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THURSDAY JULY 23, 2020
THE GEORGIA POST 3
Mama, I don’t want a
little brother!
In 1944 at the tender age
of nine, I was a fifth grader
at the Perry school. Someone
knocked on the classroom
door. Our teacher, Miss
Dorothy Jones, greeted
the visitor. It was my
granddaddy, William
Thomas Powell. He had
come to pick me up.
As we left the school
grounds, granddad
dy said, “Let’s walk
downtown.” Straight to
Houston Drug Com
pany on Carroll Street
we went. It was owned
by Watt Boler and Joe
Beddingfield. Grand
daddy Powell bought me
a chocolate milkshake.
Then we walked across Car-
roll Street to J. W. Blood-
worth’s grocery store. There,
Granddaddy talked with his
good friend and store man
ager, Capers Wright. Soon,
granddaddy said, “Billy, let’s
walk back home. So we head
ed down Ball Street, passing
by the New Perry Hotel on the
way to 800 Ball Street, at the
end of the second block.
My parents and I lived with
my grandparents—we had
two rooms on one side of the
house and my granddaddy
and grandmother lived on the
other side. I walked into our
bedroom and saw mother in
the bed holding a little baby.
Mother said, “Billy, this is
your little brother. His name
is Dwayne.” I immediately
responded, “Mama, I don’t
want a little brother! Can’t
we give him back?” Then I
started crying and swinging
on the bed post. Mama said,
“Billy, what will it take to stop
you from crying.” I thought
for a minute and said, ‘If you
give me some money, I can go
uptown to Crockett’s 5 and 10
PONDERINGS
Billy Powell
cent store and buy a gun and
holster set.” So, Mama gave
me the money and I head
ed back to town. I returned
home with a new gun and
holster. Toy guns made
during World War
II were made from
compressed saw
dust and painted to
resemble metal.
In a short time, I
grew fonder of my
little brother. When
Dwayne was two, I
taught him to shoot
baskets on a minia
ture basketball goal
I personally built.
Dwayne starred on
two state champi
onship teams at Perry High
School (1962 and 1963) under
legendary Coach Eric Staples.
He became the most prolific
scorer in Perry history. In
1963, Dwayne was rated the
‘number 1’ player in Geor
gia by the “Atlanta Journal
and Constitution.” Pundits
claimed Dwayne’s shooting
accuracy equaled that of the
Boston Celtic’s forward, Larry
Byrd. Dwayne later starred at
the University of Georgia.
Jesus had four step-broth
ers (James, Joseph, Judas
and Simon) plus unnamed
step-sisters—all through
Joseph’s earlier marriage.
James became leader of
the Jerusalem church and
authored a New Testament
epistle. The scripture stresses
that everyone is our brother
(or sister) and that “anyone
who says he is in the light and
hates his brother resides in
darkness.”
BILLY POWELL Is an author and a
contributing columnist. His six books are
available on amazon.com.
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obligations)—and rise to the
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mediately for points
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corner of such as
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render a prayer,
a voice of hope,
joy, and healing!!
Some were able
to return to the
closing remarks of
our service—others traveled
a lengthy distance, and we
did not see them for hours!!
Crazy, you say; to empty the
church on Sunday Morning?
I don’t think so—for what
we accomplished was in
keeping with the “highest
commission”! Give it some
thought!
Admittedly, some very
nice things are happening in
the churches of the world!
What is not advertised, is
the absence of a host of
hurting and disenfranchised
families; that for assorted
reasons are declining formal
attendance! Such is not
new; and unless those who
are held responsible for
“raw evangelism” renews a
dedication to an established
mandate—the effectivity of
Christianity will be mini
mized! God has not always
had a church—but He has al
ways had a place! The abode
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Bible Notes
Psalm 56 3-4
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In
God, whose word I praise-
in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?
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2020 at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon. He was a member
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He was preceded in death by his mother, Fannie Causey and
a sister, Lucile Causey.
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Sonya E’Dalgo of Covington; one stepson, Kenneth Heath
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