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Page 6— Wednesday, August 10, 2022 The True Citizen
OBITUARIES
Frankie 0. Blackburn
Francis L. Ford
Frankie O. Blackburn, 73, entered into rest Sunday, August
7, 2022. She was a native and lifelong resident of Sardis and
was a member of Fliltonia Christian
Church. She has worked in various
places, Sardis Manufacturing for
11 years, Sears Catalog Store in
Waynesboro for 5 years, Southern
Bank for 16 years, Planters EMC for
16 years full time and 3 Vi years part
time, and was a retired hairdresser.
Frankie was preceded in death by her
father, Frank Fordham; her parents
Sara and William “Bill” Oglesby;
a brother, Randy Fordham; and a
sister, Jackie Flem.
She is survived by her husband,
James L. Blackburn, Jr.; a son, James
L. Blackburn III (Jeannie) of Sardis;
a daughter, Karen B. Herndon (Wade) of Sardis; seven grandchil
dren; nine great grandchildren; six brothers, Jake Oglesby, Billy
Oglesby, David Fordham, Russell Fordham, Jimmy Fordham, and
Joey Fordham; seven sisters, Jennie Johnson, Stella Hall,Frankie
Mikell, Peggy Fordham, Paulette Carpenter, Connie Fordham,
and Melody Flint; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 9 at the funeral home. Funeral Services will be
held 2:00pm Wednesday, August 10 in the DeLoach-McKerley-
Prescott Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Waits and Rev.
Patricia McDonald officiating. Burial will follow at Sardis Baptist
Cemetery.
DeLoach-McKerley-Prescott
Funeral Home & Cremation Ser
vice, 220 East 6th Street, Waynes
boro, GA 30830 (706-554-3531)
You may sign the guest book at
www.deloachfuneralhomes .com.
DeLoach
McKerley-Prescott
FUNERAL HOME
Georgia monkeypox
cases total nearly 600
REBECCA GRAPEVINE
Capitol Beat News Service
Nearly 600 cases of mon
keypox have been identified in
Georgia since the disease first
showed up in the Peach State at
the beginning of June, accord
ing to the federal Centers for
Disease Control and Preven
tion (CDC).
The disease has spread
across the country to the point
that the Biden administration
declared monkeypox a national
public health emergency last
week.
Monkeypox is a viral disease
that causes the skin to break out
into painful lesions and is also
accompanied by other symp
toms such as fever, exhaustion,
and muscle aches.
Since the first cases were
reported in the United States a
few months ago, scientific un
derstanding of how it spreads
has evolved.
“The monkeypox virus can
spread from person to person
through direct contact with the
infectious rash, scabs, or body
fluids,” said Nancy Nydam,
spokeswoman for the state
Department of Public Health
(DPH). “It also can be spread
by respiratory secretions dur
ing prolonged, face-to-face
contact, or during intimate
physical contact, such as kiss
ing, cuddling, or sex.”
“Touching items (such as
clothing or linens) that previ
ously touched the infectious
rash or body fluids is another
way monkeypox spreads but
has not been identified to be a
common mode of transmission
in this outbreak or for monkey
pox in general,” Nydam added.
According to the CDC, 7,510
cases of monkeypox have been
reported in the United States.
Most of the Georgia cases
are concentrated in metro
Atlanta.
The Jynneos vaccine can
help prevent monkeypox. The
vaccination requires two doses
28 days apart.
The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
(HHS) has allocated 1.1 mil
lion doses of the vaccine to
send to states. Around 600,000
have been shipped already, ac
cording to the agency.
So far, Georgia has been al
located about 50,000, accord
ing to the HHS.
In July, DPH said that it
would focus initial distribu
tion of the vaccine on the
Atlanta area, where, at that
time, the Georgia outbreak was
concentrated. The vaccine is
also available via local public
health offices across the state,
the DPH website states.
Advocates warn that though
the disease is concentrated
so far among gay men, it’s
important that the larger com
munity pay attention because
the disease affects everyone.
“We can’t stigmatize dis
ease,” said Dafina Ward, exec
utive director of the Southern
AIDS Coalition. “What we
can’t do is recreate the mis
information and shaming that
so many experienced early on
in the HIV/AIDS epidemic.”
“Monkeypox does not care
about a person’s sexual orien
tation or gender identity,” she
said. “Every community needs
access to testing, vaccine, and
treatment.”
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News Ser
vice, a project of the Georgia
Press Educational Foundation.
GEORGIA
PUBLIC
NOTICEXOM
rs "W,
Francis L. Ford, 89, entered into rest Tuesday, August 2,
2022. He was a native of Camden, NJ and has been a resident
of Burke County since 1995. He
served for 67 years as a United
Methodist Minister, serving
churches in both the North GA
Conference and the South GA
Conference.
He loved trivia and build
ing model cars. Francis was a
member of the North GA Annual
Conference of the United Meth
odist Church and USS Hector
Association.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Elizabeth and Julian
Baxter Ford, Sr.; a daughter,
Anita Carol Ford; and a brother,
Julian Baxter Ford, Jr.
He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Elizabeth
Ford; two sons, Alan Baxter Ford (Ellen) of Jacksonville, FL
and Wesley Ford (Robin) of Waynesboro; four grandchildren,
Andrew Baxter Ford (Mary) of Seven Valleys, PA, Tyler
Nathaniel Ford (John) of Jacksonville, FL, Benjamin Ford
of Waynesboro, and Libby Ford of Waynesboro; two great
granddaughters, Evee and Lena Ford both of Seven Valleys,
PA; beloved cat, Tiger; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family received friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 4 at the funeral home. Funeral Services were
held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 5 at Blythe United Methodist
Church with Rev. Thurman Norville officiating. Burial was
at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 6 at Century Nelson United
Methodist Church Cemetery in Meansville, Ga.
Remembrances may be made to the Murphy Harpst Chil
dren's Home or St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
DeLoach-McKerley-Prescott Funeral Home & Cremation
Service, 220 East 6th Street,
Waynesboro, GA 30830(706-
554-3531)
You may sign the guest book
at www.deloachfuneralhomes.
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McKerley-Prescott
FUNERAL HOME
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Dereck Hilton
Chavous B.y ohason & Reid
Funeral (7 Home
Funeral services for Mr. Dereck Hilton, age 34, of Sardis,
Ga. will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday August 13, 2022
at Smith Chapel AME Zion
Church, 9571 Ga. Hwy. 23, Gi
rard, Ga. Interment will be in the
church cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Fri
day August 12, 2022 from 3:00
p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Chavous B. Johnson Fu
neral Service 885 Waters
Street Waynesboro, GA 30830
(706)554-7843.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor:
To God Be the Glory
Greetings to my fellow citizens of Waynesboro:
I am making this statement to inform you of my decision to not
seek the office of mayor at this time. I have thoroughly enjoyed
serving as acting mayor of the city of Waynesboro.
Allow me please to say that serving as acting mayor has
given me a different outlook as to how the city operates. As
a councilmember you are aware of the city’s functions, but as
mayor you become more involved in the day-to-day operations
and that for me was very educational and informative. For that
knowledge, I will be forever grateful and better prepared to serve
the citizens of Waynesboro.
It was my plan and desire to seek the office of mayor, but I was
informed that Mr. Tinley also had a desire to run. We came to
the conclusion that in order for both of us to remain on council,
one of us has to run and one of us has to wait for another op
portunity. I have over the past months gained a strong trust and
respect of Mr. Tinley due to his support and confidence in my
ability while serving as acting mayor. I will remain on council
as a strong, better prepared member, willing to work hard with
the mayor, council, staff and citizens of Waynesboro to ensure
Waynesboro continues to grow, move forward and be the best
place to live, work and play.
I thank everyone for their support and prayers. One God,
One Love, One Waynesboro in unity.
James “Chick” Jones
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