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By Alison Jenkins
Born Susanna Billard on
August 1, 1919 in the Republic
of Panama, "Miss Nina", as she
is widely known, celebrated her
100th birthday the last week-
A picture of Nina Billard Head a
few years ago. She moved to the
Juliette area in 1967 and raised
five children. On Aug. 1 she be-
came a centenarian.
end of July surrounded by her
children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren.
Nina's father was a French
military doctor, having served
in WW1, assigned to the Canal
where he fell in love and mar-
ried a local Cherokee girl. The
Panama Canal would also bring
Nina her own husband, Robert
T. Head of Monroe County,
whose job was to operate the
locks.
They raised five children,
moving to what became Head
Road in the Juliette area in 1967.
Nina Head has been a faithful
member of various churches
over the years, always keeping
the nursery, even up into her
80's. She would frequently care
for the children of children she
had kept when they were little.
She has 11 grandchildren
(losing one in a motorcycle ac-
cident), 20 great-grandchildren
and can remember every one.
Not bad for a centenarian!
Two children still live in Mon-
roe County, along with three
grandchildren and a total of 10
great-grandchildren.
Nina Head of Juliette, center, celebrated her lOOth birthday at Grits Cafe in Forsyth on Saturday, July 2Z
Here she is surrounded by 19 of her 20 great grandchildren at the birthday luncheon. (Photo courtesy of
Alison Jenkins.)
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Forsyth firefighter Michael
Cobb tries to pry open the
door on a Toyota Sequoia
that wrecked and was
then abandoned durina a
chase on Frontage Road on
Tuesday. Police say Octa-
vius Lyons was the driver
as they found his ID in the
vehicle, and they're look-
ing for him still. Call the
sheriff's office at 994-7048
if you have information on
his whereabouts.
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By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
A Macon man is still at
large after leading Mon-
roe County deputies on a
:high-speed chase, wrecking
on Frontage Road near the
KOA and then fleeing on
Tuesday; July 30. But depu-
ties say they've identified
the suspect as Octavius
Lyons, 33, and say he'll face
a lot of charges once he's
captured.
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11:14 a.m. when Mon-
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Haskins saw a black 2002
Toyota Sequoia with an
illegal tag cover parked at
the Hwy. 42 North Shell
station. Haskins noticed
the driver, later identified
as Lyons, was walking back
and forth between the gas
station and the vehicle.
Lyons then drove away
from the station aggres-
sively, and Haskins tried to
stop the vehicle on North
Frontage Road. However,
the vehicle instead turned
left onto Mays Street and
began accelerating rap-
idl)n The vehicle then ran
through several stop signs,
turning left onto Power-
house Road and eventually
back onto North Frontage
Road. The vehicle then
lost control and nearly hit
another vehide head-on.
Eventually, the vehicle
crashed as it tried to round
a curve on South Frontage
Road, sliding offthe left
side of the road and hitting
several trees.
Haskins said Lyons, who
is about 6 feet tall, 220-230
pounds in weight and was
wearing a black jersey with
blue numbers on the front,
exited the vehicle and ran
into the woods. Haskins
was unable to find Lyons.
Lt. Chad Beck of the Mon-
roe County Sheriff's Office
then searched the vehicle
and found Lyons' South
Carolina license which
identified him. Dispatchers
determined Lyons' license
was suspended.
He will be charged with '
fleeing or attempting to i
dude, driving while license!
suspended, failure to stop'
at a stop sign, failure to
maintain lane, passing in a
no-passing zone, reckless
driving, tag cover viola-
tion, following too closely
and failure to signal while
turning,
