A local couple’s death in a vehicle crash last week left many people in Middle Georgia in mourning, as well as recalling happy memories.James “Jim” Abbott, 83, and his 81-year-old wife, Sara “Betsy” Abbott, of Bear Creek Road in Putnam County, succumbed to injuries sustained when they crashed into a pickup truck around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, said Putnam County Sheriff’...