September Birthday Blog

Happy Birthday wishes to those celebrating birthdays in September!

September 2 - Tina Burke-Jenkins County Tax Commissioner

September 4 - Buddy Nesmith-Twiggs County Tax Commissioner

September 10 - Susan Kersey-Jeff Davis County Tax Commissioner

September 15 - Darla Eden-Hall County Tax Commissioner

September 15 - Kenneth Nealy- AMS Pre-Levy Team Member

September 18 - Sheila Arnold- Oglethorpe County Tax Commissioner

September 19 - Carla Jackson-Cobb

County Tax Commissioner

September 22 - Karen Martin-Hart County Tax Commissioner

September 22 - Jessica Thompson-AMS Pre-Levy Team Member

September 24 - Jason Grimes-Candler County Tax Commissioner

September 29 - W.L. Brown-Peach County Tax Commissioner

September means cooler temperatures (hopefully, this is Georgia!), leaves bursting with fall colors and football season has finally arrived! May your birthday be extra-special!!!

August Birthday Blog

A Very Happy Birthday to the following folks!

August 1 - Scott Clements-Gordon County Tax Commissioner

August 2 - Terry Baskin-Clayton County Tax Commissioner

August 3 - Crystal Covington-AMS Assistant Levy Manager

August 12 - Vanessa Lewis-Wilkinson County Tax Commissioner

August 17 - Jade Vinson-Echols County Tax Commissioner

- Wade McCord- Bibb County Tax Commissioner

August 19 - Phylis Blocker-Marion County Tax Commissioner

- Tabetha Dupriest-Worth County Tax Commissioner

August 20 - Wanda Nelson-McIntosh County Tax Commissioner

August 27 - Karolyne Cantillano-AMS Levy Team Member

August 29 - Bobby Martin-Franklin County Tax Commissioner

Some fun facts about the month of August...

• The month of August is often referred to as the "dog days of summer" but not because it has to do with dogs. The star Sirius, also known as the dog star, rose at the same time as sunrise during the month of August in ancient Roman times; hence, the name for the last full month of the summer.

• August is named after Augustus Caesar, founder and the first emperor of the Roman Empire. He was posthumously adopted by his maternal great-uncle, Gaius Julius Caesar.

• Although civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., is honored in birth month of January, he is best known for his famed "I have a dream" speech that was given on Aug. 28, 1963.

• On Aug. 24th in 79 A.D., the volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted and destroyed the city of Pompeii.

• Some famous people born in August include Martha Stewart, Martin Sheen, Jeff Gordon, Deion Sanders and Halle Berry.

Birthday Blog for July 2021

Some interesting facts about the month of July:

* July was named by the Roman Senate to honor Julius Caesar. Quintilis, which was his birth month, was renamed July when he died.

* The birthstone is the ruby; a deep, red precious stone that is said to represent courage, success and contentment.

* July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern Hemisphere.

* The water lily is the July birth month flower which symbolizes purity, hope and wellness. Larkspur is also associated with July and represents positivity.

* July is unique in that a grand total of seven U.S. Presidents have died in it– more than any other month.

Wishing the following folks a very Happy Birthday!!!

July 4 - Tiffany Porter, Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner

- Angela Walsh, Jasper County Tax Commissioner

July 5 - Lula Huff, Muscogee County Tax Commissioner

July 6 - Jessica Graham, AMS employee

July 7 - Debra Carter, Appling County Tax Commissioner

July 8 - Joy Hampton, Chattooga County Tax Commissioner July 9 - Donna Chapman, Pike County Tax Commissioner

- Derry Boyd, Walton County Tax Commissioner July 10 - Arthur Ferdinand, Fulton County Tax Commissioner

July 12 - Margorie Hines, Webster County Tax Commissioner

July 14 - Jeff Chapman, Glynn County Tax Commissioner

July 20 - Mark Kushinka, Houston County Tax Commissioner

July 23 - Fonda Lee, Atkinson County Tax Commissioner

July 27 - Chad Alexander, Tift County Tax Commissioner

July 30 - Rhonda Repress, Macon County Tax Commissioner