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Funeral Notices,
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Mrs. Rosella Walker
Mrs. Rosella Walker,
age 81, of West Main
Street in Thomaston,
passed away Tuesday,
June 8, 2021 at Harbor-
view Nursing Home.
Graveside funeral
services were held Wed
nesday, June 16 at South-
view Cemetery. Pastor
Niesha Davis officiated.
Bentley’s & Sons Funeral
Home was in charge of all
professional services.
Mrs. Walker leaves to
cherish her memories,
her devoted husband,
James Freeman Walker;
six children, Tanya
Staggers (Bruce), Antoi
nette Jackson (Stacy),
Patrice Jordan, Otis Jor
dan, Cornell Jordan, and
Stacey Jordan; five
grandchildren, Tishunda
Jordan, Kyla Carter,
Akeelen Davis, A’Journi
Walker, and Zolah
Marche’ Moore; two
siblings, Sernetta
Johnson and Marvin Jor
dan, Jr.; aunt, Marzierea
Grant, and uncle, Ernest
Grant; nieces, Saronetta
(James) and Adrienne;
great-nieces, Montoia,
Alecia, Phoenix, and
Amari; great-great-
nieces, Lily, Taylor, and
Tamia; and a host of
other relatives and
friends that will miss her
dearly.
Mrs. Annie Marie
Meadows Wilkins
Mrs. Annie Marie
Meadows Wilkins, age 72,
of Thomaston, passed
away Monday, June 14,
2021 at Eternal Hope
Health Care.
Graveside services
were held Tuesday, June
15 at Southview Ceme
tery. Pastor Thomas Wil
lis officiated. Bentley’s &
Sons Funeral Home was
in charge of all profes
sional services.
Mrs. Wilkins is sur
vived by five children,
Donna Wilkins, Sherry
Wilkins, and Michael
Wilkins, all of Thomas
ton, Frank Lewis Wilkins
Jr. of Atlanta, and Brenda
Ann Wilkins Alford
(Courtland) of Gay; three
siblings, Janie Mae
Meadows, Johnny (Lynn)
Meadows, and Tommy
Meadows, all of Thomas
ton; and a host of other
relatives and friends that
will miss her dearly.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
The Upson Beacon
Salem Community News By Claudette Fagan
The Upson County sen
ior citizens were on the road
again. The group traveled to
Fairburn to attend the an
nual Renaissance Festival
and had an enjoyable time.
Thanks to Mrs. Donna Auth,
Ms. Riki Joiner, and Ms.
Jour’don Williams for the
part they played in making
this trip a success. Thank
you also is extended to Mr.
Rico Andrews, who provided
a safe trip to and from Fair-
burn. Before their return,
they enjoyed a meal at
Golden Corral in Newnan.
This group is looking for
ward to the next planned
outing. Thanks again to Mrs.
Auth, the site director, for all
she does for the seniors at
the Upson County Senior
Center.
Continued prayers for
the sick and shut in: Mrs.
Donna Auth, Rev. Glover
(Cowboy), Mr. Wilson
Raines Jr., Mrs. Earnestine
Battle, Mr. Dennis (Jack
Mack) Caldwell, Mr. Wilbur
Jordan, Mrs. Ruby Jordan,
and Ms. Stacy Atwater.
Our prayers and sympa
thy go out to the following:
To the Carson and Bentley
family on the passing of Mr.
Darryl Bentley; to the Gib
son family on the passing of
Mr. O’Neal Gibson; to the
Dixon and Mahone family
on the passing of Mrs. Pag-
gie Mahone; to the McCrary
family on the passing of Mr.
Robert McCrary; to the
Walker family on the pass
ing of Mrs. Rosetta Walker;
to the Prater family on the
passing of Mr. Charlie
Prater; to the Mathis and
Ridley family on the passing
of Mrs. Betty Mathis Ridley.
We pray that God continues
to strengthen them during
their time of bereavement.
Anniversary wishes are
extended to the following:
Bennie and Barbara Barnes
will be celebrating their 64th
wedding anniversary on
Monday, June 21. Marquel
and Kendra Mathis will be
celebrating their eighth
wedding anniversary on
Tuesday, June 22. Best
wishes on your anniversary
celebration.
Birthday wishes are ex
tended to the following: Ear
nestine Battle, Judy
Brannon, Candice Atwater,
Reundra Harris, Jeanette
Ellison, Virginia Hutchins,
Calvin (Man) Raines, Willie
Raines Jr., Carole Hollis,
Carson Raines - June 17;
Ruby Pinkston, Shirley
Smith, Beatrice Davison,
Kimberly Searcy, Keith
Davis, Tonya Mathis — June
18; David Walker, Kerry
Love, Ramona Dickey,
Sheila Harvey, Tony Hollis,
Shamel Ellison, Jimmy Har
ris II - June 19; Elaine Ivey,
Avery Matthews - June 20;
Darryl Copeland — June 21;
Mechelle Murphy, Ervin
Trice — June 22; Alma Ivey,
Christine Jordan, Damien
Blasingame, Pammie Ham
mond, Destiny Lockhart,
Christina Ivey, Earnestine
Wonnum, Sandra Trice,
Willie Hobbs - June 23. We
wish you many more birth
days to come.
Thought for the day:
Stop disliking people
over what you’ve heard. Be
thankful God isn’t disliking
you over what He knows.
Community News By Elaine Walker
Thankful Thursday to
Chevian Dudley, Angelo
Sparks, Deborah Holston,
Betty Worthy, Ezra Worthy,
Fibbie Raines, James and
Maryette Johnson, Solomon
Walker, IV, John and Cynthia
Fagan, Joyce Brazil, Tonasis
Walker, Kassie Jordan,
Deane Jones, Mattie Weaver,
Charlie Maples, Charles and
Patricia Walker, Jessie and
Carol Character, and Kim
Martize.
Happy 50th anniversary
to Charles and Daphney An
drews.
Happy third birthday to
Kian McCraney.
Birthday wishes are ex
tended to Daniel Davis, Bar
bara Quiller, Shifra Walker,
Marlik Griffin, Levi Fuller,
Felicia Woodard, Shelia
Brown, Sherwanda Walker,
Robert Brown, Mae Brown,
Marcus King, Trevon Walls,
and Mary Jackson.
Continued prayers are ex
tended to John King, Rosa
Drake, Ruby Andrews, Kay
Searcy, Sallie Respress, Lo
retta Braswell, Laura Brown,
Earnestine Walker, Dorothy
Carthon, Elvis Searcy, Alton
Dawson, Tyra Bowlee, Mild
red Prater, Ida Little, Mary
Smith, Ava Summers, Sharon
Mack, Martha Reeves, Fan
nie Lou Searcy, Kate Harris,
Annie Worthy, and Mary
Chaney.
Happy belated birthday
to George Hughley.
Happy 38th anniversary
to Pastor Ralph and First
Lady Emma Searcy. Wishing
them many more blessed
years of love and happiness.
The LP Fun Camp is held
Monday-Friday at the Wor
thy Community Center. For
more information you may
contact Paula Dawson or
Greta King.
Our prayers and sympa
thy are extended to the fol
lowing families: the family of
Pastor Marcus Fuller, Sr., the
family of Georgia Mae Eller-
bee, the family of Charlie
Prater, the family of Robert
McCrary, Jr., the family of
Reggie Reviere, and the
family of Rosela Jordan
Walker. We pray that God
continues to strengthen them
during their sad times.
WORDS OF WISDOM:
On this Father’s Day,
there are many ways to honor
our fathers even if they are no
longer with us. One way is to
show respect for the good
values they taught us.
We’re thankful for our
fathers,
Lord, they’re special gifts
from you;
Help us to show we honor
them
By what we say and do.
The best fathers not only
give us life, they teach us how
to live.
Honor your father. Ephe
sians 6:2
Happy Father’s Day!
The EMA Digest: Distracted Driving
“A quick note about things you should know in emergencies”
By Martha Anne McCarty
Upson EMA Director
Motor vehicle crashes are
the number one cause of
death for persons ages 3-34
years old. Estimates place the
death toll at more than
40,000 annually, in addition
to over 2.2 million injuries.
Distractions now join alcohol
and speed as leading factors
in fatal and serious injury
crashes.
•21 percent of teen drivers
involved in a car accident
were distracted by cell
phones.
•A teen driver with one
additional passenger is twice
as likely to be involved in a
fatal car accident.
•Texting or reading a text
takes a driver’s eyes off the
road for at least five seconds.
•In some states, a dis
tracted driving citation can
raise insurance rates from
$87 to $762.
•According to the
NHTSA, 660,000 drivers use
electronic devices while driv
ing.
•Men are four times more
likely to drink and drive,
while women are more likely
to text and drive.
•Reaching for an object
increases the chances of a car
crash by eight times accord
ing to the more alarming dis
tracted driving statistics.
•Parents with young chil
dren are more likely to be dis
tracted behind the wheel than
adults without kids in their
car.
•Once a driver has been
distracted, it takes only three
seconds for a car crash to
occur.
•In the United States,
about nine people are killed
every day due to car crashes
involving a distracted driver.
Cell phones distract in three
ways:
1) visual: your eyes are not
on the road.
2) mechanical: your
hands are not on the wheel.
3) cognitive: your mind is
not on driving. Drivers do not
understand or realize that
talking on a cell phone dis
tracts the brain and takes
focus away from the primary
task of driving.
Multitasking for the brain
is a myth. Human brains do
not perform two tasks at
same time. The brain handles
tasks sequentially - It
switches between one task
and another. Multitasking is a
brain drain. The brain en
gages in a constant process
to:
1. Select information the
brain will attend to
2. Process information
3. Encode to create mem
ory
4. Store information
It must also:
5. Retrieve
6. Execute or act on infor
mation
When a brain is over
loaded, these steps are af
fected. Studies have shown
that the encoding process is
where the drop-out happens.
The brain filters information
due to overload. Drivers not
aware of information filtered
out. Information does not get
into memory. Drivers miss
critical information on poten
tial hazards. It is called inat
tention blindness. Drivers
look but they do not see. And
that is one thing that causes a
multitude of crashes. So let’s
remember a simple phrase
that could save your life: On
the road, off the phone.
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