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Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 5A
Optimist Day to be celebrated in Pike, across the globe on Feb. 4
BY RUFUS CLEMMONS
On Feb. 4, Hope 4
Tomorrow Optimist Club
of Pike County, Optimist
International and all our
fellow Optimist members
around the world will be
celebrating Optimist Day.
Optimist Day is way our
members show our pride
and optimism within our
community and belong
ing to such an amazing
organization.
Our Optimist Club is
celebrating by honoring
our amazing members
and those members of
our community who have
shared their appreciation
for our clubs. On Octo
ber 10th after celebrating
our 3rd anniversary and
start of another Optimist
year, our club awarded
our Secretary/Treasurer
Vanessa Clemmons as
our Optimist Member of
the Year for keeping us
all informed and on track
with our responsibility
as a Club through the
pandemic. Vanessa was
quoted in saying “It was
great honor and privilege
to be acknowledge in
that way from my fellow
Optimist members.”
Our club also awarded
Pastor Timothy Starks
with our Community
Member of the Year
Award because of the
great work he along with
his church Mt. Nebo
Baptist Church who fed
our Pike County Fam
ily during the pandemic
with 10, 000 prepackaged
food during a 4-month
span, but a total of 30,
200 to over 30 cities and
over 130 churches in the
state of Georgia. Pastor
Starks was quoted for
giving “A special thank
you to Hope 4 Tomor
row Optimist Club and
Pike County for allowing
him and the Mount Nebo
family the opportunity
to serve. Through Gods
favor wonderful people
were fed during the
pandemic and that what
it means to serve this
present age.”
Our Optimist Club also
was blessed to hear from
our past Essay/Oratorical
Winners Ellie Busby and
Sara Jones who gave their
appreciation for having
the opportunity to repre
sent the Pike County Op
timist Club. Sara Jones’
was quoted for saying “I
really enjoyed my time
representing the Pike
County Optimist Club. It
was a great opportunity
that gave me valuable
experience in not only
essay writing but also
public speaking outside
of school functions.” Ellie
was quoted for saying I
enjoyed participating in
the Optimist Club essay
contest because of the
opportunity to make a
difference in my commu
nity” They both also are
competing this year and
encourage their fellow
peers at the school to
take part too.
Our club is now get
ting ready to do our first
annual Cornhole Tour
nament on March 20 at
Optimist Club Essay/Oratorical
Winners Ellie Busby (above)
and Sara Jones (below, with
her mother Kim Jones.
Pictured are (l-r) Hope 4 Tomorrow Optimist Club of Pike
County president elect Floyd Miller, secretary and treasurer
Vanessa Clemmons and president Rufus Clemmons.
Zebulon City Park from
lla.m-4p.m. The fee for
teams is $30, so we are
looking for teams and
vendors to sign up, so
give Rufus Clemmons a
call at 678-544-1218 or
Brad Wilson 678-873-8421
for more information. We
will be giving out a cash
prize out for the first and
second place winner.
We also will be follow
ing CDC guidelines in
regards to COV1D-19.
OBITUARIES
Randy Clark
Mr. Randolph (Randy) Alton Clark, age 66, of Mil
ner, passed away January 29, 2021. Randy was born
in Barnesville, son of the late James Alton Clark and
Martha Estelle Tidwell
Clark. Randy graduated from
Pike County High School in
1973. He worked at Bridges
tone (Bandag) in Griffin for 30
years. He was a member of
Open Arms Baptist Church in
Zebulon. He loved the Lord
and his family, and especially
enjoyed spending time with
his grandchildren. Randy
lived life smiling and loved
talking and laughing with ev
eryone. He was an avid Geor
gia Bulldog fan. Go Dawgs!
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by his sister, Vanessa Clark and his father-in-
law, John T. Hamilton.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years: Sandra
H. Clark; children and their spouses: Jennifer and
Bruce Zeager of Barnesville, Craig and Tanya Clark
of Zebulon, and Nick and Stephanie Clark of Zebulon;
grandchildren: Autumn Clark, Ty Clark, Callista Clark,
Landon Clark, Alayna Clark, McKinleah Zeager and
Joseph Zeager; brothers and sisters-in-law: Mike and
Marcia Clark of Jackson and Mark and Marcia Clark of
Zebulon; mother-in-law: Jean Hamilton of Barnesville;
brother-in-law and sister-in-law: David and Bobbie
Hamilton of Griffin; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends visited the family on Sunday, January 31
from 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services
were held on Monday, February 1 at 2 p.m. in the cha
pel of Moody-Daniel Funeral Home with Pastor Terry
Ison officiating.
Burial followed in Moody Memorial Gardens.
Moody-Daniel Funeral Home assisted the family
with arrangements.
Daniel Grady
Haygood, Jr.
Daniel Grady Haygood, Jr., passed away peacefully
at his home in Thomaston on January 26, 2021, after
a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
He was born July 20, 1935, to Daniel Grady Hay-
good, Sr., and Nannie Celia Abercrombie Haygood in
Culloden and lived there for many years. He graduat
ed from Mary Persons High School in Forsyth where
he still enjoyed friendships from those days and had
very fond memories of playing on the football team.
Dan married Ruth Martin of Forsyth and they were
blessed with three sons: Daniel, Steve and Scott. Mov
ing to Thomaston in 1973, Dan and Ruth developed
and settled their beloved Curtain Forrest neighbor
hood.
Growing up in his family’s various agricultural
endeavors, he later transitioned to insurance and
financial services along with other fascinating entre
preneurial ventures.
For many years he enjoyed vegetable gardening,
giving it up only as the local deer population dined
relentlessly in his garden. Dan was a devoted church
servant being a member and deacon first at Culloden
Primitive Baptist Church and then Grace Primitive
Baptist Church.
His parents, Daniel Grady Haygood, Sr., and Nan
nie Celia Abercrombie Haygood, and his grandson,
Samuel Lawton Haygood, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 66 years, Ruth,
and by Daniel Curtis and Cynthia Harney Haygood of
Watkinsville, Steven Forrest Haygood of Butler and
Scott Alan and Stefanie Sigler Haygood of Alpharetta;
granddaughter Caitlin McNabb Haygood of Atlanta
and grandsons Brenton West Haygood of Athens, Wil
liam Dean Haygood of Auburn, AL, and Taylor Scott
Haygood of Alpharetta.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be
made to Grace Primitive Baptist Church.
A service celebrating his life will be announced at
a later date.
Coggins Funeral Home, 321 Hannahs Mill Road,
Thomaston, GA 30286, 706-647-9681.
CHURCH BULLETINS
Mt. Hope Baptist Church History Books: For sale
for $30, includes church history and photos and
bios of many of Pike County’s pioneer citizens who
helped build the community. To find out more or
purchase a book, call Rufus Clemmons at 678-544-
1218 or email rufusclemmons@yahoo.com.
Old Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist: Clothing
bank, Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m.-12 noon, Saturdays,
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: 770-884-5879.
Public meetings
The next scheduled meetings in Pike County are:
• Pike County commission, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m.
in the main, upstairs courtroom of the courthouse
• Concord city council, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m., city hall
• Meansville council, Monday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m., Meansville
city hall, 6:45 p.m.
• Molena city council, Monday, Feb. 8, 6 p.m., city hall
• Pike County agribusiness authority, Thursday, Feb. 18,
7 p.m., Farm Bureau office.
• Pike County board of appeals, Thursday, Feb. 18,6 p.m.
• Pike County board of education, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 6
p.m., at the Board Room in the Pike County Schools Me
morial Annex.
• Pike County library board, Thursday, Feb. 11, 4:30
p.m., J. Joel Edwards Public Library.
• Pike planning commission, Thursday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m.
• Pike County tax assessors, Tuesday, Feb. 16, meeting at
9 a.m., Pike EMA/Storage Facility, 1132 Twin Oaks Road
• Pike County water authority meeting, Thursday, Feb.
18, 7:30 a.m., authority building.
• Williamson city council, Thursday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m.,
workshop on broadband options, 7 p.m. meeting, Wil
liamson city hall.
• Zebulon city council, Tuesday Feb. 9, 6 p.m.
• Zebulon Downtown Development Authority, Tuesday,
Feb. 16, 7 p.m., A Novel Experience, 426 Thomaston St.
• Board of elections and registration, 4 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 16, in the commissioners’ conference room.
• Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority, 6 p.m.
Tuesday Feb. 16, in the PCPRA baseball press box.
ARREST REPORT
Between Monday, Jan. 25, and Monday, Feb. 1, area
law enforcement agencies made the following arrests:
PIKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE:
Bryan Bush, 47, failure to provide assistance/re
port accident and leaving the scene of accident (hit
and run),
Otis Clark, 58, driving while license suspended or
revoked;
Amber Nichole Spratlin, 35, probation violation;
Charnita Janel Tinsley, 32, driving while license
suspended or revoked.
ZEBULON POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Rodriguez Spencer, 25, adult restraint law seat belt
(18 years and older), driving while license suspended
or revoked and possession of marijuana less than one
ounce;
Steven William Evans, 23, driving with no license
on person, probation violation and tail lights re
quired;
Joseph Allen Teague, 17, furnishing, purchasing
and possession of aloholic beverages by persons
below legal age.
GEORGIA STATE PATROL:
Makayla Ann Meeks, 17, DU1 alcohol;
James William Spears Jr., 33, driving while license
suspended or revoked, DU1 alcohol and speeding.
DATEBOOK
The J. Joel Edwards Public Library will be closed
Friday, Feb. 5 for a staff training day. The library will
open back up to the public at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.
Addiction Recovery Group: 7 p.m. each Friday
in Concord, contact Eric Boomer at 229-4004573 for
directions and info on how to help.
REACH: food bank distributions fourth Tuesdays,
9 a.m.-l p.m., Old Mount Calvary Outreach Center,
Concord. Food donations needed. Info: 770-884-5500,
omcafter@att.net.reach.
Rent and Utility Assistance Services: Available to
local residents through the Salvation Army in Griffin.
Info: 770-412-6561.
Pike County Swim Team sign ups: For more infor
or to sign up, go to SeaWolvesSwim.com.
Meansville Volunteer Fire Department: Accept
ing applications for volunteer firefighters. All training
will be provided. Apply in person, 40 Means Street,
Meansville.
Easy Does It Al-Anon meeting: Every Monday at 7
p.m. at Connection Church, 1705 Williamson Zebulon
Road in Griffin.
Rockin’ Readers story program: For grades K-4 at
the J. Joel Edwards Public Library every Monday at 4
p.m. on Facebook Live.
Preschool Story Time: For ages 3-5 live on the J.
Joel Edwards Public Library’s Facebook page every
Tuesday at 11 a.m.
The Right To Your Heart
“Ihave hidden Your Word in my heart...”
Psalms 119:11
I encourage all of you to get into God’s Word and
hide His Word in your heart. What you have in your
heart can never be taken away from you. Only you
and Jesus own the right to your heart. No one else
can ever touch that. Fill your heart with His Love,
Truth, Grace, Mercies, His Presence and His Promis
es. What’s in your heart will come out. So, put Jesus in
your heart like never before. Know His Word. Then,
as you are faced with certain hardships, you can draw
from your heart a scripture of encouragement to get
you through.
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CORRECTION
CITY OF WILLIAMSON
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-540,
the City of Williamson has called a special election to be held
on March 16, 2021, for the office of City Council Member, Post
2, of the City of Williamson to fill the unexpired term of Melissa
Kelsey.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-132, qualifying for candidates
for said election will be February 10, 11,12, 2021, between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., with the office closed for lunch
between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Candidates desiring to qualify
may do so at that time at Williamson City Hall.
The qualification fee is $25.00 for Council seats.
The last day for voters to register for the special election is
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