Tag: Oklahoma
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Sen. Jason Anavitarte Introduces “Ricky and Alyssa’s Law” to Promote School Safety
This week, Sen. Jason Anavitarte (R–Dallas), Chairman of the Senate Majority Caucus, introduced Senate Bill 17 to improve school safety. The legislation honors Alyssa Alhadeff, a victim of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018. It is also named after Coach Richard “Ricky” William Aspinwall, defense coordinator at Apalachee High School, killed during…
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Margit Aviles
Mrs. Margit Aviles, age 82, of Aragon, GA, passed away Thursday evening, November 14, 2024. Mrs. Aviles was born in Czechoslovakia, on June 11, 1942, daughter of the late Rudolph Egerer and Ernestine Boettinger Egerer. She grew up in Aschaffenburg, Germany and moved to California at the age of 26. Mrs. Aviles had lived in…
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Memorial Day weekend storms bring minor damage to Polk
Memorial Day weekend proved nationally to be an active on the severe weather front, but for the most part the storms that pushed through Polk County were mainly a mild inconvenience instead of causing major damage. Severe weather across the nation this weekend brought tornadoes and thunderstorms ranging from Texas and Oklahoma to Washington, D.C.,…
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Signups available for RCAC’s 2024 Summer Camps
There’s plenty of opportunities for youth this summer at the Rockmart Cultural Arts Center with their lineup of camps, with spots still left open to get into a variety of camps. There are seven different camp options this year during the months of June and July, starting with the week of June 3 through June…
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Ronnie Eugene Smith
Ronnie Eugene Smith, age 70, of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2024. Mr. Smith was born March 4, 1953, in Marietta, Georgia, to his parents, Hubert Smith and Alice Odean Hopkins Smith. Ronnie was a retired brick mason. He was of the Baptist faith. In his free time, Ronnie enjoyed being outdoors, hunting,…
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Carl V. Radford
Carl V. Radford, 91, of Oologah, Oklahoma (formerly of Cedartown, Georgia) passed suddenly in his home on February 7, 2023. Carl was born February 26, 1931, in Merkoot, Missouri to Charles and Minnie (Pyatt) Radford. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Air Force and proudly served to full retirement after 20 years.…
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Mrs. Emma Jean Runyon Voyles
Mrs. Emma Jean Runyon Voyles, age 90 of Rockmart, passed away Monday, November 1, 2021 at Winthrop Health & Rehab of Rome. She was born September 18, 1931, in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, daughter of the late John Calvin Runyon and the late Mable Marie McCrakin Runyon. She was a self-employed truck driver and of the Catholic…
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Mrs. Beverly Gaye Abney
Mrs. Beverly Gaye Abney, age 74, of Buchanan, GA, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2021. She was born on November 2, 1946 in Oklahoma City, OK to her late parents: Claude Siegfried and Juanita Burkett Siegfried. Mrs. Abney was a Georgia resident since 1997 after moving here from Oklahoma. Beverly worked as a homemaker.…