Wednesday, July 18, 2001
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Wednesday, July 18, 2001 |
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Annual 'Fayette Portraits' issued By CAROLYN
CARY
Issue number 14 of "Fayette Portraits" has been issued with 26 Fayette countians being featured. The project was created in 1986 with students in teacher Becky Lewis' class as a way for students to learn about the county's history and its citizens. "I get 80 to 90 applications each year," she said, "and I narrow it down to the staff of 25, so these kids are really the best." The students interview various citizens or learn the history of various well-known sites and put it all together in a publication. Among those honored this year were Richard Hand, son of Buddy and Willie Pank Hand, all of Starr's Mill, and Martha Mitchell, daughter of Jimmie and Ruby Smith Mitchell, of Senoia. Richard and Martha married in 1945. They are the parents of 12 children, all reared in Fayette County. They were interviewed by class members Crystal Rene-de-Catret and Kimberly Miller. Joan Burkes Neal was born in Phenix City, Ala. and reared in Athens, Georgia. She graduated from the University of Georgia on a football scholarship and if you read the article in "Family Portraits" you will learn how that happened. She retired 12 years ago as a teacher and librarian in the Fayette County school system. Among the other individuals honored were Bud Ballard, Joyce Bannister, Ruby Betsill, Huie Bray, Jim Burch, John Crowe, Jerry Elliot, Rex Fowler, Edna Giordano, Marjorie Harris, Harold Jensen, Pauline Jones, Barbara Kerlin, Gen. William Livsey, Theriol Padgett, Robert Swafford, Allen Thames, Hubert Turner and Roy Westerfield. Also featured were Edgefield Baptist Church, Fayetteville First United Methodist Church and Flat Rock A.M.E. Church. The publication is available for $5 at Fayette Book Shop, 692 N. Glynn St., Fayetteville.
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