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A dedication and ribbon cutting was held Thursday morning for the new and improved Carl Vinson Parkway in Warner
Robins. The $6.1 million project involved 1.6 miles of widening a two lane rural road to a five lane urban road with
sidewalks. The project was completed under the direction of Van Herrington of the Houston County Public Works
Dept, with design by Stantec Consulting of Macon and construction by Georgia Asphalt of Macon. Shown here at
the ribbon cutting, from left, are Danny Harrison, Walter Gray, Chuck Reeves, Van Herrington, Commissioner Jay
Walker, Bobby Bazemore, Commission Chairman Ned Sanders, Mitchell Greenway, Commissioner Larry Thomson,
Joe Samples, Larry Walker, Les Hammock, Carolyn Watson and Bobby Watson.
Dedication ceremony honors memory of Judge David M. Pierce
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Susan Pierce expresses gratitude to a filled courtroom on behalf of her family and for
the dedication made to her husband during a ceremony Monday at the Magistrate
Court in Warner Robins.
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By KRYSTAL RINER
Journal Staff Writer
Judge David M. Pierce was
honored Monday by a dedi
cation ceremony held at the
Magistrate Court in Warner
Robins. The courtroom in
which Pierce loved so much
was officially named the
David M. Pierce Memorial
Courtroom.
Dignitaries from all over
the state were in attendance
celebrating the memory of
Pierce.
Pierce served as the Chief
Magistrate Court Judge at
the time of his passing in
2006. Before starting his law
career he graduated from
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Final count
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Stiff Writer
While official certifica
tion is still pending, here
are the numbers available
from the Houston County
Board of Elections on key
races in Tuesday’s prima
ry election and Perry city
council election. The voter
turnout was just over 18
percent.
Sheriffs Race:
In the Republican
Primary, Sheriff Cullen
Talton won 76 percent of
the vote with 6680 votes to
Chad Payne’s 2210. There
is no contest in November,
because no candidate ran
on the Democratic ballot.
In the Coroner’s Race,
also on the Republican
ballot with no Democratic
competition, Incumbent
Coroner Daniel Galpin won
76 percent of the vote, with
6313 votes to Cindi Petit’s
1928.
In the County Commission
races:
Gail Robinson, incum
bent, won 69.60 percent of
the vote, with 5667 votes to
David Wittenberg’s 2513.
Tom McMichael, incum
bent, won 54.71 percent of
Florida State University in
1966 with a Batchelor of Arts
in Mathematics. He later
attended Emory University
School of Law, receiving his
Juris Doctor degree in 1969.
Several of his colleagues
stood and spoke at the dedi
cation ceremony. Former
partners in law practice
expressed the pleasure it
was to work with someone
“so dedicated and deter
mined.”
Family and friends also
shared stories about him
during the ceremony, say
ing among other things, if
he wasn’t at work you could
likely find him working in
the yard or cooking a gour
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on election
the vote with 4605 votes to
Tom Williams’ 3812.
Larry Thomson, incum
bent, won 65.60 percent of
the vote with 5428 votes to
Jerry Vincent’s 2846.
In the Perry City Council
race for the unexpired term
of Brian Bowen, Charles
Lewis led with 35.59 per
cent (221 votes); Dudley
Christie came close with
34.14 percent, or 212 votes.
Daniel Brown got 185 votes
for $29.79 percent. Christie
and Lewis will run again in
a run-off election on Aug.
5, because no candidate
got the required 50 percent
plus 1 vote.
The highest vote in
the county was in the
Republican Primary for
incumbent U.S. Senator
Saxby Chambliss, who
received 7828 votes, with
no competitors. In the
Democratic Primary for
U.S. Senator, Vernon Jones
led with 52 percent of the
vote. Jones and Jim Martin
will square off on Aug. 5
for the nomination.
U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall
(D-Macon) beat Robert
Nowak of Warner Robins
with 85 percent of the
Democratic vote, 2429 to
Nowak’s 398.
met meal.
Pierce was a long time
Rotary Club member, and
became Rotaiy district direc
tor in early 2006.
Pierce showed his grit and
determination in everything
he did from his excitement of
going to work, it was noted, to
the perfect attendance record
he held with the Rotary Club
for 30 years.
A portrait will hang on
the wall of the Magistrate
courtroom as the legacy he
left behind is remembered.
A man of integrity, compas
sion and intellect, he was
highly regarded by his legal
colleagues and the commu
nity at large.
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