The Pike County Journal-Reporter

Vicki Ann Sorrells Brown, age 68, of Griffin, passed away December 10, 2019, at Brightmoor Hospice. [Full story »] 

At their Dec. 11 meeting, commissioners held an executive session and reconvened to name Ron E. Alexander as the new county manager. [Full story »] 

Mr. Lloyd Newton Messer, age 91, of Atlanta, formerly of Pike County, passed away December 7, 2019. Lloyd grew up in Florida, son of the late Bethel Newton Messer and Edna Mae Scott Messer. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving three years in Germany during World War II. He was ordained as a Deacon at Highland City Baptist Church in Florida. He was a long-time member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church where he was a Deacon and men’s Sunday School teacher. Lloyd served the church faithfully and was very devoted to his family. He enjoyed fishing. For over 50 years, Lloyd worked as a service technician. He left a lasting legacy, and a great example of what it means to love others and to love Jesus Christ for his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. [Full story »] 

Pike County American Legion Post 197 will honor four inductees into the Pike County Memorial Annex during a special ceremony set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Pike County Auditorium. This year’s inductees will include two Pike County law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty, sheriffs Thomas Jefferson Slade (1892) and William Oren Gwyn (1896), and Pike County’s only known Korean War killed in action military, Privates First Class Johnnie Cornelius Alexander and Earl Coggin. [Full story »] 

Pike County High School will host their first annual Holiday Bazaar from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 with refreshments, pictures with Santa, band and chorus performances, holiday story time and opportunities for visitors of all ages to make their own special gifts or buy items created by PCHS students. [Full story »]