Strauss, a

Spalding County resident for nearly 12 years, began working with the with

a Griffin real estate company five and one-half years ago and has been

in real estate for the past four and one-half years. When the Griffin

company merged into Coldwell Banker Bullard in fall of 2001, she remained

with the merged operation and was the office top producer for the past

year. She became manager of Bullard's Griffin/Spalding County office early

this year, and she will continue to head up the daily operations in Griffin,

as well as managing the new Barnesville location.

The initial

sales associates in the Barnesville/Lamar County office are Anna Arnold,

Rosemarie L. Hardeman, Judy Truitt Keadle and Sherri Watts, all of whom

are residents of Upson County.

Arnold, who

received her training through Coldwell Banker Fast Start, has been in

real estate for four years. Married to Hays Arnold, she has four children,

Karen Lisicia, Kristi Morris and Hays Arnold III, and Jennifer Coker;

and five grandchildren, Lizzie, Sam, Ben, Camp, Cannon, and Cole. She

is a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Thomaston.

Hardeman, who

has been in real estate for four years, has been married 36 years to Mike

Hardeman. Their son Todd, 34, and his wife Amber has twin daughters, Julianne

and Maribeth, 2 years old. Son Toby, 32, and his wife Mandy have one daughter,

Morgan, 22 months old. Their third son, Tad, is 25 years old. Mrs. Hardeman

is currently center director at the Upson Counseling Center in Thomaston

and is involved with several school and community projects.

Keadle, who

has been in real estate for 10 years, is a graduate of Coldwell Banker

Fast Start and trained in real estate at Macon College. She earned the

Coldwell Banker International Diamond Society designation for her production

in 2001. Her family includes sons Truitt and Steven; daughters-in-law

Amy and Mindy; and grandchildren Joshua, 12, Nicole, 9, and Taylor, 6.

A member of First Baptist Church of Thomaston and the Rotary Club of Thomaston,

she has served as a director of Flint River Technical College and a trustee

of Flint River College Foundation for 10 years.

Watts, who

has worked in real estate for six years, received her real estate training

through Gordon College and the Georgia Institute of Real Estate, as well

as 21 Plus Training. In 2000, she earned membership in the Medallion Club

for $2.7 million in residential sales and listings sold. Married to Reid

Watts, she has one son, Matt Watts, 18.

Steve Bullard,

owner and president of Coldwell Banker Bullard, is the broker for the

Barnesville/Lamar County office.

The oldest

and largest real estate company headquartered in the Metro South area

of Atlanta, Coldwell Banker Bullard has other offices in Jonesboro, Griffin,

Riverdale, McDonough, Jackson, Peachtree City and Newnan with a total

of approximately 265 agents. The company, founded in 1956, worked out

a franchise agreement with Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation a few

years ago.

Coldwell Banker

Bullard is the principal Cendant Mobility broker for the Metro South Atlanta

area and has the largest Relocation Department on the Southside. In addition,

the company has a Real Estate Owned (foreclosure) Department; Cendant

Mortgage representatives in two offices and phone-in, call-in services

in the other offices; a Property Management Company; a Builder Services

Division; a Marketing Department; Bullard College for continuing education;

and an administrative and clerical staff of 30 people to support agents.

The Coldwell

Banker organization, a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD), has

been the premier provider of full-service real estate for nearly 95 years.

The company is an industry leader in residential and commercial real estate,

through Coldwell Banker Commercial. Globally, Coldwell Banker franchises

more than 3,000 independently owned and operated residential and commercial

real estate offices with more than 72,000 sales associates. Its award

winning Web site is located at www.coldwellbanker.com.

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