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Page 2A UPSON Crystal Hill Monument Co. Let us help you create a fitting tribute to a loved one. BEACON Wednesday, June 12, 2024 ! Light & Krrping Hindi «i Funeral Notices 706-647-9685 A division of Coggins Funeral Home Call Ryan Fulghum or Kenny Coggins own special thoughts with Mrs. DeLoatch’s family by visiting the Coggins Fu neral Home website at cog- gin sfuneralhome.com. Coggins Funeral Home in Thomaston has the privi lege of assisting the family. own special thoughts with Mrs. Lutke’s family by vis iting the Coggins Funeral Home website at coggins- funeralhome.com. Coggins Funeral Home in Thomas ton has the privilege of as sisting the family. 24-Hour Obituary Line Cud! anytime - day or night 706-648-1111 Coggins Funeral Home 321 Hannah's Mill Rd. - Thomaston - 706-647-9681 www.cogginsfuneralhome.com BARNESVILLE MARBLE 8 GRANITE M COMP \Yi EST. 1908 DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS OF MARBLE, GRANITE & BRONZE MEMORIALS RAILROAD & MAIN STREET • BARNESVILLE 770-358-1470 WWW.BARNESVILLEMARBLE.COM. FLETCHER-DAY 05funeral 0$€ome Since 1893 Obituary Line (706) 648-0008 or go to www.fletcherdayfuneralhonie.com for up-to-date information The Upson Beacon (ISSN or USPS 25625) June 12,2024 - Volume 17, Number 24 Published Weekly by Upson Newspapers, Inc. 219 Thomas Street, Thomaston, GA 30286. P: 706-646-2382 Subscription Price: $35 Per Year in Upson County $49 Per Year in State; $59 Per Year out of State Periodicals Postage Pending or Paid at Thomaston, GA Postmaster: Please send address changes to The Upson Beacon, 219 Thomas Street, Thomaston, Ga 30286 Debbie McClain Publisher & Advertising Director ■ dlord@upsonbeacon.com Bridge Turner General Manager & Editor in Chief ■ bturner@upsonbeacon.com Luke Haney Editor & Digital Media Coordinator ■ lhaney@upsonbeacon.com Kensie Adams Marketing & Sales Manager ■ kadams@upsonbeacon.com Mandi Mitcham Advertising Sales Manager ■ mmitcham@upsonbeacon.com Jean Render Office Manager & Human Resources ■ jrender@upsonbeacon.com Andrew Carroll Sports Editor ■ acarroll@upsonbeacon.com The Upson Beacon is proudly published for the citizens of Upson County by Upson Newspapers, Inc., locally owned and operated by Debbie McClain and Bridge Turner. Our goal is to produce quality, community-oriented publications of which our readers can be proud. We will attain that goal through diligence, teamwork, and dedication to printing the truth in an accurate, fair, balanced, and objective manner. Policies: Signed letters to the editor are welcomed and encouraged. We do not edit for content, only grammar, spelling, and punctuation when necessary, as designated by Associated Press style guidelines. Unsigned, libelous, or profane letters will not be published. Please limit letters to 400 words or less and to only two letters per month. Liability for errors in advertising will not exceed the space occupied by the error. We reserve the right to edit all submitted materials. Mrs. Barbara Jane Whitley DeLoatch Mrs. Barbara Jane Whitley DeLoatch, age 88, of Thomaston, died Sat urday June 8, 2024, at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon. Mrs. DeLoatch was born on Feb. 6,1936. in La grange, to the late William Oliver Whitley and the late Lila Mae Irvin Whitley. She worked as an office man ager in the dental industry for many years. Mrs. De Loatch was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. In addition to her par ents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Jesse B. DeLoatch, her brother, Fred Thomas Fincher, and sister, Iver- lene Fincher Waller. Survivors include her sons, Thomas (Lynn) De Loatch of Albany, Ga., Dennis (Nancy) DeLoatch of Ft. Mountain, Ga, Ryan (Stacye) DeLoatch of Thomaston; 10 grandchil dren; and 15 great-grand children. Memorial services were held on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Coggins Funeral Home. The family received friends at Coggins Funeral Home one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, dona tions can be made to the local cancer car at 208 South Church Street, Thomaston, Ga. 30286. You may sign the online guest book and share your from 1-2 p.m. at Coggins Funeral Home. You may sign the online guest book and share your own special thoughts with Mrs. Wynn’s family by vis iting the Coggins Funeral Home website at coggins- funeralhome.com. Coggins Funeral Home in Thomas ton has the privilege of as sisting the family. Mrs. Janis Doolittle Lutke Mrs. Janis Doolittle Lutke, age 73, of Thomas ton, died Saturday, June 8, 2024, at her residence. Mrs. Lutke was born Aug. 16, 1950, in Thomas ton, to the late William Doolittle and the late Ellen Johnson Doolittle. She was a homemaker. In addition to her par ents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gary Lutke; brother, Mark Doolittle; and sister, Anne Butts. Survivors include her daughters, Christina Golden of York, Pa., Jan (Steve) Chandler of Clarks ville, Tenn., and Jill (Gary) Thomas of Warner Robins; son, John (Jessica) Lutke of The Rock; brother, Wil liam Timothy Doolittle of Meansville; six grandchil dren; and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 11, from the chapel of Coggins Funeral Home. Burial fol lowed in Crystal Hill Cem etery. The family received friends at Coggins Funeral Home Tuesday, June 11. You may sign the online guest book and share your Mrs. Mary Alice Wynn Mrs. Mary Alice Wynn, age 83, of Thomaston, died Monday, June 10, 2024, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wynn was born Dec. 15,1940, in Sanders- ville, to the late Arthur Peavy and the late Orie Lee Wilkins Peavy. She retired from Riverside Health and Rehab as a nurse. In addition to her par ents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Wynn; daughter, Angela Sturgeon; brothers, Son Peavy, Jimmy Peavy, and Jack Peavy; and sisters, Etta Mae Trawick, and Dorris Gibson. Survivors include her daughter, Kim (Randy) Parker of Thomaston; son, Tony Smith of Middleburg, Fla.; brothers, Bobby (Nita) Peavy of Milledge- ville and Eddie (Gail) Peavy of Macon; grandchildren, Kayla Parker, Chris Parker, B.J. Whitley, Faith Garner, Susan Diana; and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 15, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Coggins Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Saturday, June 15, Mr. John Virgil Hill Mr. John Virgil Hill, age 82, of Thomaston, died Monday, June 3, 2024, at his residence. Mr. Hill was born Dec. 12, 1941, in Taliaferro County, to the late Roy Hill and Louise Johnson Hill. He retired from Martha Mills after more than 40 years. In addition to his par ents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Clar ence and James Hill. Survivors include his son, Kyle (Monica) Hill of Fredericksburg, Va., and grandchildren, Ethyn Hill and Jake Hill. Mr. Hill was cremated, and no services are planned at this time. You may sign the online guest book and share your own special thoughts with Mr. Hill’s family by visiting the Coggins Funeral Home website at cogginsfuneral- home.com. Coggins Fu neral Home in Thomaston has the privilege of assist ing the family. UCSO Sgt. Reynolds Completes GSPTC Course Sgt. William Reynolds of Upson County Sheriff s Office recently completed the D.U.I. Detection and Standardized Field So briety Testing course taught by the Georgia Po lice Academy Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth. According to a release by the GPSTC, this training program includes the ob servation techniques in volved in recognizing when a driver may be operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicants. Patterns of driver behavior and the more common driving er rors committed by drivers under the influence of in- He helped dad work on his car... and he learned three new cuss words. toxicants are identified. Students are taught the safe methods of stopping and approaching a suspect driver and the observations to make in order to deter mine if a driver is under the influence. Emphasis is placed on the proper manner in which to administer field sobriety tests. Practical ex ercises are conducted dur ing the day and night and are used to emphasize the importance of a proper re sponse to this problem. The field sobriety tests taught meet the standards of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra tion and the International Association of Chiefs of Po lice. Funding for this pro gram was provided by the State of Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. Sheriff, Police Report Arrests The following arrests and charges were reported by Upson County Sheriff s Office: Candler Stephen Ranow - felony theft by deception and felony theft by conversion. Benjamin Kyle Sprag- gins - possession of a fire arm during commission of certain crimes, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, two counts of pos session of methampheta- mine, misdemeanor possession and use of drug related objects, and multi ple misdemeanor traffic violations. Omar De’Onte Rich ardson - possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Dauntavious A. Gaither FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL GOING ON NOW! Happy Father’s Day! 5 STAR Mechanical Work kVWW 5SMf1irwrj<#ju(G.CC«J 2122 Hwy 19 N Thomaston 706-647-2300 5 JU VU Do It For The Kids! BFBoodrich TOVO TIRES mmmit Visit us online at 5startireandauto.com We would like to express our sincere thanks to each of you, for the many cards, calls, texts and offerings of food, and flowers given to our family during the recent illness and death of our loved one. We would also like to thank the staff of Thomaston Hospice for their kindness and care, and also our pastor, Rev. Mark Mercer, for his help with a beautiful Celebration of Life Service. Also, a special thanks is expressed to the compassionate and caring staff of Fletcher-Day funeral Home. Sincerely, The family of Robby Brooks - possession of cocaine, along with misdemeanors driving under the in fluence and driving while license withdrawn. Jonathan Gage Dobek - two felony counts of fai lure to appear for court and one misdemeanor count of failure to appear. Khadelgji K. Hamilton - two felony counts of pro bation violation (aggra vated battery and possession of a Schedule I drug). Justin William Blan kenship - felony probation violation (second degree burglary). Richard James McDonald - felony proba tion violation (theft by tak ing). Eric Glenn Helms - fel ony probation violation (possession of meth). The following arrests and charges were reported by Thomaston Police De partment: Charles R. Adkerson - two felony counts of theft by deception (PPP loan fraud). Jason Bradley Hall - two felony counts of for gery in the first degree, fel ony financial identity fraud, and misdemeanors child support abandon ment, obstructing or hin dering law enforcement officers, giving false name, address, or birthdate to law enforcement, acquir ing license plate for pur pose of concealing identification of motor ve hicle, and driving while li cense withdrawn.
