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July 10, 2019
IN LOVING
i Mary Lynda Stevenson Pitts
! September 26, 1935 - July 2, 2019
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; Forsyth - Mary Lynda Stevenson
' Pitts passed away peacefully on July
2, 2019, surrounded byher family.
was born in Lincoln County, Ga.
Qn Sept. 26, the middle daughter of
Lois Drinkard and Newton Ham-
Ayn Stevenson. She graduated from
Lincolnton High School where she
was voted Homecoming Queen. She
furthered her education at Draughn's
Business College in Augusta. In
1957, she married the love of her life,
Dan Pitts, and when her husband be-
PITTS
ame theHead Coach at Mary Persons High School in
1959, the couple moved their young family to Forsyth.
Mrs. PittS began her career working for county agent
Henry J. Self at the Monroe County Extension Service.
She continued her career as assistant to the Honorable
Hugh D. Sosebee, Sr. until his retirement as Senior
Judge of the Flint Judicial Circuit. She later began a
long career with State Farm, first working with John
T. Baker and then helping to establish the agencies of
Steve Osborne and Isabelle Waldrep Tanner. Her genu-
ineness and loving nature were evident in her business
and personal life.
Mrs. Pitts was a longtime member of First Baptist
Ghurch. She enjoyed her many friends and monthly
meetings with The Birthday Girls. She was a mem-
ber of the Mary Persons Touchdown Club and was
awarded the Twelfth Man Award for her support of the
team. It was said that she never once second-guessed
the coaches; She could always be found on Friday
nights cheering her beloved Bulldogs on at Dan Pitts
Stadium She enjoyed watching her family participate
in any spOrt theyloved. During the last year of her life,
"Mena" attended every one of her great-grandsons'
games.
Mrs. Pitts is survived by her husband of 62 years,
Arthur Dan Pitts; her daughters Carolann Pitts Evans
(Deck) and Penny Pitts Mitchell (Bob); her grand-
children, Anni Evans Home (Derek), Carl Patrick
Burdette, Jr. (Sara), and Daniel Pitts Burdette (Chel-
sea); and her great-grandsons, Andrew Pitts Home
and Brantley Vinson Horne; sisters Barbara Stevenson
Smith of Macon and Carolyn Stevenson Link (Bradey)
of Cayce, SC; sisters-in-law, Gall Pitts Guillebeau and
Ann Pitts Owens both of Augusta; many nieces and
nephews and her beloved dog "Rags".
Services were held Frida} July 5 at First Baptist
Church. The Reverend Hambric Brooks officiated.
Burial was private in Forsyth City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions
to First Baptist Church, 95 West Morse Street, Forsyth,
GA 31029 or Forsyth United Methodist Church, PO
Box 108, Forsyth, GA 30129.
Family may be contacted at the residence of Penny
and Bob Mitchell, 85 Mornside Drive.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of ar-
rangements.
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Forsyth - Paul Allen Vandagriff died peacefully with
a sister at his side on June 17, in the care of Pine Pointe
Hospice, Macon. He is survived by sons William Schultek
(Suzanne) and Anthony Bryant, of Forsyth; granddaugh-
ter Haley Thompson; brother Lyle Vandagriff (Karl) of
New Braunfets, Texas; and sister Catherine Vandagriffof
Homewood, Ma. He is preceded in death by Mary, his
wife of 35 years; his parents, Don and Rev. Deacon Mary
Vandagriff; and his sister, Gladys Sprenger.
Born on June 21, 1957 in Fort Worth, Texas, Mr. Van-
dagriffpacked a lot of life into his almost 62 years. He was
an Order of the Arrow Eagle Scout, an avid scuba diver, a
Han Mu Do blackbelt and Taekwondo grand champion,
and winner of BBQ competitions. He loved jazz music
and in his youth played trumpet with three internationally
famous bands. While in the U.S. Air Force he worked in
airfidd management at Patrick AFB, and the astronauts
of early shuttle missions called him "Papa Victor" He was
a Johnson & Wales trained culinary artist, and taught
cooking skills to juveniles at a maximum-risk correctional
program.
Paul was known for his wit, integri ,ty, mad unfailing kind-
ness. He is greatly loved and sorely missed.
Graveside Services will be hdd at four o'clock on Satur-
Kay Hilsman Lariscy
Forsyth - Kay Hilsman Lariscy, 75, of Forsyth went to be
with the Lord on July 4, 2019.
Kay was born in Madison to the late J.C. and Carrie
Bell Adcock. She was a lifelong florist as well as a devoted
wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Kay
is survived by her husband of 32 years, Joe Lariscy of
Forsyth, children Bart Hilsman and Jason Hilsman (Jen-
nifer) of Madison, Heather Register (James) of Forsyth
and Chris Lariscy (Emily) of Suwanee, 10 grandchil-
dren and 3 great grandchildren as well as sisters Juanita
Harrison of Greensboro, Shirley Lancaster of Madison,
Donna Knighten (De) of Rome and brother Billy Adcock
(Ginger) of Madison, as well as many nieces and nephews,
cousins and friends. Kay was the owner of Etc. Flowers
and Gifts in Madison for many years before moving from
her home town of Madison to Forsyth. In Forsyth she
opened Lariscy's Flowers and Grits where she serviced her
community for 16 years doing what she loved. She was a
member of the Forsyth Arts Alliance as she was a painter
and artist as well. She loved spending time with her family
and friends and relaxing with a good book
Family will greet friends for a Celebration of Life, Satur-
day, July 13, 2019, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Monroe
County Moose Lodge, 524 Cabaniss Road Forsyth, GA
31029. Burial will be private.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapd.com to
day, July 13, 2019, at MoDroe Memorial Gardens.
express tributes
In heu of flowers the amilv suggests donatmns to Pine "
" Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
Polnte Hospice, 6261 Peake Road, Macon, Georgm, 31210.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com to rangements.
express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
rangements.
JUST THE WAY IT IS t
J oan Oliver
said it best,
[ '.'President Trump
| is the winner of
the firstDemo-
cratic debate? lllegal aliens
were the other big aer.
Unforttmate-
ly, big losers
included
U.S. citi-
zens, blacks
and other
minorities. If
you missed
it, the top 20
Democratic
presidential
candidates
spent two
nights in
an anger-
induced, "we
hate Ameri-
ca" debate that should fright-
en sane people, regardless
of your political aff ation.
For the sake of our country,
for the sake of your children
and grandchildren, I ask you
Dems and libs, please return
to a sane version of liberal-
ism. That Democratic debate
was socialism and "destroy
America" on full display.
Following are examples of
what I mean.
THE HIGHLIGHTS
(actually low-lights) of the
Democrat debates included:
Eric Swalwell proudly
prodaimed that he wants to
storm into your house and
seize weapons (Note - only
if you refuse to surrender
them). Obviously, Swalwell
has no problem violating the
2nd and 4th Amendments.
Julian Castro (former
Obama cabinet member)
proudly stated that he wants
"reproductive justice" fbr
transgender males. AJ'. er the
debate Julian tried to clarify
and said, "it's trans men,
trans masculine, and non-
binary folks who need full
access to abortion and repro
healthcare? Abortion for
maleS? WTH is he talking
about?
Kamala Harris (I)-CA)
is in favor of bringing back
forced school busing to
further integrate public
schools. FYI - School bus-
sing was the most hated
government edict of the past
50 years. Fully 90% of both
blacks and whites opposed
forced bussing.
Why Kamala
wants bussing is
anyone's guess
but Dems love
"mandatory
programs".
Every Dem
candidate, except
John Delaney
(D-MD), wants
"Medicare for
all". Democrats
want to replace
private health
insurance with
Big Government
because more government is
their only solution.
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
thinks the Taliban bears
NO responsibility for 9/11
or terrorism. Hey Tulsi, the
Taliban harbored M Qaeda
which makes them respon-
sible.
Instead of sending them
home, Kirstin Gillibrand
(D-NY) wants to "lawyer
up" illegals who sneak across
the border.
Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)
and Cory Booker (D-NJ)
both answered questions
in broken Spanish. Their
condescension and pander-
ing to Latino voters was
insulting. Hey, Beto and
Cor how about encourag-
ing immigrant Latinos to
learn English and assimilate
into society - something
that would actually benefit
them?
WHERE ARE the sane
Democrats? Only Ddaney
and Tim Ryan (D-OH) real-
ize how radical their leftist
comrades have become. Dd-
aney said that Medicare for
all is "bad policy" because
it diminates private health
insurance and imposes a
single payer system. And
Ryan said, "We've lost all
connection. We (meaning
his Democrat party) have
got to change the center of
gravity of the Democratic
Party from coastal and elitist
and Ivy League - which is
the perception - to some-
body from the forgotten
communities that have been
left behind for the last 30
years."
RYAN IS correct. The
Dems are elitist. They
despise those of us here in
central Georgia. They've
exchanged working people
and working communities
for illegals. President Trump
hasn't and is why he'll win
re-election.
FINALLY, WHEN the
Democratic candidates
were asked, all said they
will decriminalize illegal
border crossings (i.e. illegals
sneaking into the country).
Then, when asked if their
health plan induded illegal
aliens, every Dem is in favor
of paying the health care for
illegals the day they set foot
in this country. Addition-
ally, not one Democratic
candidate said that he would
deport any illegal - ever. This
is beyond insanity. Every
Democrat supports allow-
ing anybody in the world to
invade our country, we must
do nothing to prevent them
from entering, and once
here, they have a "right" to
stay forever. Plus, the day
they show up, the illegals are
entitled to free healthcare,
free education, free hous-
ing, and free whatever else
they want - at your expense.
lllegals only need to sneak
across the border and we
must give them everything.
(Note - We don't even do
this for our own dtizens.
Obviously, Dems care more
about illegals than they do
U.S. citizens.)
AS A COUNTRY, we
can have open borders and
allow anyone in the world
complete access to America,
or we can have a "welfare
society" in which everyone
is entitled to everything.
However, we can't have both
or we'll soon be providing
food, shelter and healthcare
to the entire world and be a
bankrupt country just like
ently that's what liberals are
demanding and what their
candidates are selling- the
country be damned.
A COUNTRY is defined
as- a body of people united
by common descent, his-
tory, culture, or language,
inhabiting a partictdar
country or territory, rm
asking you Democrat read-
ers, if we have open borders
and allow unfettered access
to everybody in the world,
insist they NEVER integrate
into our sodety, and insist
that they NEVER pledge
allegiance to flag or coun-
try, how does that help the
United States? How do we
benefit by bankrupting the
nation by giving endless
welfare to illegals? Except
the iUegals, how do open
borders help anybody?
LET'S BE CLEAR; I'm
an American citizen. I
defended this country by
putting my life on the line
on numerous overseas
deployments to the Middle
East and elsewhere. In my
25+ year Army career I've
jumped from planes in the
middle of the night; trudged
through swamps up to my
neck; carried loads of well
over 80 pounds for end-
less miles; spent countless
nights shivering, wet and
cold; and been shot at - all
to help keep Americans safe
and our nation free. The
benefits the Dems want to
give illegals, the day they
arrive, are more than I, or
any other dtizen, receive
- despite having sacrificed
with blood, sweat and tears.
rm not complaining about
what I receive or don't re-
ceive. I have a problem with
Democratic candidates who
want to use my tax dollars
to buy votes, and who want
to give more to criminal
lllegals than they do to U.S.
citizens.
WEEKLY Quote: "The
Dems are catering to non-
citizens." Rush Limbaugh
Sloan Oliver is a retired
Army officer who writes
a weekly column for the
Reporter. Email him at slo-
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