Assisting in the crowning of the Homecoming Queen were senior football players: Robert Baker, Tony Grier and Dalton Snipes. As the envelope was being opened by our sports announcer, Mr. Curt Williams, everyone was holding his/ her breath waiting to hear and see our 2008 Homecoming Queen. Our 2008 Homecoming Queen is Brooke Widner.

As the year 2009 begins, the news of 2008 is now history. To recap last year, here is summary of the articles found in the Miller County Liberal.

This final glimpse of 2008 has appeared in four installments, covering three months in each segment. Here is the last quarter.

OCTOBER

Birth Announcements: Greyson William Smith, Brennen Paul McGowen, Brantley Chason "Chase" Trawick, Mary Grace Welch

Deaths: William Cecil Josey, Edith Beatrice Haire Kelley, Eugene Thomas Gibbons, Angelia Deborah "Debbie" Woods, Jim Westbrook, Waver V. Fountain, Thomas D. Meadows, Robert Randall "Buddy" Johnson, Ray Melvin Houston, Bronnie Addison Pate, Marvin L. Bush, Blonnie Bell Pickren, Vertie Suggs, Edwin "Ed" Wingate, Hazel Marie Jones Parker, Pauline Allen Hayes, Vertie Suggs, Carl G. Collins Jr., Diana Beth Lashley, Kevin Reed Sanders, Jimmy Duane "Jim" Mock, Brian Victor Barker, Chastine Frasier Burke, Janie Phillips Sheffield, Jack Randall Bracewell, Harold T. "Woody" Wood, Larry Pat McFadden

Miller County's Heath McNease just returned home from a 10 month tour of more than half of the states in the USA. He has been touring full-time since January, playing wherever the invitation is extended. His tour has taken him all the way from Georgia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and eventually out to Los Angeles, California.

NOVEMBER

 

Birth Announcements: Lola Dell Linnenkohl

Rachel Grimsley was crowned the new Miss Irish Capital Outstanding Teen 2009 on October 5, 2008. The pageant was held at the Carl Vinson Veterans Auditorium in Dublin.

Deaths: Harry Roberts, C.T. "Buddy Boo" Cullers, L. T. Cox, Susie Lee Anderson-Jaye, O.J. Shuler "Uncle Red", Cassandra Jeannie Lowe, Dorothy Mae Toole, Helen Parrish George, Harvey Lee Henderson, Sr., Sheila Yvonne Brown Griffin, Ollie Bridges Josey, William Smiley Jones, Tommy Bailey, Billy H. Dale, William Smiley Jones, Emma Elizabeth Carr, Ellen C. Girle, Mary Elizabeth Dukes, Sophia Eleanor Pyle Sheffield, Janice Oleta Suggs Womble Marshall, Warren A. Herring, William Glenn Glisson, Marion I. "Jim" Guest

DECEMBER

 

Deaths: J.W. Gaines, Susan Amanda Mulliford, Linda "Gracie" Sirmons, Rachel D J. Godfrey, Jr., Vir ginia Boyd Houston, V inie Ru Joseph Talmadge Sanders, Regina Ann Daniels, Bobby Bruce Gleato Ver l in Glover, Wi l - liam James "Jamie" Brossman, James S. " Skipper John C. Pritzl, Clemmie Catrett Williams, C hristi Smith, Ju Westgate, Ralph Rabon Roland, Phillip Leon Floyd

Surrounded by hundreds of pumpkins, Emma Grace Donley enjoyed her first visit to Mark's Melon Patch in Sasser last Saturday. She enjoyed the day with her Mama, Bubbles, Nanny, Mimi, and several of her cousins fromValdosta and St. Mary’s. Emma Grace is the ten-week-old daughter of Brian and Wendi Donley of Colquitt. On Halloween night anything can happen! The Miller County Pirates traveled up the road a little ways to face the Calhoun County Cougars of Edison. You might say, this is the toughest Calhoun has played in a long time. The Pirates defeated Calhoun County 35- 20 and won the Sub-Region Championship. The Miller County Pirates won Region 1-A, and they are our champions.  On a beautiful fall day, the American Legion Post #165 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6046 of Colquitt, Miller County, presented a Veterans' Day program. The program is on the 11th day of the 11th month and starts on the 11th hour each year. Just a few weeks ago, gas prices were tipping $4.00 per gallon. As of Monday evening, the lowest posted gas price in the nation was $1.12 per gallon at Ellensburg, WA. Monday, the national average price per gallon was $1.87. The beautiful Christmas decorations at Spring Creek Park have been placed about in the park grounds. Miller County High School was honored as a winner of the 2008 Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS) Awards. "We received a gold award for making great gains in student achievement," stated Principal Robert McIntosh. The Colquitt/Miller County Fire-EMS Department held its first banquet together. The two departments merged to become one in the last year, and it is working well. According to a recent article in the Albany Herald's sports section, "Best of the Best," the best rivalry was The Family Feud - Miller County vs. Seminole County. In the same section, "Best of the Best," Miller County's Pirate Mascot was voted, "Best Mascot." It read: "There's not a harder working man in the business.