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Page 10A — Wednesday, December 30, 2020, The True Citizen
OBITUARIES
Jim Edward Roberson
Roosevelt Fulcher
Mr. Jim Edward Roberson, 70, of Hephzibah, Georgia, entered into
eternal rest on December 25,2020.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, January 2, 2021, 12:00
noon at Second Hopeful Baptist Church, 3159 Winter Road, Blythe
Georgia 30830.
The family will receive friends on Friday, January 1,2021 from 1:00-
2:00 p.m. at Phinazee and Son Funeral Home, 404
West 8th Street, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830.
A mask will be required to attend the graveside
service.
Phinazee and Son Funeral Home is in charge of the
arrangements for Mr. Jim Edward Roberson.
Barbara Annette Lewis
Ms. Barbara Annette Fewis, 49, of Augusta, Georgia, entered into
eternal rest on December 28, 2020. A graveside Service will be held
Saturday, January 2, 2021, 2:00 p.m. at Antioch Rock Creek Baptist
Church, 151 Rocky Creek Road, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830.
The family will receive friends Friday, January 1,2021 from 4:30-6:30
p.m. at Phinazee and Son Funeral Home, 404 West 8th Street, Waynes
boro, Georgia 30830.
A mask will be required to attend the graveside
service.
Phinazee and Son Funeral Home is in charge of ar
rangements for Ms. Barbara Annette Fewis.
Mr. Roosevelt Fulcher of Waynesboro, Georgia, entered into eternal rest
on December 28,2020. Arrangements will be announced at a later date.
Phinazee and Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mr.
Roosevelt Fulcher.
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Hugh Arthur Bennett, Jr.
memory of Hugh Bennett Jr.
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by deception and identity theft
fraud when using or possessing
identifying information
concerning a person. He
was released after posting a
$10,000 bond.
Obituaries included Eugene
Robinson, Jr., Willie B. Jones
Williams, Barbara Jean “Cal”
Newkirt, Joyce A. Striggles,
Robert Feroy Ellison, Hiram
Asa Mooneyham, Jr., Carlton
W. Holmes and Fucy Fornax.
August 5
The start date for public
schools in Burke County has
been pushed back for a second
time.
In a press release issued on
July 30, Burke County Public
Schools Public Information
Officer Amy Nunnally
announced that the board had
voted to delay opening schools
until Tuesday, Sept. 8.
“After reviewing guidance
and current data regarding
COVID-19 from both state
and local health agencies, the
district believes this decision
is in the best interest of the
health and safety of all students
and staff,” the release said,
adding a thanks for patience
and understanding as school
leaders continue to prepare for
a safe and educational school
year.
Obituaries included John
Wayland Hamilton, Henri Jean
Daniel, Fula D. Westmoreland,
Murray Cates, Sr., Joel Mosley,
John Henry DeVoe, Belinda
Taylor and Annie Spence
Gregory.
August 12
Additional years of The
True Citizen are now available
online thanks to the efforts of
the Burke County Genealogical
and Historical Society.
Society president Carol Jones
said this week, “I’m pleased to
announce that we have digitized
more of the Waynesboro True
Citizen and the issues are
now available and searchable
online on the Georgia Historic
Newspaper (GHN) website:
gahistoricnewspapers .galileo.
usg.edu/lccn/sn89053289
The issues added during the
project include 9,676 pages
from the years 1902-1926. The
years prior to 1902, beginning
at the newspaper’s inception in
1882, were already available
on the website.
Obituaries included Juanita
Turner Flakes, Fevern Bethea,
Sr., Johnny Fee Toby and
Freedie Eugene Jordan.
August 19
Waynesboro City Manager
Jerry Coalson submitted his
letter of resignation on Aug. 12
after nearly a quarter century of
service to the city.
In a letter addressed to
Waynesboro Mayor Greg
Carswell, Coalson stated his
last day will be Aug. 28. While
the letter does not give a reason
for the resignation, he does
thank the council and citizens
of Waynesboro for many
“wonderful opportunities”
over the years.
For the first time in 61 years,
the Waynesboro Exchange
Club Fair has been canceled.
While fair-goers will miss
the crisp nights out on the
fairway, eating cotton candy
and hopping from ride to ride,
club members are concerned
about what this cancelation
means for the nonprofit’s
scholarship program.
Exchange Club President
Art Fively explained the
cancelation is a devastating
blow, and one that was out
of the group’s hands. Family
Attractions, the company
responsible for bringing the
fair to Waynesboro, had to
pull out amidst the coronavirus
pandemic.
Obituaries included Eather
Eugene Cheeks, Talmadge
Edward Burke, Carolyn
Hatcher, Mary Dorothy
Ingram, Annie Ruth McClain
Mack and George William
“Bill” Boyce.
August 26
Former students and
colleagues and friends of Mrs.
Cynthia Mobley plan to honor
the retired teacher on her 94th
birthday with a parade.
Continued from 9A
Organizers of the event
said this week that the event
will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday,
August 30 at the park at the
intersection of Pauline Jenkins
Street and Fiberty Street.
Burke County citizens have
approximately a month to
make sure they are counted for
the 2020 Census.
Currently, the county has a
total completion rate of 58.3
percent (with 45.9 percent
of those being counted as
self-response). The state as
a whole reports 62.5 percent
complete (with 59.8 percent
self-responses).
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Mioiiael. His hobbies include outdoor activities
such as hunting and falvng Pvt. Daniel is an
active member of Lumpkin Road Baplist Ctiurdi,
where he sings or 1he praise 1eam. We appreoisle
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Sgt. Chad Plueger
Sgt. Chad Plueger began his law enforcement
career in August of 2005 with lhe Richmond
County SheriIfa Office. While (here, he worked
in the jail and than allanded lhe East Georgia
Regional Police Academy n Blythe bo become a
certified officei. He worked road patrol and field
training before bu ng promoted te corporal. He
also worked el lhe Columbia County Sheriffs
Office until faking the Road Patrol Sergeant
posilion at the Burke County Sheoff's Office in
Oclober 2019.
Sgt. Plueger and his wife, Jennifer, have one
son, Logan. During his spare tima. he enjoys
spending lime with family, going on vacations,
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On December 28,2020 Hugh Arthur Bennett, Jr. passed away at age 79, and is at peace. He
had a wonderful and accomplished life until he was taken by cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Hugh spent most of his years teaching and coaching throughout the state
where he modeled and inspired many young lives.
Hugh was the son of Hugh and Etna Bennett Sr. He is survived by
his only sibling, Jill Bennett Deen. Hugh had one son, Hugh Bennett
III, who gave him his grandsons, “the boys”, Cullen, Chase, and Con
ner Bennett. He is also survived by his nephew, Frank and Mary Nunn,
and their daughter, Danielle. Hugh is also survived by former wife and
lifelong friend, Hazel Bennett.
The family will honor Hugh’s memory and life in a private service
at a later time. The family respectfully requests that in lieu of flowers
donations be made to cancer or Alzheimer’s research and treatment in