Wednesday, May 15, 2002
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Wednesday, May 15, 2002 |
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Busey hospital building moving By CAROLYN
CARY
If you have wondered why the white frame building on Lee Street in Fayetteville next to the BellSouth building is up on jacks, it is being moved to Barnesville. Dr. Thomas J. Busey Sr. came to Fayette County after World War I and had a doctor's office in Tyrone. A few years later, he moved to Fayetteville and built a clinic on South Glynn Street, just north of the American Legion building. When World War II began, gasoline for households was in short supply and Dr. Busey built a hospital adjoining the back of the clinic. It was most beneficial to those women who may not have had sufficient gas to travel to Atlanta and back. Many Fayette County expectant mothers, as well as those from adjoining counties, spend their delivery time in the Busey hospital. Quite a number of these babies are still in the area and decided recently to take one last look at the building in which they first saw the light of day. A quick phone call brought some of them out on a hot Sunday afternoon to have a photograph made. Carol Crews Sweatman thought it might be a good idea to try to get all of the "Busey babies" together and reminisce; a get-together is planned for later this summer. Dr. Busey ceased using the building as a hospital in 1945 and moved it to the back of the clinic facing Lee Street. Then he moved it one more time to the next lot just south, from where it is being moved now. It served as a residence for the Chandler family for 15 years, then became an office building. Dr. Busey died in the late 1970s. "Busey babies" found to date include Joan Moore Lewis, Carol Crews Sweatman, Janelle Jones Taylor, Glenn Howell, Mack Stephens, Sandra Cameron, Dixie Kerlin Jackson, Patsy Harp Elliott, Jim Harper, and Joe Moore. A more complete listing is being compiled and other "Busey babies" are encouraged to e-mail ccary@thecitizennews.com or call 770-461-7152.
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