Church News



Haven- Munnerlyn Haven-Munnerlyn United Methodist Church will hold its Annual Spring Revival, 7:30 p.m. nightly, April 17-19. Guest speaker will be Rev. Willie L. Mincey of Springhill Baptist Church of Keysville. Salters Grove Salters Grove Baptist Church will hold its Annual Spring Revival, 7:30 p.m., April 17 – 19. Rev. Heyward Dock will be the revivalist. Fellowship Missionary Fellowship Missionary […]

Political Cartoon



Looking Back



10 years ago – April 16, 2003 More than a dozen residents of Hometract Road and adjoining private roads met with the Burke County Commission to discuss how the roads could be maintained. The road department was under orders not to maintain any private roads in the county. A number of homeowners had been notified by the postal service that […]

Letter to the Editor



Hire chief with no Burke ties EDITOR: The best thing the citizens of Waynesboro can hope and pray for is that city council elects a police chief who is not from Waynesboro or Sardis. That way, nobody will have ties to anyone on city council. Deputy Chief Roosevelt Lodge should have been demoted for the personal stove purchases he made […]

Don Lively

THEN AND NOW AND THEN AGAIN

My son, when he was a toddler, had me worried that he was never going to walk or talk. He was one of those late bloomers. Of course he had the advantage of having two older sisters who transported him by toting, rolling or dragging him everywhere and who, between the two of them, chattered so constantly that their little […]

Jim Shumard

PROFILES IN COURAGE IN THE FACE OF COWARDICE

Cowards have struck at the heart of our life again. They have attacked unarmed civilians, women and children and men, young and old, rich and poor, black and white. They have succeeded as cowards and failed as terrorists, for we are not terrorized and we are not afraid of them. We will not stop loving, living, running, flying, volunteering, cheering. […]

Eddie W. Boyd



Mr. Eddie W. Boyd of Waynesboro entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, April 20, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will be at Noah’s Ark Baptist Church Cemetery. His loving and devoted family will cherish his memories. Phinazee & Son Funeral Home 706-554-5500

LaRunta Griffin



Mr. LaRunta Griffin of Waynesboro entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, April 20, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will be at Noah’s Ark Baptist Church Cemetery. His loving and devoted family will cherish his memories. Phinazee & Son Funeral Home 706-554-5500

Margaret L. Abrams



Mrs. Margaret L. Abrams of Waynesboro entered into eternal rest Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Burke Medical Center. Funeral services will be held noon, Friday, April 19, at Antioch Rock Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will in the church cemetery. Her loving and devoted family will cherish her memories. Phinazee & Son Funeral Home 706-554-5500

Sammy L. Vaughns



Mr. Sammy L. Vaughns of Midville entered into eternal rest Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Select Speciality Hospital. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, April 20, at Jones Grove Baptist Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. His loving and devoted family will cherish his memories. Phinazee & Son Funeral Home 706-554-5500