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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, June 1,2022, Page 9A
Georgia Department of Driver Services Warns
of Text Message License Suspension Scam
Donald Kenneth Taylor
Mr. Donald Kenneth
Taylor, age 82, of Lee
County, went home to be
with Jesus on Thursday,
May 26, 2022.
A memorial service
honoring his life was
conducted on Monday,
May 30, 2022 in the
chapel of Joseph W.
Jones Funeral Home
with his son, Rev. Den
nis Taylor and Dr. Josh
Posey officiating.
Born September 4,
1939, in Colquitt County,
he was the son of the
late Addie Lee and Ollie
Mae Taylor. He proud
ly served our country
in the United States
Army Reserves and
later retired civil service
from the Marine Base
in Albany. Mr. Taylor
was a faithful member
of First Baptist Church
of Leesburg where he
served as a deacon, a
choir member, a Sunday
school teacher, and even
drove the church bus to
pick up kids for church
when his children were
young. He was a hard
worker that provided for
his family monetarily,
spiritually, emotionally,
and was happily married
for over 57 years to his
wife whom he raised
three wonderful chil
dren with. He loved and
adored his grandchildren
and great grandchildren,
enjoyed watching west
erns, and loved antiques.
Mr. Taylor wasn’t rich or
famous, he didn’t travel
the world, but he knew
Jesus. The best part
about him was that he
shared Jesus with every
one. A loving husband,
father, grandfather,
and friend, he will be
greatly missed by all but
his family has peace in
knowing he has reached
his final destination
Heaven.
Those left to cherish
his memory include his
beloved wife of 57 years,
Linda Futral Taylor of
Leesburg; children,
Ken Taylor (Wendy) of
Leesburg, Dennis Taylor
(Laura) of Titusville,
FL, and Sherry Turoski
(Bill) of Leesburg; seven
grandchildren, Ash
ley Meddings (Greg),
Kyle Taylor, Carsen
Taylor, Mackenzie
Taylor, Taylor Turoski,
Emma Turoski, and
Nessa Taylor; his two
great-grandchildren,
Grayson and Ava; and a
host of extended family
and friends that loved
him dearly.
In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions
may be made to the
First Baptist Church of
Leesburg building fund,
P.O. Box 1009 Leesburg,
Ga. 31763
Levera Tonia Helvik
Levera Tonia Helvik,
85, of Albany, GA,
died May 29, 2022 at
The Phoenix at Alba
ny. Graveside funeral
services will be held
Wednesday at 2:00 pm
at Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. Ross Powell will
officiate.
Mrs. Helvik was born
on December 10, 1936 in
Albany, GA to W.J. and
Edith Holland. She grew
up in Albany, attended
Albany High School, Al
bany Junior College and
graduated from Barstow
Community College.
Mrs. Helvik was a
member of Sunnyside
Baptist Church and was
a professional singer.
She sang with the Pete
Lewis Trio in Albany,
the Big Tiny Little Band
in Las Vegas, NV and
more recently to Sweet
Adelines. Singing was
her life, but she enjoyed
scrapbooking and soli
taire. She was preceded
in death by her husband,
Jerome Helvik and her
brother, Dale Holland.
Survivors include her
son, Hank Tallman of
Lee County, GA.
Mrs. Helvik will lie in
state at Mathews Fu
neral Home from 9:00
am until 12:00 noon on
Wednesday for viewing.
Those desiring may
make memorials in
memory of Mrs. Helvik
to the Albany Humane
Society, 1705 West
Oakridge Drive, Albany,
GA 31707.
To sign the online reg
istry, or to send condo
lences to the family, you
may visit Mathews’ web
site at www.mathewsfu-
neralhome.com.
Special to the Ledger
The Basics to Com
munities in Georgia
Grant Award Announce
ment May 24, 2022
The Sandra Dunagan
Deal Center for Early
Language and Liter
acy and Get Georgia
Reading Campaign are
pleased to announce
the grant awardees for
the 2022 Empowering
Communities through
Collective Impact Grant
Initiative: Bringing The
Basics to Communities
in Georgia. The pur
pose of this initiative
is to improve the early
language and litera
cy skills of Georgia’s
children by creating
community coalitions to
increase early language
Special to the Ledger
Georgia Department of
Driver Services (DDS)
is warning of a new text
message-based scam that
is attempting to steal
your driver’s license
information. Customers
have been getting text
messages asking them to
follow a fraudulent link
to verify their driver’s
license information due
to a temporary suspen
sion. DDS Commissioner
Spencer R. Moore says
such text messages are
a fraud and likely an
attempt by scammers to
get your personal infor
mation.
“DDS employees do
not contact customers
to ask for personal or
confidential information,
such as driver’s license
or Social Security num
bers via email, text or
telephone. Anyone who
receives such a commu
nication should consider
it is a scam to steal your
identity. Customers who
are pending a license
suspension or other
changes in their license
status are notified in
writing by DDS. Anyone
who receives these — or
similar — text messag
es should not open or
respond to them and
instead delete such mes
sages immediately.”
Customers can quick
ly verify the status of
their license on the DDS
website at this secure
link https://dds.drives.
ga.gov/_/.
and literacy access,
professional learning,
awareness, and educa
tion. The Deal Center is
investing in communi
ties that use the collec
tive impact framework
to address at least three
of the four pillars of the
Get Georgia Reading
Campaign: Language
Nutrition, Access, Pos
itive Learning Climate,
and Teacher Prepara
tion and Effectiveness
by implementing The
Basics principles and
strategies to support
social, emotional, and
cognitive development
of children from birth to
age 3. The recipients of
the 2022 Empowering
Communities through
Collective Impact Grant
Voice and computer
phishing scammers
use many and varied
tactics to trick victims
into handing over their
personal or financial
information. Georgians
should be very cau
tious of any unsolicited
telephone calls, texts
or emails that claim to
Special to the Ledger
Georgia Southern
University recently
recognized approxi
mately 2,200 students
for excellence in aca
demics on the Spring
2022 President’s List. To
be eligible for the Pres
ident’s List, a student
must have at least a 4.0
grade point average and
carry a minimum of 12
hours for the semester.
Austin Casey of Lees
burg
Austen Davis of Lees
burg
Kayla Dykes of Alba
ny
Alexia Feely of Albany
Crystal Fields of Al
bany
Lauren Hammett of
Leesburg
Makayla Johnson of
Albany
Sara Kirkland of Lees
burg
Mattie Miller of Lees
burg
Seely Murphy of
Albany
Carlee Norman of
Albany
Initiative: Bringing The
Basics to Communities
in Georgia will receive
up to $25,000 to support
implementation of The
Basics principles and
strategies and engage
with the BLN. The five
(5) awardees are as
follows:
•Lee County Family
Connection
•Cobb and Douglas
Public Health
•Meriwether County
Family Connection
•United Way of Hall
County
•Boys and Girls Club
of Southeast Georgia
The Basics was found
ed in 2016 by Dr. Ronald
Ferguson, director of the
Harvard Achievement
Gap Institute (AGI).
be government depart
ments, banks or compa
nies that instruct them to
follow a link or open an
attachment to update or
verify personal informa
tion.
DDS encourages all
customers to create an
Online Services Ac
count at www.dds.geor-
John Owens of Albany
Ciara Perez of Albany
Kamaiyah Reese of
gia.gov and utilize the
free mobile app, DDS 2
GO, for an easy way to
monitor your personal
information 24/7. Many
transactions can be
initiated online such as
ordering a replacement
license or an address
change without visiting
a DDS Center.
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