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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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The Tattnall Journal currently serves the communities of Reidsville, Glennville, Collins, Cobbtown and Manassas. In 2002, The Tattnall Journal moved from its first location at 149 Folsom Street in Reidsville, Ga., to a new building at 114 North Main Street, also in Reidsville, which is located inside the IGA Shopping Center. The current editor ...
Reidsville was founded in about 1828 and was designated county seat of Tattnall County in 1832 by the Georgia General Assembly. It was incorporated as a town in 1838 and as a city in 1905. [5] The city was named after Robert R. Reid, territorial governor of Florida. [6] Reidsville is home to the Nelson Hotel Bed & Breakfast.
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Richard Bradley Jr., 40, was charged in May 2021 with first-degree murder in the death of 44-year-old Brandi Blake, whose body was found buried in a sprawling park in the town of Auburn, Washington.
In 2005, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon saying a verdict of manslaughter would have been more appropriate. The first individual electrocuted for a crime and sentenced to death (in Georgia) was Howard Henson, a black male, for rape and robbery; by electrocution on September 13, 1924, in DeKalb County.
Susie Sharp's father James Sharp, after starting a school that achieved success, but then burned down, and going broke trying to sell insurance, had moved to Reidsville, passed the bar and became a prominent local attorney, well known for his spirited defense of the accused. Susie Newsom was the daughter of Florence Sharp Newsom, the younger ...