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Mrs. Ella Mae (Godshall) Detweiler, 91, of Blountstown, FL, passed away, Sunday, August 21, 2011, at her home.
Ella Mae was born on March 13, 1920, in Harleysville, PA, and had lived in Calhoun County since 1954, coming from Pennsylvania. She was a homemaker and a member of Rivertown Community Church in Blountstown.
Ella Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Detweiler.
Survivors include five daughters, Elaine Anders and husband, Jerry, of Bristol, FL, Mary Jane Shirk and husband, Stanley, of Lyndhurst, VA, Sharon Yoder and her husband, David, Ruth Ann Eberly and husband, Doyle, and Carolyn Brock and her husband, Danny, all of Blountstown; one son, Merrill Detweiler, and wife, Marie, of Tallahassee, FL; 17 grandchildren, Curtis Anders, Bruce Anders, Brian Anders, Patty Fant, Philip Detweiler, Edwin Detweiler, Deb Horst, Sandi Sanford, Gabriel Yoder, Shannon Ziesemer, Joshua Yoder, Joanna Martin, Caroline Yoder, Derek Eberly, Robin Haussman, Lynn Beaver and Edward Brock; and a host of great grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 25, at 2 pm (CDT) at Rivertown Community Church with Paul Smith and Dan Yoder officiating. Interment will follow in the Pine Memorial Cemetery in Blountstown.
All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).

It's been a busy news week in Calhoun and Liberty Counties. Here are a few of the stories you will find in the Aug. 24 edition of The County Record...

-Altha mayor says no election necessary; Councilman Derek Creamer may step down

-Controversy continues over Altha Police Department

-Highlights from the dedication of new Blountstown High School

-Man arrested for selling stolen scrap metal

-Alleged burglar nabbed, blames crimes on meth addiction

-Another reader shares how meth has affected her family

-First Baptist Church to celebrate 100th anniversary this weekend

All this and so much more in this week's edition of The County Record on newsstands bright and early Wednesday morning!

An early morning traffic stop Sunday led to the arrest of two people.
Angela Kay Tindall, 34, and Ronnie Brant Creamer, 41, were taken into custody following the 1:45 a.m. incident. Tindall has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and violating a drivers license restriction. Creamer is charged with possession of meth and paraphernalia.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Dep. Gary McGhee stopped the couple on SR 20 when he observed Tindall behind the wheel. He noted in his report he was aware Tindall had a restriction on her license allowing her to drive only for business purposes. Creamer was a passenger in the vehicle. Tindall consented to a search of the car that turned up a small bag with a hollowed out pen, burnt on one end with residue inside that tested positive for meth. A small container and clear plastic bag were also found and contained meth residue. A silver pipe was located under the passenger side floor mat, along with a container of meth.

A missing 14-year-old girl was found in Blountstown this morning after reportedly spending a night with a 23-year-old man smoking meth.
According to the Blountstown Police Department, Janice Holder reported her daughter missing earlier today after the girl failed to come home on Sunday. The woman said she allowed Justin Bowman to walk her daughter to a house where she babysits, but the girl never returned. Inv. Timothy Partridge noted that Holder waited until the next morning to file the missing person report with authorities.
Bowman and the teen were located by Lt. Adam Terry just before 9 a.m. in an abandoned camper on 12th Street. Meth, marijuana and a meth pipe were recovered. Bowman said the drugs belonged to him, but the girl admitted to smoking meth with Bowman the previous night.
Holder was charged with neglect of a child. Bowman was arrested for possession of meth, less than 20 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and child abuse.
Check out Wednesday's print edition of The County Record for more details.

Legal Notice

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A Bristol woman has been arrested after a meth lab was busted at her home.
Lorie Elizabeth Duncan, 31, has been charged with manufacture of meth, possession of meth, aggravated child abuse, and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana.
According to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, Inv. Todd Wheetley and Lt. Mark Mallory of the Calhoun-Liberty Drug Task Force went to Duncan’s Peddie Road home Aug. 15 following a tip about a possible meth lab at the residence. Duncan consented to a search of the home. Containers with meth residue, a glass meth pipe, lithium battery, straws and an eye dropper with suspected acid were discovered in the master bedroom, along with marijuana. Other ingredients used to manufacture meth were located in the kitchen, bathroom and back porch.
Duncan has a small child residing in the home, resulting in the abuse charge.

Dedication ceremony for historic mural, Victorian lampposts
planned Friday night at Magnolia Square downtown

Historic scenes from days gone by can be spotted at the corner of SR 20 and 71 in downtown Blountstown. [Full Story »]