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Macon-Bibb commissioner returns home after health scare

Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Virgil Watkins addresses the other commissioners during a budget meeting in May 2014.
Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Virgil Watkins addresses the other commissioners during a budget meeting in May 2014. wmarshall@macon.com

Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Virgil Watkins has returned home after a health scare.

County Commission Clerk Janice Ross told commissioners Tuesday that Watkins was released from the hospital after sustaining an aneurism earlier this month. Watkins, elected to a fourth term in office in May, represents a section of west Macon that includes a portion of downtown.

“He’s at home recuperating and keeping up with agenda items and will be back as soon as physically able,” Ross said.

Stanley Dunlap: 478-744-4623, @stan_telegraph

This story was originally published September 29, 2016 at 3:32 PM with the headline "Macon-Bibb commissioner returns home after health scare."

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