Ossoff declares his victory in Senate Democratic primary

Mrs. Margaret Jane Kelly Flowers

Mrs. Margaret Jane Flowers age 87 of the Shannon Community died Wednesday June 10th following a brief illness.

Mrs. Flowers was born October 16, 1932 in Floyd County daughter of the late Edward G. Kelly and Grace Watley Kelly. Mrs. Flowers was an educator, teaching in the Model School district and retiring from the adminLVWUDWLYH RI¿FHV RI WKH )OR\G County Board of Education. Mrs. Flowers was a member of Rome First Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents Mrs. Flowers was preceded in death by her husband James L. Flowers in 2003, a daughter Margaret Lane Flowers in 2019 and by a grandson, Charles Edward Flowers in 2016.

Survivors include: two sons, James Kelly Flowers and Gordon Anderson Flowers both of the Shannon Community; two grandsons, James Adam Flowers, Rome and Benjamin Kelly Flowers (Britney) Greensboro, GA, one great grandson, Charlie Flowers and a sister Rose Kelly Mcclain (Bro), Atlanta.

A memorial Service will be held in the chapel of Rome First Baptist Church with Dr. Floyd Roebuck and RevHUHQG 0DWW 'X9DOO RI¿FLDWING, a date and time to be announced later.

The staff of Salmon Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Margaret Jane Kelly Flowers.

Investigative journalist Jon Ossoff has won Georgia’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary, piling up enough votes to avoid an August runoff.

Ossoff declared victory in Tuesday’s primary on Wednesday night after enough ballots had been counted to

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show him with a winning margin of 51% of the vote.

Former Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson, who earlier had appeared poised to force Ossoff into a runoff, finished second with 15% of the vote, followed by Marietta businesswoman Sarah Riggs Amico, with 12%. Four other candidates were in the single digits.

Ossoff is now free to focus on his bid to unseat first-term Sen. David Perdue, R-GA., in November.

“Our momentum is unstoppable,” Ossoff said. “We will build a country with great health care for every citizen, with equal justice and civil rights for all, with world-class sustainable infrastructure, and a clean political system.”