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DECEMBER 19, 2002
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Blaree Williams Humphries
PELHAM, GA - Ellaree Williams Humphries, 92, died Monday,
December 16, 2002 in the Mitchell County Hospital.
Mrs. Humphries, daughter of the late Jason Eugene and Mary
Logan Williams, was married to the late Martin Humphries. She
was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church and was a homemak
er.
She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law; Helen H.
Godwin of Pelham; Jackie H. and Winford Mobley of Cairo; and
Judy H. and Donnie Free of Perry and one son and daughter-in
law, Tommy and LaDonna Humphries of Pelham ; one sister,
Evelyn Beasley of Pelham , 8 grandchildren and 13 great-grand
children.
Two grandchildren, Barry Mobley and Jana Godwin Leggette
preceded her in death.
Funeral services were Wednesday, December 18 at 2 p.m. at
Braswell Funeral Home Chapel in Pelham. Visitation was held
from 5 until 7 p.m. Tuesday evening at Braswell Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were: Keaton Godwin, Burk Mobley, Chip Free,
Scott Free, Todd Humphries, Michael Moore and Charles Bishop.
Braswell Funeral Home of Pelham had charge of arrangements.
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the funeral of Hoke Harper in Hayne(s)ville and learned of the late
Mr. Harper’s ongoing effort to correct the name his hometown was
called. He also learned that Harper had put up a sign post with the
name Haynesville clearly written on it for drivers entering the area.
Talton, who is a native of nearby Bonaire, said, “When I was grow
ing up, it was called Haynesville.”
He spoke with Rep. Larry Walker about the situation, and subse
quently encouraged the people of the small community to get a peti
tion signed.
In mid-November, Rep. Walker sent the Hayne(s)ville petition to
Tom Coleman, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of
Transporataion, asking to have the signs along Ga. Hwy. 341 changed
to identify the community as “Haynesville” instead of “Hayneville.”
Commissioner Coleman responded to Walker that while “the cost to
the Department is of no consequence”, since Hayne(s)ville is in an
unincorporated area, he would “feel more comfortable with some
direction from the County Commission since there appears to be
some confusion as to the name.”
Walker then wrote to Commission Chairman Ned Sanders, includ
ing all the correspondence and petitions, and pointing out that
“Sheriff Cullen Talton originally raised with me the perceived desire
of citizens in the Haynesville community to have signage changed
from “Hayneville” to “Haynesville.” and said that he and
Commissioner Coleman “would appreciate hearing from the Houston
County Commissioners on this at an early date.”
The County Commissioners, finding the item on their agenda on
Tuesday night effectively tabled the issue until more information
could be forthcoming. Chairman Sanders said after the meeting that
a public hearing would probably be in order.
According to Ronnie Harper of Hayne(s)ville, his father, Hoke
Harper, did substantial research on the subject.
“The old church records and the Rehoboth Association records say
‘Haynesville’ all the way back,” Harper said on Wednesday morning.
“That goes back about 104 years. All the old-timers called it
Haynesville, and I grew up calling it Haynesville, but then they put
up the sign saying Hayneville and all the newcomers started calling it
Hayneville, or Hayneyville, which really tee’d everybody off.”
Betty Goodroe, another Hayne(s)ville resident said, “When! was
growing up, everybody called it Haynesville, and all of a sudden they
were calling it Hayneville. My husband, Joe, said that when they
came through there and re-did the highway and put up the new signs,
they (the D.0.T.) spelled it without the s.”
A look back in history may explain the confusion, because, while
local residents contend that church records and local tradition sup
port the argument that the community was named after a Mr.
Haynes, maps of Houston County going back as far as 1839 show it as
Hayneville. Perhaps a cartographer from those early days started the
mistake, and mapmakers and government officials have perpetuated
it through the years.
Readers interested in seeing the old maps on internet, should go to
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/histcountymaps/houston.
Editor’s Note: The Houston Home Journal welcomes additional
information and points of view on this issue.
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free,” Burke said.
According to court records, between November of 1986 and June
of 1987, Johnson kidnapped and raped a number of victims. He
kidnapped one victim from her place of employment and broke
into the homes of others, brutally raping, assaulting and robbing
them. Victims were beaten and threatened with weapons if they
did not comply or produce money.
On August 30, 1988, Johnson was found guilty in the Houston
County Superior Court, and was sentenced to life in prison. He is
currently serving his sentence at the Calhoun State Prison in
Morgan, Georgia.
According to Parole Board Milton E. “Buddy” Nix, Jr., parole
was denied due to the heinous and violent nature of the offenses.
“Every decision we make on parole releases is based on public
safety,” Nix said. The Board will not consider Johnson for parole
again until July, 2010. Georgia law requires that life sentence
cases be reviewed at specified intervals. As seen in this case, how
ever, eligibility for review does not mean that parole will be grant
ed.
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conventional radio system, with an 806 MHz channel, for the
new jail. The proposal includes 75 hand held portable radios, 11 of
which will have access to the county’s new 800 MHz communica
tions network, when that system is in operation.
V Accepted the low bid of $431,784.00 for the first phase of the
Lake Joy Road widening proj
ect. The work will be done by
Reeves Construction.
V Honored Dr. David A.
Harvey for his service to the
county on a variety of health
and community service boards;
V Heard from Juvenile Court
Judge Deborah Edwards, who
inquired about progress on a
new juvenile court facility.
Commission Chairman Sanders
said that money was in the
budget for designing the build
ing, and plans were to proceed
with the project.
. V Discussed a proposed inter
net policy for staff use of com
puters.
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