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Page 6A — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 The True Citizen
OBITUARIES
Robert “Bob” Burns
Martha Jo “Marty” Waters Brantley
Joe Norris Kelly
Mr. Robert “Bob” Burns, 68, of Young Harris, Georgia
passed away November 16, 2020 at Piedmont Hospital in
Atlanta, Ga. from respiratory complications.
He was born February 17, 1952 in Saginaw, Michigan to
Joe and Donella Bums. He graduated Valley High School
in Masontown, W.V. and attended Potomac State College in
Keyser, W.V.
He lived in Florida several years where he owned a com
mercial landscape company and was the Fire Chief for Palm
Coast, Florida.
He loved the North Carolina Mountains. After moving to
Murphy, NC in 2007 he worked for Jacky Jones Chrysler
Dodge Jeep Ram in Hayesville, NC until he retired March
2020.
He is survived by his wife Carol, his sister Joie and nephews
Zachary and Danny, stepchildren Brian, Sharia and Cole and
grandchildren Ethan and Faith and several cousins living in
Michigan.
Bob loved and was so happy to be a member of Catalyst
Church in Hayesville, NC.
If you knew Bob you loved him and he loved you. He will
be greatly missed.
A memorial service will be announced at a later date due to
Covid-19 restrictions.
Mrs. Martha Jo “Marty” Waters Brantley, age 68, died
Wednesday, November 25,2020 at her residence in Waynes
boro.
She was bom in Jenkins County and was
a homemaker and a member of the Elam
Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her par
ents Joe and Bobbie Waters, and brother,
Michael Waters.
Graveside services were held at 2:00
p.m. Monday at Elam Baptist Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Russell Brantley; 2 sons,
Joseph P. Brantley of Waynesboro and Michael Mincey (Kyla)
of Millen; a grandchild, Vic Mincey; and a brother, Don Waters
(Barbara) of Elizabeth City, NC.
Honorary pallbearers were nephews.
Elizabeth Coleman-Jones
Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman-Jones, 87, of
entered into eternal rest on November 28,
service will be held Saturday, December
5, 2020, 3:00 p.m at Belcher Cemetery,
N. Parker Street, Millen, Georgia 30442.
Visitation/viewing for the immediate
family will be held Friday, December 4,
2020 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at Phinazee
and Son Funeral Home, 404 West 8th
Street, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830. Her
loving and devoted family will cherish
her memories.
A mask will be required to attend the
visitation and the graveside service.
Augusta, Georgia,
2020. A Graveside
Senate to hold hearings on
election “improprieties”
BEAU EVANS
Capitol Beat News Service
Republican state lawmakers
announced Tuesday they plan
to hold hearings later this week
on the integrity of Georgia’s
election system and to take
testimony on alleged “elections
improprieties” stemming from
the 2020 general election.
Back-to-back hearings have
been scheduled for Thurs
day by the Senate Govern
ment Oversight Committee to
“evaluate the election process”
and the Senate Judiciary Sub
committee to field election-
impropriety claims.
The two meetings come as
officials in Secretary of State
Brad Raffensperger’s office
continue to dismiss claims
of widespread voter fraud by
allies of President Donald
Trump, who certihed results
show lost the Nov. 3 presiden
tial election to President-elect
Joe Biden in Georgia by 12,670
votes.
In particular, Trump’s al
lies have homed in on how
Georgia verifies signatures
on the roughly 1.3 million
mail-in ballots cast in the
presidential election and have
urged Raffensperger’s office
to launch an audit aimed at
matching those signatures with
registration information.
Raffensperger’s office has
signaled it is unlikely to do so
without a court order, though
the secretary of state has called
for the General Assembly to
pass legislation that would
toughen up Georgia’s voter ID
laws. A handful of federal law
suits challenging the election’s
certihcation are still winding
through the courts.
Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov.
Geoff Duncan and Georgia
House Speaker David Ralston,
R-Blue Ridge, have also called
for passing tighter voter ID
rules during the legislative
session that starts next month.
State election officials have
highlighted claims of individ
ual voting fraud or irregulari
ties as part of more than 250
ongoing investigations as well
as management stumbles from
a few local election boards like
Fulton County. Raffensperg
er’s office has also launched
investigations into groups al
legedly attempting to register
out-of-state voters ahead of the
U.S. Senate runoff elections
on Jan.5.
None of those issues are
likely to overturn the ultimate
outcome of the presidential
election, state officials have
said. Raffensperger’s office
expects a second recount of
the more-than 5 million ballots
cast in the presidential elec
tion to wrap up by midnight
Wednesday.
The state Senate meetings
were announced jointly by the
chamber’s majority caucus
Vaccine
in March.
The general public should
expect to have access to
COVID-19 vaccines sometime
between May and July of 2021
after officials have prioritized
more vulnerable populations,
he said.
“The most important thing
is we need to allocate the
vaccine in such a way that we
rapidly bring down mortality
and hospitalizations from this
disease,” Del Rio said at a
news conference Monday.
Amid high hopes for ending
the pandemic, Georgia officials
still need to figure out how
to hand out millions of doses
across the state while keeping
the vaccine stored at low
temperatures that may require
purchasing new refrigeration
equipment, Del Rio said.
Hospitals and long-term
elderly care facilities also face
a daunting few months ahead
as outbreaks of the virus flare
up in Georgia and short-handed
staff who have battled the
pandemic since March feel
fatigue.
Several local nursing homes
noted at Monday’s meeting
with Kemp that while the
Bird dog
struggling at this very moment.
Generally speaking, I am a
live-and-let-live kind of guy.
I’m typically not one to tell
other adults how they should
live their lives but I’m also a
fan of common sense.
I believe if we can do small
things, and live with inconve
niences a bit longer, it’s worth
it if it keeps your or my family
leaders including President
Pro Tempore Butch Miller, R-
Gainesville; Majority Leader
Mike Dugan, R-Carrollton;
Majority Whip Steve Gooch,
R-Dahlonega; Majority Cau
cus Chairman John Kennedy,
R-Macon; Majority Caucus
Vice Chairman Larry Walker
III, R-Perry; and Majority
Caucus Secretary Dean Burke,
R-Bainbridge.
Continued from front
state has helped prop up
staffing levels with federal
relief money, many facilities
continue struggling to both
fend off viral transmissions
and provide everyday care for
their elderly residents after
losing employees early during
the pandemic.
“Unfortunately, I think we’re
going to be dealing with it for
another six months,” said Neil
Pruitt, chairman and CEO of
PruittHealth.
Positive cases,
hospitalizations and deaths
from COVID-19 have risen
in Georgia since October as
officials and public-health
experts worry a larger spike
could come amid the winter
holiday season. As of Monday,
more than 422,000 Georgians
had tested positive for the virus
and 8,778 had died.
Kemp urged people Monday
to keep up safe distancing,
masking and hand-washing
habits despite the temptation
to let their guard down with
vaccines on the horizon.
“We’ve got to remain vigilant
[and] keep our foot on the gas,”
Kemp said.
Continued from 4A
safe and it allows our shops to
stay open and our neighbors to
go to work.
Maybe you feel differently
and such is your prerogative.
As for me and my house,
though, we will shop and dine
local, and we will do so with
our masks on our faces and our
hand-sanitizer in our pockets.
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Mr. Joe Norris Kelly, age 54, of Sardis, Georgia, entered into
eternal rest on November 28,2020. A Graveside service will
be held S aturday, December 5,2020,1:00
p.m. at Margaret Ellen Warren Cemetery,
822 Old Sardis Road, Sardis, Georgia.
Visitation/viewing for the immediate
family will be held Friday, December
4, 2020 from 2:00-2:30 p.m. and public
viewing will be held from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
at Phinazee and Son Funeral Home, 404
West 8th Street, Waynesboro, Georgia
30830. His loving and devoted family
will cherish his memories.
A mask will be required to attend the
visitation and the graveside service.
Warren Harden
Mr. Warren Harden, 95, of Midville, Georgia, entered into
eternal rest on November 27,2020. A Graveside service will
be held Saturday, December 5,2020,11:00
a.m. at Williams Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery, 649 Bates Road, Waynesboro,
Georgia 30830.
Visitation/viewing for the immediate
family will be held Friday, December 4,
2020 from 11:00-1:00 p.m. and public
viewing will be held from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
at Phinazee and Son Funeral Home, 404
West 8th Street, Waynesboro, Georgia
30830. His loving and devoted family
will cherish his memories.
A mask will be required to attend the
visitation and the graveside service.
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