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Resurgens helps kids at Christian City

From left, Resurgens Foundation Director of Marketing Kathy Scott, The Children’s Village COO Phil Kouns, Christian City’s Director of Marketing & Development Heidi Becker, and Resurgens Foundation Board Member Gary Cobb. Photo/Special.

Resurgens Foundation recently presented a gift of $25,000 to The Children’s Village at Christian City to be used to provide the abandoned and abused children who live in the cottages on their campus with a recreational multi-court facility.

The mission of the Resurgens Foundation is to promote active lifestyles for people of all ages and all abilities. The organization recognizes that play is an essential “therapy” to help young people grow stronger and healthier. Read More»

Xernona Clayton Visits ABWA

Xernona Clayton Visits ABWA

Members of the McIntosh Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association welcomed Xernona Clayton, founder, president and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, as guest speaker recently. Clayton has more than 40 years experience in television. She was the south’s first black person to have her own television show, the Xernona Clayton show, which was a regular feature on CBS affiliate WAGA-TV in Atlanta. She worked for nearly 30 years at Turner Broadcasting as a corporate executive and advisor to Ted Turner. She worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read More»

Clothes Less Traveled donates $35k to Cancer Wellness Center

From left: Diane Bartels, Clothes Less Traveled board of directors; Vicki Turner, Piedmont Fayette Hospital board of directors; Janet McGregor Dunn, Clothes Less Traveled board of directors; Tavari Taylor-Brown, Program Coordinator, Cancer Wellness at Piedmont Fayette; Bob Cover, Clothes Less Traveled board of directors; and Debbie Britt, Director Community and Public Relations, Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Photo/Special.

Cancer Wellness at Piedmont Fayette Hospital is the recipient of a $35,000 grant from Clothes Less Traveled Thrift Shop, Inc. The grant will provide general operating support for Cancer Wellness at Piedmont Fayette, which offers free services and programs to anyone affected by cancer at any phase in his or her cancer journey, regardless of whether or not they are a Piedmont patient. Read More»

Fayette County library to present children’s play over spring break

The Fayette County Public Library Children’s sectiion is excited to bring a literary play to the stage during this year’s spring break. The Columbus State University Theatre Department will be coming on April 2 at 10 a.m. to present their show “The Diary of a Fly, Spider and Worm” based on the books by Doreen Cronin. Read More»

PTC Girl Scout wins gold award with focus on babies’ health

Janet Mannion, on left, receiving donations from Theresa Daugherty, on right, as part of her Gold Award project “Relax for the Babies.” Photo/Special.

Theresa Daugherty was recently awarded the highest honor in Girl Scouts: the Gold Award. Her project, “Relax for the Babies,” impacted the maternity center at local hospitals, Piedmont Fayette Hospital and Southern Regional Medical Center.

Daugherty chose this project because she wanted to give the babies every chance she could to be healthy. She collected items for the goodie bags that would go to the women on bed rest as well as different things for the women to do by themselves or with their family and friends. Read More»

McCord-Wardell Engagement

Crystal Leigh McCord engaged to Benjamin Michael Wardell

Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCord of Fayetteville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Crystal Leigh McCord, to Benjamin Michael Wardell, son of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Wardell of Fayetteville.

Crystal is a 2009 graduate of Whitewater High School, and will graduate from Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting in the Spring of 2014.

She is currently employed with Delta Community Credit Union. Read More»

DuPre-Coleman Engagement

Nicole Corrin DuPre engaged to Joshua Eric Coleman

Nicole Corrin DuPre and Joshua Eric Coleman are to be married on May 4, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Peachtree City.

The bride is the daughter of Ms. Neal Dow DuPre and the late Thomas Lee DuPre of Peachtree City. She is the granddaughter of the late Fred and Fern Dow of Indianola, Neb. and the late Henry and Ruth DuPre of Atlanta, Ga.

The groom is the son of Grady and Dixie Coleman of Lawrenceville, Ga. He is the grandson of the late Grady and Gladys Coleman of Gulfport, Miss. and Edna and the late Leroy Winger of Grove City, Pa. Read More»

Hogarth-McMullen Engagement

Meagan Elizabeth engaged to James McMullen II

Wayne and Tanya Hogarth of Fayetteville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Meagan Elizabeth, to James McMullen II, son of James and Kelly McMullen of Virginia Beach, Va.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Junius and Margie Condrey of Richmond, Va. and Earl Hogarth and the late Billie Marie Hogarth of Chester, Va.

She is a 2008 honor graduate of Starr's Mill High School and graduated cum laude from Winthrop University in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Read More»

Dayton Calhoun, III, 68, of Hogansville

Dayton Calhoun, III

Dayton Calhoun, III, 68, of Hogansville, Ga. died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Newnan, Ga.

Mr. Calhoun was born Dec. 31, 1944 in Hamilton, Ga., son of the late Dayton Calhoun, Jr. and Lou Burleson Calhoun. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in Vietnam, and a member of Glennville Baptist Church, Glennville, Ga.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Calhoun was preceded in death by his first wife, Cheryl Phillips Calhoun. Read More»

Donald Leverton Clarke, age 84

Mr. Donald Leverton Clarke, born July 7, 1928 in Lowell, Mass. died March 15, 2013 of renal failure at his home in Peachtree City, Ga.

He moved to Nutley, N.J. in 1939 where he met his wife Mildred Jane Elsishans. In 1992, they retired to the bay front in Manahawkin, N.J. before coming to Peachtree City in 2004 to live near their daughter and family. Donald worked for Esso/Exxon for 30 years and was a member of the New Jersey State Fireman's Association due to his many years as a Nutley Volunteer Fireman.

Donald was preceded in death by his son Greg Clarke in 2008. Read More»