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She Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, August 18, 2021 /Page 9A Please submit photos and announcements by Thursday at 12 noon to have your engagement or anniversary published. 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 1 2 3 7 10 11 13 17 21 35 36 37 38 45 48 50 52 CLUES ACROSS 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. 1. Midway between east and southeast 4. Sun up in New York 7. 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