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ALTH DEPT. FOLKS ARE DOING THE LORD'S WORK / 4A Tuesday, January 21,2021 barnesville.com Barnesville, Ga. 30204 City manager David Rose died Sunday Barnesville city man ager David Rose, 58, died Sunday after a tough battle with kidney cancer. Rose was an Air Force veteran and longtime city employee. He was named city manager in February 2018, replacing Kenny Roberts who retired after 47 years with the city. Roberts died of cancer in May 2018. Funeral services for Rose will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 at Rock Springs Church. Visitation will be held at Williams-Westbury Funer al Home on Wednesday, Jan. 13 from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. See his obituary on page 5A. ROSE First Lamar school board appointed by judge The new county of Lamar needed a board of education and one was appointed by Judge William E. H. Searcy of the Flint Circuit. It in cluded John G. Bush of Goggansville; T. Grady Dumas of Redbone; George W. Moore of the Moore’s Grove commu nity; G. P. Wheeless of Milner and James M. Sims of the northern section of the county. The school board was to hold its first meeting on Jan. 17 at city hall. MLK events cancelled The local MLK events are cancelled for the Jan uary 18 holiday due to the pandemic. For more information contact the president of the local NAACP chapter U’landa Barkley 478-320-6358. DUMAS COVID-19 vaccinations begin for those over 65 WALTER GEIGER news@barnesville.com COVID-19 is spreading rap idly here (see related coverage) but help is on the way! Vaccinations will expand this week with citizens over the age of 65 becoming eligible as part of the expanded 1A target group. The shots will be given Wednesday from 9 a.m. -2 p.m. at the drive-thru area estab lished in the rear of the South ern Rivers Energy headquarters on Hwy. 341 South. Vaccinations are free and offered by appointment only. Call 1.800.847.4262 or visit district4health.org to make an appointment. A photo ID to prove age will be required. Wear short sleeves or loose fitting clothing that can be rolled up and prepare to wait in line. It is highly recommended that those that have received the vaccination wait in the area for at least 15 minutes to be monitored for adverse reac tions. Citizens are advised not to get the vaccine if they are allergic to any vaccine compo nents or have had any other vaccinations in the previous 14 days. The vaccination consists of two injections with the second due 21 days after the first, a fact those making appointments should note for scheduling. Those who have had or currently have COVID should wait until they have completely recovered to be vaccinated. Those who have had antibody therapy should wait at least 90 days to be vaccinated. Vaccinations began here Dec. 21. Those in the first group return this week for the second injection. Those 65 and older were added to the 1A target group by Gov. Brian Kemp last week. Also in the group are frontline medi cal personnel, law enforcement and nursing home staff and resi dents. Those in that group who have not received the vaccine are eligible for the drive-thru vaccinations as well. Additionally, Upson Regional Medical Center will offer vacci nations to those in the 1A target group beginning today. Call 706.647.8111, extension 1347 to make an appointment. CRIME SCENE UNIT NS ./'• : i , . CB ■ : • t ■©I k V l 1 M;' ^ THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER Unionville cemetery becomes a crime scene The Unionville Church cemetery on High Falls Park Road was trans formed into a crime scene Sunday afternoon when visitors to a family plot there discovered the body of a black female in the area behind the graves. The shocked visitors quickly backed out and called 911. Lamar deputies and investigators arrived and called for help from the GBI. Crime scene techs worked the area until dark Sunday and the scene was secured overnight. They were back at it Monday morning, running metal detectors and marking evidence with yellow placards. Ellenwood teen found dead here Subscribe. Your name goes on the label in this box WALTER GEIGER news@barnesville.com Family members visiting a grave at the Unionville Church cemetery on High Falls Park Road Sunday afternoon were shocked when they found the body of a dead teenager in the rear of the graveyard. They backed out quickly and called 911. Lamar deputies and then in vestigators arrived and called in a GBI crime scene unit and coroner Clay Tillery. The body was taken to the state crime lab for autopsy Sunday evening and on Monday the victim was identified as D’Shaunti Kyanni Hunter, 17, of Ellenwood. Initial indications were she died of a single gunshot wound. Sheriff Brad White believes Hunter was shot elsewhere and her body dumped here. The body was discovered at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Hunter was last seen alive at about 2 p.m. Saturday, the sheriff said. LCSO and GBI personnel worked the scene until dark Sunday then it was se cured for the night. They were back in the cemetery Monday morning marking evidence with plac ards and running metal detec tors. “They are looking for shell casings but I still think she was shot elsewhere,” sheriff White said. Coroner Tillery reported Hunter had no ID on her person and the crime lab will determine if there was more than one gunshot wound and the cause of death. Historic Unionville Church is located at 944 High Falls Park Road near 1-75. The cemetery is across the road from the church building. The investigation is ongoing are fighting COVID-19 shut down Lamar County schools Jan. 6 just one day after they reopened follow ing the Christmas holiday period. The school system fell victim to the spike in coronavi- WILS0N rus cases the com munity is currently experiencing. Superintendent Jute Wilson and his administrative staff are monitoring the situation, hoping to reopen their doors Jan. 19. “We are monitoring numbers and cases daily. We are fighting and more information will be forthcoming. Monitor barnes ville.com for updates. to stay open to try to stay open. The only reason we are shut down now and have been shut down before was staff quarantine numbers,” Wilson said. Sports seasons are continu ing with basketball underway and soccer tryouts ongoing this week. Baseball and other sports are also gearing up. “Unless the state, DPH or GHSA advise us to stop, we plan to keep offering extracurricu- lars as long as we are following guidelines, have bus drivers and adequate supervision for our athletes,” Wilson concluded. HUNTER Superintendant: Schools ©2021 THE HERALD GAZETTE, BARNESVILLE, LAMAR COUNTY, GA 30204, 770.358.NEWS