamine in northeast
Georgia, federal authorities
announced Wednesday.
Authorities seized 341
pounds of meth in Gainesville
on Aug. 21 and 22, U.S.
Attorney David Nahmias’
office said in a statement.
The investigation began
when U.S. Forest Service
officials spotted four peo
ple cultivating a marijuana
field inside Chattahoochee
National Forest in Union
County, the statement said.
Authorities searched a
house connected to the sus
pects where they found the
meth.
The investigation turned
up 300 marijuana plants.
Two people were arrested
and two others are consid
ered fugitives.
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Houston 95 71 sunny
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Miami 88 79 t-storm
Minneapolis 77 58 mst sunny
New York 73 68 rain
State poverty rate,
uninsured increase
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia’s
poverty rate, along with the
number of people without
health insurance, have both
gone up, according to recent
Census Bureau data.
The increases are among
the fastest in the country,
according to the Census
Bureau, which released the
information Tuesday.
In 2005, an estimated
1.7 million Georgians were
uninsured, up from 1.5 mil
lion the year before, accord
ing to a Census Bureau
survey. Georgia was one of
eight states whose two-year
rolling average of uninsured
rose. The state’s two-year
average climbed to 18.1
percent uninsured in 2004-
2005, from 16.9 percent in
2003-2004.
That figure leaves Georgia
tied for eighth among states
with the highest rate of
people without health insur
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Obituaries
JAMES WILLIAM CRAWFORD
WARNER ROBINS- James William
Crawford, 64, passed away on Monday. A
memorial service will be held at 4 p.m.
Friday in the chapel of McCullough
Funeral Home with interment following i
in Magnolia Park Cemetery. Crawford 1
was born Aug. 19, 1942 in Cedartown.
He was a retired veteran of the Air Force.
ROY H. STACEY
MILLEDGEVILLE - Roy
Herbert Stacey, 77, passed away on
Monday. Services will be held at 11
a.m. today in the chapel of McCullough
Funeral Home with interment follow
ing in Magnolia Park Cemetery. Stacey
was born April 3, 1929 in Rossville.
He was a veteran of the United States Army and Air
Force. Survivors include his wife and two children.
TROY RON AIT) MURRAY, SR.
BYRON - Troy Ronald Murray, Sr., 93, passed away
Monday. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Open
Bible Tabernacle in Lizella, on Sandy Point Road. Murray
was born Feb. 26, 1913 in Millwood. His wife, son, parents,
a grandson and his brother all preceded him in death.
BOBBY L. HESTER
Bobby Hester, 66, of Fort Valley died Sunday, August 27,
2006. Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 30,
2006 at First Baptist Church, 209 S. Miller St., Fort Valley
with Rev. Danny Stubbs officiating.
Bom in Macon, the son of the late Robert Lee and Gladys
Hester, he is survived by his wife, Melba, and his son, Kyle
(Cindy) and Shane, and a sister, Martha Brooks.
Bobby moved to Fort Valley in 1964 where he owned and
operated several convenience stores (Bobby’s Minit Mart)
until his retirement in 2004.
He completed six terms (24 years) on City Council and
was serving the first year of his seventh term as Mayor Pro
Tem of the City.
In memory of Bobby, donations may be made to the
Together We Grow Fund at First Baptist Church, 209 S.
Miller St., Fort Valley, Ga. 31030.
Rooks Funeral Home in Fort Valley has charge of arrange
ments.
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