Joe William Kovac Sr., who for decades ran a well-known paint and glass store and later oversaw a number of commercial properties in Middle Georgia, died Monday after a three-year bout with brain cancer.
Not everyone born in a town as small as Perry, Georgia, has the privilege of a long life enriched by many varied and rewarding experiences, both in this country and elsewhere in the world. But Courtney Hodges Mason was one of those people.