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DEATH NOTICES
Obituaries are published as received
James Harvey
Mr. James Reynolds (Jimmy) Harvey, 69, of Milner,
Georgia passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at
WellStar Spalding Hospital.
Mr. Harvey was born in Waycross,
Georgia on September 29, 1951. He
was preceded in death by his parents,
A.C. Harvey Jr. and Alice Reynolds
Harvey. He was retired from Georgia
Power. Jimmy loved spending time
with his family and working on his
son’s tree farm.
Jimmy graduated from Waycross High School in
1969. He continued his education at the University of
Georgia and graduated in 1974. He was also a mem
ber of the RedCoat Marching Band.
Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Diane Har
vey. He is also survived by daughter, Marie Harvey
Knight (David) and son, Zeke Harvey (Lori). He was
the proud grandfather of three boys and lovingly
called nandaddy by them all. They include James
Reynolds Harvey 11, John Thomas Harvey, and John
David Knight. Jimmy has two brothers, A.C. Harvey 111
and Joe Harvey (Carol). He also has many nieces and
nephews that were dear to his heart.
There was no formal visitation at the funeral home,
but family and friends were invited to pay their
respects and sign the register on Friday, January 22,
from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. As a tribute to Jimmy, there
was a drive through visitation on Saturday, January
23, 2021 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Harvey resi
dence, 510 Chappell Mill Road, Milner. Following the
tribute, a private graveside service with immediate
family only was held at Milner Baptist Church.
Conner-Westbury Funeral Home, 1891 W. McIntosh
Rd, Griffin is in charge of arrangements.
Jimmy had a love for reading and a passion for
music. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: FERST
Foundation - Lamar County, P.O. Box 926, Barnesville,
GA 30204, 770-358-3270. Strong Rock Christian School
(band program) 4200 Strong Rock Parkway, Locust
Grove, GA 30248, 678-833-1200. St. George’s Episcopal
School (music program) 103 Birch Street, Milner, GA
30257, 770-358-9432.
Please join the family and friends in honoring
the life of James Reynolds (Jimmy) Harvey by visit
ing www.conner-westburyfuneralhome.com to post
your tributes, memories.
John Haygood III
Mr. John James Haygood 111, 65, of Yatesville, died
Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Piedmont Atlanta Hospi
tal. Mr. Haygood was born on October
24, 1955, a son of the late Viola Har
rell and John James Haygood, Jr. He
was a graduate of Yatesville High
School. After high school he joined
the family dairy business, Haygood
Farms. He partnered with his cousin,
Jeff Haygood, Jr., until his passing. Mr.
Haygood was married for 44 years to Angeli Butts
Haygood. In addition to his wife, he is survived by
four daughters, Aimee (Jenn Hoselton) Haygood of
Chapel Hill, NC, Lori H. (Zeke) Harvey of Griffin, Wen
dy H. (Ted) Jones of Yatesville and Katie H. (Matt)
Smith of Thomaston; two sisters, Kathy (Rodney)
Jackson of Round Oak, and Joyce (Tommy) Glisson
of Greensboro; and seven grandchildren, Landen
Jones, Gibson Jones, Reynolds Harvey, John Thomas
Harvey, Levi Haygood, Ace Haygood, and Mattie Kate
Smith. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Haygood
were held on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 in the Pier
son Cemetery in Culloden. In lieu of flowers, memori
al contributions may be made to the Liver Transplant
Fund at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. The address is
Piedmont Hospital, ATTN: Barbara Anderson, 1968
Peachtree Rd., NW, Atlanta, GA 30309. Please mark
the donation in memory of John James Haygood 111.
Fletcher-Day Funeral Home is in charge of arrange
ments. Condolences and remembrances may be
expressed at www.fletcherdayfuneralhome.com
Mordecai Simmons, Jr.
Mordecai Simmons Jr. 67, formerly of Barnesville
transitioned on January 5, 2021 in the Grady Hospital.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, January
31, 2 pm at Brown-Brantley Family Cemetery on May
nard Mill Road Forsyth, GA. Dr. Robert M. Dickerson
will bring words of comfort.
Trice Funeral Home Inc, of Barnesville, is in charge
of all professional services.
Mordecai was born in Barnesville GA to the late
Sallie M. Simmons and Mr. Mordecai Simmons Sr.
He was a graduate of Lamar County High School.
He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and
was honorably discharged. He later in life moved to
Atlanta, Georgia.
He leaves to cherish his memory a daughter Ms.
Sherika Simmons of Forsyth; sisters, Ms. Shirley
Smith, Ms. Martha Reid, Ms. Margaret Brownlee,
Ms. Linda Simmons, Ms. Brenda Simmons and Mrs,
Connie (Johnny) Caslin; brothers, Mr. Robert (Eva)
Simmons, Mr. Charles (Anita) Simmons and Mr. Roger
Simmons; aunt, Ms, Lillie L. Pullins; a host of nieces,
nephews, cousins and many dear friends whom all
will miss him dearly.
Douglas Thylor
Douglas MacAuthor Taylor age 78, of Griffin,
passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
Douglas was born in Zebulon on Sunday, March 28,
1943 to the late Arlington Alfred Taylor and the late
Sarah Louise Yeager Taylor. In addition to his par
ents, his sisters, June Hamrick and Carol Taylor; and
grandson, Isaiah, precede him in death. He graduated
Pike County High School in 1962. Douglas attended
Oak Hill Baptist Church and was a member of Grif
fin Gun Club and Social Shooting Club. He enjoyed
Target shooting, hunting, fishing, shooting guns and
watching NASCAR. Douglas worked for Lamar County
Sheriff’s Department before working for the City of
Griffin from 1973 to 2006. He was a proud Veteran of
the United States Air Force.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Taylor; daughter
and son-in-law, Machelle and Chad Nelms; step-sons
and daughter-in-law, Stephen Bryant and Penny, Bob
by Moss, David Moss; grandchildren, Haley Nelms,
Macy Moss, Elija, Alex, Michael, Gabriel, Trey Moss
and Eleanor; brother, Allie Lamar Taylor; and sister
and brother-in-law, Gloria and Billy Morris.
A memorial service was held Friday, January 15,
2021 at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of Conner-Westbury
Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks dona
tions be made to Flint River Council BSA.
Conner-Westbury Funeral Home, 1891 W. McIntosh
Rd, Griffin is in charge of arrangements.
Please join the family and friends in honoring the
life of Douglas Taylor by visiting www.conner-west-
buryfuneralhome.com to post your tributes, memo
ries.
USDA offers new forest management
incentive for Conservation Reserve Program
USDA
The U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA)
is making available $12
million for use in mak
ing payments to forest
landowners with land
enrolled in the Conserva
tion Reserve Program
(CRP) in exchange for
their implementing
healthy forest manage
ment practices. Exist
ing CRP participants
can now sign up for the
Forest Management
Incentive (FMI), which
provides financial incen
tives to landowners with
land in CRP to encourage
proper tree thinning and
other practices.
“We are offering CRP
landowners an oppor
tunity to use forestry
practices for a more
targeted approach to
improve forest health
and wildlife habitat on
their land,” said Richard
Fordyce, administrator
for USDA’s Farm Service
Agency (FSA). “The For
est Management Incen
tive enables landowners
to maximize the conser
vation outcomes on their
land, such as supporting
wildlife, conserving soil
and improving water
quality.”
Right now, less than
10% of land currently
enrolled in CRP is dedi
cated to forestland. But,
these nearly 2 million
acres of CRP forestland,
if properly managed, can
have enormous benefits
for natural resources by
reducing soil erosion,
protecting water quality,
increasing water quan
tity, and diversifying lo
cal farm operations and
rural economies.
Only landowners and
agricultural produc
ers with active CRP
contracts involving
forest cover can enroll.
However, this does not
include active CRP con
tracts that expire within
two years. Existing CRP
participants interested
in tree thinning and
prescribed burning must
comply with the stan
dards and specifications
established in their CRP
contract.
CRP participants will
receive the incentive pay
ment once tree thinning
and/or other authorized
forest management prac
tices are completed.
The incentive payment
is the lower of the actual
cost of completing the
practice or 75% of the
payment rate offered by
USDA’s Natural Resourc
es Conservation Service
(NRCS) if the practice is
offered through NRCS
conservation programs.
PHOTOS: WALTER GEIGER/THE HERALD GAZETTE
Lady Trojans notch two region wins
The LC Lady Trojans (13-4, 6-1) got two key region wins
last week. They blew out Monticello 74-18 Friday then got a
57-56 win over Washington County in a thriller Saturday. Zaria
Fletcher (top) shoots over a WACO defender while Shakiria
Foster (10, bottom) scores two points with a soft jumper over
the same defender in the lane.
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GSC Foundation offers
$100,000 one-time grant
Gordon State College
Foundation recently
approved an allocation
of funding to support
priorities of the College’s
Strategic Plan during a
meeting of the Founda
tion’s Board of Trustees .
Submitted as a recom
mendation by the Board
of Trustees’ Executive
Committee and sub
sequently approved
unanimously by the
entire Board, the GSC
Foundation will provide
a one-time $100,000 grant
to Gordon State College
as a strategic investment
during the COVID-19 pan
demic, which included
support for scholarships,
the performing arts and
athletics.
A critical central build
ing block of the grant
was the $50,000 alloca
tion to fully endow the
Highlander GAP Scholar
ship Grant Fund. During
last year, 39 students
received support from
this type of funding.
“The year 2020 has
been an extraordinary
year and extraordinary
times call for extraor
dinary measures,” said
Derrick Lewis, chair
of the GSC Foundation
Board of Trustees. “I’m
so proud that we have
the financial stability to
help further the mission
of the Foundation and
Strategic Plan of support
ing the students of Gor
don State College during
times of need.”
GSC is in the sec
ond year of a five-year
strategic plan - Building
the Power of WE! - and
this generous support of
the GSC Foundation will
enhance the mission of
the College by provid
ing students with the
necessary resources to
continue their dreams
and goals of achieving a
college education.
“The Gordon State
College Foundation
Board has taken another
symbolic step in ac
knowledging their desire
to see the institution as
a catalyst for exceptional
and accessible educa
tion,” said Dr. Kirk A.
Nooks, GSC President.
“Our students, faculty
and staff are grateful for
this level of support.”
“We are extremely
grateful for the support
that the Gordon State
College Foundation has
provided for the strate
gic priorities at Gordon
State College,” said
Montrese Adger-Fuller,
Executive Director of the
GSC Foundation and Vice
President of Advance
ment, External Relations
and Marketing. “This
level of support will
make such a difference
during these unprec
edented times.”
GSC offers 11 four-
year degrees and 16
associate-level degrees,
which includes multiple
baccalaureate pathways
for students. With an
enrollment of over 3,000
students, GSC offers an
intimate academic set
ting in state-of-the-art
classrooms and labo
ratories. In this setting,
students receive indi
vidualized attention that
only a small college with
dedicated faculty and
staff can provide.
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