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Tuesday, November 2,201 ®jje l)tra(ij (gazette 5A
DEATH NOTICES
Obituaries are published as received
Elizabeth Bush Sellers
Elizabeth Bush Sellers, 100, died peacefully Sun
day, October 24, 2021 after a brief hospitalization in
Macon.
Born in Barnesville to Jackson and Evelyn Bush,
she was well loved in the community throughout her
life and was, in turn, devoted
to it - her father having been
integral in the establishment
of Lamar County in the year
before her birth.
Mrs. Sellers was active in
the Barnesville-Lamar County
Library and the First United
Methodist Church, and later
in life she followed in the
footsteps of her mother by
contributing a regular col
umn, Flashback,” to the edito
rial pages of The Herald Gazette.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her
husband, Edgar.
She is survived by her two sons, David (Pam) and
Walter (Jerri), both of North Carolina; four grandchil
dren: Jack (Sarah), Ben, Matthew and Ryann Eliza
beth, all of North Carolina; one great-grandchild, Evie;
a sister, Jacolyn, of Columbia, SC; and several nieces
and nephews; as well as her Barnesville family, who -
whether related by blood or not - played an integral
role in her day-to-day livelihood, offering her the joie
de vivre that helped her reach her 100th birthday.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, Nov. 20
at Greenwood Cemetery at 2 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her
memory to the First United Methodist Church or the
Barnesville-Lamar County Library.
Williams-Westbury Funeral Home is handling ar
rangements.
Joseph Clarence Durden
Joseph Clarence Durden age 78, of Milner, Georgia
passed away on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at Eter
nal Hope Hospice.
Joseph was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 19,
death by his son, Kevin
Durden and parents, Clarence
and Frances Durden. Joseph
was a plumber by trade for
60 years, and had been the
owner of Durden & Son’s
Plumbing Company for 32
years. He enjoyed camping at
his mountain cabin, loved to
travel and was a member of
Milner Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Brenda Durden, son, Eddie
Durden (Peggy), grandchil
dren; David Durden (Maew), Denton Durden, Colby
Durden (Hannah), great-grandchildren, Ezra Durden
and Lukas Durden, sisters, Wanda Harden (Tom),
Darline Atwood and several beloved nieces and
nephews.
Visitation was held Saturday, October 30, 2021
from 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Conner-Westbury
Funeral Home. A funeral service followed at 4:00 p.m
in the chapel. Reverend Wade Corley officiated.
Conner-Westbury Funeral Home, 1891 W. McIntosh
Rd., Griffin, Georgia is in charge of arrangements.
Please join the family and friends in honoring
the life of Joseph Clarence Durden by visiting www.
conner-westburyfuneralhome.com to post your trib
utes and memories.
1943. He is preceded in
Hope Tree plans second
yard sale, holiday help
with meals and toys
Hope Tree Ministries
director Jimmy Fambro
says he has plans to do
even more in the com
munity this season than
the non-profit has done
in the past.
“This is our second
yard sale, Nov. 13, 8 to
5, at Ritz Park. Proceeds
will go to the Food Bank
portion of the ministry,
as well as for help with
Thanksgiving meals
and Christmas gifts for
children four through 10,
Last year at Christmas
we helped 59 families in
the area, a total of 135
children, with toys, food
and clothing.”
Barnesville First Bap
tist Church, where Fam
bro has been employed
for many years, will be
cooking Thanksgiving
dinner plates to give
away on Thanksgiving
Day, Fambro added.
“We need all our
Barnesville churches to
help with the food bank
and the Christmas toy
project,” Fambro added.
“We also appreciate
the help we have from
other local non-profits
for the yard sale and the
other efforts. If you can
help with the children’s
Christmas, please call
B.J. (Betty) Fambro at
770-358-2797.”
Donations may be
made to Giant Mart, to be
used by shoppers who
need help buying grocer
ies, or sent to Hope Tree
Ministries, P.O. Box 782,
Barnesville 30204.
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
New Towaliga Court Appointed Special Advocate vol
unteers were sworn in recently. Pictured are (l-r) Towaliga
Circuit Juvenile Court Judge Sharon Sullivan (front) and new
CASA volunteers (l-r) Shelly Mathews-Lanham, Cassandra
Knight, Melanie Cargill and Jessica Traylor.
CASA volunteers sworn
in to help local
children in foster care
Towaliga CASA (Court
Appointed Special
Advocates) recently an
nounced that on Oct. 20,
four new CASA volun
teers were sworn in for
the Towaliga Judicial
Circuit by judge Sharon
Sullivan to serve children
in foster care.
Melanie Cargill and
Jessica Traylor are both
Lamar County residents.
Shelly Mathews-Lanham
and Cassandra Knight
are both Butts County
residents.
“CASA volunteers
have gone through
extensive training by
the local CASA agency
to ensure that they can
fulfill the requirement of
a CASA for the children
of this circuit. Volun
teers come from varying
backgrounds, but the
one thing they have in
common is their con
cern for children in the
foster care system,” said
Towaliga CASA volun
teer supervisor Georgia
Hooks.
“For more information
about this important
program contact Mary
Ann Leverett at 478-394-
0315/mleverett@tacourts.
”
STEM Challenge for
elementary schools;
top three winners
get $350 in prizes
Georgia elementary
classes in third through
fifth grades are being
challenged to put their
science, technology, engi
neering and math (STEM)
skills to work to explore
the role healthy forests
play in creating healthy
communities by protect
ing our air, soil and water
resources.
Elementary teachers
and their students may
enter the fall ’21 Healthy
Forests, Healthy Com
munities STEM Challenge
by Nov. 12 for the chance
to win a prize package
totaling $350 for their
class. The top grade win
ner from the third, fourth
and fifth grade entries
will each win a prize
package. The winners
will be announced later
in November.
The Georgia Asso
ciation of Conservation
Districts (GACD), a
non-profit organization
that works with the
state’s Soil and Water
Conservation Districts to
promote the conserva
tion of natural resources,
is sponsoring the state
wide competition, which
is being coordinated by
the Georgia Ag Experi
ence (GAE) and Georgia
Foundation for Agricul
ture (GFA).
Teachers interested
in participating in the
Healthy Forests, Healthy
Communities STEM
Challenge may visit gfb.
ag/stemchallenge for
more information and to
register for the program.
Once teachers register
their class, they will re
ceive access to a digital
resource toolkit that
equips the class for par
ticipating in the Healthy
Forests, Healthy Commu
nities STEM challenge.
“The Georgia Asso
ciation of Conservation
Districts is excited to
partner with the Georgia
Foundation for Agricul
ture on its second state
wide STEM Challenge,”
said GACD Executive Di
rector Katie Sponberger.
“This challenge, which
focuses on the impor
tance of forests, will help
students understand
and appreciate Georgia’s
diverse natural resources
and learn how to con
serve those resources for
future generations.”
Each participating
class is being asked to
explore products we use
every day that are made
from trees and how tree
farmers grow a sustain
able crop.
The GACD is also
holding its annual poster
contest this fall with
the theme of “Healthy
Forests, Healthy Com
munities.” Schools that
submit their STEM Chal
lenge entries by Nov. 1
and indicate they wish
to be considered for the
annual GACD Poster Con
test will also be consid
ered for the prizes that
contest offers.
“We developed the
Georgia Ag Experience/
Georgia Foundation for
Agriculture STEM chal
lenge as a way to con
nect elementary students
to Georgia agriculture.
Every year students will
have a new opportunity
to solve a real world ag
problem with a different
community partner” said
GFA Executive Director
Lily Baucom.
The purpose of the
challenge is to encour
age elementary teachers
and students in grades
3-5 to explore aspects
of Georgia agriculture
by applying their STEM
skills to solve real-world
problems that farmers
face in producing our
food and fiber.
The Georgia Ag Experi
ence/Georgia Foundation
for Agriculture STEM
Challenge is designed to
be a bi-annual competi
tion with a spring and fall
contest. The GACD is the
2021 challenge sponsor.
The GAE is a mobile
classroom, created by
the GFA, that is housed
in a 36-foot trailer, to give
third through fifth-grade
students and the public a
chance to visit a poultry
house, cattle pasture,
stand of timber, horticul
ture nursery, a produce
stand full of fresh Geor
gia fruit, vegetables
and pecans, cotton and
peanut fields. Colorful
farm photos, interactive
technology and displays
of products made from
the various ag commodi
ties highlight the impor
tance of Georgia agricul
ture to our daily lives. All
exhibits and lessons that
are part of the GAE mo
bile classroom have been
professionally designed
to meet STEM curriculum
standards.
The Georgia Ag Ex
perience began visiting
schools in South Georgia
in January with plans to
travel across the state by
the end of the year. For
more information about
the Georgia Ag Experi
ence go to GeorgiaExperi-
ence.org.
BIRTH NOTICE
Rosie Brutz
Robert and Cali Brutz of Athens are proud to an
nounce the birth of their daughter, Catherine Rose,
on Friday, October 22, 2021 at St. Mary’s Health Care
System in Athens. She weighted five pounds, 11
ounces and was 18.25 inches long at birth.
Rosie joins two sisters at home, Mary Calvert, 5,
and Stella, 3.
Paternal grandparents are Mike and Lynda Brutz
of Barnesville. Maternal grandparents are Cathy and
David Tillman and Kristen and Trey Freeman, all of
Athens.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare will begin
Nov. 3 at GSC.
New play at Gordon
promises belly laughs
Gordon State Col
lege theatre students
have a new play set to
make sure that everyone
watching has a chance to
laugh, and laugh heartily.
Theatre department
director Lisa Cesnik
Ferguson will direct
“The Complete Works
of William Shakespeare
(abridged)” for five
performances Nov. 3
through 6 at 7:30 p.m.,
and a matinee perfor
mance Nov. 7 at 2 p.m.
The performance will
be in the mid-campus
amphitheater, so visitors
are encouraged to bring
stadium seats, blankets
or other portable com
forts.
“Three actors and
a Ka-zemble - that’s
a small ensemble of
kazoo-players - swiftly
perform all 37 or so of
Shakespeare’s plays
in two ridiculous acts.
You don’t need to know
Shakespeare to enjoy
this play - you just need
to be able to tolerate the
number of insane wigs
you will see,” Ferguson
said. She described the
play as “broad and silly
with sight-gags aplenty.”
The play is designed
by Tony Pearson and
costume designer
Amanda Edgerton, who
recently returned to GSC
from Atlanta. Football
choreography (yes, foot
ball!) by Gordon alumnus
Jacob Rivera, and fight
choreography by Larry
Stoermer. Ka-zemble
and sound effects by Dr.
Jessica Traylor, Larry
Stoermer and Justin
Valentine. Performers are
Hampton Calhoun, Jules
Brown, Jacob Rivera,
Austin Richard and Timo
thy Morris. They have
rehearsed 15-plus hours
a week since August.
Ferguson added, “We
consider ourselves your
allies in well-being, and
must say - you deserve
this play. Belly laughing
is good!”
TURKEY DAY GIVEAWAY
Ramiah Faith
Restoration Church
“House of Prayer”
29 Market Street • Barnesville 30204
Bishop Kerry Francis: Pastor/Teacher
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted...
PSALM 34:18
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