If you have

wondered why the white frame building on Lee Street in Fayetteville next

to the BellSouth building is up on jacks, it is being moved to Barnesville.

Dr. Thomas

J. Busey Sr. came to Fayette County after World War I and had a doctor's

office in Tyrone. A few years later, he moved to Fayetteville and built

a clinic on South Glynn Street, just north of the American Legion building.

When World

War II began, gasoline for households was in short supply and Dr. Busey

built a hospital adjoining the back of the clinic. It was most beneficial

to those women who may not have had sufficient gas to travel to Atlanta

and back.

Many Fayette

County expectant mothers, as well as those from adjoining counties, spend

their delivery time in the Busey hospital. Quite a number of these babies

are still in the area and decided recently to take one last look at the

building in which they first saw the light of day.

A quick phone

call brought some of them out on a hot Sunday afternoon to have a photograph

made. Carol Crews Sweatman thought it might be a good idea to try to get

all of the "Busey babies" together and reminisce; a get-together

is planned for later this summer.

Dr. Busey ceased

using the building as a hospital in 1945 and moved it to the back of the

clinic facing Lee Street. Then he moved it one more time to the next lot

just south, from where it is being moved now. It served as a residence

for the Chandler family for 15 years, then became an office building.

Dr. Busey died in the late 1970s.

"Busey

babies" found to date include Joan Moore Lewis, Carol Crews Sweatman,

Janelle Jones Taylor, Glenn Howell, Mack Stephens, Sandra Cameron, Dixie

Kerlin Jackson, Patsy Harp Elliott, Jim Harper, and Joe Moore. A more

complete listing is being compiled and other "Busey babies"

are encouraged to e-mail [email protected] or call 770-461-7152.