TIFTON — Two Moultrie educators are among seven individuals to receive awards in March from the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Alumni Association. A Colquitt County family will also be honored.

The Alumni Association will honor former students at 11 a.m. March 3 at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village during the Celebrate ABAC weekend.

Among the recipients will be Nancy Gurley Jenkins of Moultrie, who will receive the Helen Brown Sasser Award; Von G. Peavy of Moultrie, the J. Lamar Branch Award; and the Johnie Clark family from Colquitt County will receive the Family Legacy Award.

Advance tickets ordered by Feb. 17 are $25 per person. After that date, advance tickets will be $35. There will be no tickets sold at the door.

The brunch ceremony at the museum will recognize ABAC alumni who impacted the college and their communities in significant ways. For more information on the Celebrate ABAC weekend, interested persons can contact the ABAC College Advancement office at (229) 391-4900 or visit the website at www.abac.edu/celebrate.

Jenkins attended ABAC from 1971-1973, where she majored in home economics education. She attained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in home economics education from the University of Georgia (UGA). She is a skilled painter, carpenter, seamstress, and home decorator. These skills helped in her Family and Consumer Sciences teaching career at both Williams Junior High School and Colquitt County High School before her retirement. She also served as a Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) advisor.

She is a member of the American Family and Consumer Sciences Association, the Georgia Family and Consumer Sciences Association, and the Federated Guild in Colquitt County, where she served as co-chair of the conservation committee. The committee goes to elementary schools in the area promoting conservation.

Peavy earned his associate degree in agriculture education from ABAC in 1977. He received his bachelor’s degree in agriculture in 1979, his Master of Education degree in 1985, and his Education Specialist degree in 1990, all from UGA. He also completed a Director of Vocational Education degree from Valdosta State University in 1998.

His employment includes working with ABAC’s School of Agriculture and Natural Resources from 2000-2011, as an agriculture education teacher at Colquitt County Junior High, and as an agriculture mechanics teacher and department head with Colquitt County High School. Peavy has received numerous honors from the Georgia Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association, and has received honorary degrees from the American FFA, Georgia Farmer, and Chapter Degree-UGA Collegiate. Peavy has also been named Colquitt County High School Teacher of the Year and served as advisor to a variety of groups on both the state and national levels.

The Johnie Clark family of Colquitt County will be presented with the 2012 Family Legacy Award. Johnie attended ABAC classes at Spence Field in Moultrie after World War II for two semesters. He married Vera Barlow and was a farmer in Colquitt County. They had three sons and a daughter who all attended ABAC. Three of the children’s spouses and three grandchildren have also attended ABAC, carrying on the tradition.

Other award recipients will include Cook Holliday of Monroe, Distinguished Alumnus; Barbara Grogan from Americus, Outstanding Young Alumnus; Dr. Mary Ellen Hicks from Sycamore, Outstanding Educator; John Redding from Monroe, Outstanding Business Leader; and Garth Webb from Tifton, Honorary Alumnus.