The Frankie

Lyle Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, honored its essay winners

with an educational grant. The luncheon was held at the Fayette County

Public Library.

The subject

this year was "Sidney Lanier: Georgia-born poet and Confederate veteran."

Fayette County

winners were Amanda Lakeman, 16, and Dziezic "Dee" Slaughter,

14, both of Sandy Creek high School. Their essays will go on from the

District Level to the State Level.

Officers were

announced for the 2002-2004 term: Joan Larkin, president; Linda Robinson,

first vice president; Marion Hodges, second vice president; Nancy Rice,

recording secretary; Barbara Emert, treasurer; Nancy Watkins, registrar;

Barbara Cooper, historian; and Gwen Ryan, recorder of military service

awards.

The organization

will hold its first meeting of the new term the second Saturday of September

at the Jonesboro City Hall at 10 a.m.