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Robert A. Sewell, III
Conyers Firefighter
February 2019
First Lady, Minister Griselda Cooper-Baker
March 20, 1975 - September 20, 2019
Wife of Pastor J. Phillip Baker and First Lady of Shady Grove Baptist Church. She served in many capacities: Ministerial Staff, Generations Choir, Praise Team, Youth Ministry, Chairperson for the Worship in Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness, and Vacation Bible School instructor.
Almond Turner, Jr.
November 2019
Former Assistant Chief of Covington Police, Newton County Board of Education Member, and Chief Security Officer for Springfield Baptist Church
Former Assistant Police Chief and Newton County School Board Member Killed
Honoring Almond Turner: A public servant, father, brother and friend
Almond Turner honored posthumously with R.O. Arnold Award
The Glory of Covington by Eric Wendel Lee, Sr.
Christian Marcel Shipp
December 22, 1994 - May 31, 2020
Son of Sr. Pastor Christopher Shipp and Min. Valerie Shipp
First Son of Bald Rock Baptist Church
Youth Council President Rockdale Chapter of the NAACP
Morehouse Grad 2018
Supporter of the Black Heritage of Rockdale County
Member, Citizens Progressive Club
Sgt. Avril Hendricks
Rockdale County Sheriff's Office
January 2017
Deputy Steven A. Minor
Rockdale County Sherrif's Office
June 24, 2020
Rockdale County Sheriff's Deputy Steven A. Minor passes away
RCSO Dep. Steven Minor remembered by community with procession Monday morning
Judge Horace Johnson, Jr.
Superior Court judge in the circuit covering Newton and Walton counties.
July 1, 2020
Funeral arrangements set for Judge Horace Johnson Jr.
Newton County Judicial Center renamed in honor of Judge Horace Johnson
Judge Horace Johnson named president of Council of Superior Court Judges
Coach Jamie Baldwin
Head Football Coach
Rockdale County High School
July 11, 2020
Rockdale County High community mourning death of head football coach Jamie Baldwin
Mother Dora Zachery
July 12, 2020
She recently turned 100 years old. She was truly a community advocate volunteering for over 31 years in Rockdale County. She was founding member of Church Women United a mixed race community group, serving as president in it's 2nd year. They established the first recycling location in Conyers.
She was an early EOA employee working in the community; started senior citizen groups in each community. Sponsored fund raisers to help children with school needs; clothes, food, etc. She was also a minister and longtime member of Union Baptist Church in Lithonia. She was inducted into the Black Heritage of Rockdale County Hall of Fame, March 2019. July 20, 2018 was proclaimed Dora Zachery Day.Here is a short clip of this event. https://vimeo.com/282532773
First Lady, Minister Michelle Taylor-Scott
August 17, 1963 - Aust 15, 2020
Wife of Pastor Kerwin C. Scott and First Lady of Shiloh Baptist Church in Mansfield, GA. She served in many capacities: Ministerial Staff, Youth and Women's Ministries. She volunteered with Life Link of Georgia and was a member of the Rockdale Chapter of the NAACP. She will be remembered for her dee dedication to family, church, community, and service organizations, demonstrating that she was indeed "Taylor-Made".
Dr. John T. Harper
Dr. John T. Harper
November 30, 1945 - April 2016
A retired orthopedic surgeon who helped to break racial barriers at the Medical College of Georgia, died on April 2, 2016 due to complications related to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 70 years-old. Dr. Harper was one of the medical school’s first two black students to integrate the Medical College of Georgia; the late Dr. John T. Harper Sr. and Dr. Frank Rumph graduated in 1971.
Dr. Harper provided excellent orthopedic care to patients performing surgeries primarily at Atlanta Medical Center, Crawford Long, and Rockdale County Hospital where for a time he served as Chief of Staff. He also broke racial barriers in Rockdale County's medical community. He was faced with many incident's including all his tires being slashed while he was in his office seeing patients. He retired from patient care in 2008.
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