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Wife shot, man killed in Morgan
Jeff Warren
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A domestic dispute at 1580 Aqua
Road led to gunfire in the first hour
of Saturday, Feb. 6, violence that
left a wife injured and a husband
dead. Deceased is Robert T.
Edwards, 41, of the same address.
His wife, Jamie Renee Edwards,
48, suffered a gunshot wound
where the bullet passed through
her upper right arm, according to
the incident report filed by Morgan
County Sheriffs Deputy Shawn
O’Kelley, first law officer to arrive
at the scene.
Summarizing the incident two
days later, Chief Deputy Christo
pher Bish said, “A husband and wife
were involved in a dispute. It got
out of hand. The husband was shot.
He was taken to the hospital and
died there. The preliminary inves
tigation looks like it was self-inflict
ed, but we are still piecing all that
together. We still have a number
of people to interview. What we’re
SEE SHOT » A8
Investigator
Chase Young,
with the Morgan
County Sheriff's
Office, removes
crime scene tape
Monday afternoon,
Feb. 8, just prior
to release of
this Aqua Road
residence to family
members after a
fatal shooting took
place inside over
the weekend.
Jeff Warren/Staff
GREENE COUNTY
The National's Bluff Hole No. 4 is a showpiece for the 27-hole course renovated in 2014.
Golf magazine features Lake Oconee
Reynolds Lake Oconee has
been named to the new GOLF
magazine list of “25 Best Golf
Communities in North America.”
This latest award builds on the
property’s long-established repu
tation as an outstanding place to
live and a superior golf destina
tion.
“We always appreciate being
named to a highly regarded list
like this,” said Rabun Neal, pres
ident at Reynolds Lake Oconee.
“Not only do we have the best col
lection of golf courses in Georgia,
but one of the most impressive in
the world, all right here.”
Those six golf courses were
treated to renovations as part of
a multi-million dollar improve
ment project that touched nearly
every facet of the Reynolds Lake
Oconee community, as well as
The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake
Oconee, a AAA Five Diamond
resort.
“The good life is about more
than spectacular courses,” writes
Senior Editor Joe Passov in the
February 2016 issue of GOLF.
‘You want luxury, amenities,
natural beauty...”
Indeed, Reynolds Lake Oconee
has it all.
SEE REYNOLDS » A2
GREENE COUNTY
Harbor Club's home sales jump 34 percent in 2015
MORGAN COUNTY
Sheriff Markley
announces
reelection bid
Jeff Warren
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Morgan County Sheriff
Robert Markley has an
nounced he will seek reelec
tion to the office of sheriff.
Markley plans to run as a Re
publican candidate. He faces
any Republican contenders at
the May 24 primary election.
SEE MARKLEY » A8
Sheriff Robert Markley
GREENE COUNTY
Hice: ‘We’re
in the fight
of our life’
With the year-end numbers
all tallied, Harbor Club has an
nounced a 34% increase in real
estate sales compared to 2014, ac
cording to the community’s general
manager, Brandon Matney.
Harbor Club reports that it sold
$14.6 million in home, homesite,
cottage and townhome properties
last year compared with $10.9
million in 2014, an increase of
$3.7 million. The impressive sales
numbers for 2015 were comprised
of 79 transactions, including 34
home sales, a 70% year-over-year
increase from 2014.
“It has been gratifying to
Contributed
SEE HARBOR » A3 Harbor Club's Pine Lake model home overlooks a fishing pond.
Jackie Gutknecht
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Congressman Jody Hice
said after his first year in
office he still believes “we’re
in the fight of our life for our
country,” he said Feb. 5 during
the Greene County Chamber
of Commerce Lunch & Learn
event at da Corrado Ristoran-
te.
While he said he was
grateful for the honor to serve
in Washington DC, Hice said
some of the issues the country
is facing are wearing on him.
SEE HICE » A3
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