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OBITUARIES
A2 Fayette County News
Wednesday, May 3,2023
Jasper "Jay"
Monroe Maxwell
Jasper “Jay” Monroe
Maxwell was born to Law
rence and Pearl Reed Max
well in Sedalia, Mo. Dec.
25, 1936. He passed away
at the home of his son,
April 23, 2023. He was 86
years old at the time of his
passing.
Jay attended Smith-
Cotton High School and
graduated in 1956. He was
a member of the DeMolays
and participated in many
church activities, as well.
He was awarded a Navy
ROTC scholarship and en
tered Kansas University.
He was active in the Bap
tist Student Union, serving
as president of the Kansas
Nebraska BSU.
He attended Calvary
Baptist Church in Law
rence, Kan. He graduated
with a bachelor’s degree in
aeronautical engineering.
In 1955, he served as a
summer staffer at Ridge
crest Baptist Conference
Center in North Carolina.
It was that summer he met
another staffer, Glenda
Faye Smith of Kentucky,
and they were married in
August 1958.
Jay entered Navy flight
school and flew the T28
and T34. His first assign
ment was at the VP5 Patrol
Squadron in Jacksonville,
Fla. He flew the P2V Nep
tune, and the P3 Orion.
Over the course of his
naval career, he flew mis
sions supporting the
Cuban Missile Crisis, had a
deployment to Iceland for
five months and Sigonella,
Sicily for five months, and
was carrier-landing qual
ified.
In 1967, Jay tran
sitioned from military to
commercial flying. He was
hired by Delta Airlines,
and flew the DC8, DC9,
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1996.
Jay’s hobbies were
abundant. He was an am
ateur historian, and was
interested in Revolution
ary War history and Civil
War history, but nothing
captured his attention like
the Lewis and Clark expe
dition. He retraced the
route numerous times,
and there was not a book
about the adventure he did
not own.
He was also an avid bi
cyclist, covering over
60,000 miles on various
rides in the U.S. and
abroad. He pedaled his bi
cycle across Florida, Iowa,
Georgia, Missouri, Col
orado, California, Idaho,
Oregon, Washington, Ari
zona, Nebraska, and Ten
nessee.
He traveled inter
nationally for both work
and leisure, and he and his
wife Glenda visited Belfast,
Dublin, and Shannon, Ire
land; St. Petersburg, Rus
sia; Helsinki, Finland;
Heidelberg and Hamburg,
Germany; East Germany;
Paris, France; Rome, Italy;
London, England; New
foundland; and most
major U.S. cities, as well as
Hawaii and Alaska.
He and Glenda also be
came Airstream RVers,
and traveled thousands of
miles across the country,
including Alaska and the
Yukon, every Canadian
province, and every state
in Mexico.
He is survived by his
wife of 65 years, Glenda;
children, Eric (Janet)
Maxwell of Peachtree City,
Gayle (Eliott) Jordan of
Roseburg, Ore., and Kevin
Maxwell of Fayetteville;
his four grandchildren,
Ben (Kirsten) Jordan of
Wenatchee, Wash., Sam
(Maddy) Jordan of Fort
Collins, Colo., Glenda
(Nick) Jordan of Las
Vegas, Nev., and Amy
(Alex) Jordan of Eugene,
Ore.; great-grandson,
Aden Jordan of Bell
Buckle, Tenn.; sisters-in-
law, Annette Smith and
Clista Miles; brother-in-
law, Rob (Marie) Smith;
son-in-law, Jesse (Anna
Lee) Jordan of Bell Buckle,
Tenn.; cousin, Lloyd
Decker of Overland Park,
Kan.; and many loving
nieces and nephews and
their families.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, as
well as his sisters and
brothers-in-law, Mabel
and Bob Younger of Flor
ida, and Elva Lee and Irvin
Parks of Missouri.
There will be a private
family service in Warm
Springs, Ga. Burial will
take place on Saturday,
June 10, 2023, 11 a.m., at
Westminster Memorial
Gardens, Peachtree City.
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STAR Student,
Continued from Front
Teacher.
To obtain the STAR nomination, high
school seniors must have the highest
score on any single test date of the SAT
and must be in the top to percent or top
10 students of their class, based on grade
point average. This year’s nominees’ SAT
scores must be equal to or higher than the
2023 national average scores on the ev
idence-based reading, writing, and math
sections of the SAT.
“Recognizing these outstanding stu
dents and their teachers in region events
and then at the state event each year is
our great honor,” said PAGE Executive
Director Craig Harper. “We are pleased to
be a major sponsor and administrator for
the STAR program to ensure that Geor
gia’s excellent students and teachers re
ceive the attention they’ve earned
through their success.”
Sponsors for the 2023 State PAGE
STAR awards are PAGE, the PAGE Foun
dation, the Frances Wood Wilson Foun
dation, and the Mozelle Christian
Endowment.
Secondhand smoke kills j
about 1,500 Georgians a ye
Considering 67% of Fayette
County residents say they're
exposed to secor dhand smoke,*
why aren't we protecting them?
*Based on 4,271 responses to Drug Free
Fayette's 2022 Secondhand Smoke Survey
sent to 6th-12th grade students and their parents
Secondhand smoke is the third leading
cause of preventable death in the U.S.,
killing 41,000 nonsmokers each year.
For every eight smokers the tobacco
industry kills, it takes one nonsmoker
with them.
Just 30 minutes of exposure to
secondhand smoke can cause heart
damage similar to that of habitual
smokers. Adults who don't smoke and
are exposed to secondhand smoke
increase their risk of developing:
• coronary heart disease by 25-30%
• stroke by 20-30%
• lung cancer by 20-30%
Comprehensive smoke-
free policies that prohibit
smoking in all areas of
indoor spaces are the only
way to fully protect people
who do not smoke from
secondhand smoke
exposure. Comprehensive
smoke-free policies can
also help people quit
smoking and can help
keep young people from
starting to smoke.
Secondhand smoke also has adverse reproductive health effects in
women, including low birth weight. It also can cause sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory infections, ear infections, and
asthma attacks in infants and children.
BREATHE EASY FAYETTE
We are a group of residents and local and
national organizations working to protect
our Fayette County neighbors' rights to
enjoy smoke-free air—while continuing to
respect the rights of those who smoke.
Scan to learn more!
Do you support a smoke-free Fayette County? Be sure
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