2021-12-08

WHAT’S NEXT

Saturday, Dec. 11 The Waynesboro Sacred Heart Catholic Church Roundtable of the Knights of Columbus are sponsoring the 7th annual benefit for the Salvation Army. The Lights with the Knights fundraiser will feature fries, wings (or chicken tenders), popcorn and hot chocolate while supplies last from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. A speaker will play the music for the synchronized […]

LOOKING BACK

{this week in Burke County history}

10 YEARS AGO – DECEMBER 7, 2011 Jerry Blash was hired as the Waynesboro Police Department’s new lead investigator. The Dublin native had 16 years of experience in law enforcement, mostly with the Milledgeville Police Department. Waynesboro Exchange Club members paid tribute to Mary Ann Johnson who had volunteered at the club’s annual exhibit hall for 35 years. Caleb Tenhuisen, […]

Don Lively

MINE

It sits on the sill of my kitchen window, rarely used but within reach and within sight whenever I need it to be. It’s just an old knife. A very old knife, long and pointy. It used to belong to Daddy. I watched him cut up all the fixings for his famous catfish chowder many times using the knife. The […]

Michael N. Searles

RUNNING SHOES

We are a people on the move with about 60 million people engaged in running, jogging and trail running. One hundred and fifty million of us walk, jog or run for fitness. Covering and protecting our feet in the activity of running extends back to 1832 when Wait Webster patented the process of adding rubber soles to shoes and boots. […]

Ronda Rich

GORDON PIRKLE PART ONE - A LEGEND

(Editor Note: This is part one of a three part series) At the time, I was in way over my head. Pleasingly, though, I was oblivious to that so I just kept sputtering along, doing the best I could. And it was working. At 19, I was practicing newspaper journalism and tapping out obituaries on an old Royal electric typewriter. […]

Political Cartoon

Laura Jean Chance

Laura Jean Chance, 95, entered into eternal rest with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Saturday, December 4, 2021, at Brentwood Terrace Nursing Home. She was born and raised in Alexander, Georgia and was a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida before moving back to Burke County in 1990. She was a member of Botsford Baptist Church and a former member […]

John “Johnny” Neal McClellan

Mr. John “Johnny” Neal McClellan, age 68, of Dahlonega, Georgia, formerly of Waynesboro, passed away on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. Johnny was born on May 5, 1953, in Waynesboro to the late Rufus “Tamp” McClellan and the late Evelyn Walden McClellan Davis. He was an U.S. Army veteran and was proud to have been able to serve his country. In […]

Susie D. Ward

Sylvania – Susie Dixon Ward, age77, of Sylvania, and widow of Ronald “Ronnie” Aubrey Ward, passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2021, at Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. She was born on July 7, 1944, in Girard, Georgia, to the late Charles “Fully” Dixon and the late Gennie Alberta Long Dixon. Susie was of the Baptist faith. She was […]

Bennie Lee Walker

Mr. Bennie Lee Walker, age 63, of Waynesboro, Georgia, entered into eternal rest on December 4, 2021. Graveside service will be held Saturday, December 11, 2021, at11:00 a.m. at Beechwood Baptist Church Cemetery, 2596 Story Mill Road, Waynesboro, GA 30830. Visitation for the immediate family will be held Friday, December 10, 2021, 2:00-3:00 p.m. and public viewing will be held […]