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comforted just one tortured soul, led just one brother or sister to Christ, my life has been well spent,”
he said.

A. D. DuBosc
A. D. Dubose was a highly successful furniture store owner (DuBose-Cox). Long retired,
he voluntarily delivers religious materials to the Columbia County Detention Center inmates.

Loading his tote bag to overflowing, he takes Gideon Bibles and other religious materials he buys
with his own money and hand-carries them to the inmate population hungry for spiritual literature.

For more than 25 years he has made his rounds, spreading The Word and witnessing: “This is my
way of witnessing, my way of spreading God’s word. I am honored to be able to do it.”

Richard Rossi
Richard Rossi has donated about 300 hours yearly in the three years he has served as

chairman of the Columbia Public Schools Foundation. Under his leadership, the Foundation has
awarded about one hundred grants to teachers K-12, cosponsored the Teacher of the Year project,

and sponsored academic ventures like Think Sharp, County Math Bee and History Fair. County
Attorney Marlin Feagle said of Richard Rossi: “Richard has taken what was just an idea three years

ago and turned it into a minor institution.”
Hercules Maxwell
Hercules Maxwell is a lieutenant at the Columbia County Detention Center. He personally

guides youthful delinquents on a tour of the jail, urging them to straighten up so they can stay out
of jail. At the end of the tour, he repeats his name and provides his home phone number: “If you

young people ever need someone to talk to, day or night, you can call me and I will help you.”
These quiet, unpretentious heroes — and other like them — make life better for us all.

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