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The ADVANCE, August 18, 2021 /Page 9A
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PEOPLE
Brewton-Parker College Dedicates
Residence Hall to John E. Roller
By Makaylee Randolph
Contributing Writer
Brewton-Parker Col
lege held a dedication cer
emony and ribbon cutting
for the new John E. Roller
Residence Hall on August
11. The name of the hall
serves to honor the mem
ory of John E. Roller, a de
voted community leader
and friend to the college
for several years.
The ceremony was
held outside and attended
by numerous BPC employ
ees, community leaders,
and friends and family of
Roller. BPC President Dr.
Steve Echols, Chairman of
the Holland-Underwood
Foundation Don Chris
tian, Mayor Joey Fountain,
and Family Friend Ellis
Wood all spoke on behalf
of the legacy that Roller
had imprinted upon both
the school and the com
munity.
Roller was a native of
the community. He gradu
ated from the Mount Ver-
non-Ailey School before
attending the Georgia In-
Photo by Makaylee Randolph
WORDS OF ADMIRATION—Mount Vernon Mayor Joey Fountain speaks during the Au
gust 11 dedication ceremony for the John E. Roller Residence Hall at Brewton-Parker
College. The structure will primarily house female nursing students and went into ser
vice immediately following the ceremony,
stitute of Technology in
Atlanta and working as a
commissioned officer in
the Public Health Service.
Once he returned to his
hometown, he worked as
a civil engineer with Hol
land Contracting Com
pany, which later became
Reeves Construction
SAINT PAUL AME
CHURCH VI DAL IA
CELEBRATES
WOMEN’S DAY 2021
On Sunday, August
22, 2021, at 10:00 AM
Saint Paul AME Church
located at 304 Martin
Luther King Jr., Avenue,
Vidalia, Georgia will cel
ebrate Womens Day 2021.
Pastor Ronald Miller in
vites all to join the church
as it recognizes and honor
the role of women.
The speaker for this
celebratory occasion is
Mrs. Rachelle Reddick.
Mrs. Reddick, a native
of Atlanta, Georgia, is
the daughter of Dr. Ruth
Glover and Mr. Howard
Glover and is married to
Mr. James Reddick and
is the mother of James
Gregory and Valeria. She
is a graduated of Morris
Brown College, Atlanta
Georgia with a degree in
Biology For forty-one
years, Mrs. Reddick has
been employed at the Ed
win I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
in Baxley Georgia. For the
past 26 years, she has been
in leadership positions
at the company in Emer
gency Preparedness and
Training. Most recently
she served as the Acting
Regulatory Affairs Man
ager.
Mrs. Reddick, a fifth
generation member of the
AME Church, is a long
time member of St. Paul
AME Church Vidalia. She
is a member of St. Paul’s
Board of Steward and is
the church’s Financial Sec
retary
She is an active mem
ber of the Sixth Episco
pal District of the AME
Church Women’s Mission
ary Society and has served
in many elected and ap
pointed district, area and
local positions with the
missionary society. She is
also a trustee of the Geor
gia Conference and the
Administrative Assistant
to the Presiding Elder of
the Savanah South district.
Mrs. Reddick is an
active member of Al
pha Kappa Alpha Soror
ity, Inc., Phi Delta Omega
Chapter, having served in
various capacities includ
ing Chapter President.
She is current the Chap
ter’s Financial Secretary
and the Co-Chair of the
Planning Committee for
the Georgia AKA Day at
the Capitol. Mrs. Reddick
is also the 2nd Vice Presi
dent of the Toombs Coun
ty Branch of the NAACP
and chair of its Social Ac
tion Committee.
The Sunday Service
may be access by call
ing 605-313-6000, Access
code 812875. The Sun
day service may also be
viewed on Saint Paul AME
Church Vidalia Facebook
live at 10:00 AM. You
may also attend the service
at Saint Paul AME Church
located at 304 Martin
Luther King, Jr. Avenue,
Vidalia, Georgia. The
church practices all CDC
COVID-19 guidelines
Company.
Roller was a member
of the Mount Vernon City
Council and Altamaha
Regional Water Planning
Council, as well as a direc
tor of Mount Vernon Bank
and an avid supporter of
Brewton-Parker College.
“John Roller, his
family, and the Holland-
Underwood Foundation,
which was led by John
Roller for many years,
have been pivotal to the
growth and continuation
of BPC,” President Echols
explained to the crowd.
He shared that a large
amount of the funding for
the $750,000 renovation
of the hall stemmed from
the Roller Family and Hol
land-Underwood Founda
tion.
The building previ
ously known as Robinson
Hall will primarily house
female nursing students
but will also have minimal
ODDS
&'
ENDS
Free
Clothes—
Solomon Taber
nacle Missionary
Baptist Church, 902
Ext. Thompson, Vi
dalia, will have free
clothes available
on Saturday, August
21, from 8:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon. Every
one is invited to
come and get
them.
For more infor
mation, call Jackie
Sipp at 912-245-
3367.
Crossword Puzzle
Solution, page 10A
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openings of unfilled units
for female students who
desire single-occupancy
housing. The hall has a
30-inhabitant maximum.
This project began
in January 2020 and has
faced numerous delays
because of COVID. Con
tractor Danny Fountain
worked through the chal
lenges with the help of
many subcontractors to
complete the project liter
ally on the morning of Au
gust 11 as new doors were
installed.
Echols said that this
upgrade in the residence
hall was just a small
glimpse of the success of
the school, which Echols
stated he believed Roller
“would be overjoyed with.”
Chairman of the Hol
land-Underwood Founda
tion Don Christian spoke
about Roller’s excellence
as a friend to all the people
with whom he worked.
“John truly made sure we
had a family atmosphere
— that people knew he
cared about them.”
Mount Vernon Mayor
Joey Fountain mentioned
the guidance Roller per
sonally provided him
when he became a govern
ment leader. “I looked up
to John; he was a mentor to
me,” Fountain explained.
“He worked to be the best
he could possibly be, and I
learned from that.”
Following the dedi
cation, the Roller family
joined a few BPC admin
istrators for an official rib
bon cutting and a tour of
the updated residence hall.
The building went into im
mediate use as students
began moving in ahead of
the start of the semester.
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