The third annual Sports Hall

of Fame was conducted at the Fayette County High School, with seven former

student athletes being chosen.

Inducted as the 2001 honorees

were Neal Dettmering, 1962-1966, football, basketball and baseball; the

late Terry Varner, 1964-1969, basketball and baseball; Glen Ward, 1967-1972,

football, basketball, track; Guy Stargell, 1974-1978, football and baseball;

Dawn Scarbrough, 1976-1980, basketball and track; Johnny Smith, 1978-1982,

football and track; and Janet Scott Oglesby, 1981-1983, softball and basketball.

To a person, they credited

their coaches for helping to mold their character, for teaching them discipline

and how to apply themselves. Coaches in attendance were "Large"

Charles Winslette, Jim Waller, Jimmy Howard, Glenn Walker, Larry Nash,

Gary Phillips (current principal of the school), and Trigg Dalrymple.

It was also the second annual

Distinguished Alumni/Community Service Awards. The 2001 honorees were

the late Lorrelle McElwaney Trammell, Fayette County High School class

of 1926, and Walter Frank Reeves, class of 1969.

Trammell was honored for her

many years of involvement in community service. She was also the 1976

Citizen of the Year in Fayette County. She died in January 2000.

Walter Reeves has become known

as "Mr. Gardner," has co-written "Georgia's Gardener's

Guide," which has sold more copies than any other Georgia gardening

book. He has received numerous awards for his work.

He is best know for his quote,

"All this from a young man who swore if he could get off the farm

(in Inman) he would never garden again."