Statesboro Magazine Nov/Dec 2016

November December 2016

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Honey & Spice

Scrooge

Takes the Stage

In A Christmas

Carol Ballet

& Everything Nice A Missionary Tea to

Delight in

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Many stories have been written about Christmas. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is probably one of the most widely known. Plays, operas and films have featured the story. Rarely has the classical Christmas tale been performed as a ballet. And never in the Statesboro area. This year Jurijs Safonovs, Director of the Averitt Center for the Arts Youth Ballet program, has created an original ballet to be performed at the Emma Kelly Theater November 18 & 19 at 7:00 p.m., and November 20 at 2:00 p.m. The ballet features students from the Youth Ballet along with professionals from the Neos Dance Theatre of Ohio; a real holiday treat for the community.

Cheesecake is a great Christmas treat and there’s no better cheesecake in the area than those concocted by Honey Catering in Millen. Lazar Brown Oglesby and her sister Mary Beth Brown are the culinary masters of Main Street with Honey’s Café, Dolan’s BBQ and Honey Catering. Read about how food has always equaled fellowship for these sweet sisters.

There are some great events coming up this holiday season. First Baptist Church Women’s Ministry will host a Missionary Tea on December 4th starting at 4:00 p.m.

Ladies from the church and the community volunteer to decorate tables of eight for Christmas. This is the second year the ladies have gathered to share in this fellowship of women supporting missions with a tea party.

The Zach S. Henderson Library will soon be home to an extraordinary exhibit of rare documents and manuscripts on loan from the Remnant Trust, a non-profit foundation that collects rare first and second editions that deal with individual liberty and human dignity. The Statesboro community is invited to view the exhibit and participate in special events for free spring semester 2017.

The election will probably be over when you read this. In honor of our great nation, I’d like to share a vintage seasonal greeting from former president Ronald Reagan. I think it still rings true today: “Christmas is a time for giving, and as we reach out to family and friends, I hope we’ll also open our hearts to those who are lonely and in need, citizens less fortunate than ourselves, brave soldiers working to preserve peace from the tip of Alaska to the shores of Lebanon, to the DMZ in Korea, families maintaining a constant vigil for their missing in action, and millions forbidden the freedom to worship a God who so loved the world that He gave us the birth of the Christ Child so that we might learn to love each other. I know they would welcome your expressions of love and support.”

Have a Blessed Holiday Season!

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Contents

About the Cover Jurijs Safonovs, founding director of the Statesboro Youth Ballet has adapted Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for the stage. He’s captured here being a Scrooge with Tiny Tim, portrayed by SYB dance student Olyana Deckard. Photographed

by Adam Pittman.

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CAROL BALLET

THE CULTURE

Honey & Spice

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A Christmas Carol An Original Ballet by Jurijs Safonovs Written by Jenny Starling Foss

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Calendar

November Sunday

monday

Tuesday 1

Wednesday 2

Thursday 3

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Rocking Out

First Friday

Little Women

Alzheimers Kick-Off

Open Mic Night

Youth Theater

7:30 AM

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

7:00 p.m.

Sea Island Bank

Downtown Statesboro

Emma Kelly Theater

Little Women Youth Theater 7:00 p.m.

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Veterans Day Concert

GS vs UL Lafayette

Veterans Day

International Festival

7:00 p.m.

7:30 PM Homecoming

Observance 10:30 AM

10 AM – 4 PM

Emma Kelly Theater

Paulson Stadium

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Mill Creek Park

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Carol Ballet

7:00 p.m.

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Emma Kelly Theater

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Thanksgiving Day

TMT Farms Display

Charlie Olliff Square

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A Christmas

Carol Ballet

Christmas Lights

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GS vs Troy

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Georgia Southern

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Commencement

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Paulson Stadium

First United

Celtic Christmas

Methodist Church

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Chamber Orchestra

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Georgia Southern’s 43rd Annual A Day for Southern is Another Success

Pictured (L-R) Kevin Bostian, executive director of Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation; Taylor Thompson, Georgia Southern student and member of Georgia Southern Women’s Golf team; University President Jaimie Hebert, Ph.D., Ashley Hines Ellis, A Day for Southern community chair and executive vice president of BBWH Insurors; Salinda Arthur, vice president of University Advancement; Dylan John, Georgia Southern graduate student and president of Student Government and Gloria Morgan, director of annual giving for Georgia Southern.

Georgia Southern University has had another successful year with the 43rd annual A Day for Southern fundraising campaign, which has raised $1,945,416. This is the nineteenth year A Day for Southern has raised more than $1 million.

“At Georgia Southern, academics and student successes are, and will always be, our primary mission,” said University President Jaimie Hebert, Ph.D. “A Day for Southern provides a wonderful opportunity for Georgia Southern and the Statesboro-Bulloch County community to come together to celebrate our strong partnership and help to ensure the continued success of our programs and community outreach, and, most importantly, our students.”

Statesboro and Bulloch County businesses, along with Georgia Southern faculty, staff, retirees and alumni, donated to the cam-

paign as a way to show their support for the University. The gifts received support University programs not fully funded through state dollars, allow students to achieve academic excellence, and support outreach centers such as the Center for Wildlife Education, the Georgia Southern Museum, the Garden of the Coastal Plain and state-of-the-art facilities and programs that attract and support research and scholarships.

Supporters of A Day for Southern are encouraged to give to the areas at the University for which they are most passionate, whether it is a scholarship fund, a college within the University, athletics or one of a variety of student programs and services. Gifts, no matter the size, can be made year-round through GeorgiaSouthern.edu/GIVE.

Brannen Smith Joins FMB as VP/Commercial Banker Statesboro native Brannen Smith has joined Bulloch County’s only locally owned and directed bank as Vice President of Commercial Lending. Smith brings with him 11 years of experience in the banking industry.

Smith is a graduate of the Georgia Banking School at the University of Georgia, graduating as the Graduate of Distinction of 2015 and is currently a student at the Graduate School of Banking at LSU. FMB President Brett Morgan says he is “proud to have a seasoned lender with Brannen’s background join our bank. Not only does he have excellent credit and lending experience, he is focused on the customer relationship, which is a primary goal of our community bank. He is involved in our community and committed to improving the quality of life in Statesboro and Bulloch County.”

Founded 68 years ago, FMB is now Bulloch County’s only locally owned and managed bank. It offers a full range of consumer and business deposit and credit services. FMB services are fully available online, and the institution maintains three ATMs, two full-time branch locations in Statesboro, and another in Brooklet.

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Moore Named Vice President for Economic Development Lori Durden, President of Ogeechee Technical College (OTC), recently announced that Jan Moore has been named the College’s Vice President for Economic Development (VPED). Durden was the previous Vice President for Economic Development, prior to accepting the appointment as president of the College. Moore had served as acting VPED before moving to the position permanently. “Jan’s extensive experience in both higher education and economic development gives her a unique perspective. I have full faith in her ability to collaborate, strengthen, and expand the work of the College and the community,” stated Durden.

Moore, who previously served as Dean of Students at OTC, also worked with the Bulloch County Board of Education’s Central Office, where she served as Special Education Supervisor/Behavior Intervention Specialist. She holds an Education Specialist degree and Masters of Education, both in School Psychology and both from Georgia Southern University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Georgia. Moore’s work experience in education also includes six years as School Psychologist with the Bryan County Board of Education. Additionally, she is the current mayor of Statesboro and the first female city official ever to be elected in the City’s history. She served eleven years as Business Editor of the Statesboro Herald.

Moore is an executive board member of the Lynda Brannen Williamson Foundation, serves on the Member Services Advisory Council and the Executive Committee for the Georgia Municipal Association, and was a member of the Georgia Southern University Presidential Search and Screen Committee in 2015/16.

Pope, Morgan, Cromley and Lambert Join FMB Board Farmers & Merchants Bank chairman Gerald Edenfield announced the addition of two Bulloch county business leaders, Jeff Pope and Brett Morgan, to the FMB board of directors. Brooklet farmer Lee Cromley and hotel developer Doug Lambert have also joined the board as advisory members.

According to Edenfield, “These four community-minded individuals believe in Bulloch County and will strengthen its future by helping lead its only locally owned bank. We are excited to have them join our board and I look forward to serving with them.”

Boddiford Achieves Third National FFA Finalist Title SEB High FFA Member Named National American Star Awards Finalist Knapp Boddiford, an affiliate member of the Southeast Bulloch High School National FFA Organization Chapter, is one of four American Star Awards national finalists in the area of Agriculture Placement.

This is his third national FFA title.

He attended the Picture (L-R) Brian Elrick, SEBHS FFA Faculty, Susannah 89th National FFA Lanier, SEBHS FFA Faculty, American Star Awards Finalist Convention & Expo Knapp Boddiford, along with parents Susan Boddiford and October 20-22, in Joe Boddiford.

Indianapolis, where the 2016 National American Star Winner was named in his area and in three additional categories (Agriculture Placement, Agribusiness, Agriscience, and Farmer). There were a total of 16 finalists across the four categories, and Boddiford was the only one from Georgia and the southeastern United States.

Boddiford received $2,000 for being named a finalist. Previously he won the National Proficiency Award for Fiber and Oil Crop Production in 2013, and the National Proficiency Award for Diversified Crop Placement in 2014.

FFA members who have earned their American FFA Degrees are eligible for the American Star Awards. Boddiford has achieved his American Degree, which is the highest achievement level in FFA. Less than 2,000 members a year, out of a membership base of more than 600,000, ever achieve this status.

A 2013 graduate of SEBHS, Boddiford has remained affiliated with his alma mater’s FFA Chapter. FFA active membership continues for three years after graduation, and students may either join a collegiate chapter or remain affiliated with their high school as they complete FFA degree and competition programs.

He has been active in the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) FFA chapter, where he is a senior majoring in Diversified Ag with a concentration in Ag Business.

Jaycees Donate $3,400 to Food Bank The Statesboro Jaycees quarterly community fundraiser held on August 6th, “Jaycees Night Out!” raised $3,400 for the Statesboro Food Bank. A ceremonial check was presented to the Food Bank by club members Pictured (L-R) Front Row: Joe Bill Brannen, Kim Forstrom, following the Meagan Johnson, Erica Sellers. Back Row: (L-R) Frank Parker, September 13th Don Poe, Christina Larson, Kyle Williams, Peyton Fuller meeting. Sponsors for the event included Locos Grill & Pub Statesboro, 40 East Grill, Statesboro Millhouse, Gnat’s Landing of Statesboro, Ranco Tent Rentals- Augusta & Savannah Special Events, Alton Smith-State Farm Agent, and BORO DD. November/December 2016 • 11

A Christmas Carol

An Original Ballet by Jurijs Safonovs

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Just a few days before Christmas Eve in London in 1843, Charles Dickens self-published the bleak story of accountant Edenezer Scrooge, a “greedy and covetous old sinner,” whose name has become synonymous with “miser.” In Dicken’s story, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, who has been wandering the earth in chains for seven years because of his own parsimonious nature, and who warned Scrooge to change his greed and selfishness or suffer the same fate. Scrooge is then visited by the ghosts of “Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come,” and taken on a journey that changes his heart just in time for Christmas.

Since then A Christmas Carol has become a classic reminder of how an obsession with money and profit can kill the spirit of love and generosity, celebrated during the Christmas season together with the birth of Christ.

In the 173 years since Dicken’s first published his cautionary tale, A Christmas Carol has never been out of print. It has been adapted for the stage in plays, operas, and in many feature films.

For the first time on Friday and Saturday, November 18th & 19th, Statesboro area residents will be treated to an original A Christmas Carol ballet, written, directed, and

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choreographed by the founding director of ized this, I got excited.”

Statesboro’s Youth Ballet, Jurijs Safonovs.

Since this summer when auditions were A native of Latvia, Safonovs is celebrating held, Safonovs has been working tirelessly his fifth anniversary with the Youth Ballet. to perfect the new ballet. Working with the Hired in the summer of 2012 by former ex- story by Dickens, Safonovs is adding his own ecutive director of the Averitt Center for the interpretations of the classic message through Arts, Tim Chapman, Safonovs came to States- dance. He has created an original musical boro by way of the Virginia Ballet where he score by listening to countless CDs of Christserved as principal dancer beginning in 2002. mas carols and hymns, working to match the The Virginia Ballet sponsored Safonovs’ green dance moves exactly to the movements in the card and allowed him to emigrate from Lat- music. via after graduating from the Riga Choreog“This is definitely a classical ballet producraphy School and dancing professionally with tion with innovations that are interesting and the Latvian National Opera and the Latvian that help tell the story with special effects, inNational Ballet Theatre, the biggest and oldest ventive props and sets, and a chorus of singballet company in Latvia. ers from the Statesboro Youth Chorale,” said Safonovs is trained in the Vaganova method Safonovs. of ballet, a “modern method” started in St. PeHe is assisted in producing the ballet by tersburg 100 years ago. During the time of the wife Jennifer who is helping with choreograSoviet Union, the system of how to teach the phy and staging. “Jennifer tells me what looks Vaganova method of ballet was unionized and best from an artistic director’s prospective. You standardized in all the republics. will see her influence throughout the show,” The Vaganova method is he said. named for Agrippina VaSince Safonovs directs “In our fifth season, we now ganova (1879 – 1951), the and dances in the show have 150-200 dancers in woman responsible for the as Ebenezer Scrooge, he the region from as far away method of ballet taught in counts on Jennifer to help as Dublin, Georgia, who Russian schools since 1921. with the overall vision of have been trained in the VaHer methods of teaching, the performance. In turn, ganova Method of ballet.” training and technique were Jennifer is directed by a combination of several – Jurijs Safonovs Safonovs as she plays the elements of French, Italpart of Mrs. Cratchit, the ian, and other Russian balwife of Scrooge’s employee let principles. The Vaganova Method com- Bob Cratchit, with whom Scrooge eventually bines elements of the French romantic ballet’s enjoys a celebration of Christmas. lyricism and the Italian ballet’s athleticism to A professional ballerina, Jennifer regularly improve the old imperial Russian method of dances leading roles in classical ballets with teaching. the Neos Dance Theatre of Mansfield, Ohio.

Famous dancers trained in the Vaganova A native of Akron, she has danced in many method such as Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Pav- productions with Neos including as the Snow lova, and Balanchine, show incredible flexibil- Queen and the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutity and extension of movement. cracker.

Safonovs has been teaching the Vaganova The role of Bob Cratchit will be played by method to area dance students for the past five Robert Wesner known to many Statesboro years. Each season, his students showcase their dance enthusiasts as the founder and artistic talent with holiday and spring performances. director of the Neos Dance Theatre. Wesner The first holiday performance by the States- has performed here several times with the boro Youth Ballet was the Nutcracker.

Neos Company and in solo roles as a guest “The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in of the Statesboro Youth Ballet. Wesner’s wife the U.S. We have produced it here on a large Brooke, co-founder of Neos, will dance the role scale with great feedback and good reviews. It of a beautiful belle, bringing her own expertise is something we will continue to perform ev- and professionalism into the show.

The cast has been rehearsing since August every other year,” said Safonovs.

While researching other possible holiday ery Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 performances for the Youth Ballet, Safonovs p.m. During the weeks leading up to the perforcame across Dicken’s popular Christmas story. mance, cast members will be rehearsing eight “A Christmas Carol has not been done many hours a day, into the night, for the two hour pertimes as a ballet,” Safonovs said. “Once I real- formance that will have an intermission.

Safonovs has reached out to community members to help with building sets, painting backdrops, and assembling props.

“A custom backdrop has been built specifically for this show by Gary Dart, who is retired from Georgia Southern and has produced many theatrical versions of A Christmas Carol,” said Safonovs. “Artists Scott Foxx and Kelly Berry, along with the Averitt Center’s technical director Robert Faller, have been instrumental in interpreting the vision for the show. We have had several meetings where we worked toward a perfect look for the staging. I think our patrons will be excited and impressed with the creative affects.”

Veteran Averitt Center costumer Melinda Roell is creating new costumes for the cast. “Melinda works very hard,” said Safonovs. “She is very good at translating from an idea to a pattern or costume. She has done this before for many ballets and plays,” he said.

“We also borrowed a few costumes from Sarah McCarroll who runs the costume shop at Georgia Southern,” said Safonovs. “We are very fortunate to have a great partnership with Georgia Southern when it comes to lending us period costumes for our productions. Having professional costumes helps to elevate the performance,” he said.

“The greatest credit for the performance must go to Tim Chapman” said Safonovs. “It was his idea to look at A Christmas Carol. We were looking for something different for a holiday show and Tim mentioned this story from having seen movies and theater productions. Carol Thompson, our interim director of the Arts Center has also been very responsive and supportive,” he said.

“In our fifth season, we now have 150-200 dancers in the region from as far away as Dublin, Georgia, who have been trained in the Vaganova Method of ballet,” said Safonovs. “From the beginning of the Statesboro Youth Ballet, I have been dedicated and committed to classical ballet performance.”

His dedication has a resulted in the realization of a new vision – the first live ballet performance of A Christmas Carol to be produced in the southeast, debuting November 18th at the Emma Kelly Theater. S

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They specialize in cheesecake and barbeque. Their restaurants form bookends to the main highway running through Millen, Georgia.

The first one you pass headed north through town is a small brown nonassuming block building with a Dolan’s BBQ sign out front. You know it by the smoke and the smell of cooking meat rising from the pit. Further down at the second traffic light, adjacent to a filling station, stands Honey’s, a favorite spot for locals serving down-home Southern cooking on the lunch bar, where you can still get a meat and three, plus tea and dessert for ten dollars. Honey’s Café and Dolan’s BBQ and the very busy Honey Catering are owned and run by sisters from Garfield, Georgia: Lazar (Laz-air) Brown Oglesby and Mary Beth Brown.

Both were raised on the family farm, along with 11-years-younger “baby brother” Dolan E. “D” Brown, IV. “D” carries the name passed down from father to son for four generations. Granddaddy Brown is known as Dolan, Dad is Eddy. All farmers. All like to cook and to entertain friends.

“Our mama and grandmamas are excellent cooks, too,” said Lazar. “I can remember cracking eggs and making cakes with them, whatever they would let me do in the kitchen.”

Lazar enjoyed the hospitality and the festive atmosphere that surrounded meals and special events on the Brown family farm, too. “My granddaddy, Dolan, would use any reason to have a gathering at the farm,” Lazar said.

“Dove shoots, fish fries, barbeques, it didn’t matter, any excuse to cook and have people over. We had a “kitchen house” on the farm and granddaddy would cook for everyone, and even use the kitchen house to make jelly.”

That early exposure to the hospitality of entertaining influenced Lazar to declare by age ten that she wanted to own a restaurant one day.

She worked at local restaurants, LeighAnn’s Wrapsody, the Soda Fountain in Brooklet, and Statesboro Brews, honing her culinary skills. Lazar enrolled in Georgia Southern’s Hotel and Restaurant Management program to pursue a degree, but found that she spent most of her time wishing she was in the kitchen, cooking, testing and inventing recipes. She graduated from Ogeechee Tech’s Culinary Arts Program and worked as the Executive Chef of Beaver Creek Plantation for five years.

At Beaver Creek she gained experience in event planning and catering for groups ranging from 50 to 500. After leaving Beaver Creek, Lazar ran a 10-seat soda fountain and her own catering business out of the Charm Barn in Millen. With the encouragement of husband, Johnny Oglesby, a fulltime fireman, Lazar moved to “the station” after a year and a half. She needed November/December 2016 • 17

a larger catering kitchen to keep up with the event bookings that were coming in.

Meanwhile sister Mary Beth, four years younger than Lazar, had enrolled in Georgia Southern and graduated with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. “I liked the entertainment and resort aspects of the hospitality industry,” Mary Beth said. “I worked for the Ritz Carlton at Amelia Island for several years. I learned that a hotel is open 24 hoursa-day, 365 days-a-year.”

“Mary Beth called me and said she wanted to come home and asked me if I needed any help,” Lazar said. “I told her to come on home and we’d find something for her to do.” Last 18 • Statesboro Magazine

November they purchased Dolan’s Barbeque and installed a pit just like their grandfather’s.

Both admit it takes a team to run everything. The sisters have a strong work ethic instilled by their parents and practiced on the farm scouting cotton and doing other chores.

“I was scouting 800 acres of cotton when I was 13-years-old,” Lazar said. “I had a summer job driving my Grand Am that we nicknamed ‘Red Dragon’ down dirt roads and through sand pits in my snake boots.”

The sisters grew up in similar fashion and have complementary personalities, but there are differences. Of the two, Mary Beth is the world traveler and Lazar is the homebody.

Mary Beth likes structure, answering all the emails, making lists and she doesn’t mind spending time on the computer. Lazar is the free spirit, creative, artsy one. She doesn’t like to sit at the computer, but will do Facebook and takes great photos of their catering displays and other food specialties.

Lazar’s trademark is her signature cheesecakes. She has taken five years to perfect the recipe. She has a saying, “If the food tastes good by itself, it will taste even better with cheesecake!”

Her cheesecakes are not like New York cheesecakes; dry and crumbly. Honey’s cheesecakes are light and fluffy, sweeter than the New

York variety with a sensational variety of toppings: Fruity Pebbles, Tiramisu, pumpkin, pecan pie, key lime, bananas foster with a flaming top and the best-selling salted caramel, to name a few. She has the standard strawberry, blueberry and cherry glazed ones, too. But, none of her cheesecakes are standard.

The demand for Lazar’s cheesecakes has grown and they are now featured in the Daily Grind in Statesboro and Berni’s in Swainsboro. She and Mary Beth are still working on shipping the cheesecakes, but they are so busy with catering, it’s not their main focus right now. They are developing a way for organizations to use the cheesecakes as fundraisers – whole and in individual servings packed into mini Mason jars. It takes five hours for each large one to bake. Lazar can prepare 8-12 at one time. She takes a lot of advance orders.

Both sisters agree that presentation is an important aspect of catering. “The food must look as good as it tastes,” Lazar said.

“Even if presentation costs more, we go the extra mile,” said Mary Beth.

“We take our food very personally,” Lazar said. “We care so much. We both believe in being here when it’s open.”

“We touch everything that’s prepared at our restaurants,” said Mary Beth. “Not many owners can say that, but we feel like we have invested so much of ourselves.”

That personal attention to detail has gotten Honey Catering noticed. Last year Honey Catering and Café was chosen by the Millen Chamber of Commerce as Business of the Year. Lazar has been featured on The Dish, a culinary TV show produced by Ana Christina of WJBF in Augusta, Georgia. Most recently, Honey Catering was chosen by readers of the Statesboro Herald as Best of the Boro for 2016.

Honey’s Catering, Honey’s Café and Dolan’s Barbeque have a website, Facebook page and Lazar has started a blog about her adventures in preparing, serving and creating food.

The women’s parents, Pam and Eddy Brown, Lazar and Johnny’s sons Jackson and Jacob, and others of the family get involved in large catering events, along with the restaurant staff and friends.

“We have a fun kitchen,” said Lazar. “We laugh a lot and have a good time.”

“We laugh more than yell, with this many women in the kitchen,” said Mary Beth. “Food is just a big part of our lives. We’re the kind of people who, while we’re eating breakfast, we’re talking about what we’re going to have for dinner. Food to us means being together.” S November/December 2016 • 19

The Mission Tea

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“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.”

Romans 12: 12-13 (NIV) Written by Jenny Foss Photography by Deanna Keene

Be Joyful in Hope When Deb Hagan, local realtor and director of the Women’s Ministry at First Baptist Church, was looking for inspirational ways to engage the women of the church in new activities, she brought the idea of a tea to benefit missions to the ladies of the congregation. The Christmas Mission Tea was an event that Hagan had experienced eight years prior at other churches served in the Atlanta area by she and her husband Keith, administrative pastor at First Baptist.

A working mother of four, who homeschooled all of her children, Hagan felt that the tea would be a great way for the women of the church to get to know each other better, to share their talents, and to foster relationships.

In addition to being a fundraiser for missions, Hagan and the Women’s Ministry committee including Deanna Keene, Mandy Fortune, Christy Earl, Emily Fennell, Amanda Wheeler, Melanie Brady, and Ashley Galo, ask women, some church members and some members of the broader community, to decorate tables for eight in the Christmas theme.

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The hostesses are responsible for bringing tion to being the event’s chairperson last year.

“She brought extra serving pieces and decplates, cups and saucers, teapots, creamers and sugars, water glasses, flatware, serving trays orations for the ladies to use,” said Fortune. and any other essentials for serving tea. They “She swapped out napkin rings and changed also bring seasonal decorations to form a cen- serving pieces, helping everyone with their setterpiece for the table. There will be 32 tables up. They were so excited!”

“Even though there was one theme [Christtotal this year. mas] all of the tables were Last year was the first different. Each hostess time the Women’s Min“Love allows women brought her own special istry hosted the Mission talents for decorating. It Tea in the Perry Fellowship to use God’s gifts in was really beautiful,” ForHall. Eileen Daily of Milmany, many ways.” tune said. len, Georgia, was the event - Deb Hagan This year, Daily’s mother chairperson. is in hospice and she won’t “It was right up her alley,” be able to contribute the said Mandy Fortune. “She did a fantastic job of coordinating everything.” time required to oversee the organization of the tea. Deb Hagan has stepped in to chair the Patient in Affliction Daily, who also homeschooled all four of event. There are a couple of month’s preparaher children, decorated her own tables in addi- tion before the tea that Hagan will oversee.

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Faithful in Prayer “I basically contact all the hostesses and get them signed up. We have a special breakfast about a month prior to the tea to thank our hostesses and to share details of the event,” said Hagan.

The fellowship hall is open the day before the Sunday afternoon tea to give volunteers plenty of time to decorate their tables. In addition to decorating, the hostesses will serve tea to the ladies at their tables.

“Also we ask all of our hostesses to join the committee in being in prayer for the tea, the attendees, and the beneficiaries of the missions,” Hagan said.

Tickets are sold through the Women’s Ministry at the church for $10 per person. Ladies six-years-old and up are encouraged to attend.

Proceeds cover the cost of dainty sandwiches and sweets and all the accoutrements of tea. A

love offering is collected to benefit missions.

Share with the Lord’s people who are in need.

A portion of the love offering will go to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for Missions, a Southern Baptist tradition named for missionary Charlotte Digges “Lottie” Moon who spent nearly 40 years as a missionary to China (1873-1912). A well-educated woman, Moon was reared in Virginia and became a well-respected teacher and evangelist, laying a foundation of traditionally solid support for missions among Baptists in America. Today Lottie Moon personifies Baptist missions.

This year’s tea will also benefit Statesboro missionary Cierra Crowe. Crowe grew-up in First Baptist Church and worked for a time at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, before departing for Africa. At 19-years-old, she is now serving in the Kabowa community of Uganda, with Delight in the Lord Missions.

Delight in the Lord Ministries, Inc., is a non-profit organization founded by Crowe.

She first visited Uganda for three months on a mission trip during the summer of 2015, and fell in love with Uganda’s culture and people. She returned this year and is spending six months learning the local language, which is Luganda, and starting small backyard Bible studies and a tutoring program that includes after-school snacks for the children. She will return to Statesboro this fall to share her experiences with plans to return to Uganda in 2017.

Practice Hospitality “At the tea we ask the hostesses not to promise all the seats at their tables to friends,” said Fortune. “We really want this to be a way for women to get to know others that maybe they haven’t met before. We want to get them out of their comfort zone and into fostering new relationships.

We had such positive feedback from last year, we are doing as many tables as the room can hold this year,” she said. “Our desire this year is to allow the ladies to spend more time getting to know each other. One take-away from last year is that we all wished we had more time to visit.”

Started as a way to foster fellowship among women, the Christmas Mission Tea also has a broader implication for the Women’s Ministry Committee, the hostesses and attendees.

“It’s not all about what you can get out of it,” said Hagan, “but also about what you can give. Love allows women to use God’s gifts in many, many ways.” S

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The Remnant Trust is a public educational foundation that collects the manuscripts to share with colleges, universities and other organizations for use by students, faculty, scholars and the general public.

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Hot Toddy 1 teaspoon honey 2 fluid ounces boiling water 1 1/2 fluid ounces whiskey 3 whole cloves 1 cinnamon stick 1 slice lemon 1 pinch ground nutmeg

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Pour the honey, boiling water, and whiskey into a mug. Spice it with the cloves and cinnamon, and put in the slice of lemon.

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Stir lemon juice, ginger and pepper flakes into the mixture before removing from heat.

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Winter Recipes

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1 tablespoon egg white 2 cups pecan halves 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon In a bowl, beat egg white until foamy. Add pecans and toss until well coated. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over pecans and toss to coat. Spread in a single layer on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 300 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally. Cool on waxed paper.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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When you share a small act of kindness, a smile, or even a friendly wave with someone this holiday season, you’re giving something of yourself. The warm feeling those small acts create for you during the holidays can be expanded. You’ll find that the more you give, the more you receive in peace, love and understanding throughout the year.

One way to pass on those generous gestures to others is by volunteering with one of Bulloch County’s many non-profit organizations.

These businesses exist to make life better for others who are not as fortunate, to support the elderly and infirmed, to raise money for medical research, and to provide shelter for those who need it most.

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201 Johnson Street, P. O. Box 1253, Statesboro, GA 30459 HabitatBulloch.org 912-489-2076 Holiday Needs: New materials to help us build more homes including lumber, plumbing fixtures, heat & air conditioning units, electrical wire, light fixtures, interior doors, siding, nail guns, and miscellaneous tools.

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www.unitedwaysega.org 912-489-8475 515 Denmark St. Suite 2300, Statesboro, GA 30458 Holiday Needs: For the community to support us financially so that we, in turn, can provide the financial assistance to our partner agencies including American Red Cross, Boys & Girls Club of Bulloch County, Boy Scouts of America, and Food Bank. Visit our website for a full list of partners.

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P.O. Box 2494, Statesboro, GA safehavenstatesboro.org Safe Haven is a program of Citizens Against Violence, Inc., a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation. It is the emergency safe house for adult and child victims of domestic violence serving Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven and Washington counties.

Holiday needs: toiletries and cleaning supplies, monetary and clothing and home furnishing donations.

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Bernard’s Jewelers 23999 Hwy 80 East | Statesboro, GA 30458 912-764-5379 | www.bernardsjewelers.net Item A. Beloved Disney Princess films inspired the creation of this collection. From Cinderella’s carriage to the rose from Beauty and the Beast, every piece gives a graceful nod to these magical stories. No matter how old you are, you never stop dreaming of being a Princess, and now it’s your turn.

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Azure’s Gourmet & Sweets statesboromarket2go.locallygrown.net Item D. Azure’s Gourmet & Sweets Pecan Pralines can be purchased and they make great stocking stuffers for Christmas!

Visit Azure at the Farmers Market on Saturdays in Downtown Statesboro, also!

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Item B. We carry a variety of handbag collections such as this Brighton Bag to express your personal style.

Item C. Tyler Boe is a refreshingly chic collection of sportswear designed for today’s modern, yet refined woman. Creations are driven by color, enhanced by the touch and feel of each garment.

Item D. Kendra Scott Jewelry uses captivating color and unique designs to create a look that’s luxurious at an affordable price for every woman and every occasion.

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Item A. Brer Rabbit in Bulloch County is a fun book on walking the back roads and the folks one meets. One Amazon Book review stated “Brer Rabbit is a friend. This is a fun, delightful book with not only a great story line, but important things are said with engaging characters. It is not a “spiritual” book, but TRUTH is clearly expressed. Everyone of us is “odd” and “unique,” yet can get along beautifully, enjoy great friends, enjoy our surroundings...enjoy life. Thank you, Drew, loved every bit of Brer Rabbit.”

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Braswell Food Company 226 North Zetterower Ave | Statesboro GA 30458 912-764-6191 | www.braswells.com Item F. Variety of corporate baskets, holiday party hostess gifts, and specialty preserves, jams, jellies, fruit butters, honey, salad dressings, marinades, wine sauces, mustards, relishes, condiments, and teas.

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Tormenta FC Sets the Bar for PDL Soccer Marketing

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If you wore magenta, waved a scarf, sat in the stands, or got an autograph from a Tormenta FC player this season, chances are you were engaged by the Franchise Development Team. The team of marketing professionals on staff with Tormenta FC created quite a stir in the Premier Development League this season by engaging fans with intense sports marketing campaigns aimed at creating a fantastic fan base and a first-class soccer franchise for Statesboro and the southeast.

To accomplish its mission, The Development Team works within the realms of sports tourism and sports entertainment, sharing games, promotions and special events through social media, print, radio, television and digital marketing outlets. Tormenta FC uses these resources to release player interviews, game day news and fan updates resulting in over 2,000,000 marketing impressions on Facebook and Twitter in 2016. All markets played a huge role in reaching Tormenta FC’s goal of promoting a soccer lifestyle in Statesboro.

A pacesetter in marketing in the Premier Development League, Tormenta FC creates ways for social media users around the world to connect with team players, coaches, and the Statesboro community. Events, press conferences, interviews, news and magazine articles, video interviews, radio and television coverage are used in conjunction with social media to raise awareness of the team.

The Tormenta FC Development Team knows that in order to create a profound, legitimate feel and passion towards the game of soccer, utilizing these resources to the fullest is a must. Local media partners helped to frame the 2016 inaugural soccer season as a major new component of sports in the Southeast region.

During games this season, the Development Team employed social media as a way for fans to access live play-by-play updates. Important plays during home and away games were posted live on Twitter, (scores, shots, saves, yellow/ red cards, substitutions, injuries, etc.). Videos of exciting plays and goals on social media created a play-by-play feel for followers.

Tormenta FC understands the power of video promotion in today’s changing and expanding markets. Filming over 100 video segments to date; each video was carefully edited as a whole to make best use for all marketing

outlets and social opportunities. Through video promotion, Tormenta FC showcased all aspects of the franchise. From announcing the franchise debut to a 2017 season forecast, the team provides and markets video opportunities through television, livestream broadcasts, websites, and social media outlets.

Stay tuned for exciting events in November with Tormenta FC on Facebook and @TormentaFC on Twitter. The Ibis Cup will bring in soccer talent from all over the Southeast on November 12-13. Watch for the Fabulous Fan Trivia Nights in November and December. Don’t forget about our early-bird season ticket prices for the 2017 season; special prices last until December 1st. Player tryouts are just around the corner; Tormenta FC will be hosting its first tryout on December 17th in Statesboro. For more FAN-tabulous soccer fun, visit www.TormentaFC.com. Remember -- PROS START HERE! November/December 2016 • 57

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It Doesn’t Take a Fortune to Make a Difference

O One of the biggest obstacles to philanthropy is the idea that you aren’t wealthy enough to make a significant impact on the world.

Christopher Johnston, associate vice president of Trusts, Estates and Gift Planning at Georgia Southern University, has spent a great deal of his career dispelling this notion.

“When we say in philanthropy, ‘There is no gift too small,’ we truly mean that,” he said.

Johnston provides potential donors with a variety of giving options that allow them to provide for themselves during their lifetimes, as well as for their families’ and their favorite philanthropic organizations’ in the future. He deals specifically with estate gifts that are realized after the donor’s death. While these gifts usually involve careful consideration and planning, they

aren’t reserved for older donors.

“You can live very, very well while you’re here on this earth, but when you go, you can’t take it with you,” he said. “Do you want the government to take a large portion of that? Or the state? Or would you prefer that you strategically plan where it goes through a legacy gift that will benefit your family as well as your philanthropic organization?”

Sara Alice Bradley Darby, who passed away in February of 2015, wasn’t considered a wealthy woman, but she left the University a very special gift in memory of her parents.

Darby attended Georgia Southern in the ‘40s, back when it was known as Georgia Teachers College, and was very involved in service organizations and social clubs. She was known as a

vivacious and friendly person, with an eclectic sense of fashion, and loved her time as a student.

After graduation, she married her childhood sweetheart, Robert Darby, who became an architect. The two spent the bulk of their lives in Jacksonville, Florida, where they raised two sons and were active in the community.

For more than 15 years, Darby put away money each month toward investments to benefit the University, and to remember her parents, who taught her the value of an education.

Her father, Cliff Bradley, intensely believed in education, and faced many obstacles in obtaining his own. After a flu epidemic killed his father, his mother and most of his siblings, Bradley lived with relatives in Leefield, Georgia, working on their family farm. He didn’t have the resources to attend school, so he walked more than 12 miles from Leefield to Statesboro to meet with Ernest V. Hollis, president of Georgia Southern, then known as First District A&M School.

Hollis allowed Bradley to earn his education by working several on-campus jobs to cover his tuition and board. And though he didn’t finish his degree at the school in order to raise his family, Bradley was a lifelong learner who impacted the generations that followed him.

“Both of them, especially my grandfather, thought that education was of premier importance to anybody,” said F. Leonard Darby, Bradley’s grandson. “He did everything he could to have an education at Georgia Southern.”

Before her death, Sara Alice stipulated that her investments, which had grown considerably over time, be given to Georgia Southern and used for students like her father, who didn’t have the money to cover the cost of their education.

Darby, who oversaw his mother’s estate, worked with Johnston to create the A.C. Bradley and Wildred Donaldson Bradley Scholarship, which will benefit qualifying students from Bulloch County studying agriculture or sustainability related fields in the biological sciences. In addition, part of the funds were used to create an award of the same name, which will support local students engaged in work at the Georgia Southern Botanic Garden.

For Sara Alice and donors like her, Johnston says philanthropy is as simple as finding your passion, finding the possibilities and finding a place to give. A popular way to leave a gift is to leave a bequest in a will or list the organization as a beneficiary in a trust, retirement account or life insurance policy. There are so many ways to give, no matter your income bracket.

You don’t need a fortune to make a difference — a truly lasting difference — in someone’s life.

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The Spiritual Pathway s Rev. Dr. H. William Perry

Keeping Christmas Uncluttered

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A small church in a little town needed new hymnals, and didn’t have the money to purchase them. In a deacons’ meeting the decision was made to see if the local merchants would contribute funds so new hymnals could be bought. The pastor and chair of the deacons were appointed to go and talk with the storeowners. They went first to Rountree Pharmacy and were shocked when the druggist agreed to buy all the hymnals they needed, on one condition: that he be allowed to place advertisements in the hymnals.

Upon reporting this condition to the deacon group, a full-blown discussion, exploring the pros and cons, ensued. Since the church was

desperate for the new hymnals, they agreed that the pharmacy could put advertisements in them. When the pastor and deacon reported the decision, the pharmacist promised they would have the hymnals by Christmas.

The day before the Christmas service, the box of hymnals arrived. The pastor glanced through them, and was surprised to see no advertising. But the next morning when the congregation turned to the first Christmas carol, here’s what they sang: Hark! the herald angels sing, Rountree’s pills are just the thing; Peace on earth and mercy mild; two for adults and one for a child.

Do I need to remind you that it’s easy for other things to get all mixed up at Christmas?

Sometimes it’s little things, like what can happen in the Christmas pageant. I heard about one pageant where a boy, Ralph, was disgruntled because he was not selected to play the part of Joseph. He reluctantly agreed to be the innkeeper. But with revenge on his mind, he made this reply when Joseph knocked on the inn’s door seeking a room. “Sure, come on in, we have plenty of room!” Not to be outdone, Joseph walked in, took a look around, and shook his head, saying, “Stay in this dump?

I’d rather stay in a stable!”

In another pageant the angel forgot her lines. She was supposed to say, “Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,” but ended up saying, “Hey, have I got good news for you!” That’s a pretty good comeback.

I like to hear what the children say when they try to remember the gifts the Wise Men brought to Jesus. Instead of calling them “gold, frankincense, and myrrh” most anything is liable to come out of young mouths.

My favorites are “gold, commonsense, and fur,” and “gold, Frankenstein, and mermaids.”

Worse than mixing up the words of Christmas carols and pageants, is how we get all mixed up on what Christmas is all about. The primary message of Christmas is that from beyond time and space God has entered human history in the form of a baby born in a stable to a humble couple in an obscure village outside of Jerusalem. God entered our history because of His love for all people. So He came on a mission. He invites us to experience personal fulfillment through a personal relationship with this baby who grew up to be a man, Jesus. As was true in the first century, our responses are to be wonder, joy, peace, love, and awe; but none of this comes to pass unless we take opportunities to get back to the basics.I’m reminded of the story I heard years ago of the wealthy couple who had their first baby. They were so happy they invited scores of their friends to come to their mansion for a special celebration that would involve the baby’s christening. When their minister arrived and it was time for the ceremony, they couldn’t find the baby. Everyone panicked, and they looked everywhere. Finally the nanny found the baby on the bed in the guestroom under the coats and furs and pocketbooks and scarves of the guests.

Be careful during this holiday season, for your own clutter may cover up the world’s most significant baby. And that clutter could cause you to miss the reason for the season.

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The Carpenter

R Ronnie Alderman has been a carpenter all his life. And why not? Every day he follows in the footsteps of his Lord and Savior, who Himself was a man of the same trade. Wherever Ronnie goes, his Lord is his Shepherd.

Now retired from his 31 years as a member of the Georgia Southern Plant Operation’s staff, Ronnie is sharing his talents and gifts as a craftsman turning planks of wood into chambers of an extra bedroom, giving balance to front doors, or creating memory rooms for trophies and medals.

His touch is remarkable. As an artist with broad sweeping strokes, Ronnie can bring a new and refreshing look to a den or foyer.

And then the powerful thrust of his imagination turns a barn leaning from the force of history into a mighty manor.

And no wasted motion as Ronnie and his son get the job done. If Ronnie is moving toward a site with a hammer in his hand or gripping a secure package of heavy nails or a saw, then one can be assured that is the exact action taking place. All the while this man of God remains humble – ease of voice, a terrific listener, the gift of direct eye contact; and with that artist’s mind he entraps a client’s needs or wishes or dreams.

Lean and handsome and spiritually driven, Ronnie Alderman is a walking definitive of manners and caring. Be assured he balances his gifts with wit and humor, when action is complemented with a hearty laugh starting out with an impish grin. All this from just a great guy whom I first met in the early ‘80’s when he represented the Georgia Southern Plant Operations each Monday morning at the 9:00 a.m. president’s staff meeting. From that moment a friendship was forged, allowing me the presence of a man of God, and the blessing of making calls across the years of “Help, Ronnie!”

While his brother Max, an ordained minister, travels the globe delivering God’s message, Ronnie lights candles at home. For those who

have not met Ronnie, attend morning worship at Statesboro’s First Baptist. When the choir stands for an anthem, look into the men’s section and you will find it easy to make note of Ronnie. He is the dude with his arms raised or fists pumping with voice uplifted. He is again affirming his commitment to the Master.

One of the hallmark illustrations of Ronnie’s caring mindset took place in the home of retired Georgia Southern President Zach Henderson who served Georgia Southern for 41 years. His wife, Marjorie, had called Fred Shroyer, Plant Operations Director, request-

ing his stopping by and assisting with a door frame. Fred asked Ronnie to go by the Henderson’s home. As Ronnie was leaving with mission accomplished, Dr. Henderson, whose mind was now clouded with dementia, looked at Ronnie and asked clear as a bell, “Young man. Do you play the harmonica?” Ronnie replied, “Yes sir I do. I have one with me right now.” To which Dr. Henderson said to his bride, “Honey, bring me my harmonica.”

And there on a Thursday afternoon, Ronnie joined the president in a soulful rendition of Amazing Grace, a harmony Godsent.

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TRANSITIONS

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. - Isaiah 40:1 Mr. Don Rickey Barrow

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Mr. Matthew Trenton “Trent” Graham

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Mr. Richard Napier Nash

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Mrs. Nancy Beasley

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Mrs. Inez Waters Grovenstein

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Mrs. Rebecca “Becky” Nessmith

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Mr. Donald Augustus “Swifty” Berry

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Mr. Frank James Haman

09.25.16

Judge William Josiah “Joe” Neville

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Mrs. Mary Lou Lee Best

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Mrs. Phyllis Giles Hardeman

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Mr. Donovan Warren Newsome

08.28.16

Mr. James W. Blakely

09.14.16

Mr. Nathan “Nate” Hirsch

08.28.16

Mr. Michael Edwin Newton

09.01.16

Mr. Lawrence Bonhomme

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Mr. Donnie Paull Hodges

09.10.16

Minister Bernice Oliver

08.12.16

Mr. James C. “Skeet” Boyett

09.10.16

Mr. Quinton Holloway

09.10.16

Mrs. Peggy Mixon Post

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Mr. Mikell C. “Mike” Boyett

09.20.16

Mrs. Frances Annette “Anne”

09.27.16

Mrs. Lorraine Ryals Pugliano

08.24.16

Mr. Edwin “Eddie” Bradley

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Faircloth Hooks

Rev. John Willie Roberts

09.25.16

Ms. Mary Earthese Bradley

09.26.16

Mr. Virgil L. Horton, Sr.

08.04.16

Mr. Hugh “Perk” Robins

09.01.16

Mrs. Elizabeth Montez Royal Branbnen

09.22.16

Mr. Joseph Henry “Joe” Howard, II

09.09.16

Mrs. Carman Suzette “Suzie”

08.28.16

Mr. Tom Watson Bridges, Jr.

08.06.16

Mother Bernese Jackson

08.05.16

Bodlovick Robinson

Mrs. Shirley Ann Groover Brown

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Mr. Quincy Jackson

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Mra. Minnie Lee Robinson

09.04.16

Mrs. Setphanie Burrell Brunson

09.06.16

Mr. Bruce Irving Jenkins

08.04.16

Mrs. Patricia Robinson

09.07.16

Mrs. Milkie Gordon Burns

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Mr. Rufus “R.J.” Johnson

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Mr. Jamese Walter Sabb

09.04.16

Mrs. Martha Tootle Cain

09.16.16

Mr. Paul Jones

09.02.16

Mr. James Philo Salinski

09.09.16

Mr. David Michael Capps

09.15.16

Mrs. Ethel Jones

09.04.16

Mr. Payton Gibson Salzman

09.11.16

Mrs. Mary Hendrix Clark

08.08.16

Mr. Gerald Jordan

08.28.16

Mrs. Josephine Johnson Sapp

08.22.16

Mrs. Eubie Driggers Cook

08.23.16

Mrs. Dorothy Howard Lanier

08.05.16

Mrs. Erlene D. Schneider

08.09.16

Mr. Jerry Clyde Davis

08.02.16

Mrs. Rubye Nell Livingston Lastinger

09.10.16

Ms. Mattie Ruth Scott

09.09.16

Mr. Albert James “A.J.” Davis

09.21.16

Mr. Steve L. Logan

09.15.16

Mrs. Josephine Wells Smith

08.26.16

Mr. James Davis, Jr.

08.22.16

Mr. Wilie Austin Lowe

09.09.16

Mrs. JoAn Theresa Sowell

08.03.16

Mr. Bryan Wesley Deal

08.31.16

Mr. Donald Claxton Lowery

08.31.16

Mr. Darien Spells

09.24.16

Mr. Devon Deloach

08.07.16

Mrs. Donna Jean Fail Mangrum

08.21.16

Mrs. Norma Dean Griffin Stallings

08.16.16

Mr. Robert “Bob” Dick

09.08.16

Mrs. Audrea Michell Lambert Marks

08.23.16

Mr. William Austin Stokes

09.12.16

Ms. Karen Odum Dillard

08.25.16

Mr. Ralph Marsh

09.06.16

Mrs. Dorothy Hinson Taylor

08.10.16

Mrs. Stella Morris Lee Donahue

08.01.16

Ms. Peggy Mixon McBride

09.06.16

Mr. Francis Randall Taylor

09.28.16

Mr. Henry Lafayette Durden, III

09.19.16

Mrs. Claudia Harris McCray

08.23.16

Mr. Larry M. Thjompson

09.13.16

Deacon Ernest Edenfield

08.12.16

Ms. Michele Ann Williams McDowell

08.12.16

Mr. Charlie L. Thomas

08.28.16

Mr. Robert Henry Fields, Jr.

09.25.16

Mr. Robert McGhee

08.11.16

Mr. William Austin Veech

08.30.16

Mr. Lyman Fields, Sr.

09.24.16

Mrs. Matilou Turner McKee

08.03.16

Mrs. Loria Merchelle Lester Wadley

08.18.16

Mrs. Sheila G. Robins Fleming

08.13.16

Mrs. Martha Mikell

08.17.16

Ms. Mary Wallace

09.06.16

Mrs. Margaret Ann Futch

08.07.16

Mrs. Virginia Audrey Shuman Miller

08.20.16

Mrs. Eva Akins Waller

09.20.16

Mr. Willie Henry Gilliard

08.10.16

Mr. James Mitchell Mincey, Sr.

09.03.16

Mr. Charles “Chuck” Williams, Jr.

09.03.16

Mr. Harry Joseph “Frog” Girardeau

08.19.16

Mrs. Mary Womack Mons

08.21.16

Mr. Herbert Williams, Sr.

08.02.16

Mr. Clisby Allen Gordham, Sr.

08.24.16

Mr. Matthew Royce “Matt” Muhmel

08.07.16

Ms. Henry Mae “FeFe” Wilson

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