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Led Co unty Ledger Your Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Don and Barbara Broome Volume XLII- Number 15 Leesburg, Georgia - - December 25, 2019 Fifty Cents Twin Oaks Elementary School Spelling Bee 3rd Grade Spelling Bee Participants First row: Caden Whitlock and Reese Watson. Second row: Corbyn Standef ur, Lily Stanley, Madison Carver, Trevor Mandouna, Nicholas Flammia, and Dayton Davis. Third row: Maddox Skipper, Journie Thomas, Aleena Shaik, Kameron King, Alyssa Ball, and James Harrell. Fourth row: Jeremy Ford, Paris Rogers, Jayden Franklin, Hunter Green, Brycen Mazariegos, and Gia Rangaraj. 4th Grade Spelling Bee Participants Front row: Ahmad-Ali Dhanani, Abigail Haviland, Cadence Hagler, Will Chapman, Rowan Bailey, Byron Lewis, Kinsey Osborne, and Josey Andrew. Middle row: Devonte Walker, Ja’Ryan Battie, Lucy Poulos, Chloe Weaver, Tailyn McClain, and Ella Sandefur. Back row: Landon Parrish, Jada Ridley, Demario Huff, Kayli Roberts, Payton Thaggard, and Caden Eschmann. 5th Grade Spelling Bee Participants Front row: Kennedy Leverette, Lathan Hartzog, Cohen Collier, Morgan Culpepper, Owen Woods, and Beau Tupper. Middle row: Parker Davis, Bella Bray, Braxton Denham, Daniel Yoon, Tristan Peek, Jayden Davis. Back row: Trey Parrish, Alexis Ellis, Zelda McSwain, Laiyah Williams, Harley Ewings, and Timothy Dunbar. 3rd Grade Winners Brycen Mazariegos - 1st Runner Up (left) Gia Raangaraj - Winner (right) 4th Grade Winners Ahmad-Ali Dhanani - Winner (left) Josey Andrew - 1st Runner Up (right) 5th Grade Winners Trey Parrish - 1st Runner Up (left) Jayden Davis - Winner (right) 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 Leesburg City Council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 6:00 p.m. at the Leesburg City Hall State Sen. Greg Kirk Died December 22 Georgia Sen. Greg Kirk died Sunday morn ing, December 22 after a battle with cancer. Sen. Kirk, informed the citizens in June about his diagnosis of bile duct cancer. It was reported last week that hospice was assisting with his care. Funeral service for Senator Kirk will be Friday, December 27 in Americus at Central 8 10499 02456 8 Baptist Church. Visi tation will be 12-2 pm with the service begin ning at 2 pm. Sen. Kirk was a former pastor and a licensed counselor who owned a mediation company in Americus. Senator Kirk was an advo cate for small businesses in Georgia and founded three suc cessful companies in south Georgia, creating more than 100 jobs in the state. Senator Kirk, a native Georgian, received his Mas ter’s Degree in Psychol ogy from Troy State University. Greg Kirk was a member of the Geor gia State Senate from 2014 until his death. He rep Sen. Greg Kirk resented the 13th Dis trict which is composed of Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth and parts of Sumter and Wilcox counties. He was a member of the Republican Party. The late senator was a member of the Appro priations Committee, member of the Health and Human Services Committee, and Sec retary of the Insurance and Labor Committee. Sen. Greg Kirk served as Chairman of the Committee on State & Local Governmental Operations. To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413 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. 3000 N. SLAPPEY BLVD. ALBANY, GA 250 E. LEE ST. DAWSON, GA GCB.BANK pDic
