By DANA CLOLINGER
The Charleston Rotary Club honored the memory of David Hargett on July 19 by bestowing the Paul Harris Fellow to his wife Carol, and his daughter Candice during a Rotary luncheon.
Approximately 40 members of the Hargett family and the community met to remember Hargett and the contributions he made to the community.
David Hargett was a teacher, administrator and superintendent of the East Tallahatchie School District. He proudly served as a member of the Northwest Mississippi Community College Board of Trustees. He was a longtime member of the Charleston Church of God and served as president of the local chapter of Gideons International. He was also a member of the Tallahatchie General Hospital Board of Trustees.
Hargett was a longtime member of the Charleston Rotary Club and proudly helped to organize the Toys for Tots holiday campaign each Christmas.
“My dad was excited every Christmas to buy bicycles for children, because he thought that was the perfect gift,” explained Candice, who was the guest speaker for the Rotary luncheon. “He loved Rotary and helping his community when it needed him.”
The Paul Harris Fellow is the highest form of recognition that a Rotary Club can bestow upon an individual. It is presented to a Rotarian or a member of the community who has made an outstanding contribution to the community.
The Paul Harris Fellow was established in 1957 to show appreciation, to encourage and to recognize substantial contributions to The Rotary Foundation. The recognition is named after Chicago attorney, Paul Harris, who was the founder of Rotary in 1905.
