MLK Commemorative Service and Celebration to be held

A Commemorative Service for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held Sunday, January 14, at 6 p.m. at Greater St James Missionary Church. The speaker will be Rev. David L. Stanley, Sr., pastor at Union Baptist Church in Macon and the theme will be “The Time Is Always Right To Do What Is Right.” The MLK parade will be Monday January 15. Lineup will start at 11:30 a.m. at the 4-H Club House and the parade will start at 1 p.m. There will be an entry fee of $30 for cars and $35 for vans and trucks/floats. Group entry fee for motorcycles and cars is $50. For more information, contact Al Huston at 478.237.7768, David Smith at 478.494.3250 or Chris Stanford at 478.455.0528.

This year’s Martin Luther King Celebration Grand Marshall is Dr. Anthony Howard. Dr. Howard’s curriculum vitae is as follows:

Anthony Lewis Howard, SR., MD

109 Lewis St., Swainsboro

Personal Data

Born in Macon on April 6, 1959. Widower living in Swainsboro. Wife, Michelle Howard, transitioned after a long illness on December 26, 2021. Three children, Monique (Maurice) age 38, Anthony age 36 and Frederick age 34.

Education

High School: Southwest Complex, Macon, 8/72-6/77

College: Morehouse College, Atlanta, 8/77-5/81

Medical School: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 6/81-6/87

Internal Medicine Residency: Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH, 7/87-7/91

Interests and Activities

Reading, golf, bowling, fishing, hunting and billiard

Work Experience

Medical Directorships

Swainsboro Medical Clinic PC, Swainsboro, 08/91-09/23

Smith Rural Health Clinic, Swainsboro, 07/01-11/22

Westwood Nursing Home, Statesboro, 05/03-06/16

Helping Hand Personal Care Home, Vidalia, 05/04

UniHealth Source, Swainsboro, 03/07-06/21

Associate Medical Director United Hospice, Swainsboro, 12/12-06/21

State Medical Director of Georgia Prince Hall Mason

Medical Consultant

Ga. Dept. of Human Resource Div. of Rehabilitation, Swainsboro, 09/94-08/19

Ga. Dept. of Human Resource Div. of Rehabilitation, Dublin, 05/04-08/19

Serenity Hospice Care LLC, Vidalia, 04/12-08/23

Associations

Medical Staff

Community Health Care System, Inc., Wrightsville, 11/23-Present

Emanuel Medical Center and Nursing Home, Swainsboro, 08/91-10/23

PruittHealth-Swainsboro Nursing Home, Swainsboro, 10/91-10/23

Twin City Nursing Home, Twin City, 05/92-10/23

Chief of Staff Emanuel Medical Center, 1998, 2003, 2020, 2021

Hospital Authority Board of Directors, 01/04-12/11

University Hospital, Augusta, 08/98-10/23

Scott Health and Rehabilitation Nursing Home, 05/92-10/23

Wrightsville Manor Nursing Home, 09/99-10/23

Community Activities

Charter member if Emanuel 2000, Charter member of Access Emanuel Indigent Care program, President and member of Swainsboro Evening Optimist Club, member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Secretory of Pin Hi Golf Association, Medical Editor of Emanuel Today magazine 05/2002

Professional Memberships

American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Georgia Medical Association, American Society of Internal Medicine, American Professional Practice Association, Medical Association of Georgia, National Medical Association, America Diabetes Association, elected to “Outstanding Young Men of America” in 1992, elected to “Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals” in 1996-97

Accreditations and Licensures

Board Certified by American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Certified by American Heart Association to provide CPR, ACLS, Licensed by the State of Georgia