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Holcomb-Pierce
September 23, 2002 was the
blessed day in the lives of long-time
best friends, Olivia Niccole Hol
comb and Nathan Granville Pierce,
when they were united in marriage
at Inspiration Park near Bryson
City, N.C. Inspiration Park is a
treasured place of memory for both
bride and groom as their friendship
and love has been cultivated there
over the past 20 years during the
singing in the Smokies’ annual
events.
The bride is the daughter of
Mike and Bavaria Holcomb of
Bryson City. She is the granddaugh
ter of Betty Mitchell and the late
Raymond E. Mitchell and the great-
granddaughter of Rachel Gunter, all
of Bryson City. Her paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Holcomb of Jasper, Ga.
The groom is the son of Perry
and Jackie Pierce of Lucedale, Ms.
He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
M.C.L. Pierce and the maternal
grandson of Mrs. Bonnie Keel, all
of Lucedale.
Maid of honor was Heather
Payne, cousin of the bride, of
Bryson City. Bridesmaids were
Amanda Payne Smith, cousin of the
bride, Benton, Tn.; Rebecca Ball
Millsaps, close friend of the bride,
Bryson City; long-time friend Hope
Stephenson Anthony of Bryson
City; and Lynnesaye Newton, friend
of the bride and fiancee of Nathan
Holcomb of Burlington, N.C.
Rachael Smith was flower girl and
her twin sister Hannah carried the
rings. Both are cousins of the bride.
Continued on Page 2C
Kennesaw State University
Lauren Hope Childers and
Marcie Mikles graduated from
Kennesaw State University on Fri
day, Dec. 20, 2002. The commence
ment took place at the Atlanta Civic
Center.
Lauren received a Bachelor’s
degree in Finance with a Minor in
Business Law. She is a member of
Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa
Phi Honor societies. Lauren gradu
ated from Pickens High in 1998.
Her parents are Danny and Carolyn
Childers and grandparents are Dil
lard and Laura Silver and Billy and
Jewell Childers. Lauren, we are
proud of you.
Marcie received a Bachelor’s
degree in Accounting and will be
taking the CPA exam in May. She is
presently employed with Land and
Associates in Ellijay, Ga. Marcie
has been residing in Pickens County
for the past 20 years. She has a
daughter, Ashley, and granddaugh
ter, Alyssa Ruth. Congratulations.
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 2002 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 1B
Joseph Brian Morgan graduat
ed from Southern Polytechnic State
University on Saturday, Dec. 14,
2002. He graduated Cum Laude
with a Bachelor’s degree in Con
struction Management. He is a
member of Sigma Lambda Chi
Honor Society. Brian graduated
from Pickens High School in 1997
and is presently employed with
Skanska USA Building Co. in
Atlanta. His parents are Karen
Howard and Anthony Morgan of
Jasper. Grandparents are Lawrence
and Mable Brown of Jasper. Con
gratulations from your family and
friends. We are proud of you.
Property return time
here again
Through April 1
The Pickens County Assessor’s
office would like to remind all prop
erty owners that the time for making
returns on Real and Personal Proper
ty is NOW for the upcoming 2003
digest.
Now through April 1 is the time
to notify our office of any additions
or deletions to your property from
the previous year. Our field staff is
currently picking up new construc
tion throughout the county from
information that has already been
provided.
Our county has been growing the
past 10 years and each year our
growth seems to be more than the
previous year. When you are grow
ing at this pace, there is also a large
amount of destruction of older
buildings and older residences.
In addition to the normal destruc
tion, our county suffered a large
amount of tornado damage in
November. Some people were fortu
nate enough to have their repairs
done by Jan. 1 which is the valua
tion date for each year’s digest. For
the property owners who did not
have their repairs done or who had a
total loss of a structure, we want you
to come by our office, 35 W Church
St., Ste. 203 in Jasper, to fill out a
return on what happened to your
property during this unfortunate
time.
This is also the time to apply for
the Homestead Exemption, through
June 1. If you have any questions,
please call us at 253-8700.
Young Dads Program
Knowing that “Dads are Awe
some and Vitally Important” to the
positive growth and development of
their children, we meet each Tues
day from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Old Tate
Clinic to better prepare and educate
our dads. Here are a few short words
about “What MELD is;” MELD is
group-centered, lots of information,
learning by application and builds
on the strengths of the participating
dads. MELDs philosophy feels that
dads can support each other, learn
from each other, make informed
decisions and cooperate with each
other while maintaining our individ
uality.
If you are an expecting or new
dad or a dad of several children and
wish to learn more by sharing with
other dads, then plan to join us
Tuesdays for dinner at 6:30 fol
lowed by our group time. If you
have questions call Sam Rothermel
at 770-737-6484.
Tate Community
Association
The monthly meeting of the Tate
Community Association will be held
the third Thursday of each month at
6:30 in the community room. All
members are invited to attend.
Singles
Single due to divorce, death or by
choice? If you are 40+, this is for
you. This is not a dating service or a
match-making organization; it is a
group of people that just need
friends. Come be a friend and make
new friends at Friends Anew at El
Rey Mexican Restaurant on Jan. 23
from 7-9 p.m.
Narcotics Anonymous
Meetings are held from 8-9 p.m.
every Wednesday and Saturday
night at Northside Hospital in Can
ton.
Happy Ramblers
Tuesday was the day for our
regular monthly club meeting and
it seemed like it had been a long,
long time since our December
meeting. We met at the home of
Kay Johnson in Talking Rock and
everyone brought a covered dish,
so you can imagine all the good
food that awaited this group.
Seemed everyone had “newsy”
things to tell and no one wanted to
miss what the other one was
telling. Most of the sick folks had
improved and it is always good to
hear good news. I think I counted
about 10 desserts plus ham, chick
en tenders, chicken pie, meatloaf,
meatballs and maybe two other
meat dishes, and veggies of every
kind. How nice it is when friends
get together to eat and talk.
We answered the roll with a
winter memory. One told of stand
ing too close to the open fireplace
and catching on fire and how her
brother smothered the fire out with
the quilts from the bed; another
told of her husband building too
big of a fire and catching the
house on fire; others told of the
cold nights with no heat in the
bedrooms and having so much
cover your could hardly move;
washing diapers when they would
freeze before they could be hung
up; cold walks to school; Price
Davis helping when the pipe from
the heater fell; and many other
interesting stories were told.
For our game, Kay gave out 20
pennies to each person for an auc
tion. When the gifts were shown
you could bid as many pennies as
you wanted or needed to get the
gift. You never knew what might
be put up for bid next, so you did
n’t know if you should bid or save
your money for something else. It
was lots of fun to bid against each
other and see if you had made a
good choice in your spending. It
was a good day together and we
made plans for some outings
before our next meeting which
will be at the home of Nancy
Collins in Jasper.
— Ann Parks
Blaine Masonic Lodge
There is going to be a called
communication for the purpose of
conferring the entered apprentice
degree on Thursday, Jan. 30. A meal
will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the
meeting will begin at 7. All qualified
brothers are invited.
Notice of Meeting
The Board of Directors of the
Marble Valley Friends will meet on
the first Thursday of February at 7
p.m. at the Tate Communication
Association meeting room. All
members are invited to attend.
Basketball Boosters
The PCMS Basketball Boosters
will have a BBQ dinner Friday, Jan.
23 from 4-7 p.m. in the high school
cafeteria. The BBQ is furnished by
Williamson Brothers and consists of
BBQ, bread, slaw, baked beans,
pickles, dessert and drink.
Planning Commission
Pickens County Planning Com
mission meets the second Monday
of each month at 6 p.m. in the Pick
ens County Annex Courtroom.
Commissioner’s Office
Pickens County Commissioner’s
office will be open on Tuesday
afternoons from 5-6:30 p.m. for citi
zens to meet with the commissioner.
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old on Dec. 26, 2002. He celebrated
his birthday with friends and rela
tives at the Jerusalem Community
Center. A moonwalk kept kids and
adults jumping for hours. Graham
would like to give a special thanks
to his Meme.
NGCSU
North Georgia College & State
University conferred 260 graduate
and undergraduate degrees, along
with several associate degrees in
nursing, during the fall 2002 com
mencement in December.
North Georgia College & State
University is a public, co-education-
al, comprehensive university, as
well as the Military College of
Georgia - one of only six senior mil
itary colleges in the nation.
Recognized by Kiplingers in the
top 100 values in public higher edu
cation, North Georgia is currently
engaged in a major initiative, “Forg
ing a Legacy of Leadership,” and
offers the only minor in leadership
among public universities in the
state.
The university, founded in 1873
in Dahlonega, offers undergraduate
and graduate degrees in more than
50 academic and professional fields.
The following local students
were conferred degrees: Helen
Buckelew, Master’s Public Adminis
tration; Ashley Cagle, Bachelor’s
Early Childhood Education; Brooke
McArthur, Bachelor’s Special
Education; Amy Mitton, Bachelor’s
Nursing, all of Jasper; Keisha Hall
of Talking Rock, Bachelor’s Physi
cal Edu/Exercise Science.
Benefit
There will be a benefit on Jan. 25
at Fairmount Elementary School
Gym to help pay funeral expenses
for Doug Bunch. It will begin at 6
p.m. There will be food, cake walk,
auction and singing. Please come
and join in helping the family.
Volunteers needed
You can make a difference in a
child’s life. Volunteer to have an ele
mentary student read to you or help
a young student learn basic math
skills. Please contact Hill City Ele
mentary at 253-1880.
Alison Taylor VanSant turned 2
years old Nov. 24, 2002. She cele
brated with a Scooby-Doo party.
Taylor would like to thank everyone
for all the wonderful gifts and for
making her day so special. Her
proud parents are Joey and Kimber
ly VanSant of Hinton.
Proud grandparents are Joe and
Lucille Goss of Tate, Joe and Maxie
VanSant of Jasper and John and
Sandra Morrison of Hinton.
Brenau University
Elizabeth Swafford of Marble
Hill was among the students named
to the Dean’s List at Brenau Univer
sity for fall semester 2002. Dean’s
List students must maintain a 3.5
GPA while carrying a minimum of
15 semester hours of course work.
Furman University
Clayton B. Burns, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton B. Burns Sr., and Ian
P. Calhoun, son of Ms. Meg Cal
houn, both of Big Canoe, were
among the students named to the
Dean’s List for fall term. Furman’s
Dean’s List is composed of full-time
undergraduate students who earn a
GPA of 3.4 or higher on a 4-point
system.
Benefit
There will be a benefit singing
and BBQ Saturday, Feb. 8 from 4-9
p.m. at Ball Ground Community
Center. Proceeds will be given to
Wanda Jordan for medical and trav
el expenses. Country, bluegrass and
gospel music performers include
CC Morgan, the Swaffords, Corner
stone, Amanda Rampley and Haley
Morgan-Smith. There will also be
an auction for homemade cakes and
other items. BBQ plates will be $5
from Two Brothers BBQ. Contact
Marsha Malone at 770-402-8822 or
479-6939. This is sponsored by
Faith Baptist Church Helping
Hands.
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