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IN LOVING
Lessie Young
November 11, 1932 - September 22, 2018
Forsyth - Funeral services for Mrs. Lessie Beatrice
Walker Young were held Saturday, Sept. 29 at lob Cha-
pd A.M.E. Church, 1228 Pea Ridge Road, Juliette.
Freeman Funeral Home of Forsyth was in charge of
arrangements.
Willene McGee Castleberry
December 31, 1926 - September 30, 2018
Willene McGee Castleberry of Forsyth passed away
Sunda5 Sept. 30, 2018. She was
born Dec. 31, 1926, to Sarah
Thornton McGee and Jefferson
Dewitt McGee in Morgan, Ga. She
attended the Conservatory at Wes-
leyan College in Macon, graduat-
ing in 1947 as co-valedictorian of
her class. After graduation, she
moved to Forsyth to teach music
where she met and married Jeptha
Edgar Casfleberry, Jr. They had
CASTLEBERRY
two children, Jeptha Edgar Castelberry III and Janne
Casfleberry Foster.
Willene pursued a lifelong interest in the arts, ex-
panding her love of music to painting. She studied at
the Chatov Studio in Atlanta and exhibited frequently
in the central Georgia area. Willene and Edgar were
avid travelers and enjoyed visiting as many foreign
countries as possible. Willene was seldom without her
easd and paint supplies and she often took them with
her on trips as she painted her way around the world.
Willene was a devoted mother and wife, and she
delighted in being a citizen of Forsyth where she raised
her family and lived until moving to the Carlyle in Ma-
con in her later years. She was a member of the Forsyth
United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday
School and served on the Administrative Board. She
also was a founding member of the Forsyth Book Club.
Willene was preceded in death by her husband,
Edgar, and her brother and sister-in-law, Jefferson and
Mary Jo McGee of Albany. She is survived by her two
children, Jep and ]anne, her grandson, James Edgar
Casfleberry Foster, and her sister and brother-in-law,
Drs. Anne and James Morganstern of Columbus, Ohio.
Graveside services will be held at the Forsyth City
Cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel
has charge of arrangements.
The Reporter plans to name Monroe County's 2018
Businesswoman of the Year in October, and we're look-
ing for your nominations.
The Businesswoman of the Year award will be an-
nounced on the cover
of our special Women
in Business section W0 EN
to be published in
October. October is IN BUS
National Women in oF MIDDLE GEORGIA
Business Month. Shannon Terrell
If you'd like to honor
someone you know
whose integrity, energy
and vision makes them
shine in the business
world, please send a
nomination of 500 words or less to publisher@mymcr.
net, or fax to 994-2359 or mail to PO Box 795, Forsyth,
GA 31029. The deadline for nominations is noon on
Wednesday, Oct. 17.
We would like to express our
sincere gratitude to all of our
family and friends for every
act of kindness that you have
shown us during our time of
sorrow. May God bless each of
you is our prayer.
The family of
Elizabeth Wright-Rails
of Culloden, GA
UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED by Marilyn Langford
o .ew! Last week was
e week that was!
egardless of whether
u are Republican or
taking a breath. That's why his friends
called him "Half Pint Willie"
Democrat, it was equally painful. We
cried with Dr. Ford
and witnessed the raw
wrath of Brett Kava-
naugh. We witnessed
the rage of a once
well-respected Sena-
tor, Lindsey Graham,
self-destruct his own
reputation of behaving
in a moderate manner.
His audition for Attor-
ney General went over
well with his future
boss. We witnessed
two ordinary ladies tell
a sitting Senator their
unbridled views. Then we witnessed
something we haven't seen in years, a
Republican and a Democrat working
together for the good of the country.
We all experienced a feeling of hope.
OF ALL the things we witnessed last
week, the one thing that is indelible
in my hippocampus (I learned that
from Dr. Ford) was the shock and awe
testimony of Brett Kavanaugh to the
Judiciary Committee and the world.
He was so full of anger, hostility, and
insolence. In a real hearing, he would
have been held in contempt. No joke,
I became afraid of him while sitting in
my own home watching on television.
THERE HAD been much talk
about Kavanaugh's drinking habits
and his proclivity to become a mean,
belligerent drunk. That brought back
a memory buried deep in my hippo-
campus. I looked at Kavanaugh's face
and saw my father. You see, my daddy
was the greatest, sweetest, kindest
man you l ever meet, until he got
drunk. I don't recall ever seeing him
drunk in public, he saved that for his
family. He didn't like beer. He liked
Early Times whiskey. He could guzzle
a half pint of Early Times without
River Forest and Healy
Point have a new General
Manager in Brian Boding.
Boding comes to Middle
Georgia after five years
managing well-known
state park properties such
as Brasstown Bald and
Lake Blackshear for Coral
Hospitality, which handles
resort management for the
state of Georgia. Boeling
said that job required him
to drive 1,200 miles per
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came up with several huge
special teams plays, block-
ing an Upson-Lee punt and
returning it for a score and
also recovering a muffed
Upson-Lee punt return at
the one-yard-line, setting
up another TD.
Since the Knights were
blanked 31-0 at AAAAA
Veterans in their season-
opener on Aug. 17, they
have rebounded to win
four of their last five games.
The Knights recorded
back-to-back wins over
AAAAA East Paulding on
the road 21-16 on Aug. 24
and AAAAA Harris Coun-
ty at home 33-28 on Aug.
31 before a heartbreaking
28-24 loss at AA Fitzger-
ald on Sept. 7. Upson-Lee
then rebounded again
with a 21-7 road win over
INDELIBLE IN my hippocampus
was a night when I was no more
than 11 years old. I don't
remember the date, day,
or time. I don't remember
if anyone else was in the
house. My Daddy came
home sloppy drunk with
that mean look in his eyes.
As things between he and
my Mama escalated, I hid,
as I always did. When I
heard things escalating and
the familiar vitriol in Dad-
dy's voice, I stood on the
porch and watched through
the window. He held her
by her arm. I picked up a
hammer, and in my mind, there was
no doubt that I was going to hit him
on the head with that hammer if he
hit her. This reaction was totally out of
character for me but somebody had to
stand up to him. Just as I was mov-
ing toward the door poised with the
hammer, he let her go. For this reason,
I hate angry men, drunk or sober. For
this reason, Brett Kavanaugh scares
me.
BOELING
week round trip so he's
excited to be settling down
somewhat.
I HAVE always felt secure in that
our Supreme Court Justices were
the purest of the pure in our govern-
ment, with the exception of Clarence
Thomas. However, I've always had
confidence in Thomas that when
a decision was made by this court,
it was made in accordance to our
constitution and by precedence. Not
for political reasons. In Kavanaugh's
opening statement, he castigated
Democrats and said, "What goes
around, comes around." That was a
definite threat. That is a disqualifying
statement, among many others that
he made. I will always question Kava-
naugh's motives in any of his rulings if
he is confirmed.
FORGET WHAT'S been alleged
AAAAA Griffin before
beating Perry last Friday in
its Region 2-AAAA opener.
Mary Persons once
maintained a fierce ri-
valry with R.E. Lee, which
merged with Upson to
form Upson-Lee in 1992.
The Rebels won the first
six meetings in the series
between 1939 and 1945.
When the rivalry resumed
in 1978, MP got the upper
hand, winning 12 of 17
meetings in a dozen-year
span between 1978-1989.
Five times during that
timespan the two programs
met in the region cham-
pionship contest with the
Bulldogs winning four of
five. MP also once had a
spirited rivalry with Upson,
Boding is a good fit for
the two ClubCorp clubs be-
cause he not only has resort
experience but also golf
club experience, having
spent 15 years with a golf
strategy company before
joining Coral.
Boding said he actually
started talking to Clubcorp
about another job in their
company but said when
this position came open it
was closer to his home in
four seasons. Upson-Lee
has yet to score a point
against MP at Matthews
Field, losing 42-0 to the
Bulldogs in 2014 and 24-0
to MP in 2016. However,
last season's meeting at Dan
Pitts Stadium was by far the
best in the recent renewal
of the series. In the first
meeting since former MP
quarterback Justin Elder
took over as Upson,Lee's
head coach, MP took a
21-7 halftime lead against
the Knights before Upson-
Lee stormed back with 14
points in the third period
to tie the contest at 21-
all headed to the final 12
minutes. MP quarterback
J.T. Hartage, who broke
Elder's MP single game
winning 11 of 14 meetings passing yardage mark with
between 1974 and 1991.
The Bulldogs have won
all four previous meet-
ings with the Knights with
each coming in the past
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about Kavanaugh and answer this
serious question. If you were ever in
a situation where a judge, at any level,
was making the final decision that
would have lasting and detrimental
consequences to you or your family,
would you want that Judge to be Brett
Kavanaugh?
WE'LL NEVER know the truth
about Kavanaugh. Trump lies, we
all know that. But the lie he is tell-
ing right now is the biggest and most
harmful lie to date, and will have a
lasting effect on our judicial system,
our Justice Department, women, and
cause a divide in the country that may
never heal. Trump insists the FBI has
free reign to investigate the serious
allegations made against Kavanaugh.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. The list of witnesses provided
to the FBI by the White House shows
they are authorized to question
one friend of Dr. Ford's, three good
friends of Kavanaugh's, and only
one other accuser, Ms. Ramirez. The
names of the witnesses Ms. Ramirez
may reveal are not even on the list.
Neither are his classmates from high
school or Yale.
WE HAD one shining moment of
hope last Thursday when we learned
the FBI would be investigating all the
allegations against Kavanaugh. Don't
give JeffFlake too many accolades
because I heard the words he spoke in
the hearing regarding the request for
the FBI investigation. He added the
words "with limited scope" so quietly
I don't think it was even heard by
many people. I heard it and said, "Uh-
oh"! I knew in that instant Trump had
approved the motion and that the FBI
investigation would be controlled by
those words, "limited scope:' And
limited it is. The investigation is a
farce, a sham, and I'm scared.
Marilyn Langford of High Falls
writes about politics from the left side
for the Reporter.
292 yards in the contest,
connected on a 13-yard
TD pass, his fourth of the
game, to Ladamian Sands
with 7:40 left to play. With
MP protecting a 28-21 lead,
the Knights drove down
to MP's six-yard-line with
eight seconds remaining.
That's when MP corner-
back Antoine Davis made
perhaps the biggest play of
MP's 2017 season, picking
offa pass by Upson-Lee's
Cameron Traylor at the
one-yard-line to preserve
the MP win. The outcome
would prove critical for
Augusta.
Boding said they're put-
ting finishing touches on
plans for a massive remod-
eling of the River Forest
clubhouse. He said when
they're done, River Forest
will look like The Country
Club of the South in Johns
Creek. He said the im-
provements will represent
a huge investment in the
growing club, and attract
new members as well.
both squads as the Bulldogs
would go on to win their
final three regular season
games to secure MP's third
straight region champion-
ship while Upson-Lee went
into a late-season tailspin
and missed out on the state
playoffs.
Just as in 2017, the
Knights' defense is led
by senior defensive end
Travon Walker, the No.
5-ranked senior prospect in
Georgia per 247sports.com.
Walker, a 6'5", 272-pound
UGA commit, also starred
on the Knights' back-to-
back AAAA championship
basketball squads in 2017
and 2018.
On offense, the Knights
are led by senior running
back Daymon Thomas,
who ran for 120 yards and
two touchdowns in last
year's contest.
Meanwhile, MP will
counter with its own
outstanding nmning back,
Quen Wilson, who ac-
counted for a career-high
262 total yards and two
touchdowns in a 21-0
home win over Spalding
on Friday. Wilson is both
MP's leading rusher with
722 yards and receiver with
333 yards, having scored 17
total touchdowns in just six
games in 2018.
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