MARIETTA â Cobb County welcomed its new Superior Court clerk on Tuesday afternoon with the swearing-in of Connie Taylor, the first Black officeholder of that post.
Taylor defeated two-term Republican incumbent Rebecca Keaton in November, receiving 200,072 votes or 52.06%. She took the oath of office in the Superior Courtâs ceremonial courtroom before supporters and elected officials.
âLook at what God has done,â Taylor said, a smile on her face. âI am grateful. I am thankful. I will lead, and I will ask for help.â
The clerkâs office is responsible for maintaining the official records of the court.
The incoming clerkâs remarks focused almost entirely on thanking those who made her victory possible. They included her family, her supporters, and her pastor, the Rev. Eldren D. Morrison of Shaw Temple AME Zion Church in Smyrna, who provided the invocation.
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Richard Jewell and
Watson Bryant formed a bond, one that Jewell would rely on heavily when thrust upon the global stage as the suspect in the 1996 Olympics bombing.
Watson Bryant, left, poses with Hollywood mogul Clint Eastwood and Bobi Jewell, mother of Richard Jewell, who was falsely accused of setting off a bomb in Centennial Park during the 1996 Olympics.Â
Bryant told the story of the improbable alliance as guest speaker of the Kiwanis Club of Marietta last week. He also shared Hollywood tales of his involvement with the
Clint Eastwood biopic âRichard Jewell,â released last year.
When Jewell went from the hero who discovered the bomb in Centennial Park to the villain who planted it in the eyes of the FBI, the media â and subsequently the world, he called on his friend Watson Bryant for help.
Bentley Crowe Fallis, 75, of Marietta, passed away on December 7, 2020. He was born on December 16, 1944, and was the son of the late Sherry and Gladys Fallis of LaGrange. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School and earned bachelor s and master s degrees in education from the University of West Georgia. He taught for thirty years in the Cobb County School District, the majority as a Title I teacher at Harmony Leland Elementary School in Mableton. Bentley was an avid reader and an amateur genealogist who loved to do research at the Georgia Room of the Cobb County Library System. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-uncle, and he loved his roles as Papa and Uncle Bentley. He made friends everywhere he went, and he will be remembered for his laughter, his warmth, his prodigious memory, and his eccentric storytelling. He was a great fan of sacred harp music and a frequent attendee of sacred harp singings across the state of Georgia. Bentley was preceded in death by