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Saturday, April 08, 2017Atlanta, left Johnson next to a camper and drove off, investigators said.His body was found there three days later, after Coursey’s brother and sister-in-law told Thomaston police she had left him there, The Telegraph reported.Johnson did not have use of his legs and only had partial use of one arm, making it impossible for him to escape the bitter cold that hit the area.Read: Woman Accused of Hiring Hitman to Kill Ex Found Dead in Apparent Suicide: ReportRecords show temperatures at that time had plunged into the mid-20s."Those were some of the coldest nights in recent days," Kilgore said in the release.Coursey was initially taken into custody for an outstanding probation warrant.She was charged Monday with murder and neglect of a disabled adult — both felonies — after autopsy reports concluded Johnson was alive when he was left at the camp. His death was ruled a homicide as a result of hypothermia."That would have been a very painful way to meet your demise," Kilgore told People magazine.Red paint on the camping gate that had been crashed through also matched the Saturn VUE Coursey was driving, authorities said.Read: Elderly Woman Freezes to Death After Falling Trying to Help Husband Get UpA motive for the alleged killing remains unclear, officials said.Johnson, who was affectionately known as "Troy," was remembered as a talented rapper as well as a funny and kindhearted man, WMAZ-TV reported.“He could just see somebody and start rapping about them right off the top,” his cousin Sade Owens told the television station.Johnson was laid to rest on March 23 at Oak Lawn Cemetery, relatives said."We will remember him forever," his loved ones wrote on a memorial page.Coursey was being held at the Upson County Jail, online records show.Watch: Bodycam Shows Couple Argue Over Keys Before Man Kills Girlfriend and Her Son: CopsShare...
Monday, March 06, 2017Louis and Ginger Abate. David didn’t have step children; every one of them were loved as if they were his own. He leaves behind 10 of them whom he adored more than life; David (Tammi) Cantalini of Thomaston, Tracy (Ed) Crowley of Florida, Louis (Sarah) Guida of New York, Rachael (Kurt) Scaranuzzo of Milford, Kathleen Crowley and Daniel Crowley of Oxford, Christopher (Shannon) Guida, Stacey Crowley, Matthew Crowley, and Nicholas Crowley of West Haven. He also leaves behind 12 beautiful grandchildren who adored their gramps and a great grandson. He was the loving brother to 9 brothers and sisters; Donald (Lorraine) Crowley, Jeraldann Petersen, Joann (Chris) Madden, and Robert Crowley of Florida, James Crowley of Utah, Patricia Pataky and Matthew T. Crowley of Connecticut. He was predeceased by brothers Thomas and William Crowley. He also leaves a host of nieces and nephews whom he loved with all his heart, and he was predeceased by a nephew, Jay Crowley. David proudly served as a Specialist in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He served as drum major for many years for the Connecticut Alumni Senior Drum and Bugle Corp, where he and Rosella met and made many fond memories with all their drum corp friends. Dave was a former member of the CT Hurricanes and the Milford Shoreliners Drum and Bugle Corps. Dave loved to travel with his family and especially enjoyed going on cruises, to Las Vegas for Nascar races and going to Disney. He loved spending...
Monday, October 31, 2016Thursday, October 20.One will be at First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange at 10 a.m. The other will be at the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home in Smith’s hometown Thomaston at 6 p.m.24-year-old Meghann Estelle Smith (Facebook)Smith will be laid to rest Friday, October 21 at the First Baptist Church in Thomaston at 4 p.m.As News 3 reported, Smith was killed when the car she was riding home from her bachelorette party in was hit by an our of control car that flipped and rolled into oncoming traffic. A third car behind Smith’s car was also involved in the crash.Sargent Fred Carnes says of the three drivers involved, two were considered “under the influence” and alcohol is listed as a “contributing factor” in the crash. He says charges are pending at this time.Smith’s fiance Kenneth Belcher says he will “never be complete again” without her. However, he says he wants to follow his fiance’s legacy of love.“People just sometimes don’t think that it can cause this much pain for a family when you drink and drive. But I know in my heart that Meghann would want me to forgive him,” Belcher says.Kenneth Belcher and Meghann Smith were set to be married Saturday, Oct. 22. However, an alleged drunk driver split an unbreakable bond between the two, killing Smith on I-185.Smith’s memorial page offers anyone the chance to send flowers and personal thoughts to her family.The Smith family asks that any mone...
Monday, October 31, 2016The Troup County teacher who was killed last weekend in a three-vehicle crash on I-185 in Columbus will be buried on Friday in her hometown of Thomaston.The funeral service and burial will come a day before Meghann Smith, 24, was to marry Kenneth Belcher at a ceremony in West Point.The funeral will be at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston with Rev. Bill Barber and Rev. Joy Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.There will be two visitations on Thursday, one in LaGrange and the other in Thomaston. From 10 a.m. to noon, the family will receive friends at First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange. The second visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home in Thomaston.Smith is survived by her mother, Kenya Jackson (Gary) Campbell of Thomaston; her father, Barry (Kathy) Smith of LaGrange; her fiance, Kenneth Belcher of LaGrange; her grandparents, Elmo and Betty Jackson of Thomaston and Bruce and Alice Smith of LaGrange; a sister, Olivia K. (Cam) Ellis of LaGrange; two brothers, Matthew D. Barr of Auburn, Ala. and Trey Smith of LaGrange.The family asks that...
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Saturday, April 08, 2017Atlanta, left Johnson next to a camper and drove off, investigators said.His body was found there three days later, after Coursey’s brother and sister-in-law told Thomaston police she had left him there, The Telegraph reported.Johnson did not have use of his legs and only had partial use of one arm, making it impossible for him to escape the bitter cold that hit the area.Read: Woman Accused of Hiring Hitman to Kill Ex Found Dead in Apparent Suicide: ReportRecords show temperatures at that time had plunged into the mid-20s."Those were some of the coldest nights in recent days," Kilgore said in the release.Coursey was initially taken into custody for an outstanding probation warrant.She was charged Monday with murder and neglect of a disabled adult — both felonies — after autopsy reports concluded Johnson was alive when he was left at the camp. His death was ruled a homicide as a result of hypothermia."That would have been a very painful way to meet your demise," Kilgore told People magazine.Red paint on the camping gate that had been crashed through also matched the Saturn VUE Coursey was driving, authorities said.Read: Elderly Woman Freezes to Death After Falling Trying to Help Husband Get UpA motive for the alleged killing remains unclear, officials said.Johnson, who was affectionately known as "Troy," was remembered as a talented rapper as well as a funny and kindhearted man, WMAZ-TV reported.“He could just see somebody and start rapping about them right off the top,” his cousin Sade Owens told the television station.Johnson was laid to rest on March 23 at Oak Lawn Cemetery, relatives said."We will remember him forever," his loved ones wrote on a memorial page.Coursey was being held at the Upson County Jail, online records show.Watch: Bodycam Shows Couple Argue Over Keys Before Man Kills Girlfriend and Her Son: CopsShare...
Monday, March 06, 2017Louis and Ginger Abate. David didn’t have step children; every one of them were loved as if they were his own. He leaves behind 10 of them whom he adored more than life; David (Tammi) Cantalini of Thomaston, Tracy (Ed) Crowley of Florida, Louis (Sarah) Guida of New York, Rachael (Kurt) Scaranuzzo of Milford, Kathleen Crowley and Daniel Crowley of Oxford, Christopher (Shannon) Guida, Stacey Crowley, Matthew Crowley, and Nicholas Crowley of West Haven. He also leaves behind 12 beautiful grandchildren who adored their gramps and a great grandson. He was the loving brother to 9 brothers and sisters; Donald (Lorraine) Crowley, Jeraldann Petersen, Joann (Chris) Madden, and Robert Crowley of Florida, James Crowley of Utah, Patricia Pataky and Matthew T. Crowley of Connecticut. He was predeceased by brothers Thomas and William Crowley. He also leaves a host of nieces and nephews whom he loved with all his heart, and he was predeceased by a nephew, Jay Crowley. David proudly served as a Specialist in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He served as drum major for many years for the Connecticut Alumni Senior Drum and Bugle Corp, where he and Rosella met and made many fond memories with all their drum corp friends. Dave was a former member of the CT Hurricanes and the Milford Shoreliners Drum and Bugle Corps. Dave loved to travel with his family and especially enjoyed going on cruises, to Las Vegas for Nascar races and going to Disney. He loved spending...
Monday, October 31, 2016Thursday, October 20.One will be at First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange at 10 a.m. The other will be at the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home in Smith’s hometown Thomaston at 6 p.m.24-year-old Meghann Estelle Smith (Facebook)Smith will be laid to rest Friday, October 21 at the First Baptist Church in Thomaston at 4 p.m.As News 3 reported, Smith was killed when the car she was riding home from her bachelorette party in was hit by an our of control car that flipped and rolled into oncoming traffic. A third car behind Smith’s car was also involved in the crash.Sargent Fred Carnes says of the three drivers involved, two were considered “under the influence” and alcohol is listed as a “contributing factor” in the crash. He says charges are pending at this time.Smith’s fiance Kenneth Belcher says he will “never be complete again” without her. However, he says he wants to follow his fiance’s legacy of love.“People just sometimes don’t think that it can cause this much pain for a family when you drink and drive. But I know in my heart that Meghann would want me to forgive him,” Belcher says.Kenneth Belcher and Meghann Smith were set to be married Saturday, Oct. 22. However, an alleged drunk driver split an unbreakable bond between the two, killing Smith on I-185.Smith’s memorial page offers anyone the chance to send flowers and personal thoughts to her family.The Smith family asks that any mone...
Monday, October 31, 2016The Troup County teacher who was killed last weekend in a three-vehicle crash on I-185 in Columbus will be buried on Friday in her hometown of Thomaston.The funeral service and burial will come a day before Meghann Smith, 24, was to marry Kenneth Belcher at a ceremony in West Point.The funeral will be at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston with Rev. Bill Barber and Rev. Joy Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.There will be two visitations on Thursday, one in LaGrange and the other in Thomaston. From 10 a.m. to noon, the family will receive friends at First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange. The second visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home in Thomaston.Smith is survived by her mother, Kenya Jackson (Gary) Campbell of Thomaston; her father, Barry (Kathy) Smith of LaGrange; her fiance, Kenneth Belcher of LaGrange; her grandparents, Elmo and Betty Jackson of Thomaston and Bruce and Alice Smith of LaGrange; a sister, Olivia K. (Cam) Ellis of LaGrange; two brothers, Matthew D. Barr of Auburn, Ala. and Trey Smith of LaGrange.The family asks that...
