The Legacy of Alice Redmond

Alice Redmond is a classy lady with a great sense of humor and a twinkle in her eye. I first met Alice at church and was immediately impressed by her warmth and smile, not to mention her taste in jewelry!  But Alice is more than a well-accessorized southern woman. She has a deep faith in [...]

Write That Book in 2012!

A recent survey showed over 80 percent of Americans would like to write a book – but most never will. In fact, in our experience, of that 80 percent who WANT to write a book, only about ten percent will ever start – and only about one percent of those who start will finish! After years [...]

Climbing for Freedom

Freedom is a small but powerful word. If you have it, you can make choices, decisions and establish your future. If you don’t have freedom, you have no power, no choices and no hope for the future. Ask a child, taken from her home at the age of 11, robbed of her innocence and forced [...]

Portrait of a Dangerous Woman – Mary Frances Bowley

Mary Frances Bowley peers through the partly drawn blinds of a room that overlooks a wide, open field. Outside, two young women, who are adults by law but look like teenagers, meet each other’s gaze and break out into childish, hysterical giggles. They embrace each other tightly and head to a swing set a few [...]

Southern Crescent Chorale Christmas Concert is Sunday

Want to get in the Christmas spirit… and we mean really get into it?   Join Janice Folsom, Southern Crescent Chorale director (and one of Fayette Woman’s cover ladies), as she directs the Southern Crescent Chorale in their annual Christmas Concert.  For a very reasonable ticket cost ($15 adults, $12 students and seniors), you’ll hear [...]

Decades of Dedication Keep Fayette Thrift Shop Thriving

Commemorative milestones are traditionally observed by a time of celebration and reflection, and sometimes marked with customary tokens. For example, fine china is a traditional gift to signify 20 years of marriage. And while fine china may not be a common find among the thousands of donated items that are sold at Fayette Thrift Shop, [...]

Janet Lester and Vauna Bellury Share the Bounty

Vauna Bellury and Janet Lester are friends who have the same passion – to count their blessings and share their bounty. If you drop by Vauna’s house, you are likely to leave with some fresh eggs, courtesy of her nine chickens. After visiting Janet, your arms will be filled with some of her canned preserves [...]

Seeing Possibility

Audrey Demmitt is a school nurse. Every day, she treats injured, ill and upset children. At J.C. Booth Middle School in Peachtree City, her principal, Ted Lombard, estimates that she averages 1,000 visits every month. School nurses all across the country do the same thing, but Audrey is special. Unlike most other school nurses, Audrey [...]

Home Sweet Home

Our childhood homes help form our memories. Of course the argument that the people within make the home, and the house is just a place for the home to be, is made frequently. However, I remember events of my childhood based upon where my home was when those events took place. Each event was a [...]

Leadership Fayette Supports Cancer Wellness

Local Business Leaders Step Out in Support of Cancer Wellness Most residents of Fayette County have heard of the Cancer Wellness Center at Piedmont-Fayette Hospital. Yet not everyone is aware of what it does or that services are free and are not restricted to those being treated at Piedmont. In fact, Piedmont’s Wellness Center is [...]

Lauren Clark – Citizen of the World

Lauren Clark is the epitome of grace under pressure. The warm, yet extremely poised and focused 25 year-old exemplifies a worldliness and savvy far beyond her years. The daughter of Fayetteville residents Wanda and Michael Clark, Lauren made national news this past February when she was one of dozens of Americans who were evacuated from [...]

Lisa Williams Rescues Atlanta’s Lost and Forgotten

Lisa Williams remembers the first girl who walked through the door of this house, nestled snugly in the hills of a sleepy Georgia town. The 13 year-old, handcuffed and wearing leg shackles, had been arrested for child prostitution. Young, bound, and helpless, the “baby,” as Williams calls her, was a painfully real example of something [...]

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