Williamson is winner of Hometown Bucks

Published 6:00 am Thursday, December 4, 2003

Celeste Williamson of Brookhaven got an early Christmas giftthis week when she became the winner of $100 in Hometown Bucks inThe DAILY LEADER’S Hometown Christmas promotion.

“I thought somebody was playing a joke on me,” saidWilliamson.

Williamson entered her name in the special Hometown Buckspromotion box last week while at Expectations.

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She and her husband, Carey, have a new baby, Nathan, threemonths old. They also have a three-year-old daughter, Audrey.

Williamson is sure she’ll spend some of her “bucks” on them andother family members.

“I’m going to finish my Christmas shopping,” said Williamson,who strives to have her list finished by Thanksgiving every year.”I didn’t make it, though. I still have three people to buyfor.”

Hometown Bucks can be spent at Betty Ann’s, Brookhaven Sports,Brookwood Gifts and Antiques, Country Fisherman, Engravables,Expectations, The Haberdashery of Brookhaven, Millane’s Gift &Bridal Registry, NetSouth, Shipps Flowers, Sisters By Design, SmithBrothers Collision Center & Truck Accessories, The Posey Placeand T.H. Perkins Furniture.

The newspaper’s promotion encourages shoppers to buy locally,and Williamson said she won’t have any problems finding somewherelocal to spend her “bucks.”

“I always do my shopping in Brookhaven,” she said.

Shoppers can register for the weekly drawings at thoseparticipating businesses, as well as Bank of Brookhaven, State Bankand Trustmark.

Each Friday one name will be drawn from the participatingmerchants, then the winner will be drawn from those names, with agrand prize drawing for $500 in Hometown Bucks on Dec. 12.

Employees of THE DAILY LEADER and their families are noteligible to win. Employees of participating merchants may notregister at their respective business, but they may register at anyof the other participating business.