OBITUARIES

Mr. Winston E. Branam, age 91 of Ringgold, GA, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2022 at his home.

Winston was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He served during the Korean War and the Cold War. He was a member of the Rossville Masonic Lodge #397.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Lou Ella Branam Truelove and John Henry Branam; four brothers; one sister.

Survivors include his loving wife, Mildred Branam of Ringgold, GA; son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Deborah Branam of Chattanooga, TN; sisters, Dorothy Cronan of Covington, GA, Jo Ann McCullough of Conyers, GA, Birdell Pritchett of Chatsworth, GA, and Ruth Hammontree of Chatsworth, GA; grandchildren, Heather (Robby) Asbill and Emily (Russell) Tomisek; four great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren.

Special thanks to Mrs. Deborah Branam for such great care.

Funeral services to celebrate the life of Mr. Winston E. Branam will be held on Monday, April 11, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. from the chapel of Peeples Funeral Home of Chatsworth with Rev. Interment will follow from Murray Memorial Gardens.

A livestream of the service will be available on the Peeples Funeral Home & Crematory Facebook page.

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The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, April 11, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Peeples Funeral Home & Crematory of Chatsworth is entrusted with the arrangements for Mr. Winston E. Branam.

JENNINGS, Dan

Daniel Allen Jennings, “Dan” was born on June 14, 1939, and died on March 31, 2022. He was 82 years old at the time of his death.

Dan was born and raised in LaFayette, GA. He attended Fortune Grammar School and LaFayette High School. After school, he entered the Air Force. He retired from the Air Force with 20 years of service. While in the military, Dan served in many areas, both stateside and overseas, including in Vietnam. His most enjoyable location with the military was Alaska. In 1987, Dan returned to LaFayette and to the family farm. His interests included farming, singing, building, and remodeling homes, talking and joking with others and helping those in need.

Dan is survived by his second wife (Tina), two sons (Aaron and Michael Joe), a sister (Joann), a sister-inlaw (Jean), six grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren, cousins and nieces and nephews.

Preceding Dan in death were his father and mother (R.William and L. Inez (Mary Lee), his brother and sister-in-law (Ralph and Maxine Jennings), brother (Rev. William “Bill” Jennings), brother-inlaw (Norris Collier), son (Michael Allen), grandson (Jason Jennings), and three aunts and uncles who Dan was close to (Rev. Kenneth Mavity and wife Margaret Mavity), (Joe and Margerie Mavity) and (Harold and Ameldia Mavity).

Memorial service will be on April 9, 2022, in the chapel at LaFayette First Baptist Church at 2 p.m.

Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service. - tions may be made to either the music ministry or children/youth ministry at LaFayette First Baptist Church. Both of these ministries were important to Dan.

Services are in care of Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.

SMILE BECAUSE HE LIVED

You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he lived. You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back, or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him, or you can be full of the love that you shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember him and only that he is gone, or you can cherish his memory and let it live on. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn back, or you can do what he would want: Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

— Author Unknown

I AM NOT THERE

Do not stand by my grave and weep, for I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am diamonds that glint on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning hush I am the swift uplifting rush of am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die.

— Author Unknown

“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.” — Langston Hughes

Gov. Brian Kemp and legislative Republicans have assembled an impressive arsenal of weapons for the campaign trail heading into next month’s primaries.

With Kemp facing a GOP primary challenge from former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, - ity pushed a conservative agenda through - pleted legislative session, mostly with the governor’s backing.

“We’re going to continue to see advertisements by Kemp showing issues that appeal to the Republican base,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia. “It undercuts Perdue.”

By the time lawmakers gaveled out the 2022 session a few minutes after midnight April 5, the General Assembly had given final passage to legislation that would:

let Georgians carry concealed firearms without a permit.

give the Georgia Bureau of Investigation complaints of voter fraud.

give parents a greater role in the education of their children

prohibit the teaching of certain “divisive concepts” pertaining to racism in Georgia schools.

potentially set the stage for schools to prohibit students born male from participating in girls’ sports.

gradually reduce Georgia’s income tax rate from the current 5.75% to 4.99% by 2029.

“This has been a historic legislative session,” Kemp told members of the Georgia House of Representatives on the session’s final night. “People will talk about this session for many years.”

But some of that talk has been highly critical. Minority Democrats, civil and voting rights groups and education advocates railed throughout the session at what they characterized as the misplaced priorities of the Republican agenda.

“Not one school in this entire state knows anything about ‘critical race theory,’ “said Rev. Timothy McDonald, a pastor in Atlanta and former president of Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta. “They’re using that as an organizing tool to motivate their base.”

The permit-less carry bill was high on Kemp’s agenda. The governor has announced plans to sign it on Tuesday, April 12, at a sporting