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November 14, 2012
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■Reporter
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.
- John 11:25
In Memory
Rosa Lee Pippin
April 30, 1928 - Nov. 6, 2012
Rosa Lee Pippin of Forsyth died Tuesday, Nov. 6,
2012. Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 9, at
First Baptist Church Forsyth with burial in Lamar
Memory Gardens, Barnesville. Dr. H. Darrell Watson
officiated.
Ms. Pippin, the daughter of the late Roy Lee and
Azalee Bagley Coleman was born April 30, 1928, in
Ashburn, Ga. She retired from William Carter
Company after 53 years of service. Ms. Pippin was a
member of First Baptist Church, Joy Sunday School,
and Merry Hearts and was a volunteer for Monroe
County Hospital Pink Lady Auxiliary.
Survivors include her daughter, Vickie (Fray) Holland
of Hampton; grandchildren,, Scott M. Kingsley of
Bonaire and Michael J. Kingsley of Covington; great
grandchild, Zachery Hunter of Columbus.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to
First Baptist Church Building Fund, 95 West Morse
Street, Forsyth, GA 31029.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel
had charge of arrangements.
Obituaries are published
at www.mymcr.net and in
each week’s Monroe
County Reporter.
Matriarch of over 280
living descendants passes
Alberta Lumpkin Wymbs, who
passed away Sept. 13 at the age <
99, was the matriarch of six gen
erations. At the time of her
passing, she was mother of six
children, grandmother of 41
grandchildren, great grand
mother of 117, great great
grandmother of 123, and great
great great grandmother of
three. She found enjoyment in
her role as head of her family,
which also included a host of
nieces, nephews, other relatives and
friends.
Among Wymbs' grandchildren are Forsyth residents
Mary Lean Dumas, Michelle V. Avery, Edward
Freeman, and Treasa Dumas Jackson.
Wymbs was born Sep. 1, 1913 in Wilkes County to the
late Hill and Lizzie Lumpkin. She and the late John
Wymbs were united in holy matrimony in 1929, and
their union produced six children; Clara Mae Wymbs
Freeman and Robert H. Wymbs, who preceded her in
death, and Willie Lee Wymbs, Johnny Frank Wymbs,
Mary Lean Kelly, and Berta E. Wymbs. In addition to
raising her children, she raised 10 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
Wymbs was the first person to build on her street, and
the street was named 'Alberta Drive' for her. She was
affectionally called 'Granny' by everyone in her Colbert,
Ga. community.
The memorial service for Mrs. Wymbs was held at the
New Grove Baptist Church in Winterville, Ga. on
Sep. 18. Rev. James Shannon Wymbs officiated. Her
great grandsons were pallbearers; her grandsons were
honorary pallbearers; and her great granddaughters
were flower bearers.
Gov. Deal honors Dale Mann
Dale Mann, center, former director of the Georgia Public
Safety Training Center, received a Governor’s Public Safety
Award from Gov. Nathan Deal on Nov. 5. He is shown with
GPSTC chaplain, Rev. Rick Lanford, left, and current director
Tim Bearden, right. (Special to the Reporter)
Gov. Nathan Deal visited
the Georgia Public Safety
Training Center in Forsyth
on Nov. 5 to present the
2012 Governor’s Public
Safety Awards. The awards
are given annually to the
men and women whose acts
of heroism have enhanced
their profession.
Among those receiving
awards was long-time for
mer director of GPSTC Dale
Mann.
For nearly four decades,
Mann served Georgias pub
lic safety community, both
as a police officer and as a
mentor of others through
training. Mann began his
career in 1972 as a patrol
officer in Tifton. While com
pleting his studies at the
University of Georgia in
1973, Mann joined the
University’s Police
Department and served as a
police officer until his pro
motion to Sergeant and
Training Officer—a promo
tion that would become the
catalyst for a long and dedi
cated career of public safety
training.
From 1977 to 1989, Mann
served first as the assistant
director of the Northeast
Georgia Police Academy in
Athens and then as the
director of the Albany
Regional Police Academy. It
was during these years that
his reputation as a subject
matter expert in legal train
ing had its genesis and he
became known for his con
temporary approach to
training innovations.
In 1989, Mann joined the
Georgia Public Safety
Training Center (GPSTC) as
a training coordinator, dedi
cated to the task of develop
ing and mentoring law
enforcement leaders. Mann
climbed the ranks at
GPSTC, developing innova
tive, hands-on instructional
programs in behavioral sci
ences, photography, and
driver training, among oth
ers. He later became super
visor of GPSTC’s regional,
contract and departmental
academies.
Always on the cutting
edge of providing for the
immediate training needs of
Georgia’s first responders,
Mann became the Division
Director of the Anti-
Terrorism Training Task
Force in 2001. Additionally,
Mann was among the lead
ers in developing training
for public safety officers dur
ing the 1996 Summer
Olympics in Atlanta and
was responsible for the
security training for police
services during the Games.
In 2003, Gov. Sonny
Perdue appointed Mann as
executive director of
GPSTC, where he served
until his retirement in
December of 2011. Mann
currently teaches in
Georgias Law Enforcement
Command College where he
continues to provide train
ing, leadership and direction
to the future leaders of
Georgia law enforcement
Deal said that Mann’s ded
ication to Georgias law
enforcement community is
evidenced by the programs
that he developed as well as
the accomplishments and
character of those law
enforcement leaders that
have learned their skills
under his direction, example
and mentorship. Having
dedicated his life to the bet
terment of the law enforce
ment community and to the
individual officer, said Deal,
Mann is held in high esteem
by countless officers, super
visors and administrators
across the state.
Call your local Monroe County representative
Scott Harrell
478-256-3586
or toll free: 800-551-1102
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Cheers has been a good neighbor within our community by
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Day of Hope run benefits Save-A-Pet
The 2nd Annual Day of Hope 5K and Fun Run was held at the Georgia Public Safety Training
Center last Saturday, Nov. 3 to raise money for Save-A-Pet. The mother-daughter team of
Kathy and Tess Hammock of Forsyth helped organize the event in memory of Hope, the dog
found at a Forsyth home with its neck nearly severed last year. Among the participants
were, from left, Maradeth Leverett, Jaden Bankston, Ryan Bankston, James Waite and
Marcelene Leverett. (Photo courtesy Cathy Bankston)
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