Mr. and Mrs. Doug Handy of Peachtree City, announce the marriage of their daughter, Adele Dorothy Handy, to Britton Andrew Goodloe, son of Mike and Linda Goodloe of Marietta. The wedding took place Sept. 26, 2009 at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church of Peachtree City and was officiated by the Rev. Miriam Beecher.
The bride wore a beaded halter gown...
When I was in New York during the fall, a few of us from the South were talking Southeastern Conference football. One of the local guys said, “You guys from down South sure talk a lot about college football.”
“Well, yeah!” I replied.
“We don’t do that so much up here,” he responded.
“Well, no,” I shared. “Why would you? You folks...
Despite gazillion-dollar bailouts, let’s face it: Our economy is still in a downturn. Experts state the bottom is near and should be reached this year. Unfortunately what they don’t want to tell you is that the bottom is actually a cliff.
And with one look at our bank account and stock portfolio statements, The Wife and I are about to...
There has probably never been an era in history when intellectuals have played a larger role in society. When intellectuals who generate ideas are surrounded by a wide range of others who disseminate those ideas — whether as journalists, teachers, staffers to legislators or clerks to judges — the influence of intellectuals on the way a society evolves can...
Suppose Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, the Christmas Day underwear bomber, had succeeded and blown up Northwest Airlines flight 253, killing nearly 300 people on board and perhaps others on the ground? Would the response of the Obama administration have been different?
The president probably would have attended memorial services for the dead, expressed “strong condemnation,” persuaded the United Nations to...
Here’s a sample of last week’s news reporting: “A new decade is about to start ...”, “What better way to start a new year and decade ...”, and “ABC ‘World News’ Decade Look-Back.” One would think that the first decade of the third millennium came to an end midnight Dec. 31 and the new decade began a minute after...
It was a measure adopted to bolster home-based food preparation businesses. The Coweta County Commission Jan. 5 voted unanimously to amend a portion of the Zoning & Development Ordinance to allow at-home food preparation for retail distribution or catering as a home occupation.
Commenting on a Dec. 7 letter from Planning Director Robert Tolleson, county administrator Theron Gay said that...
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The City of Newnan Fire Department honors its firefighters with their Annual Life Saver Award for 2009. The recipients of this award have saved a life while on duty in 2009. There were nine firefighters this year who accomplished this goal with three lives saved.
Chief Whitley has been giving this award out for the past 6 years. According to...
Triad Construction, Inc. has been awarded the contract to construct the new Coweta County Health Department building on Hospital Road. Coweta County commissioners approved the $1.7 million low bid at the Jan. 5 meeting.
Triad was one of 15 bidders whose proposals ranged from Triad’s low of $1,709,900 to a high bid of $2,291,700 by Spark-Grizzard Construction. The bid by...
Georgia is seeking input on the services provided to disabled people by the Vocational Rehabilitation and Independent Living programs operated by the Georgia Department of Labor.
The input will be used to help devise plans for how the state will use federal and state funds to provide a wide array of rehabilitation services to achieve goals and objectives in the...
Gloria "Deanie" Bohannon Wallace, formerly of Newnan, died Dec. 27, 2009. She was born June 10, 1947 in Newnan, in the "Historic Rocky Hill" community. She was preceded in death by her parents, Deacon Willie "Frisk" and Sarah F. Bohannon Sr., three brothers and two nephews.
She was educated at Central High School where she played the clarinet in the...
Gerald Lee Cleveland, Union City, died Jan. 1, 2010. He was born Feb. 10, 1950 in Moreland. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Ed and Dorothy Reese Bussie, Moreland. He attended schools in Coweta County and was a 1968 graduate of Central High School. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was...
William Ross Elliott, 23, Sharpsburg, died Jan.. 4, 2010 of complications of pulmonary illness. He was a 2005 graduate of Northgate High School. He enjoyed outdoor adventure and loved hiking, marine life, photography and a fine cigar. Memorial services will be this Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 at the McKoon Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Ed Deabler officiating.
Survivors...
You don’t expect to see a horse in a south Fayette pasture near Brooks with multiple arrows sticking out of the animal.
But that’s what Rachel Byrd, 17, saw Sunday morning as she passed a neighbor’s farm on Price Road: A horse, grazing in a pasture, shot with hunting arrows, one in the face, another near the spine and one...
Anna Bigan Worgo, 96, Fayetteville, died Dec. 25, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew T. Worgo, two brothers, and one sister. No services will be held locally, and a funeral mass will be held at the interment at Oakland Cemetery, Indiana, Pa.
Survivors include a son, Ronald and Jean Worgo, Griffin; grandchildren, Kimberly Worgo,...
Harry F. Swann, Fayetteville, died Dec. 27, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Emily Joiner Swann. Services were at First Baptist Church of Fairburn with the Rev. Dr. Oscar Cope and the Rev. Justin Terrell officiating. Interment was at Holly Hill Memorial Park, Fairburn.
Survivors include a son, Ray and Deborah Swann, Fayetteville;...
Hubert Edwin "Ed" Fuller, 66,Fayetteville, died Dec. 27, 2009. He was retired with 35 years of service from Delta Airlines, and was a member of Harp’s Crossing Baptist Church. Services were at Harp’s Crossing Baptist Church with the Rev. Dennis Watson officiating. Interment was at Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Hogansville.
Survivors include his wife, Beverly Fuller, Fayetteville; daughters, Bettina...
June Marlene Jeffords Bowen, 70, Fayetteville, formerly of Gainesville, Fla., died Dec. 28, 2009, following a long period of disability. She enjoyed successful and rewarding careers with the Florida Farm Bureau Ins. Co., and later as a department head with Griffin Federal Bank Mortgage Inc., in Fayetteville.
A memorial served will be held at Antioch Church, Alachua, Fla....
Thomas "Tom" J. Lynch Jr., 76, Fayetteville, died Dec. 30, 2009. Services were at the Carl J. Mowell chapel with the Rev. Derrick Lovelady officiating. Survivors include a son, Jim Peebles, Lake Sinclair; a daughter, Pat Fulkerson, Milner; grandchildren, Donny Fulkerson, Laurie Ricks, and Jeffrey Peebles; and great-grandchildren, Justin Peebles, Taylor Ricks, Brittany Lynn Fulkerson, Ashley Fulkerson, and...
Beryl Raymond Pelt, 75, Fayetteville, died Dec. 31, 2009. He served for 10 years in the United States Air Force and then worked as an aircraft mechanic for 23 years with Eastern Air Lines. He then worked for 8 years at Lockheed. He loved to garden, sharing the fruits of his labors with friends and family. He was also...
“No one has ever seen God,” we read in John 1:18 (RSV). Artists, poets, and authors, of course, have attempted to portray Him. Michelangelo portrayed him as both ancient and strong. Jonathan Edwards portrayed him as full of wrath in his sermon, “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God.” Bette Midler sang about an indifferent God who is...
A request to up-size one building in a shopping center on Ga. Highway 54 West from 50,000 to 65,000 square feet will be considered Thursday night by the Peachtree City Council.
The request will come before a newly constituted City Council that includes three brand-new members.
Council’s only experience comes from holdover Doug Sturbaum, who is in the third year of...
A central Fayette County man and woman were charged and more than two dozen underage drinkers were cited by Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies New Year’s Eve at the couple’s residence on Green Meadow Lane near Quarters Road. That’s a semi-rural area between Redwine and Ebenezer roads in the south-central part of the county.
Terry Schrepfer, 52, and Holly Schrepfer, 50,...
Fayette residents hoping for snow may get their wish starting Thursday afternoon.
The area could get upwards of one inch of the white stuff and perhaps more, according to the latest forecast available early Tuesday afternoon.
The storm is expected to begin Thursday afternoon, ending around 1 or 2 a.m. Friday morning, according to Sean Ryan, a forecaster with the National...
Fayetteville wants a TAD more — tax money, that is, for three redevelopment projects.
Members of the Fayetteville City Council at the Jan. 7 meeting will consider a resolution asking for the passage of local legislation that will lead to a referendum which, if approved by voters, would give the city redevelopment powers needed to move ahead with Tax Allocation...
With state revenues continuing to fall short, the upcoming legislative session will be dominated by budget cuts, according to Rep. Matt Ramsey, (R-Peachtree City).
The first order of business will be trimming the current 2009-2010 budget in the amount of several hundred million dollars, Ramsey said. Then legislators will get to slice funds from the 2010-2011 budget, with the potential...
A 17-year-old Moreland man was arrested on multiple charges Jan. 2 after taking a dare to harass someone in the Towne Center parking lot on South Glynn Street in Fayetteville. The arrest came after he approached a family in an aggressive manner with a knife, police said.
Ricky Johayden Okelley was charged with three counts of simple assault, cruelty to...
Peachtree City residents can avoid the cold Thursday night and watch the first City Council meeting of the new year from the comfort of their easy chair if they want.
When new Mayor Don Haddix bangs the gavel to convene the 7 p.m. meeting, the city will be streaming the action live on its website at www.peachtree-city.org/video. Anyone with a...
High school students are being invited to apply for a free 11-week Saturday symposium on American Constitutional law and legal history taught by Fayette County Superior Court Judge Chris Edwards.
Each class will focus on a particular topic of Constitutional history. Students will be responsible for purchasing a $10 book for the class entitled “The Supremes’ Greatest Hits: The 34...
A new Peachtree City mayor and three City Council members will join holdover Councilman Doug Sturbaum tomorrow night in the first of a series of meetings that will set new directions for the city. I voted against two of the new officials but recognize that the election is over and it is time to move forward.
Mayor Don Haddix threw...
To be, or not to be, that is the question. Well, Mr. Shakespeare, this tragedy will certainly be.
The journey began back in the year of 2006, and a massive rumbling stirred throughout our area when a C-7 Commercial Major Shopping District rezoning application came before the Coweta County Board of Commissioners. It was Scott Seymour of Seymour Construction and...
Our bloated federal government has been running amok for a long time, under Democrat and Republican administrations alike, creating mountains of debt and intruding into nooks and crannies of our personal lives where they should not tread. The fingers of state, county and city government reach too far into our pocket and our lives as well.
Government’s imperative is to...
Funny how situations in life can slip up on you and turn your feelings completely around.
Sometimes it’s downright tragic.
It began one morning as the sun had barely begun to rise. I was tired and prone to wanting to sleep a bit longer because a friend, a legendary Hollywood stuntman and actor, had called and kept me up until almost...
