The last two official Eagle Scouts from Troop 342, Durden Gagel and Cross Womack, celebrated their pinning with family, friends, other Eagle Scouts and Scoutmaster Lovett Bennett during a March 11 ceremony at Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church. The troop was disbanded on Dec. 31, 2017 after 54 years of growing and training boys in the Statesboro and Bulloch County community to become the best they could be — and reaching one of the highest honors in scouting: becoming an Eagle Scout. Scoutmaster Bennett, who was troop leader from 2004-17 and assistant troop leader from 1998 to 2004, officiated in the official final ceremony that would ever take place within the troop.
Troop 342 says farewell with pinning of its last Eagle Scouts