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Folkston a mecca for train lovers

FOLKSTON, Ga. - Alerted by the crackling voice...line of coal cars. It's show time in Folkston, a hamlet of 2,200 residents that hugs...trying to explain why he started visiting Folkston a couple of years ago just to see the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/07/10/met_458286.shtml
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Folkston man's politics are clearly in the toilet

FOLKSTON, Ga. - Marion Davis, of Folkston, takes his political views seriously, but makes his opinions...Florida, one couple detoured off Interstate 95 just to come to Folkston and see the toilets, he said. Other visitors have stopped...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/10/09/met_430783.shtml
Metro
Folkston church fire ruled arson

FOLKSTON, Ga. - A fire that caused $50,000 in damage to a black church in Folkston this week has been ruled an arson by state fire...reported to authorities, said David Kirton, the Folkston Fire Department chief. There is no indication...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/03/23/met_340446.shtml
Metro
Mrs. Jennifer Patterson (FOLKSTON, Ga.)

FOLKSTON, Ga.- Jennifer Lynn Patterson, 26, of Folkston, passed away August 12 from injuries sustained in an...Chastain. Survivors include her husband, Jamie Patterson of Folkston; sons, Christopher Chastain, Brandon Lee Green, Devin...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/08/17/obi_425592.shtml
Obituaries
Walter Edward Clifford (FOLKSTON, Ga.)

FOLKSTON, Ga. - Surrounded by his loving family at home, Walter Edward Clifford, 49, of Folkston, Georgia transitioned into his new life...Brandon and Aubrey Clifford, all of Folkston, his much loved sisters: Debbie Clifford...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/obituaries/2010-12-19/walter-edward-clifford-folkst
Obituaries
Edward R. Perry (FOLKSTON, Ga.)

FOLKSTON, Ga. - Mr. Edward Renard Perry died Sunday, December 14, 2008 following a brief illness. Funeral services will be Monday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/12/20/obi_504792.shtml
Obituaries
Ben S. Gibson (FOLKSTON, Ga.)

FOLKSTON, Ga. - Ben S. Gibson, age 90, died Monday, June 16, 2008 at the Charlton Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are Wednesday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/06/17/obi_462448.shtml
Obituaries
Ga. inmate shot in guard scuffle

KINGSLAND, Ga. -- A corrections officer from D. Ray James Prison in Folkston, Ga., shot an inmate Tuesday night who had wrestled a service weapon away from another corrections officer at a Kingsland medical...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-07-11/ga-inmate-shot-guard-scuffle
Ex-serviceman takes car from Ga. dealer at gunpoint, drives off, kills self

...himself after the car ran out of gas in Folkston, authorities said.Ryan Allen Blankenship...Alerted that the car was coming toward Folkston at a high rate of speed, Charlton County...driver crossed a railroad overpass in Folkston, the car ran out of gas about 5:40...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-03-14/ex-serviceman-takes-car-ga-d
Georgia swamp fire still spreading

FOLKSTON, Ga. - The Honey Prairie Fire at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has grown by about 1,000 acres to nearly 292,700...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-07-08/georgia-swamp-fire-still-spr