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2A ♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2007 Man gets 40 - 25 to serve - for armed robbery, other charges Special to the Journal Twenty minutes. That’s how long Houston County District Attorney Kelly Burke said it took a jury Wednesday to convict Bennie J. Walker of armed robbery, kidnap ping, aggravated Assault (on Lyle Poling), aggravat ed assault (on Erica Gallo) and two counts of posses sion of a firearm during a crime. On Thursday, Walker received hjs sentencing by WALKER the Honorable Edward D. Lukemire. He received 15 years to serve for the armed robbery (count 1), 15 years to serve concur rent for the kidnapping (count 2), 15 years "s pf s HP iji * . * ~ , „ . I Journal/Charlotte Perkins Norma Mayo, Joy Albright and Penny Ingram of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 24, Perry, present a Veterans Day poppy to Mayor Jim Worrall. The paper poppies are made by and are a symbol that began with the poem, “In Flanders Fields, ” after World War I. Monday is Veterans Day. 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According to a release from Burke, Walker, 22 and from Oglethorpe and Chris Williamson were stranded in Perry See ROBBERY, page iiA ‘Bang, bang you’re the region winner’ dm *2 I' I Ihftirf i i ~ | ' ® ENI/Gary Harmon Perry High School Drama Club members practice for the play “Bang, Bang, You’re Dead. ” The play recently won best at Region 4-AAAA. An encore presentation has been slated for Thursday at 7 p.m. prior to the group competing at state Nov. 17. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $5. kjokxMrfi? Inis Crawford Dickerson WARNER ROBINS - Inis Crawford Dickerson, 85, passed away on Friday October 26, 2007. Funeral services were held Tuesday in the ch'apel of Heritage Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Parkway Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Dickerson was born in Aberdeen, Miss., to the late George and Mary Inis Richardson Crawford and was the widow of Joe Frank Dickerson. She was a member of First United Methodist Church where she was secre tary of the Wesley Fellowship Sunday School Class from 1965 until 2002. She was also a mem ber of the Tombigbee Chapter of the DAR and was a retired item manager from Robins AFB. Survivors include her daugh ter Mary Dickerson (Tommy) Bowman of Warner Robins. Siblings: George (Ruth) Crawford Jr., Frances (Billy) Wilemon all of Aberdeen, Miss., Ben (Shelloy) Crawford of Oxford, Miss. Grandchildren: Tony DeCastro, Tiffany (Sean) Flaherty and Ashley Bowman. Twin great grandsons Graeme Crawford Flaherty and Liam Michael Flaherty. 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