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Wed- June 25, 1997, Houston
Military news
Montgomery
named captain
Staff, Community Reports
First Lt. Mark A.
Montgomery was recently
promoted to the rank of
Captain. Montgomery is
serving as commander of
HHD, 417th Signal
Battalion, Florida Army
National Guard, located in
Pensacola, Fla.
Montgomery is a 1978
graduate of Perry High
School. He is married to the
former Karen Christodolus
and they have two children,
Taylor Allen and Sarah
Kaitlyn. He is the son of Bill
and Emily Montgomery of
Perry.
Copeland, back from
Mediterranean
Marine Lance Cpl.
Johnny C. Copeland, son of
Johnny C. and Jo Ann
Copeland of Bonaire,
recently returned to Camp
Lejeune, N.C., after com
pleting a six-month deploy
ment to the Mediterranean
Sea while serving with the
26th Marine Expeditionary
Unit.
The 1994 graduate of
Houston County High
School of Warner Robins,
joined the Marine Corps in
June 1994.
Davis returns from
duty aboard Ramage
Navy Petty Officer 3rd
Class Billy J. Davis, whose
wife, Denise, is the daughter
of Watson and Mammie
McWilliam of Hawkinsville,
recently completed a six
month deployment to the
Mediterranean Sea aboard
the guided missile destroyer
USS Ramage.
During the deployment,
Davis visited France, Greece
and Italy.
He is a 1980 graduate of
Randolph High School of
Cuthbert.
Kemp named to
Academy Deans List
Coast Guard Cadet Paul
W. Kemp, son of
Wainwright Kemp of Arena
Road, Perry, was recently
named on the Dean’s List at
United States Coast Guard
Academy, New London,
Conn.
He is a 1994 graduate of
Perry High School.
Thomas becomes Air
Force Airman
Kanishea Thomas has
been promoted in the U.S.
Air Force to the rank of air
man.
Thomas is the daughter of
Charles E. and Ellen
Thomas of Perry.
Rivera at Dobbins
Air Force Base
Air Force Reserve
Airman Pamela Kay Rivera
has arrived for duty at
Dobbins Air Force Base,
Marietta.
Rivera is a 1994 graduate
of Perry High School and is
the daughter of Karen K. and
James F. Stone of Kathleen.
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SOUTH HOUSTON MANSION ON COVER OF BOOK ABOUT RURAL CHANGE
Book is available in Houston County Library in Perry
South Houston mansion on book cover,
book authored by PerryanNan Johnson
Changing Rural Social Systems
- Adaptation and Survival
A Book Review by the Co
s Dr. Nan E. Johnson
From the 1970s to the 19905. it
became easier to move money
from one place to another than to
pay workers to move. To boost
corporate profits, the decision
makers became more concentrated
in big U.S. cities. The jobs of the
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Now one
Rachel Danielle LeClair
celebrated her first birth
day on May 16. She is the
daughter of Chuck and
Pam LeClair of Warner
Robins. Grandparents are
Bill and Ann Jones of
Perry, Betty LeClair of
Columbia, S.C. and Charles
LeClair of Casselberry, Fla.
One year old
Kinsley Leann Gilliam
will celebrate her first
birthday on June 26. She is
the daughter of Phil and
Lisa Gilliam of Macon. Her
proud grandparents are
Phil ana Linda Gilliam of
Macon and Leighton and
Pam Kersey of Henderson.
Kinsley has a 6-year-old
sister, Kelsey.
rank-and-file workers were cut in
small towns and rural areas of
America and were exported to for
eign cities. This overall trend
aggravated the economic advan
tages of urban over rural families
both in the U.S. and abroad.
Then how can rural economic
development projects buck this
general, global trend? That is the
question tackled in anew book co
edited by a Perry native, Dr. Nan
Johnson, professor of sociology at
Michigan State University in East
Lansing. She and her co-editor, Dr.
Ching-Li Wang, find answers in
examples of successful rural devel
opment in the U.S., Asia, Africa,
and :Latin America.
Die photograph on the cover of
their book, entitled Changing Rural
Social Systems: Adaptation and
Survival, powerfully symbolizes
their answer by featuring a nine
teenth century mansion on the Davis
Plantation in south Houston County.
The mansion is symbolic at two
levels First, the farm has been in
continuous operation since it was
carved out of a forest before the
Civil War. Second, the mansion
was conceived in the mind of a
young black man who was the
favorite slave of Master Davis.
Master Davis sent Pete the slave
to Philadelphia to study architec
ture. Pete surprised all local resi
dents except Master Davis by
returning to slavery on the Davis
Plantation after graduation. Master
Davis’s first assignment to Pete the
slave architect was to build the
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Birthday girl
Rose Evelyn "Sugar
Mama" Lester, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie C.
Lester Jr. of Tacoma,
Wash., celebrated her
third birthday June 21.
She has two brothers,
Reginald Lester and Jermel
Lester. Grandparents are
the late Rose Evelyn Lester
and Charlie C. Lester Sr. of
Henderson and Mrs. Betty
Brown of Tacoma, Wash.
mansion on the Davis Plantation in
south Houston County. Not only
did Pete draw the blueprints but he
also directed the slave laborer
who built the greathouse. It fea
tures a three-story annex, rare for
rural Southern mansions in the
19th century.
While construction on the
Davis greathouse was under way,
the Perry Methodist Church
burned to the ground. Master
Davis, a staunch Methodist, asked
Pete the slave-architect to design
and direct the construction of the
Greek Revival structure now
standing on Carroll Street in Perry.
Because Pete was granted his
freedom after completing both
construction projects, Dr. Johnson
thinks he symbolizes adaptation
and survival at the personal level.
A photograph of the Davis
greathouse appears on the cover
page of this book. A copy of the
book has been donated to the
Perry-Houston County Library.
Emily Ann Famham
Kerri and Charles Famham of
Perry announce the birth of a
daughter, Emily Ann Famham,
born April 18, 1997, at The
Medical Center of Macon. She
weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and was 19
3/4 inches long. Kerri Famham is
the former Kerri McClure.
Grandparents are Jeanette C.
Ferguson of Perry ,Donald
Russell McClure Sr. of Kansas
City, MO, Dallas and Charlotte
Cotton of Henderson and Allan
Famham of Maryland.
She also has an uncle, Donald
Rusell McClure Jr. of Kansas City, Mo.
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—Engagements and Weddings
vjroraon, mcXvOy plan
June 28 wedding day
Sherrv A. Gordon, daughter
of Mrs. Lillian J. Jones of Perry
and Horace Jones of Queen,
N.Y., and Randy B. McCoy,
son of Helen L. McCoy of
Perry and Bennie McCoy of
Macon, announce their engage
ment.
The wedding is set for June
28,1997 at 1316 John Clerkley
Drive at 4 p.m.
The bride elect is the grand
Bramblett, Beck married
June 8 at Hayneville
Rhonda W. Bramlett of Hayneville and Kenneth S. Beck of
Hayneville were united in marriage June 8, 1997, at First Baptist
Church of Hayneville.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.L. “Marty”
Woodard of Hayneville.
The groom is the son of Sandra Beck of Macon and Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Beck of Centerville.
Die Rev. Sean Beck officiated at the ceremony.
Paula Speir of Hawkinsville provided the wedding music.
The bridal gown was tea length with cream colored bodice with
lace overlay and black skirt. Cream colored hose and shoes and a
double strand of pearls with matching earrings completed the
ensemble.
The bridal bouquet was cream colored silk roses and carnations
mixted with teal flowers and teal ribbons.
Die bridge was given away by her son, Michael Bramlett, who
then served as best man.
A reception hosted by Amanda Collins and Ida Woodard was
given at First Baptist Church of Hayneville.
Servers were Amanda Collins, Jacki Engle, Ida Woodard, and
Paula Speir.
A rehearsal dinner hosted by Sandra Beck took place at
Quiocey’s of Perry.
After a wedding trip to Orlando, Fla., the couple will reside in
Hayneville.
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daughter of the late Martha
Gordon and the late Jack
Gordon and the late Willie and
Louise Jones of Perry. She is a
graduate of Perry High.
The groom-elect is the
grandson of Odell and Thelma
McCoy of Perry and Wiljjam
and Coralee Durham of Perry.
He is a graduate of Perry High
and is employed at Quincey’s
of Perry and Perry Bicycle.
The big one
Latressa Shymena
Adams turned one year old
May 22. She is the daugh
ter of Lakena Adams and
Tyree Searcy, both of Perry.
Grandp[arents are Gloria
and Sam robertson and
Dorothy and Henry Searcy,
all of Pei^ry.