OLIN L. GAMMAGE & SONS

Mr. John Bunyan Garner Jr., age 88, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. He was born on March 11, 1929 in Cedartown, Georgia. He was the son of the late John Bunyan Garner Sr. and Ruth Lawson Garner.

The funeral arrangements for Mr. John Bunyan Garner Jr. will be conducted on Sunday, January 7, 2018, at three o’clock in the afternoon at Shiloh Baptist Church with Dr. Greg Lund officiating.

Messages of condolence can be made to the family by visiting our website and signing the online guestbook at gammagefh.com.

The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for Mr. John Bunyan Garner Jr. The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration threw the burgeoning movement to legalize marijuana into uncertainty Thursday as it lifted an Obama-era policy that kept federal authorities from cracking down on the pot trade in states where the drug is legal. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will now leave it up to federal prosecutors to decide what to do when state rules collide with federal drug law.

Sessions’ action, just three days after a legalization law went into effect in California, threatened the future of the young industry, created confusion in states where the drug is legal and outraged both marijuana advocates and some members of Congress, including Sessions’ fellow Republicans. Many conservatives are wary of what they see as federal intrusion in areas they believe must be left to the states.