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October 19, 2022
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IN LOVING
William Hogan
September 18,1939 - October 7, 2022
Celebration of Life Service was held at 1
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at Ebenezer Baptist
Church, 777 Elm Street, Macon, Georgia
31201. Burial was in Brown Chapel Bap
tist Church Cemetery in Forsyth, Georgia.
Mr. William Hogan was born on Sept.
18,1939 to Charlie and Hester Hogan.
Khalil Brown
Mr. Khalil Brown passed on Oct. 11,
2022. A memorial service was held at
Noon on Sunday, Oct. 16, at the family
home located at 472 Edgewater Drive,
Macon. Khalil Brown was born in
Bridgeton, N.J. and was the son of Jeanette
Brown and Julius Coleman.
Virgie Hodges Leonard
Virgie Hodges Leonard, 83, of Macon
passed away on Monday, Oct. 17,2022.
A celebration of life for Mrs. Leonard will
be held Thursday, Oct. 20,2022 at 4 p.m. at
Snow's Memorial Chapel, 1419 Bass Road,
Macon, Georgia 31210, followed by a visita
tion. Burial will be private for family only at
Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev. Joe
McDaniel will officiate. In lieu of flowers,
the family asks that donations be made to the American
Cancer Society, www.cancer.org.
Mrs. Leonard was born in Jacksonville, Fla., the daughter
of the late Helen Thomas Reid and Ancel Hodges. She was a
homemaker and a member of Mabel White Baptist Church.
Grandma was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and
sister.
Mrs. Leonard is survived by her husband of 60 years,
Claude Allen Leonard; children, Greg Leonard (Diane) of
Gray and Lori Leonard Burnham (Wayne) of Athens; grand
children, Evan Leonard, Erin Leonard Bryant (Hunter),
Olivia Burnham, Neal Burnham, and Emma Burnham;
brother, Mitchell Hodges of Jacksonville, Fla.; half-brothers,
Warren Hodges and Wayne Hodges (Marie).
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be
shared at www.snowsmacon.com for the Leonard family.
Snow's Memorial Chapel, Bass Road, has charge of ar
rangements.
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the Hot Shot store. He reportedly suffered
a broken leg and was taken by helicopter to
Atrium. Another driver was also airlifted to
the hospital. An Orkin truck was one of the
three cars involved. According to the GSP,. a
2019 Toyota Tacoma, driven by a 31 -year-
old Senoia man, and a 2009 Honda Accord,
driven by McCord, were traveling south on
Hwy. 341. A 2005 Honda Accord, driven
by a 30-year-old Griffin woman, was going
north on Hwy. 341. For unknown reasons,
the driver of the 2005 Accord entered the
south lane. The driver of the Tacoma ma
neuvered to avoid the 2005 Accord and lost
control of the vehicle and overturned into
the median. The Tacoma driver sustained
minor injuries during the rollover. The
2005 Accord continued north and struck
McCords car head on in the southbound
lane of 341. Both Accord drivers had life
threatening injuries and had to be extricated.
McCord is the son of Hubbard Elementary
principal Dr. Mequanta McCord and Rod
ney McCord, formerly the Griffin mayor
and now a city commissioner. MP coach
Brian Nelson was going to see McCord in
the hospital after practice Tuesday.
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and equity-type training for
volunteers and staff.
Monroe County school
superintendent Dr. Mike
Hickman shared with
board members on Tues
day, Oct. 18 a letter from
Betsy Fitzgerald, president/
CEO of Big Brothers Big
Sisters Heart of Georgia,
terminating the agreement.
The Board of Education
had approved the relation
ship on Sept. 13. Her letter
doesn’t specify a reason for
the termination, only saying
that it is “with great disap
pointment.”
Subsequent to the boards
vote to approve working
with Big Brothers Big Sisters
by a 6-1 vote, with board
member Greg Head dissent
ing, Head learned from Big
Brothers Big Sisters’ website
that it requires all employees
and volunteers to complete
JEDI (Justice Equity Di
versity Inclusion) training,
which includes components
of Critical Race Theory and
difference to the LGBTQ
community. The Reporter
ran a front page article on
Sept. 14 which provided
information about JEDI
training and the LGBTQ
policy of Big Brothers Big
Sisters and comments from
board members who hadn’t
been aware of the groups’
required training and
policies when they voted to
approve a partnership with
it. It had appeared that the
board might ask to termi
nate the memorandum of
understanding that would
welcome Big Brothers Big
Sisters into Monroe County
schools.
“To allow this to come in
a side door to our schools is
atrocious,” said Head in the
Sept. 14 article. “Our citizens
deserve better from this
group. I don’t think anyone
on this board, including the
superintendent, vetted this
group. This type of training
is very divisive and hateful.”
After two paragraphs
reiterating the benefits and
successes of Big Brothers Big
Sisters’ mentoring programs,
Fitzgerald’s letter concludes,
“We are fully committed to
continuing our services to
support Monroe County
students and their families
despite the termination of
this agreement. I hope that
we may be able to revisit this
discussion of our formal
partnership in the future...”
Fitzgerald secured an
agreement with the city of
Forsyth on May 2 which
included placing city council
member Julius Stroud on
the organization’s board.
At Tuesday’s BOE meeting,
it was revealed that city of
Forsyth employees would be
among the mentors. Head
motioned to sever ties with
BBBS anyway, but backed
down when other board
members said it was a moot
point now. Board mem
bers Jeremy Goodwin and
Nolan Howard expressed
disappointment that BBBS
wouldn’t be in the schools.
Goodwin said most mentors
probably don’t listen to the
training anyway. Howard
said mentors would be
local, not from Key West.
Hickman said he deals with
DEI stuff every day so the
BOE needs to define what it
means.
Call your local Monroe County representative
Scott Harrell
478-256-3586
or toll free: 800-551-1102
Beverly V. Harris
July 11,1962 - October 7, 2022
Graveside service were held at 11 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 14,2022 at Lizella Pentecostal
Church, 7545 Knoxville Road, Lizella,
Georgia 31052. Beverly V. Harris was
born on July 11,1962 in Monroe County to the parents
of Mr. Robert C. Harris Sr. and Annie N. Harris, both
preceded her in death.
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a member of the authority,
has been working on land
ing the project in Forsyth
for almost a year. Cole said
when he was on the DDS
board he often told them he
wanted a facility in Forsyth.
However, Cole noted that
almost every politician also
tries to land a driver’s license
office in their hometown.
But about a year ago, DDS
commissioner Spencer
Moore asked Cole about
locating a facility in the Hwy.
18 park. Moore knew that
Cole was on the author
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Cole said Kemp is working
to address the shortage of
truck drivers in Georgia. He
said that currently there’s a
2-month wait for Georgians
wanting to get their CDL.
Cole said there’s only 10
state offices that handle both
driver’s licenses and CDLs,
and Forsyth’s will be the
11th.
Cole said with the growth
of the port in Savannah,
the state needs more truck
drivers.
“There’s a huge need,” said
Cole.
The office will have 10-12
employees. Cole said driver’s
license offices are big draws
and attract traffic, and
this one may trigger other
growth and development in
the Hwy. 18 park. Cole said
the state expects the Forsyth
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with brick on all sides and
will have 30 parking spaces.
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building for Monroe
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It should be ready to open
sometime in 2023. Cole
said it will definitely help
Forsyth.
“People don’t realize what
a plum this is,” said Cole.
Monroe Countians have
not been able to get their
license in Forsyth since the
state patrol office on Patrol
Road quit issuing them over
10 years ago.
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