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Led Co unty Ledger Your Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Lem and Marie Wright Volume XLII- Number 13 Leesburg, Georgia - - December 11, 2019 Fifty Cents Photo by Derryl Quinn Christmas Lights & Sounds At 119 Browning Court With the assistance of friends and neighbors, Rod Mabley has his family home decorated from the front curb to the backyard for Christmas. 119 Browning Court is located in Quail Chase Subdivision. The Mabreys Love Christmas And It Shows The Mabreys’ home located at 119 Browning Court is a Christmas paradise. From the front curb throughout the back yard and on top the house, Christmas lights are everywhere. Describing the lights, Rod Mabrey explained that they started about 20 years ago and every year things just started growing. They add a couple of new things ev ery year as well as get ting rid of what cannot be repaired for the next. They love Christmas and love spreading holi day cheer to their neigh borhood and friends. Rod Mabrey said that it is his favorite time of the year. For years, he and his oldest son put up the lights by them selves and he said it was definitely a Griswald experience. But over the past 10 years at his cur rent address, it became too much for the two of them. As a contractor and owner of Quality Painting Contractors and Mabrey Contrac tors, he is fortunate to have extra help. It usually takes five men including his son and DOHERTY, DUGGAN, HART&TIERNAN INSURORS Home • Auto • Business • Life/Health P.O.Box 71628 (229)888-2040 Albany, GA 31708-1628 800-628-2040 2301 Dawson Road (31707) Fax (229) 435-3036 www.ddhtins.com Smithville City Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall himself three to four weekends to put every thing out. Not count ing endless hours that Rod Mabrey spends fine tuning everything during the week. They have about 300 plus extension cords and 9 computer boxes with hundreds and hundreds of outputs just for the computer lights that go with the music that have to be plugged into the correct area and output to run the program. The back yard is also decorated. The bushes all around the house have lights and all the soffits etc. They have 10 songs that play with the lights. Small Christmas trees, big Christmas trees, arches, star burst, strobe lights, nativity scene, Santa clauses etc. They have several LED animated displays and lots more. Mr. Mabrey said, “It is a job and it takes a lot of work but once done, it is very rewarding and see ing cars lined up every night and kids coming around at night on golf carts just makes it worth it.” He has been told by some parents that their children think he is San ta Claus. On the roof is the most important light and display of all to Ron Mabrey. It is a display with a blinking cross and says in bold red letters KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS! The lights and they run until the end of December from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. - seven days a week. 8 10499 02456 8 BANK OF LEE COUNTY & BANK OF TERRELL ARE EXCITED TO DO BUSINESS UNDER OUR NEW NAME Georgia Community Bank New Name. Same Faces. Same Commitment. Lee County Elementary School Spelling Bee Spelling Bee LCES Fourth Grade: Bottom row: Ethan King, Colby Knight, Logan Edmondson, Walker Markwell. Middle row: Ansley Bochette, Kelvin Streeter, Gabriella Carballo, Kiera Hall, Keaton Fowler, Nate Plant. Top row: Cooper Byrd, Leah Nevels, Tyler Archer, Kaleb Rodriguez, Jaquavian Sheard, Alivia Bush, Isabella Evans, Karrington Flowers Fourth Grade Winners: Karrington Flowers Fifth Grade Winners: Robert Cakora and Daisi and Ethan King Woodham Fifth Grade: Bottom row: Daisi Woodham, Nate Roberson, A’sharia Smith, Eli Powell, EJ Poston, Robert Cakora, Daniel Lowe. Middle row: Brayden Harper, Andrew Fill, Riley Matre, Emily Freeman, Emmanual Chima. Top row: Essential Hasan, Barrett Clinton, Bodie Banner, Nathan Rachels, Sherri Sherman, Grace Dale To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413 3000 N. SLAPPEY BLVD. ALBANY, GA 250 E. LEE ST. DAWSON, GA GCB.BANK SKir f=>
