William Reese Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bailey, celebrated his fourth birthday on Saturday, June 13. Reese enjoyed a boat party on his parents pontoon boat at Elijah Clark Lake. The boat was decorated with Spiderman and Batman balloons. More...
Pierce and Joyce Barden joined their children and grandchildren, Greg and Marie Fanning, Austin and Kaeleigh, at Myrtle Beach, S.C., last week. More...
Maura Jackson, daughter of Rob and Beth Jackson, shared birthday honors with her friend, Salem Twiggs, daughter of David and Ashley Twiggs of Thomson, at a swim and slumber party Friday, May 29, at Maura's home on the Greensboro Road. More...
lBob and Carole Murphy of Bishop visited Mabel Johnson. lVisiting a month with Steve Gillispie and Bill and Jackie Gillispie are Madison and Kaitlyn Gillispie of Cocoa, Fla. More...
Bryan Carswell Barnett of Washington Wilkes received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business during the school's commencement exercises held Friday, May 8, at the Classic Center in A More...
David Allen Zumbro Jr., son of David and Dee-Dee Zumbro of Lexington, celebrated his sixth birthday on June 12 with an afternoon of swimming and a cookout at the home of his grandparents, David and Sandra Adams in Washington. More...
By CAROLYN GAMMON Please call 706-285-2736
Strange animals have been seen around Wilkes County lately. I noticed in last week's News-Reporter that Carol Bolton saw a black bear. Well, I did too. I turned in at the road that goes by the J.W. More...
Alex and Kay Tyler have returned from a tour of Scotland. More...
By SHERRY W. NEWSOME Please call 706-678-2898
Our day at Ebenezer Baptist Church was a good one. Dr. Dupree presented the children's story and ages 3-5 were dismissed to pre-school church led by Teresa Kemp and Miranda Nelson. Lauree Shelton kept the nursery. More...
By Bonnie Boatwright Call 274-3264
Sardis Baptist Church had a good service Sunday morning with George Pate filling in for Rev. Jim Newsome who was called back to Florida to conduct a funeral. Karan accompanied him on the trip. More...