Monthly Archives: May 2016
Coweta Pets of the Week
Opal is a precious DSH calico with green eyes. She was picked up as a stray, never reclaimed, then got sick but has recovered....
Celebrating 100th birthday
Bennie Robinson celebrated her 100th birthday at Piedmont Fayette Hospital and the staff of the fourth floor at Piedmont Fayette celebrated her with a...
Army JROTC drill unit takes top placements at Army Nationals
The U.S. Army JROTC drill unit at Fayette County High ranked among the top 20 units in the nation in two competition events at...
New regulations on firearms at airport
The following statement was released last week by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Atlanta.
“Millions of passengers travel through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport annually. Each...
Excellence in Campaign Award winner
The United Way of Greater Atlanta recently named the Fayette County School System as a 2016 Excellence in Campaign Award winner.
The award is given...
Doo-wop tribute starts concert series
School’s out, so let the summer concerts begin in Fayetteville.
This Saturday night, June 4, a tribute to the Drifters/Tams/Coasters will start the 2016 concert...
First sexually transmitted Zika case confirmed in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is confirming the first sexually transmitted case of Zika virus in Georgia. A non-pregnant female was infected...
Sara Harp Elementary sends Whitewater grads off in style
After graduation practice, Whitewater High graduates were special guests at Sara Harp Minter Elementary as students at the school gave their senior cohorts a...
Adult summer reading program is here
Peachtree City Library will hold its kickoff event for its Summer Reading Program for adults Saturday, June 4, beginning at 9 a.m.
“Grown-ups look forward...
Notable students and grads
Adelaide Knight of Fairburn was given the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions Outstanding Didactic Program in Dietetics Undergraduate Student Award...
Brazil mission trip nets 1055 decisions for Christ
For the third year in a row, two Fayetteville churches travelled to Brazil and joined Brazilian Baptists in a massive effort to share the...
Religious groups provide summer lunches for kids
Action Ministries has begun delivering lunches to nearly 400 children 5 days a week for the summer.
Eighteen religious organizations participate, making sandwiches, assembling the...
Edgefield’s pastor will celebrate fourth anniversary June 10-12
Members of Edgefield Baptist Church will celebrate Pastor Daniel Smart’s, four-year anniversary beginning Friday, June 10 and concluding Sunday, June 12.
The service on Friday...
Providence UMC’s summer archery classes start Sunday
Providence UMC will offer Centershot Archery classes to students from eight years to college age from 3:30 - 5 p.m. on Sundays beginning June...
Religion Briefs 06/01/16
Edgefield’s Homecoming is June 4 & 5
Edgefield Baptist Church will have its second annual Community Homecoming Celebration Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5,...
Yard sale benefits RLC
Cathy Berggren (L), executive director of the Real Life Center, receives a check in the amount of $1735 from Bess Davis, coordinator of All...
VBS starts June 6 at MRBC
Members of McDonough Road Baptist Church in Fayetteville invite the community to join them for their annual Vacation Bible School Monday-Friday, June 6-10. The...
Flat Creek, Newnan Baptist to feature Freedom Celebration
Flat Creek Baptist in Fayetteville and First Baptist in Newnan will join forces on Sunday, June 26, at 6:30 p.m. for a Freedom Celebration...
Register for CTK VBS by June 17
Christ the King Charismatic Episcopal Church, 4881 Ga. Highway 34 East, Sharpsburg, will host its fifth annual Vacation Bible School June 20-24, from 6:30-8:30...
Frederick-Montgomery engagement
Mark and Cindy Frederick of Peachtree City announce the engagement of their daughter, Erica Katherine Frederick, to Dr. Ross William Montgomery, son of Michael...
Kettelhut-Abrams engagement
David and Marisa Kettelhut of Peachtree City announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Anna Kettelhut, to Derek Allen Abrams, graduates of McIntosh High...
Americans and their Memorial Day
If future historians have any brains, and I confess to having doubts, they might look back on this period in America as a stark...
Rules? What rules?
“Rules are made to be broken” is a saying that has many variations, but perhaps no one has summed up Hillary Clinton’s attitude (and...
Black and white, left and right
Much is made of the fact that liberals and conservatives see racial issues differently, which they do. But these differences have too often been...
The little house . . . again
The little house in which I was privileged to be raised, the same one I wrote of recently, needed its annual deep cleaning. This...
Gender: Concessions needed on both sides
I hesitated responding to the many letters and articles in last week’s Citizen related to genders and bathrooms/locker rooms, but in the end this...
Susan Lee Bowden Taylor, of Sharpsburg
Susan Lee Bowden Taylor, of Sharpsburg, passed away May 29, 2016. Born in Columbus, Miss. to the late Warner and Jeannette Bowden.
Susan grew up...
Samuel J. White of Fayetteville
Mr. Samuel J. White of Fayetteville passed away May 30, 2016.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mae White; son, Jeffery White and...
Paul Jerrell, age 95, of Peachtree City
Mr. Paul Jerrell, age 95, of Peachtree City, Ga. passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016.
Mr. Jerrell served in the Navy during World War II...
Richard A. Callahan, 93, of Fayetteville
Mr. Richard A. Callahan, 93, of Fayetteville, Ga., passed away Sunday morning, May 29, 2016 at the Vitas Hospice in Stockbridge after an extended...
Archie Edward Davis of Fayetteville
Archie Edward Davis of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away at home surrounded by his family on Monday, May 23, 2016.
A passionate Delta Air Lines retiree,...
Henry Hegetschweiler, of Peachtree City
Mr. Henry Hegetschweiler, of Peachtree City, Ga. died peacefully on May 23, 2016 at 10:30am, only months short of his 95th birthday, after a...
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The Southern Crescent Storytellers, a cluster group of the Southern Order of Storytellers, will present Father Goose Brigade Storytelling for all ages from...
Important papers
When you’re 83 years old, you begin to realize you need to have your affairs in order. Even though your two children were raised...
