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Illumination Celebration 2021
Friends of all ages gathered together downtown for the recent Illumination Celebration, including (l-r) Juli Copeland, Carsyn
Grammer and Lauren Walker.
Dancers with Ozier School of Dance performed before a large crowd outdoors at the city of Barnesville’s Illumination Celebra
tion held on Wednesday, November 24.
Kelly Hughes and Monroe Clinton enjoyed the Illumination
Celebration together.
Ellie Mae enjoyed the excitement of seeing other dogs
in costume at the Illumination Celebration as she wore her
Christmas pajamas and enjoyed the company of (l-r) Angie
Sweat, Scarlet Sweat and Waverly Sweat.
Public Meetings
•Aldora Town Commission, Tuesday, December 14,
10 a.m., Chamber of Commerce;
•Barnesville City Council, Monday, January 3, 5:30
p.m., police station;
• Barnesville-Lamar County Industrial Develop
ment Authority, Thursday, December 9,10:30 a.m.,
Chamber/IDA board room;
• Barnesville-Lamar County Library Board, Tuesday,
December 21,5:30 p.m.
• Family Connections Collaborative, Thursday,
December 9, 9 a.m., E.P. Roberts Center;
• Lamar County Tax Assessors, Thursday, Decem
ber 9, 2 p.m., administration building;
• Lamar County Board of Education, Monday,
December 13, 6 p.m., board offices;
• Lamar County Board of Elections, Monday, De
cember 27, 6 p.m., administration building;
• Lamar County Commission, Tuesday, December
21, 7 p.m., courthouse;
•Lamar County Health Dept. Thursday, TBD, 12
p.m. Health Dept. Building;
• Lamar County Soil and Water Conservation Dis
trict, Wednesday, January 5, 9 a.m., USDA service
center;
•Milner City Council, Monday, January 17, 6 p.m.,
Milner Community Library.
Obituaries are published as received
Bobbie Elizabeth
Shellnutt Burnette
Bobbie Elizabeth Shellnutt Burnette, 87 of Barnes
ville, Georgia passed away surrounded by family on
December 2, 2021.
She was born in Spalding County, Georgia to the
late Jim and Opal Shellnutt on February 3, 1934.
She married the late Rob
ert T. Burnette, Sr. (Bobby)
on September 28, 1950 and
they lived together in Barnes
ville, Georgia for 67 years and
had three children. Bobby
preceded her in death in
November 2017. She was also
preceded in death by her son
Robert T. Burnette Jr. (Butch)
and also her sister Wanda
Johnson.
She is survived by her daughters Bonnie Zeager
and husband Bruce, Denise Hames and husband
Perry all of Barnesville, Georgia. She is survived by
her eleven grandchildren and their spouses; Bruce
Zeager, Jr., (Jennifer), Chad Hall (Craig Redelman),
Angel VanderGracht (Sean), Bryon Hames (Rachel),
Victoria Hames, Josh Hames and Bethany Hames; her
great grandchildren, McKinleah and Joseph Zeager;
her brother and sisters-in-law, Jimmy and Bobbie
Burnette, Kathy and Danny Martin and Joann Jones,
as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Bobbie worked for many years as the Voter Regis
trar for Lamar County and as an accountant for many
stores in Barnesville, Georgia.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bobbie Shellnutt Bur
nette were conducted at 2:00 p.m., Monday, Decem
ber 6, 2021 in the Barnesville First Baptist Church.
Visitation was held one hour prior to the service in
Barnesville Baptist Church on the same date. Ser
vices were officiated by Rev. Garth Forster and Rev.
Jason Teal. Interment followed in Lamar Memory
Gardens.
The family may be contacted at Perry and Denise
Hames residence; 498 Rose Avenue, Barnesville, GA
30204.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.
com to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of
arrangements.
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