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Mrs. Mary Taylor, 65 of Adel passed away Friday, January 27, 2012 at Heritage House in Valdosta. Mrs. Taylor was born August 22, 1946 to the late Randall & Mary Ellen Carter Yates. Survivors include her daughter & son in law, Teri & Randy Gordon of Warner Robins, GA; three brothers, Joe Odom of Madison, [...]
By Lynette Norris Greene Publishing, Inc. After the death of volunteer firefighter Captain James Lee Von Roden, the County Commissioners discovered that there was a $50,000 firefighter death benefit in the county’s statutes. The provision for the benefit, payable to surviving family members upon the death of a firefighter in the line of duty, had [...]
By Lynette Norris Greene Publishing, Inc. About the first of this year, the FCAT rankings were released for all the public high schools and combination high school/middle schools in the state of Florida, with Madison County High School ranked as a “C” school. The high school rankings consisted of several factors besides the FCAT, which [...]
By Ginger Jarvis Greene Publishing, Inc. By a unanimous vote, the Barksdale Foundation has decided to convey its property in northeast Madison County to the Florida Methodist Children’s Home. The vote, taken at Monday night’s meeting, approved a resolution transferring the 239-acre site to the FMCH for the purpose of building a local branch of [...]
David Milton Carter, 58, of Madison, died after a long illness Monday, January 23, 2012, in Tallahassee. David lived most of his life in Madison. He is survived by his mother, Elizabeth Carter of Madison; one daughter, Jessica Richardson and husband, Paul, and two grandchildren, Heather and Andrew of Adel, Ga.; two brothers, Raymond Carter [...]
By Lynette Norris Greene Publishing, Inc. Amid an evening of basketball playoffs for the Florida Star Championship in the Madison County Central School gym, the Broncos honored basketball Coach Charlie Barfield who is retiring after 35 years. All around the gym, poster dotted the walls. “We love you, Coach Barfield!” “Goodbye, We’ll Miss You!” There [...]
By Kristin Finney Greene Publishing, Inc. To say that Vicki Howerton loves Madison County would be an understatement. She moved here in 1971 after she married her husband, Colin Howerton, a longtime Madison resident. Prior to moving to Madison, Howerton graduated from Waycross High School, then attended Ga. Southern College for two years. “I then [...]
By Nell Dobbs Guest Columnist How blessed indeed we are for Sunday School and church, and being able to gather, study His word, sing praises to Him, bring the tithes and offerings, hear touching offertory prayer by Justin Davis, and to see the beautiful flowers placed by Mark and Jennifer Browning, and the worship choir [...]
By Joe Boyles Guest Columnist Editor’s note: “Stray Vectors” is the author’s byline for random thoughts on the passing scene. Here is the dirty little secret that Obamacare’s individual mandate rests upon. Thirty million will be added to Medicaid with the new law in 2014. Who pays for this new glut of healthcare consumers? Answer: [...]
Martha Carolyn Driggers Daugharty, age 64, died Sunday, January 15, 2012, at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee. She was born in Hamilton County on December 27, 1947. She was the daughter of James and Dimple Driggers. She worked as a LPN at various nursing homes around the area. She was a member of Pine [...]
By Bryant Thigpen Greene Publishing, Inc. Many know him as coach; others know him as pastor. He has spent his life serving the people of this County through the Madison County Education System and as pastor of Pineland Missionary Baptist Church. While he’s given of himself sacrificially to this community for many years, it is [...]
Madison, FL., January 18, 2012 – Florida agricultural producers have extra chances this year to be approved for cost share funding for the Organic, On-Farm Energy and Seasonal High Tunnel initiatives this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced three ranking periods for Fiscal Year 2012 for these funding opportunities; in the past [...]
(Live Oak, FL) – January 2012 – The Suwannee River Regional Library System has expanded its services with digital audiobooks and eBooks available to download from the library’s website. Library card holders can check out and download digital media anytime, anywhere by visiting the library’s online catalog @ www.neflin.org/srrl. Users may browse the library’s [...]
By Diann Douglas Guest Columnist Just in time to help with New Year’s resolutions to eat healthy and be more physically active, the USDA just launched a new online program called SuperTracker. This state-of-the art resource is available at ChooseMyPlate.gov; it is designed to assist individuals working on health changes in their lives. The Myplate [...]
By Mark Mark Buescher, C.P.A. Guest Columnist Last week in this column, I indicated that 2012 could be a year of optimism relative to North Florida economic conditions. I addressed various segments of the economy including favorable Florida employment numbers recently released by the governor. One area that I did not address was that of [...]
By Lynette Norris Greene Publishing, Inc. The very first winner of the Madison Chamber of Commerce’s “Business of the Month Spotlight” for the year 2012 is Jimmie’s Firestone Service Center, located at the junction of I-10 Exit 258 and State Road 53, south of Madison. Cindy Vees, Director of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, [...]
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