Augusta, GA
Dr. Allen J. Dennis, Jr. Obituary 2024 – Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors
Augusta, GA – Allen Johnson Dennis, Jr., M.D., “Jay” to all who knew him, passed away peacefully at the age of eighty-nine on Thursday August 1st, 2024, in Augusta, Georgia. Jay was born on February 5th, 1935, in Macon, Georgia to Norwood Robson and Allen
Johnson Dennis. He graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1953. He attended Rice University in Houston, Texas. He completed medical school at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. In 1959 he married his classmate Mary Louise Darey. Jay finished his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the DeGoesbriand Hospital at the University of Vermont. They arrived in Augusta in 1963 where Jay became the first fellow in Nephrology at The Medical College of Georgia. There, they raised their family and spent the rest of their lives.
He joined the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia where he and colleagues opened the first dialysis unit in the state. Jay appreciated the stress that dialysis placed on patients and their families. Recognizing the need for access to dialysis in underserved areas, he established units in Metter, Georgia and at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Dublin, Georgia. Collaborating with one of his patients, Jay introduced home hemodialysis at the Medical College. He was part of a closely-knit group of senior faculty dedicated to teaching and excellent patient care. Jay was a lifelong learner. He continued to attend and to participate in grand rounds and journal club long into his active retirement. Jay was “on-call” throughout the CSRA, available to anyone who sought his help.
Jay was a loving husband and father. A devoted husband to Mary Lou for fifty-three years, Jay’s commitment to his family was unwavering. In his six sons and twelve grandchildren, he instilled a passion for teaching and learning, as well as the values of respect and kindness. He would frequently ask his children and grandchildren “What’s important?” prompting the response he taught them: “Be good and do right.”
Known as Dr. Jay to many, he had a contagious sense of humor that lifted the spirits of those around him. His gentle demeanor, coupled with his sense of humor, brought joy and comfort to all. He loved sharing and hearing a good story and meeting new people.
Jay’s family is grateful for many kindnesses during his short illness and for his skilled and compassionate caregivers, Monica Ramsey, Rashay Rawls and all those at SouthEast Hospice, especially Tina Matteo and Sok Hwee Tay.
An actively serving member of St. John United Methodist Church for sixty-one years, Jay was a faithful Christian. In the spirit of his favorite verse “love one another,” and in lieu of flowers, his family requests kind acts for which he was known: take flowers to a friend; visit someone in the hospital or at home; call an old colleague; bring together a group of friends.
He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Norwood Grinalds (John) of Charleston, SC; sons, Dr. Allen J. Dennis, III (Andrea) of Aiken, SC, Rev. Phillip D. Dennis (Caroline) of Greenwood, SC, Mr. Norwood R. Dennis (Terry) of Augusta, GA, Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis (Marie) of Tallahassee, FL, Dr. Christopher S. Dennis (Lori) of Boston, MA, and Mr. Graeme E. Dennis of Nashville, TN; grandchildren, Lauren, Wood, Helen, Edward, Hannah, Mary Frances, Adelle, Lily, Chloe, Jest, Julian, and Samuel; and many loving nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 9th, 2024, at 2:00 P.M. at St. John United Methodist Church. A family interment will be held at Riverside Cemetery in Macon, GA.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, August 8th, 2024, 5:00-7:00 P.M. at Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Road, Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 364-8484.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Friday is National Coloring Book Day, and it just so happens to coincide with Beautify Augusta selling its 2,000 “Downtown Augusta Coloring Book”.
Organizers with the nonprofit say the goal of the coloring book was to highlight local business owners and the parts of the Garden City that make it unique.
“So, the book is filled with people who have businesses in a downtown space. You’ll find the name of the business owner, what they look like and you’ll how the front of their business looks. The point of that is to help people who are not familiar with downtown to become more familiar with the people who invest in downtown,” said Jeremy Rueggberg with Beautify Augusta.
Thanks to the success of this book, Beautify Augusta is using the money raised to bring another mural to downtown.
Art Reed will be the artist, who has already created several large murals in downtown.
The location of this new mural will be announced next week.
The coloring books are $10. You can find them around a ton of local businesses downtown.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – 3D printers, a sound mixer, a green screen, headphones and more are all at the Augusta Richmond County Public Library.
On Friday, the public got a first look at the new tech hub.
It’s a new space brought on by teens and what they felt would be innovative for the library.
Director Emanuel Mitchell took that feedback and brought it to life.
“For the next generation, it opens the door to let them know yes the library is a place for books, but it’s also a place to inspire you. To go from using a 3D printer to pulling books on a 3-D printer, to wanting to know more about how they work,” said Mitchell.
Inside you’ll find just about anything for the creative mind — two 3d printers, a 3d laser printer, a green screen and music production equipment.
“We also have something for the child at heart for those that have VHS and no longer can find a VCR. We have now the technology to digitize that to a thumb drive so the memories can live on,” said Mitchell.
Tonia Gibbons with the public library board of trustees says having something like this sets kids on the right path.
“A lot of times we want children to grow up and be successful, but we don’t necessarily always give them the tools, or they don’t have access, so for the library to be that place and it’s a safe space. It’s a place where they can come, relax, and do what they need to do, but learn, grow, and hopefully go off and do great things and come back to the city of Augusta,” she said.
And kids are already enjoying the space, like Maurice Norman who initially said he was not too thrilled about coming to the library until he saw the tech hub.
“I initially thought it was going to be a little boring, but after I saw lots of fun stuff, it was fun, exciting. I even wanted to 3D print something,” he said.
You can start signing up to use the tech hub on Monday.
This is only phase one. The library plans on adding a recording studio as well as a classroom for coding instruction and script writing. Construction for phase two will start next year.
The tech hub was made possible through a city grant.
You do have to have a library card to use the space.
For more information, visit the library’s website.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Richmond County sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help finding a missing woman and man who may have information about her.
Shekema Toran, 36, was last seen Wednesday in the 4400 block of T. J. Kelly Road near Diamond Lakes Regional Park, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
She’s believed to be in a white 2004 Ford F-250 with Georgia tag RJW1158 driven by Barritz Martin, 37. They are believed to be heading to the Atlanta area, where the vehicle was last seen Wednesday.
Deputies are looking for Martin for questioning about Toran.
Authorities released a photo of Toran and said she’s 6 feet tall and weighs 215 pounds.
Deputies also released a photo of him and said he’s 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 160 pounds.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office at 706-821-1020 or 706-821-1080.
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