JOHNNY AND KRISTI COLLINS of Lehigh finally got to meet their newest grandchildren over the Thanksgiving holiday. Ryeland Finnegan Collins was born November 3, and Addilyn Lee Orsini-Collins was born July 13. Ryeland lives in Texas and Addilyn lives in Florida. It was a blessed Thanksgiving for our family. (Submitted by Johnny and Kristi Collins)
CLASS OF 1970 AND FRIENDS - From left (front) - Bonny Cometti, Debra Eaves, Ione Haney, Dottie Jordan, June Smith, Millie McKenzie, Brenda Burns; (center) - Frank Shores, Donna Prince, Mary Story, Dian Powell, Myra Greenwell, George French, Burney Bellettini; (back) - James Prince, Larry Cometti, Eddie Anglin, Danny Parrish, Steve Hudson, Phillip Cody. The class of 1970 held their 50-year reunion on October 3, 2020, at Coalgate United Methodist Church. More reunion pictures inside.
The Coal County Chamber of Commerce announced details on the 2020 Christmas Parade of Lights. This year’s parade will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2020 @ 6:00 p.m. The theme will be “Santa’s Workshop”.
Coal County Sheriff Bryan Jump, who has worn the sheriff badge since January 2013, will begin his third term of office in January 2021.
Cambree Etchieson and Brystol Dever
CIRCUS CREW
Deiondra Howard and Imri Bolgrien
James Rhoades
Dash Roebuck, Presley Humphreys, Ever Roebuck
Emersyn and Graesyn Heck
Awhile back, I was discussing in a local cafe about how there used to be a bombing range on the Cody Ranch back during WWII, used by crews from Ardmore Army Air Force Base training on B-17s.
ROBERT HICKMAN spent part of Father’s Day weekend giving his daughter away in marriage. Courtney Hickman became Mrs. Sam Atterberry on Saturday, June 20, at Coalgate First United Methodist Church.
A routine traffic stop conducted by the Coalgate Police Department in downtown Coalgate during the early morning hours of November 25 led to the seizure of 2.47 pounds of methamphetamine, a stolen car, and a firearm. The estimated street value of the meth is $50,000 - $100,000, according to the arresting officer, Dyllan Brown. It is the largest meth seizure in recent history in Coal County – and possibly the largest seizure ever made.
Candidates for the Coalgate City Council and Boards of Education in Coal County school districts will be able file their Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8:00 a.m. Monday, December 7, and continuing Tuesday and Wednesday, December 8 and 9. The filing period ends at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 9.
Coalgate needed only one score to win Friday’s game against Marietta as the Wildcats defense blanked the Indians offense.
The Coalgate Wildcats beat the Tishomingo Indians Thursday to win their first game of the season.
And so there is. In the Bible, the book of Ecclesiastes, a famous King and familiar Bible character, King Solomon, wrote a book on philosophy.
