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Meridith Jarrell died at home in her sleep. She was 62. Jarrell was the current chairwoman of the Muscogee County School District’s citizens committee that oversees MCSD’s spending of the money generated from the 1 percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. The SPLOST has funded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of capital projects throughout the district in the past two decades. She previously chaired the Muscogee County Library Board, the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce board, the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley campaign and the Muscogee Educational Excellence Foundation. She is a recipient of MEEF’s Jim Buntin Excellence in Education Award, named after the retired MCSD superintendent. She also served as chairwoman and treasurer of local Girl Scouts chapter and was named one of their Women of Distinction. Sign Up and Save Get six months of free digital access to the Ledger-Enquirer #ReadLocal “Like many others throughout our community, I was very saddened to learn of the loss of Mrs. Jarrell,” Lewis told the Ledger-Enquirer via email Monday. “She is someone I respected and admi...