Eastman Councilman Dies

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James David Rawlins (age 73), died of an apparent heart attack on Wednesday, February 22. Rawlins was a member of the Eastman City Council for 22 years. His funeral was held on Friday, February 22. The complete obituary is in this edition of the newspaper.

Tucker James Slaughter

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Age: 15

Died: Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Arrangements: Townsend Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. of Dublin has charge of arrangements.

James Durham Peterson

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Thursday, February 28. 2013
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Age: 74

Died: Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Arrangements: Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

David B. Dusseau, Jr.

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Thursday, February 28. 2013
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Age: 26

Died: Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Arrangements: Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman has charge of arrangements.

One fatally injured

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A Chester woman died after the car she was driving hit a train on Monday, February 25. Dorothy Lee Coley (age 72), of Chester, was driving west on Georgia 257 (Roddy Highway), when she failed to stop at the railroad crossing just before the Cochran Highway. [Full Story »] 

Tommie Lee Pitts

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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Age: 90

Died: Saturday, February 16, 2013

Arrangements: Rollins Funeral Home, Inc. of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Arthur "Rocky" Marshall

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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Age: 56

Died: Monday, February 11, 2013

Arrangements: Rollins Funeral Home, Inc. of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Issac George

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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Age: 67

Died: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Arrangements: Hamilton-Burch Funeral Home, Inc. was in charge of arrangements.

Eudell Roland Pinnell

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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Age: 101

Died: Saturday, February 16, 2013

Arrangements: Williams-White Columns Funeral Home of Gordon was in charge of arrangements.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman assisted the family locally.

Patricia Sue Jones Mullis

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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Age: 65

Died: Saturday, February 16, 2013

Arrangements: Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Billy "Bill" Joseph Hayes

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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Age: 45

Died: Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Arrangements: Lowe's Funeral Home of Helena was in charge of arrangements.

Fire destroys buildings

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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Eastman firemen were called to Soo’s Fashions on Main Street in downtown Eastman on Wednesday, February 20 at 12:34 p.m. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from the rear of the building. A fire had started in the void between the ceiling and the roof of the building, making it extremely difficult to get to the origin of the blaze. The fire quickly spread in the building and Eastman Fire Chief Carl Johnson started calling for assistance from other fire departments in the Dodge and surrounding counties. [Full Story »] 

Letter to the Editor

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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Dear editor,
John means “eternal is gracious’” and James means “cloud.” Matthew 4:21 states that John and James were brothers. [Full Story »] 

The faux empiricist

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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By Rich Lowry
The least-plausible sentence in the English language is “We know this works,” when those words are spoken by President Barack Obama.
He said them the other week in his State of the Union address about early-childhood education. President Obama called for universal preschool funded by the federal government in cooperation with the states. He cited “study after study” showing that investment in Pre-K pays for itself several times over by creating better outcomes for children. [Full Story »] 

Random thoughts

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Wednesday, February 27. 2013
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By Marshall Miller
New Mexico has nearly twice the national average of uninsured drivers. Back in 2003, Democrat Governor Bill Richardson was praising the state’s new policy to issue drivers licenses to non-citizens, known around here as illegals.
Governor Richardson claimed these new residents would do the right thing and buy auto insurance. [Full Story »] 
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