The 14th annual

Fayette Portraits has been unveiled by the 2001-2002 class from Fayette

County High School.

Under the tutelage

of teacher Becky Lewis, each of the classes for the past 14 years has

published a historical account of people and places in Fayette County.

Twenty-three

county citizens were honored for their lives and contributions to Fayette

County, in addition to an article on The Joseph Sams School.

Those selected

ranged from native Fayette Countians with names like Williams, Ballard,

Nipper, Burch, Chandler, Starr, English, Turner, Kelley, Lynch, McEachern,

Massengale, Scarborough and Vessel, to those who have lived in the county

for many years, such as Sam Champion, Kenny Melear and Helen Sams.

Each member

of the class chose someone to write about and told the story of their

lives in the magazine. The articles included pictures of the people when

they were young, perhaps the house they were born in, pictures of their

siblings or children.

At its annual

tea, the classmates told something about each person they wrote about

and then presented that individual with a copy of the magazine.

The cover of

this year's publication was done by class member Adam Lester. and depicts

his grandfather's house on East Stonewall Avenue. It was built in 1902

The issue was

dedicated to three class members' siblings of who have died: Jake Farley,

Sean Caldwell, and Joe Sams.