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Houston native, former Robins Air Force Base office manager saluted on 100th birthday
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LUCILLE WHITTINGTON
Now 100 Years Old
Beckham named Who’s
Who lifetime member
Congratulations to Keith
Beckham on being accepted by The
National Registry of Who's Who as
a Life Member in recognition of
exemplary service, both to commu
nity and to profession Keith is pres
ident and CEO of Hometown Bank
of Villa Rica and a member of the
Perry High School Class of 1979
which, by the way. is planning a 20-
year reunion for this summer
Keith and his brother, Kevin,
who is attorney with Wilson &
Associates of Little Rock. Ark., arc
sons of Alma and the late Milton
Beckham. Alma is looking forward
to having both sons home for
Thanksgiving.
•••
Pads for Hospice patients will be
assembled Dec. 2, from 9-11:30
a.m. at First Baptist Church fellow
ship hall. This project involves cut
ting, pinning and basting among
friendly folks and anyone willing to
help is encouraged to drop in. Call
Mary Ferguson at 987-4000.
•••
Congratulations to Gordon
Scarborough and Doshia White on
their recent engagement and wed
ding plans lor Dec. 19 at First
Christian Church The happy cou
ple met through the Single Again
ministry not long after Doshia
moved from Warner Robins to
Perry. She is with Bluebird Body
Co., and Gordon sells promotional
products for U.S. Advertising here
in Perry and 25 surrounding coun
ties.
•••
We're all invited to join a group
of ladies who exercise every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
8:45 a m. at First Baptist Church
choir room. The group meets for
prayer, exercises for 15 minutes
using arm weights, and walks out
side until 10 a m., inside if it’s rain
ing.
Step aerobics will begin after the
first of 1999. Cost is $1 for the
class, and $1 for the nursery which
is provided.
This is a non-denominational
group that is ageless. Maurice
Wright, who will be 76 years young
on Dec. I, is in place every morning
hanging in there with the younger
matrons.
•••
Congratulations to ABC’s Al
Roker and NBC and Perry's Debra
Roberts Roker on the birth of their
baby girl Nov. 17 in New York.
Little Lcla Ruth weighed 6 pounds
and 10 ounces. She brings to 16 the
number of grandchildren for Ben
and Ruth Roik. - who also have
two great-grands.
•••
The Delphian Club members
gathered Nov. 12 for the regular
meeting The group toured the
Music Hall of Fame, the Douglas
Theater and had lunch at the Green
Jacket in Macon. Hostesses were
Lucille Whittington, stood near the entrance to the
Fellowship Hall of Liberty United Methodist Church
m south Bibb County.
Although her birthday was days away (Aug. I),
July 26. was the best time for her family, Mary
Cheek and other relatives, to honor Whittington with
a party in which she could share her 100th birthday
with her family and friends.
And what a party it was! All of “Mrs. Whit’s” liv
ing relatives, her church community and past
employment friends came.
The Fellowship Hall was resplendent with beauti
ful floral arrangements. A refreshment table featured
a variety of fruits and finger foods. A delicious
pineapple based punch was served.
The three grandsons, Steve, Louie Jr. and his son,
and Charles, presented a short program. Steve wel
comed the guests, Charles told some humorous sto
ries about “Mrs. Whit,” Louie Jr.’s son, Tommy,
played a short trumpet solo, and Louie sang “He
Touched Me,” one of “Mrs. Whit’s” favorite songs.
For two hours, guests filed by to congratulate this
perky Christian lady, who is known by the children
at her church as the Campbell Soup Lady, for her job
in the church of collecting Campbell Soup labels for
a children's home in south Georgia.
On Aug. I, 1898, Johnnie Lucille Aultman was
bom to Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Aultman of north
Houston County. She became the youngest of their
six children, joining two brothers. Culver R. and J.
W., and three sisters, Cosby, (later Mrs. George
Avant). Charlie Mac (later Mrs. Dewey Skipper), and
Louise (later Mrs. William R. Garrett).
Lucille Aultman attended the local school in
Dunbar, the Mamie Dorrah Private School in Macon,
and then the Locust Grove Private School in Locust
Grove. She also attended Wesleyan College in
Macon. Later, she married Benjamin Edward
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Visitin'
With Joan
Dorsett Lgß^gjJ
Carolyn Etheridge and Evelyn
Money.
Perry native Terre Moody
Walker of Duluth wants to get the
word out to folks here who might
be interested in her Perry Folk and
More web page. This could be just
your cup of tea when you and yours
gather around the computer this
Thanksgiving.
“My web site is titled The Briar
Patch’ which is also the name of our
home here in the Atlanta area. After
20 years of moving across the
United States with my husband’s
company, they finally threw us
back in the ‘briar patch’ six years
ago by moving us back to Georgia.”
Terre wrote.
The section on Perry is titled
“Perry Folk & More” and is easiest
actusCd ill "The Bnai Patch”, the
url world wide web address
http://mcmhcrs.aol.com/dixicten
This url will bring up the introduc
tory page to the site which contains
an index of the site. Simply find the
“Perry Folk & More” and click the
little "berry.”
“The section is up to five pages
now and I will be adding more each
month. The latest addition is ‘The
Soup Group.’ I think the pages
speak pretty much for themselves;
however, please Email me with any
questions or comments. Folk can go
to the library and access the World
Wide Web with the assistance of
those nice folk at work there,” Terre
told me.
“Perry is a special place and I
want the world to know about it. ...
but not move there.” she added.
Here’s her email address:
Terre Moody Walker
dixieten@aol.com
Web site: The Briar Patch
http://members.aol .com/di xieten
Snail Mail:
9080 Prestwick Club Dr.
Duluth, Ga. 30097
770-446-2823
In a postscript, Terre added, “If
you visit the site please sign the
guest book. I gel a real kick out of
seeing who’s ‘just visitin’.”
(EDITOR’S NOTE: From
having visited Terre’s site several
times before, 1 know her work to
be very good. I can recommend
her pages with no qualms. Pay
her a visit and tell her
jjedit@hom.net sent you. -Jj)
A “Fun” Raiser, sponsored by
Perry Middle School Athletic
Booster Club, scheduled for Dec. 5,
(See Visitin’, Page 3B)
Page 1B
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On Aug. I, 1898, Johnnie Lucille
Aultman was bom to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles R. Aultman of Dunbar commu
nity of north Houston County. She
became the youngest of their six chil
dren, joining two brothers. Culver R.
and J. W., and three sisters, Cosby;
Charlie Mac and Louise.
Whittington, son of Methodist minister, the Rev. and
Mrs. Bill Whittington, and has been a widow for
more than 50 years.
The couple never had children, but she reared her
niece, Man, Aultman (Mrs. Louie Frank Cheek), as
her “child". Mary’s father was Culver Aultman, who
died when Mary was two years old.
Lucille Whittington (now called "Mrs. Whit”) and
Mary moved back from Guyton to Rogers Avenue in
Macon, making a home for both of them and “Mrs.
Whit’s” mother, Mrs. Aultman. All lived there until
Mrs. Aultman’s death.
“Mrs. Whit” built a home on Walden Road in
south Bibb County., the neighborhood where Charlie
Mae and Dewey Skipper lived. She still lives in that
home.
After moving to Walden Road. “Mrs. Whit’s" sis
ter. Cosby ("sister”) and George Avant, built a home
across the street from “Mrs. Whit."
From August. 1942 until December. 1965. “Mrs.
Whit” worked at Robins Air Force Base, first known
as Wellston Air Depot and later as Warner Robins Air
Materiel Area (WRAMA),
“Mrs. Whit’s” work started as that of a typist and
included work in the Adjutant General’s organization
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and the command section. She later was Supervisor
of Publications and Forms Management which
included the Orders office and Master Publications
library for the base, the position she held upon retire
ment
Her employees won several awards and she won
the first Joe B. Thrifty Award for eliminating, con
solidating and revising forms (SF, DD, AF. AMC and
local forms) reducing required warehouse storage.
She also monitored publications, forms and libraries
at WRAMA satellite bases in the southeastern states.
She was required to travel to inspect operations and
finished products at each off base installation.
After her retirement from Robins Air Force Base.
“Mrs. Whit” continued her interest and activity in her
church, Liberty United Methodist Church in south
Bibb County, Porter Field Garden Club, community
activities, and her family, which continues to grow.
Mary had married Louie Frank Cheek from Fort
Valley, who is now deceased. They had three sons:
Steve, Louie Jr. and Charles, who are all married and
have families of their own. Steve and Pat Pair Cheek
have two daughters, Michelle and Kelly; Louie Jr
and Brenda Johnston Cheek have a son. Tommy;
Charles and Cyndi Goodloe Check have a daughter,
Jessica Cheek. In all, “Mrs. Whit” has three grand
children and four great grandchildren, her “daughter
‘s family.
“Mrs. Whit" is the last member of her family.
Neither her parents nor her siblings lived to her age
of l(X) years. Don’t count this amazing little lad> out
yet! “Mrs Whit" renewed her driver’s license on her
birthday, and was surprised when the computer noted
that she hadn't been bom yet!
She also renewed everything she should renew on
her birthday. She has had corneal implants and
recently had her own teeth crowned, so she is off to
a good start for her second 100 years.
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