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FRIDAY MARCH 18 2016
VOL. 18 NO. 11
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MORGAN COUNTY
Man calls 911 to
Jeff Warren
jeff@lakeoconeenews.us
According to Morgan
County Sheriff Robert
Markley, a Rutledge man
phoned 911 Friday morning,
March 11, and reported he
used a handgun to kill his
adult son, who lived with the
man at his home. Killed was
Bryan David Wilkerson, 54.
The confessed shooter is Arlie
Wilkerson, age 82, confined
to a wheelchair. Both resided
at 5840 U.S. Highway 278 in
Rutledge along with a second
adult son, Glenn Wilkerson,
and Arlie’s wife, Frances Wilk
erson, mother to both sons.
According to sheriffs office
records, Arlie Wilkerson’s call
came into the 911 center at
8:33 a.m. At 8:48 a.m., Sheriff
Markley, Corporal Adam
Howard and Deputy Justin
Davis arrived to the Wilk
erson residence in separate
vehicles, the sheriff leading
the way onto the property.
The Wilkerson house lies back
report murdering son
from the highway down a long
drive, shielded from road view
by a stand of trees.
Chief deputy and sher
iffs office spokesman, Capt.
Christopher Bish, said the 911
dispatcher instructed Arlie
Wilkerson to wait unarmed
outside his house for law en
forcement to arrive, and Wilk
erson complied with those
instructions. The three peace
officers parked near the res
idence and approached the
house on foot with weapons
drawn. They found Arlie
Wilkerson unarmed and
seated in his wheelchair in
the driveway near his garage.
Davis handcuffed Wilker
son and attended him while
Markley and Howard entered
the house.
Inside they met Frances
Wilkerson, Arlie’s wife, “who
appeared to be very emotional
ly upset,” Howard wrote in his
report of the incident. Howard
stood by with Mrs. Wilkerson
while Markley con through the
SEE MURDER » A6
Eighty-two-
year-old Arlie
Wilkerson, of
Rutledge, is
charged with
murder in the
death of his son,
Bryan.
Contributed
The Jack Nicklaus-designed Great Waters course at Reynolds Lake Oconee is the setting for the
Linger Longer Invitational, which hosts some of the top college golfers.
Reynolds Lake Oconee hosting 11th annual invitational
Entering its second decade as
one of the premier men’s collegiate
golf events in the nation, the 11th
annual Linger Longer Invitational
at Reynolds Lake Oconee resumes
its illustrious legacy of champion
ship competition March 20-22,
2016 at the Jack Nicklaus-de
signed Great Waters course.
The four-time team champion
Georgia and three-time winner
Alabama return as the leading
contenders in the lineup of 13
prestigious college programs
that includes Purdue, Virginia,
Augusta State, Baylor and Louis
ville - all Top-50 ranked NCAA
Division I teams.
The 54-hole stroke-play tourna
ment, which crowns both team and
individual winners, is co-hosted by
Mercer University and Kennesaw
State University. Georgia finished
second last year to first-time
Linger Longer Invitational
champion Texas, with Kennesaw
State tied for third, Mercer sixth
and Alabama seventh.
SEE REYNOLDS » A9
GREENE COUNTY
New era for the Kingdom at Reynolds
Contributed
TaylorMade tech staff teams up with Reynolds instructors at
the premier golf training facility.
Integrating superior equipment
technology with innovative golf in
struction, The Reynolds Kingdom
of Golf, presented by TaylorMade,
has been transformed into the
premier full-game improvement
experience in golf and will now
be operated by Reynolds Lake
Oconee.
Reynolds has continued their
exclusive partnership with Taylor
Made as the presenting sponsor
of the Kingdom of Golf. With
this sponsorship all guests will
continue to have access to the
TaylorMade MATT-T system and
instant gratification through the
building of clubs in the onsite Tay
lorMade Tour Trailer.
Furthermore, the Reynolds Golf
Academy, under the direction of
Top 100 instructor Charlie King,
has been fully integrated into
The Reynolds Kingdom of Golf to
provide golfers with a total golf ex
perience.
“Game improvement is a cor
nerstone of the Reynolds lifestyle,”
said Mark Lammi, Vice President
of Golf Operations for Reynolds
Lake Oconee, which has assumed
ownership and operation of The
Kingdom. “By extending our
long-time partnership with Tay
lorMade and adding in the world
class instruction of Charlie King’s
team, we will have one of the
most premier game-improvement
centers in the country.”
“Taking over the ownership
SEE KINGDOM » A3
GREENE COUNTY
Coach
resigns
post at
GCHS
Embattled basketball
coach Cory Hunter, accused
of verbally abusing a student
during class, submitted his
resignation as a teacher
and coach with the Greene
County School System. His
resignation was accepted by
the Greene County Board of
Education earlier this week.
Hunter will not be returning
to the classroom in Greene
County.
SEE HUNTER » A9
PUTNAM COUNTY
Couple charged
after starving
lady discovered
Don Richeson
editor@msgr.com
An Eatonton woman and
her boyfriend remained
behind bars at press time
after the woman’s 23-year-
old daughter was found with
open sores, covered in feces
and so malnourished her
weight had dropped below
50 pounds. Eatonton Police
officers and Georgia Bureau of
Investigation agents arrested
Felicia Nelson Clements, 40,
and Galvin Cornelous Evans,
25, Monday after a tipster
reported the conditions in
which the daughter was living
at the couple’s residence at 405
New St.
Clements and Evans were
each charged with crimes
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