Live Oak to be renamed Dead Twig

Grace McAlister [email protected] As of Saturday, April 1, the City of Live Oak will officially be renamed Dead Twig. This decision was made after over half of Dead Twig’s citizens signed a petition to change the name. Les Payne, an anesthesiologist and lifelong Dead Twig citizen, wrote up the petition in the late ‘90s. After over 20 years of hard work and dedication, his goal finally came to life. “I got the call right after putting a patient to sleep, and I immediately left the hospital. I called my ex-wife to tell her what had happened. She didn’t answer, but I left a voicemail…I can’t believe it actually happened. I woke up this morning and thought to my