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Thursday, November 12, 2026Nov 12

Senior citizens told they can’t pray before meals

By Arek Sarkissian II

Savannah Morning News

PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. – Preston Blackwelder proudly showed off a painting of his grandmother that had hung next to the front door of his Port Wentworth home.

She was the woman who led him to God, Blackwelder said Friday.

And with that firm religious footing, Blackwelder said it would be preposterous to stop praying before meals at Port Wentworth’s Ed Young Senior Citizens Center near Savannah because of a federal guideline.