COVINGTON, Ga. - A pillar of the community, Sam B. Hay Jr.’s calm and steady presence will be remembered for his role on the Newton County Board of Education in the 1960s in setting the tone for integration of the county’s school system, as a member of the Kiwanis Club of Covington, a building block for the First Presbyterian Church of Covington and his family that continues to make a mark in the community. Born in Opelika, Alabama in 1932, Hay was the third child and only son of Frances Dearing Hay, of Covington, and Rev. Samuel Burney Hay, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Covington