Frances Phillips Waldrop, 87, Fayetteville, died Jan. 27, 2010. In World War II, she helped to manufacture airplanes at the old Chevrolet plant in Atlanta. Later she modeled for Rich's Department store and at one time was a school crossing guard. She was a member of the Embroidery Guild of America.
Services were at the Overton Chapel, Fayetteville First...
Arnold Lamar Hasty Sr. 78, Senoia, died Jan. 28, 2010. He was a former mayor of Riverdale. He was preceded in death by brothers, Alex Hasty, and Bill Hasty. Services were at the Carl J. Mowell chapel with interment at the Senoia City Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Juanita Hasty, Senoia; sons, Lamar and Glenda Hasty,...
Jenoise L. Brandenburg, 85, Peachtree City, died Jan. 28, 2010. She was born in Atlanta, and was preceded in death by her parents, Robert L. and Mae Tannery Land. She was an elementary school teacher for 32 years in Homestead, Fla. She was a member of North Fayette United Methodist Church. Services were at the Carl J. Mowell chapel...
Zula Coley, 87, Fayetteville, formerly of Hapeville, died Jan. 28, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Thomas Coley. She was a longtime employee of C&S Bank where she retired as a banking officer. She was a longtime member of the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church and the Fellowship-Discipleship Sunday School Class. She was an avid...
Richard Lamar Saylors II, 27, Brooks, died Jan. 30, 2010. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to fish, hunt and spend time with his dogs. He also enjoyed time with his family and girlfriend, Arisha Rives. He attended Starr's Mill High School before beginning his career in the construction industry. Services were at the Carl J. Mowell chapel...
Not too long ago Jeff Foxworthy and his Blue Collar Comedy buddies did a segment entitled, “I believe.” They took turns finishing the phrase “I believe.”
The one I remember most was Jeff’s: “I believe that if you let somebody cut in front of you in traffic and they don’t give you the little “wave,” it should be perfectly legal...
The National Heights Baptist Church Senior Adults will host guest speaker Donna Kirby, a retired Southern Baptist missionary, at a luncheon Monday, Feb. 8, at 11:30 a.m.
During her 36 years of international mission service in east Asia - Hong Kong, Kirby taught English as a Second Language (ESL) and Bible at a Chinese high school and later served as...
Two children received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism recently at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Sharpsburg. On Jan. 10, the first Sunday after the Epiphany, also known at “The Baptism of Our Lord,” Lila Grace McGee (left photo), daughter of Seth and Joy Barnes McGee of Peachtree City, received Holy Baptism. The following Sunday, on the...
Fayetteville First United Methodist Church (FFUMC) will offer four courses in Financial Peace University (13 week course) in February and March. All will be held at the church.
The first course will begin Sunday, Feb. 7, and will be held from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
The second course will begin Thursday, Feb. 18 and will be held...
The church will offer two worship opportunities — a traditional worship service featuring the choir and orchestra beginning at 9:30 a.m. and a contemporary worship service featuring the praise team beginning at 11 a.m.
Woolsey announces schedule changes
There will be three Sunday School opportunities. The first will be at 8:15 a.m. and will feature one senior adult class and one...
All Saints Anglican Church of Peachtree City recognized Sarah (Cookie) McClure on Jan. 24 for her hard work and dedicated service as nursery supervisor. McClure, who is known as “Miss Cookie” to the church’s young people, has served All Saints since it was founded several years ago. The Rev. Michael Fry, rector, praised McClure for her loving approach...
Several men and women received training leading toward certification as Licensed Liturgical Ministers (LLM) in the Mid-South Diocese of the Charismatic Episcopal Church. Those who complete the process are licensed by the diocese to serve the chalice at services of Holy Communion and are authorized to take Holy Communion to the sick and shut-in of their parish. The classes...
Prince of Peace plans benefit concert
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Ga. Highway 314 in Fayetteville will present the Third Annual Reggie Johnson Fund Cancer Benefit Concert Saturday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. The event will feature local area youth bands. Tickets are $5 each or $20 per family. For more information, call the church, 770-461-3403.
Jonesboro will offer...
Retired U.S. Army Maj. John B. Jr. and Tamra Hall of Fayetteville announce the engagement of their daughter, Erica L. Hall, to Lyle J. Moore, son of Lyle F. and Rhonda T. Moore of Powder Springs.
The bride-to-be holds a master’s degree from Tuskegee University and is an occupational therapist.
The groom-elect is a 2002 graduate of McEachern High School and...
Kelly Carlson and Daniel Cutts, both 1998 graduates of McIntosh High School, were married Oct. 17, 2009, at The Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta. Monsignor Henry Gracz presided over the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mary Carlson and the late Jim Carlson of Peachtree City.
The groom is the son of Steve and Jeannie...
Charles and Kay Leonard will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 5, 2010. They were married Feb. 5, 1960,at Jefferson Park Christian Church in East Point.
They have four children, eight grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
The Leonards have lived in Fayetteville for the past 30 years and still reside there.
Scott and Katie Jarrett of Fayetteville announce the birth of their daughter, Jill Madison Jarrett, born Jan. 29, 2010, at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. She weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long.
Here’s a tooth fairy math question from my mother the editor: Children have 20 primary teeth. Would you be better off getting $5 per tooth, or getting a penny for the first tooth, two pennies for the second tooth, four pennies for the third tooth and continuing to double the dough for each tooth up to twenty? ...
The plan for a shopping center off Ga. Highway 74 south and Redwine Road has shrunk a bit under a rezoning approved Thursday night by the Fayette County Commission.
Southern Pines Plantation has had a combination commercial and office zoning for the site, on Peachtree City’s southern border, since 2000. The new plan has shrunk by more than 16,000 square...
• The American Cancer Society is seeking volunteers in the Coweta County and Carroll County areas to assist with the Road to Recovery Program. Volunteers will be drivers to assist cancer patients who need transportation to the location for their radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments.The patients involved have no other means to access the treatment that is essential to their...
Patrons of the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater’s summer concert series will soon be receiving their ticket renewal forms in the mail along with an announcement of this year’s acts for the season.
While “The Fun is Back” at the Fred, this season will be difficult for some season ticket holders as the venue shrinks its concerts to one per weekend....
The effects of the recession are still being evidenced in Fayette County and Peachtree City. Fayette’s unemployment for December rose to over 8 percent while Peachtree City’s jobless rate rose to well over 7 percent.
December unemployment statistics from the Ga. Dept. of Labor showed a jump in Fayette County’s rate from 7.9 percent in November to 8.3 percent in...
The future of cellphone towers in Peachtree City will be discussed at a workshop meeting of the City Council Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m.
Representatives from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile will be on hand to explain their future plans for expansion, as will American Tower, a company that constructs and leases space on cellular towers.
Council will be presented with an...
The Peachtree City Council has selected a design option for widening the existing cart path bridge that spans Lake Peachtree along Ga. Highway 54.
The only problem with the project is that it will necessitate the bridge being closed for between two and four weeks, City Engineer David Borkowski told council last week.
But the other two options considered would either...
A bill in Congress touted as a way to improve the environment by reducing carbon dioxide emissions will hit Georgia folks in their wallets, according to Michael Whiteside, the former CEO of Fayette-Coweta Electric Membership Corporation.
In a meeting about the “cap and trade” bill in Peachtree City Wednesday, Whiteside said Georgia residents could see their electric bills rise by...
Residents and business owners are being encouraged to respond to a survey initiated by Peachtree City staff.
Among the questions on the residential survey, the most telling answers might be found on the section about the 2010-2011 budget, which is facing a potential $3 million shortfall.
The survey asks if residents would prefer to cut services and avoid a tax increase;...
A space heater is being blamed for causing a fire that destroyed a trailer in downtown Tyrone last week.
The trailer, located adjacent to Tyrone Tire, caught fire Jan. 21 but no one was hurt, fire officials said. The resident had left the space heater on for several dogs while the resident was away, officials said.
The fire was well underway...
Atlanta Regional Airport Falcon Field in Peachtree City will be participating in National Business Aircraft Association’s (NBAA) 21st Annual Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference that will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center January 27-29 in San Antonio, Texas.
The NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference is an annual event that provides timely and valuable information on topics of interest...
The American classic, ”Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, is the story of a man in search of the American Dream.
Auditions for the drama will be held on Feb. 1 and 2 at Newnan Community Theatre Company in downtown Newnan. There are roles for eight men, ages 20s to 60s, and five women, ages 20s...
By Tony Daniel
Special to The Citizen
The Newnan Community Theatre Company kicks off the 2010 season tonight with their production of “What The Butler Saw.” Written by Joe Orton, this over-the-top British comedy sets the farcical tone early, when Dr Prentice (played by Trey Stephens) tries to seduce his newest employee, Geraldine (played by Jennifer Sovik). When the...
A few days ago, I was having lunch with a fellow pastor in another town and we were discussing the terrible situation in Haiti. He was saying that his church was going to be receiving an offering and investigating what they could do to offer assistance.
I had been overloaded with images from that stricken land and I recognized the...
It’s jobs, jobs, jobs now for the Obama team, rather than healthcare, healthcare, healthcare. You have to call it progress, particularly if you’re jobless, or fearful of becoming so at a time when 17 million Americans are either non- or underemployed.
We’re about done, in other words, with the free-floating pretense that putting the federal government in charge of healthcare...
The 6-year-old boy looked up with eyes full of admiration at the giant of a man and said, “When I grow up, I want to be just like you, Dad.”
The father smiled and lifted his son up. Little arms and legs wrapped around and clung. The two exchanged one of the precious moments in life that words would only...
Among the interesting arguments in last week’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision granting corporations First Amendment protections when making campaign contributions was the majority’s decision to effectively treat corporations as persons.
Liberal Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus, who disagrees with the ruling, wrote, “... the majority acted as if there could be no constitutional distinction between a corporation and a human...
