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Lifestyle Geneaologists to meet May 20 at Flint Building in Warner Robins Central Georgia Genealogical Society members will hold a meeting May 20 at 7 p.m. at Flint Electric Building, 1600 Elberta Road in Warner Robins. Homer Hobbs, publicity chairman, announces the program “Genealogical Value of Georgia’s Homestead Exemption Records” by Delia Gilliland. Visitors are welcome. • •• Congratulations to Ethel Ellis on her 80th birthday April 16. Her surprise party a week later was truly unexpected. Son Alton picked her up for dinner out with him and Baby Melanie whom they were to fetch at Rozar Park Community Center. That’s where the party was already in progress and Ethel was surprised and shocked almost into fainting. When she regained her composure, she was greeted by all of her grandchildren: Matt, twins Heather of Kissimmee who’s getting mar ried soon and Brant of Cordele, Todd from Maine where he’s in the Navy and his wife and three little boys. Members of her First Baptist Church Dorcas Sunday School Class and a host of friends were also on hand for birthday cake and party foods and to see to it that Ethel had the time of her life. • •• Barbara Jones was hostess at her cen trally located historical Evergreen Street home May 16 for a family reunion of the Coleman/Rogers families. The 20-plus group met in the afternoon for dessert and lots of good conversation on the front porch and all through Barbara's comfortable home. Nina Rogers Harper was among the group as a local family member. • •• Meanwhile up the street Bob and Becky Largent entertained family and friends of their daughter Donna Rosner who received her undergraduate degree in middle grades education May 12 from Georgia Southwestern State University. A husband with an Air Force career, Jeff now with the Perry Police Department, and three chil dren, Beau, Savannah and Austin, some what delayed Donna’s degree. Her longtime friend, Julie Johnson of Edina. Minn., who began college with her some 15 years ago at North Dakota State. University flew in to serve punch at the party. Her brother, Scott Largent, flew in from Clinton. Mo., just for the occasion. This spunky little well-educated mom hopes to teach in Houston County after a summer of fun with her children. She’s now right in the middle of softball season at Rozar Park coaching Savannah’s team. The Cubs. • •• Good for Martha Davis. Having worked for the Department of Labor in Macon for almost a year, she recently transferred to the Perry Main Street offices and no longer has that commute. Sometime later this summer the local offices will be moving to a new building on Ga. 96. • •• April Fendley has been named an Oxford Scholar and made the Dean’s List fos her freshman year at Oxford College of Emory. She has been selected to be a student instructor of calculus and writing during her sophomore year. This summer she is working with Bobby and Mary Lynn Harrison at R & R Systems. • •• Welcome to the lake Lake Blackshear, that is to the Griffin girls. Kimberly, Marci and Tamatha with their respective husbands, Martin Pinckney, Deen Cawthon and Ed Beckham, recently pur chased an A-frame along Fort Early Branch, which is also “our” slough. Lucky children involved are Avoly Pinckney and her baby brother who is expected May 28, Griffin and Conner Cawthon and Ed’s niece Molly Jones. The sisters have had restored the boat of their late father. Jimmy Griffin, and plan to launch “The Ski Antique" this coming weekend. • •• Candice and Matt Hutchens are honey mooning this week on Hilton Head Island following their First Baptist Church Perry wedding ceremony May 15. The service was a virtual concert of their favorite music including piano and songs by Yvonne Edwards, song by Teresa Jones, guitar and song by the groom's father Larry Hutchens, guitar and original song to the bride by her father, Carl Aubrey Ray Jr. and recorded music by Kenny G and Shania Twain with Bryan White. The precious flower girls and ring bearer were the epitome of china dolls. Matt’s sis ter. Mandi Hutchens Crowder, was a bridal attendant. Larry Hutchens attended her recent college graduation in Alaska and they returned to Perry together in time for the wedding. ••• Congratulations to Jamie and Joy Hairrington who observed their second wedding anniversary May 17 and are expecting their first child Oct. 22. Jamie is enjployed by Henry Mitchum Equipment and Joy is an operating room technician at Perry Hospital. **• Perry was well repre sented in the statewide Miss Georgia Peach pageant at the Pettigrew Center of Fort Valley State University May 15. Tiny Just Visitin’ With Joan Oorsett Miss was won by Randilee Evans, daughter of Randy and Lee Evans who is a student at Photogenic winner j was Beth Sellers. / and Andrea Sellers 1 Jgfjjfpl j Elementary student. \ J First runner up Little \, ' Miss is Heather Tucker, daughter of John BETH SELLERS and Tamra Tucker and Kings Chapel student, Ist runner up for Junior Miss Courtney Grimm daughter of Gordy and Leslie Grimm and student at Kings Chapel, 3rd runner up for Junior Miss Cassandra Shaeffer daughter of Todd and Lana Ingersoll and Perry Middle School student. Miss Teen Photogenic winner was Ashley Seamon, daughter of Keith and Janet Seamon and Perry Middle School student and 2nd runner up for Miss Teen was Lindsey Diaz, daughter of Richard and Wanda Diaz and a Perry High School stu dent. • •• Congratulations to Tori DeLoach who graduated May 15 with an associate's degree in business from Macon State College. This 30th annual commencement was the first ceremony ever to bestow bac calaureate degrees. She graduated as a Dean’s List Scholar being one of 15 out of 507 students to receive such an honor. Tori and her fiancee Greg Morris are employed by Henkels & McCoy and plan to be married Nov. 6. ••• The wedding of Kendall George snd Jeff Beasley May 15 may very well be the last wedding to be held in the historic Perry Presbyterian Church sanctuary. Completed in 1849 downtown, on the site now occu pied by The Inside Scoop, the church was moved to its Second Street location in 1958 and is soon to be replaced by the almost complete brick structure next-door. When Kendall said she wanted to have her wedding in Houston County where her grandparents, Arthur and Marge White and Johnny and Nell George, and her aunts and unites and cousins live, it delighted her mother Ann White George to come home to Perry. The wife of an Air Force offi cer who’s lived many places didn’t realize they might make history. She just knew she would be with those she grew up with and love. The small church was filled to the brim with the wedding party and guests who then moved along to fill the Fairview Room for the lively reception. Eyecatching was the decorative watermelon whale center piece carved by her dad, Mike, Just like the ones Kendall always asked him to carve for her birthdays, a childhood tradition. After they honeymoon in Bermuda. Kendall and Jeff will be at home for the summer in Colorado Springs. • •• Howard and Rachel Wooden have returned to their Todd Road home from a trip to Spokane for the May 9 golden wed ding anniversary of Howard’s sister, Wilna and Jack Williamson who married in Jeffersonville. Two low weather records of 22 degrees and light snow were refreshing but cause for wearing the Jackets they took along. The Woodens visited their Warner Robins High School Class of '54 classmates Hubert and Pat Harley who live in a large moun tain home. Their deck overlooks most of Spokane. Not able to attend their 45th reunion this summer, the Harleys plan to come back for the fiftieth. ••• Miriam and Larry Miller attended the Baccalaureate Service and Commencement of their grandson, Wesley Christian Jones, at Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. May 15. He graduated cum laude with a bache lor of science degree. They were accompa* nied by their daughter Cynthia and Michael Jones and grandson Heath Jones of Burgaw, N.C. ••• Congratulations to George Hunt and Tiffany Bush of Atlanta on their recent engagement. They plan to be married Oct. 23 in Atlanta. ••• 4 We still have a few dates this week to catch Brett Copeland as Sudsy and veteran actress Megan Strandburg as Babe O'Day in Macon Little Theatre’s “Good News.” Joy Goodman wrote in The Macon Telegraph (See VISITIN’. 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Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkins Modeling in the show to enthusiastic applause were Shekesa Brown, Bertha Cook, Sandra Deloach, Bridgette Dennard, Tamar Dennis, DeAnn Dent, Loria Dewberry, Lillian Durham, Taraya Fenn, Sherita Girdner, Cathy Johnson, Wayne Jones, Eddie Kuhn, Anna Lawrence, Michael Lum, Louvenia Parks, Sangita Patel, Stephanie Pitts, Loretta Rayford, Nancy Rosenberg, Georgette Saunders, Salonia Stewart, Carolyn Tarrant, Chuck Thomas, Pagie Thomas, Judith White, Julie White,-Barbara Young. ■ •••*•■■ ■I NEC DT2IOO MB digital phone |S69*s I n0» 5 49 95