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DEATH NOTICES
Obituaries are published as received
Barbara "Bobbie" Ard
Mrs. Barbara “Bobbie” Sue Baylor Ard, age 83, of
Barnesville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, April
26, 2021 at Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital.
Bobbie, previously of Riverdale, Georgia, was born
on Sunday, September 26, 1937. She was the daughter
of the late Barton Baylor and the late Eva Baylor. She
was also preceded in death by her husband, Philip
Dewitt Ard, Sr. and by her sister, Peggy Maddox.
Bobbie was a homemaker, and through her Christian
faith, a dedicated member of Lilia Memorial Baptist
Church. Much of her enjoyment came through work
ing in her yard, planting flowers each spring, and
writing in her journals.
Bobbie is survived by her sons and daughters-in-
law, Philip & Misty Ard, Tim & Becky Ard, and Scott &
Tammy Ard; grandchildren and their spouses, Megan
& Justin Fort, Brie & David Harrison, Kylie Ard, Bry
ant & Shailyn Ard, Hannah Ard, Caroline Ard, Kevin
Ard, Jason Ard, Amy Ard; great-grandchildren, Sawyer
Fort, Oliver Fort, Reeves Harrison, Ellis Harrison;
brother and sister-in-law, Sam & Gail Baylor; sister
and brother-in-law, Kathey & James Mann.
A funeral service for Bobbie Ard was held at 3:00
p.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Lilia Memorial
Baptist Church with Pastor Rex Kessler Officiating.
Interment followed at Lilia Memorial Baptist Church
Cemetery. Friends visited the family from 6:00 p.m.
until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
To sign the online registry or to send a condolence
online, please do so at www.williams-westburyfuner-
alhome.com
Williams-Westbury Funeral Home, 526 College
Drive Barnesville, Georgia is serving the Ard family.
Boy Scout Troop 38
annual cleanup
Local Boy Scout
Troop 38 got together on
Adams Street and picked
up all the trash on the
road from Rose Avenue
to just past the cemetery.
The event has become
an annual happening
for cleanup leading into
Mothers Day. Originally
the Town of Aldora had
asked us to do this years
ago and we decided to
take it upon ourselves to
make in a yearly event.
Troop 38 meets every
Darnita Nash
Phi Kappa Phi
Darnita Nash of
Barnesville, a student at
Mercer University, was
recently initiated into
The Honor Society of Phi
Kappa Phi, the nation’s
oldest and most selective
collegiate honor society
for all academic disci
plines.
Nash is among approx
imately 30,000 students,
faculty, professional
staff and alumni to be
initiated into Phi Kappa
Phi each year. Member-
Thursday 6:30 p.m. until
8:00 p.m. at the scout hut
in Aldora Park on Trojan
Way behind the Lamar
County High School.
The troop turned 75
years old February 20,
2021. The troop will cele
brate on Saturday, June 5
at Aldora Park 10:00 a.m.
until 2:00 p.m. There will
be a listing of 42 Eagle
Scouts at the event. The
troop anticipates four
more to be added by the
end of the year.
inducted into
Honor Society
ship is by invitation only
and requires nomina
tion and approval by a
chapter. Only the top 10
percent of seniors and
7.5 percent of juniors are
eligible for membership.
Graduate students in
the top 10 percent of the
number of candidates
for graduate degrees
may also qualify, as do
faculty, professional staff
and alumni who have
achieved scholarly dis
tinction.
Upson Regional Medical Center gets
“A” rating again for hospital safety
Upson Regional Medi
cal Center received an
“A” grade again in the
spring 2021 Leapfrog
Hospital Safety Grade,
a national distinction
recognizing Upson Re
gional Medical Center’s
achievements protect
ing patients from errors,
injuries, accidents, and
infections. The Leapfrog
Group is an indepen
dent national watchdog
organization committed
to health care quality
and safety. The Leapfrog
Hospital Safety Grade
assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,”
“D,” or “F” grade to all
general hospitals across
the country and is up
dated every six months.
It is the only hospital
ratings program based
exclusively on hospitals’
prevention of medical er
rors and other harms to
patients in their care.
“Everyone who is a
part of Upson Regional
has been important in
helping us achieve this
honor yet again. 1 con
tinue to be in awe of
everything our staff does
for those who depend on
us,” said Upson Regional
Medical Cen
ter CEO Jeff
Tarrant. “An
‘A’ safety
grade is an
elite designa
tion that your
community
should be
proud of,”
said Leah
Binder,
president and CEO of
The Leapfrog Group.
“The past year has been
extraordinarily difficult
for hospitals, but Upson
Regional Medical Center
shows us it is possible
to keep a laser focus on
patients and their safety,
no matter what it takes.”
Developed under the
guidance of a national Ex
pert Panel, the Leapfrog
Hospital Safety Grade
uses up to 27 measures
of publicly available
hospital safety data to as
sign grades to more than
2,700 U.S. acute-care hos
pitals twice per year. The
Hospital Safety Grade’s
methodol
ogy is peer-
reviewed
and fully
transpar
ent, and
the results
are free to
the public.
Upson
Regional
Medical
Center was awarded an
“A” grade on April 29,
2021, when Leapfrog up
dated grades for spring
2021. To see Upson Re
gional Medical Center’s
full grade details and ac
cess patient tips for stay
ing safe in the hospital,
visit hospitalsafetygrade.
org and follow The Leap
frog Group on Twitter
and Facebook.
About The Leapfrog
Group
Founded in 2000 by
large employers and
other purchasers, The
Leapfrog Group is a na
tional nonprofit organiza
tion driving a movement
for giant leaps forward
in the quality and safety
of American health care.
The flagship Leapfrog
Hospital Survey and new
Leapfrog Ambulatory
Surgery Center (ASC)
Survey collect and trans
parently report hospital
and ASC performance,
empowering purchas
ers to find the highest-
value care and giving
consumers the lifesaving
information they need to
make informed decisions.
The Leapfrog Hospital
Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s
other main initiative,
assigns letter grades to
hospitals based on their
record of patient safety,
helping consumers pro
tect themselves and their
families from errors,
injuries, accidents, and
infections.
CALENDAR ITEM,
Counterfeit pills
may contain fentanyl
District 4 Public
Health is making the pub
lic aware of counterfeit
pills involved in suspect
overdoses which may be
sold as Xanax or Perco-
cet and contain fentanyl.
“Carroll, Coweta, Hen
ry, Spalding and Troup
Counties have begun
experiencing overdoses
that may be attributed
to counterfeit pills,” said
Hayla Folden of District 4
Public Health.
The Georgia Depart
ment of Public Health
(DPH) alerted commu
nity partners in early
April of a possible cluster
of overdoses related to
counterfeit pills
The information re
ceived from DPH warned
counterfeit pills may
be driving increased
• Rock Springs Church
will hold a dedication
service for their 120 foot
cross on May 16th at 3
p.m. at 219 Rock Springs
Rd., Milner. The cross,
which was installed in
2020, includes a prayer
garden, a heated baptis
mal pool, and engraved
bricks in honor and
memoriam of individuals
and families.
• Barnesville First
overdoses in Richmond
County, the Coastal
Health District, and
the Northwest Health
District. There is also lim
ited evidence that these
counterfeit pills may be
in other areas across
Georgia.
Providers seeing un
usual overdose activity
or suspect the presence
of possible counterfeit
pills in your area, please
call the Georgia Poison
Center at 1-800-222-1222
or contact the Drug
Surveillance Unit at
ga.opioidprogram@dph.
ga.gov.
In all cases, people are
advised to call 911 imme
diately upon discovering
a possible case of opioid
overdose.
United Methodist Church
invites you to worship
at 10 a.m. in the Sanc
tuary, no reservation
required, with overflow
in the Fellowship Hall.
Services are still offered
online Sunday mornings
streamed on YouTube
and on Zoom. Come early
or tune in early for the
pre-service music at 9:45
a.m. At 11 a.m. the wor
ship service is rebroad
cast on Facebook.
Email news@barnes-
ville.com or call 770.358.
NEWS to have an event
published.
• Cooling assistance
is available for Lamar
County residents accord
ing to the Middle Georgia
Community Action Agen
cy. Households where
all members are at least
65 years of age or home-
bound households may
call 1-844-588-1552 or go
online to https://mgcaa.
appointment.works/ea/
home to set up a phone
appointment. Scheduled
appointments will be
done by phone inter
views. Clients will be con
tacted on or before their
scheduled date and time
to complete the phone
interview process. No
walk-in appointments are
allowed. Beginning May
3, 2021, if funds permit,
all other income eligible
households may call or
go online to schedule a
phone appointment or
get placed on a waiting
list. To be eligible for
assistance, households
must meet the follow
ing annual gross income
requirements: $25,025 for
a one person household;
$32,725 for a two person
household; $40,425 for a
three person household;
$48,125 for a four person
household; $55,825 for a
five person household;
$63,525 for a six person
household; $64,969 for
a seven person house
hold; $66,413 for an eight
person household. A
minimum of the follow
ing items will be required
to verify eligibility for
assistance: verification
of all household income
for every person living
in the home for the past
30 days; Social Security
cards for every person
living in the household;
ID/drivers license for ev
eryone over the age of 18
in the household; recent
electric bill with the ser
vice address and account
number printed on it and
a recent heating bill for
residence verification.
• The Lamar County
Republican Party meets
the first Tuesday of the
month at 6:45 p.m. in the
Commissioners meeting
room. The next meeting
will be on Tuesday, May
4, 2021.
• The Boy Scout Troop
38 will celebrate their
75th anniversary on Sat
urday, June 5 in conjunc
tion with the June Court
of Honor from 10 a.m. un
til 2 p.m. at Aldora Park.
The church will have the
grill from United Bank set
up to cook lunch.
• Milner Community
Library regular hours of
operation are Tuesday 11
a.m. - 7 p.m., Wednesday
11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Friday 11
a.m. - 5 p.m. and Satur
day 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
CHURCH NOTE,
BARNESVILLE MARBLE &
GRANITE COMPANY
Serving Middle Georgia For 110 Years
Designers & Manufacturers of
Marble, Granite & Bronze Since 1908
George & Janice Moore
770-358-1470
124 Railroad St., Barnesville, GA 30204
BIRTHS
Savannah Redding Strauss
John Byron Strauss and Allison Frier of Nashville
are proud to announce the birth of their daughter,
Savannah Redding Strauss, on Sunday, April 25, 2021,
at 1:20 p.m. Savannah was born at Vanderbilt Uni
versity Medical Center at 1:20 p.m., weighing eight
pounds, two ounces, and measured twenty inches
long at birth.
Paternal grandparents are Jeanie and Walt Mays of
Macon and John and Teresa Strauss of Lake Oconee.
Maternal grandparents are Amy Friar of Fairhope,
AL, and Richard and Mae Friar of Wetumpka, Ala
bama. Great grandparents are Eileen Smith Jackson
of Barnesville, Judge E. Byron Smith of Jackson, and
Virginia Clark of Hammond, Louisiana.
Sarah Horn and Preston Klein
Horn, Klein
Dr. Jason and Mrs. Sharon Horn of Barnesville,
Georgia are happy to announce the engagement of
their daughter, Sara Horn, to Preston Klein of Thom-
aston, Georgia, son of Michelle and Aaron Jones of
San Deigo, California, and Robert Klein of Corona,
California. The wedding is scheduled for May, 2022.
YARD SALE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Hope Tree Ministries at Ritz Park
May 8, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Please call 678-603-7268
to schedule shift
FURNITURE WILL BE SOLD FROM
THE FOOD BANK, 110 Carleeta St.
The family of
Henry Louis Murphy Sr.
would like to thank you very much
for the cards, flowers and kind
expressions of sympathy shown
following his sad passing.
Your support during this difficult
time was very much appreciated
and of great comfort to all of the
family.
Thank You
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted...
PSALM 34:18
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