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Tuesday, May 4,2021 Tlir lm - alt) <©a?Ettf 5A 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 “Caring Is Our Business” Owned and Operated by Joe and Drew Westbury (770) 358-1678 526 College Dr. Barnesville, GA 30204 email: wwfhbmc@att.net williams-westburyfuneralhome.com Ads build businesses 770.358.NEWS