2010-01-27 / Other Jenkins News
SCV
ABOVE, LEFT: members of the SCV Camp #2102 are shown presenting a $475 donation to the Jenkins County Council of Churches. From left, are, first row: James Saxon, the Rev. Butch Taylor, Tonya Gearheart, Paul Herrington and Neil Dickey; and second row: George Saxon Sr., Justin Saxon, George Saxon Jr. and Joseph Saxon. 
ABOVE, RIGHT: Keynote speaker Mark Simpson of Spartanburg, S.C, as adjutant-in-chief of the national Sons of Confederate Veterans organization, led the 64 assembled in a toast to the memory of Generals Robert Edward Lee and Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson. (Photos contributed) 
Incoming 2010 officers for SCV Camp 2102 were inducted Jan. 15 at the Camp’s inaugural Lee-Jackson banquet. Shown, above, from left, are past Commander Darryl Drake, Commander Neil Dickey, 1st Lieutenant Commander David Wiggins, 2nd Lt. Comm. George Saxon Jr., Adjutant James Saxon, Chaplain Ray Garvin, Judge Advocate Sonny Allen, Color Sergeant Roger Saxon, Historian Dale Wiggins and Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Herrington Jr. Compatriot Drake continues as editor of Buckhead-Fort Lawton’s newsletter, the Picket Lines. Presiding at the podium is Fifth Brigade Commander Michael Mull of Statesboro. The Camp honored George Saxon Sr. as its “Compatriot of the Year 2009” and his sons George Jr., Justin, Joseph and Jeremy as “Volunteers of the Year.” 
