Jessie Williams (Dr. Avery Jackson on Grey’s Anatomy) tells Mo’Nique that his dad’s family is from Willacooche & Valdosta, Ga. This connection to south Georgia was revealed on June 3rd edition of the Mo’Nique Show on BET. 

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The Valdosta City Council met outside, April 22,  in John W. Saunders Memorial Park in observance of  Earth Day. Mayor John J. Fretti presented awards to Larry Hanson, Valdosta City Manager, and Phyllis Kassum, Employee of the Month. Mayor Fretti announced the winners of the “If I Were Mayor” sixth grade contest- taking time to read each letter of the 3 finalist.

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Saxby Chambliss Visits Valdosta Technical College

April 14, 2010
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Karaoke Thursday at Applebee’s

March 31, 2010
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Looking for something to do. Every Thursday from 10:00 pm  to 1:00 am is  Karaoke night at Applebee’s.
Do not think that these events will have a lot of dead space when there is no one brave enough to pick up the mic. Both locations in Valdosta have a DJ to host and entertain customers.
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Miss Black and Gold 2010

March 13, 2010
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Emily Phillips was crowned Miss Black and Gold 2010 in the annual pageant hosted by the Mu Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Miss Phillips received a $600 scholarship check for winning this year’s competition.
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My Roots

March 7, 2010
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My family has lived in Lowndes County, Georgia since before Valdosta was chartered as a city. This lineage of my family were Freedmen and were  listed in the 1850 census: my 3rd great grand father John Miller, his mother Sophia, brothers Aaron and Jake,  and their sister, Amanda.
An 1863 deed shows that my great grandfather John [...]

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