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The Upson Beacon
Thursday, April 1, 2021
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The Gordy Files
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SILVERTOWN BAI T. PARK AND THE UPSON T EE
KNIGHTS... one of the greatest joys of living in Silver-
town is when our UL Knights hit the Silvertown Ball
Park for a game... it’s a treat to hear our National An
them’s beautiful tune when the teams take to the
field... and on a good day, we also get to see our flag
waving freely above the park... such a beautiful site...
Then the cheers follow and echo all over the neighbor
hood... as a resident of Silvertown and being blessed
to live just down the street from the park... Our
Knights bring us a simple reminder that we do indeed
live in the greatest country on earth... Go Knights!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MARINE... Ian
Geis, a 2019 Upson Lee High School graduate, is in the Marine
Corps and has been deployed. His grandparents, Don and Pam
Bussey, want to send Ian and his platoon a care package along
with a little “thank you” note... We would like our community to
help... Our Marines are requesting Slim Jims, protein bars, and
hot Cheetos... If you would like to drop some supplies at the
Upson Beacon, we will get them to Pam... Or contact Pam Bus
sey on Facebook. This is one of those rare opportunities for us
to thank our service members... I am in, how about you?
CONGRATULATIONS TO JAMIE BROWN AND DIL-
LION WATSON ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR DAUGH
TER, MERRITT NELLE, WHO WAS BORN MARCH
23, WEIGHING SIX POUNDS AND FIVE OUNCES...
And to Jonathan and Ansley Boyd on the birth of their son,
Hutcherson Robert, bom March 18 weighing eight pounds and
one ounce.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO RONNIE LOWE,
WHO CELEBRATED HIS 74TH BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS ARE EXTENDED
TO... Jenny Warrington, Azana Disola, Karsen Ruffin, Joyce
Smith, Renee Barfield, Rhonda Shehee, Russ McGee, April 1...
Pam Releford, Jackie Gillespe, Kristi Dye, Nick Grammer, Mal-
com Neal, Gaylon Skipper, Mitch Yates, Robert Wilson, Gary
Keith, Sandra Smith, Katie South, Nathan Gaskin, Cindy Blount,
Debbie Ellis, April 2; Donna Adams, Emily Austin, Michael An
thony, Holly Ransom, Biyan Winkles, Mary Blount, Shenna
Brawner, April 3; Michael Cochran, Bea Dallas, Ken Thompson,
Linda Goodin, Kathy Strickland, Daniel Wheless, James Cheek,
Jayme Brown, Jamie Purgason, Kristi McAbee, Breanna Berry,
Chrishundra Caldwell, April 4; Trent Fuller, Tim Hardeman,
Hailey Storey, April 5; Dakarai Starks, Dona Traylor, Logan
Kent, Mitchell Barfield, Ken Gulledge, Cynthia Gibb, Rhonda
Curry, Mack Salter, Timmy Spires, April 6; Tima Grossman, Jo
nathan Brodnax, April Everitt, Issiah Young, Garrett Wilson,
Carlotta Santa Romana, Cheyanne Gunter, Tracey McGee, Neal
Hood, Debbie McClain, April 7. We wish for all celebrating birth
days many more happy and healthy ones.
SAW THIS ON A BULLETIN CALLED GOOD NEWS
AND THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH REPEATING...
Hymns for All Professions... Dentist’s Hymn: Crown
Him with Many Crowns... Weatherman’s Hymn: There
Shall Be Showers of Blessings... Contractor’s Hymn:
The Church’s One Foundation... Tailor’s Hymn: Holy,
Holy, Holy... Golfer’s Hymn: There’s a Green Hill Far
Away... Politician’s Hymn: Standing on the Promises...
Optometrist’s Hymn: Open My Eyes That I Might See...
IRS Agent’s Hymn: I Surrender All... Gossip’s Hymn:
Pass It On... Electrician’s Hymn: Send The Light...
Shopper’s Hymn: Sweet By and By... Realtor’s Hymn:
I’ve Got a Mansion, Just Over the Hilltop... Massage
Therapist’s Hymn: He Touched Me... Doctor’s Hymn:
The Great Physician.
WHEN YOU’RE PLANNING YOUR SUMMER ACTIV
ITIES, PUT SPREWELL BLUFF PARK ON THIS
LIST... The Bluff is beautiful and oh so peaceful... they have
some great things going on this spring and summer. Visit Spre-
well Bluff Park’s Facebook page for more information.
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Commission Honors Lady Knights
Commissioners honored
the Upson Lee Lady Knights
basketball team last week by
proclaiming Tuesday,
March 23, 2021 as “All Gas,
No Brakes” Lady Knights
Day in Upson County.
The proclamation, read
by Chairman Norman Allen,
noted the team’s first-ever
region championship, unde
feated 20-0 regular season,
Head Coach Stephany
Raines being named Region
Coach of the Year, and sen
ior Jakera Ellerbee being
named Player of the Year.
The proclamation
further states the Lady
Knights “overcame adver
sity showing skills, true
sportsmanship, persever
ance, a positive attitude
and... brought our com
munity together and repre
sented the community with
pride.”
Named in the document
were players Ariel Adder-
ton, Milea Caldwell, Jakera
Lady Knight Coaches with the County Commission.
Ellerbee, Tierney Ellerbee,
Tykeria Geiger, Ka’Zyria
Grantling, Damani Kenan,
Kiara Marshall, Alonzea
Montgomery, Jakhia
Parker, Aziyah Perry, Ja-
maiya Skelton, and Tyla
Zellner, along with coach
Raines and assistant
coaches Christian McCra-
ney and Juantez Hartsfield.
Also honored in the pro
clamation were managers
Dajah Robinson and Emma
Grace Cain, and bookkeeper
Carol Davison.
During the meeting, Joe
Gazafy presented a $6,000
donation to the county, on
behalf of the Upson Histori-
Photo Submitted
cal Society, to be used to
ward operation of the
Upson Archives. The annual
donation from the historical
society has been made to the
archives since its inception
in 1996.
Photo Submitted
Joe Gazafy presents a donation check
on behalf of Upson Historical Society.
New Books Available
at HM Library
Curry
Skinnytaste Meal Prep
by Gina Homolka
Magnolia Table by
Joanna Gaines
The Home Edit Life by
Clea Shearer
Paper Flower Note
Cards by Emiko Yamamoto
New books are available
at the Hightower Memorial
Library, located at 800 W.
Gordon street in Thomas
ton:
The Children’s Blizzard
by Melanie Benjamin
The Dark Heart of Flor
ence by Tasha Alexander
The Kaiser’s Web by
Steve Berry
Dark Sky by C.J. Box
Win by Harlan Coben
Fast Ice by Clive Cussler
Tropic of Stupid by Tim
Dorsey
Later by Stephen King
Robert B. Parker’s
Someone to Watch Over Me
by Ace Atkins
NYPD Red 6 by James
Patterson
The Scorpion’s Tail by
Douglas Preston
The Affair by Danielle
Steel
Hush-Hush by Stuart
Woods
Adult Non-fiction:
The Soul of a Woman by
Isabel Allende
Blackout by Candace
Owens
Slanted by Sharyl Atkis-
son
Everything Beautiful in
Its Time by Jenna Bush
Hager
See What You Made Me
Do by Jess Hill
Modern Comfort Food
by Ina Garten
The Full Plate by Ayesha
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By: Rev. Dean Hemphill
Clarks Chapel
Baptist Church
176 Mathis Lake Rd.
Thomaston, GA 30286
Christians are celebrating
the resurrection of our Lord
and Savior. Believing that God raised His Son from
the dead is how an individual becomes a Christian.
We read in Romans 10:9 these words: “That if thou
shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
We see that the heart and confession work to
gether. The confession must be backed up by the
heart. We know from Matthew 7:21 that Jesus said,
“Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of Heaven.”
Someone might live in a garage and call himself
a car, but it doesn’t make him one. Some attend a
church and call themselves Christians, but that does
n’t make them one. Once a sincere heart belief takes
place and a heart believing confession is made ac
cording to the scriptures, that individual is saved.
Purchasing new clothes and hiding eggs may be
a tradition for Easter, but the real meaning is that
Jesus Christ got up from the dead with the authority
over hell and death.
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