A SCENE FROM 1929
Sunday School class - East Newnan Baptist and Methodist Church
This group of young people is a Sunday School class from East Newnan Baptist and Methodist Church shown in a 1929 photo. There were 90 pupils in the class, and the teacher is seventh from the right on the first row. Among the names that can remembered are Almeta Hinesley Erickson, Ollie Caswell Denney, Ada Caswell, Mattie Rainwater Whatley, Allie Rainwater Jones, Maudean Rainwater Couch, Agnes Rainwater, Emma Ferrell, Mildred Rainwater Pate, Kate Watson James, Mildred Braswell Jones, Opal Wilsoon McMichael, Ruby Wilson McMichael, Eva Mae Wilson Tolbert, Irene Harris Medley, Odeal Attaway McCarty, Velma Nix Hubbard, Kitty Neil Gadd, Essie Neal Stitcher, Ruth Kimble Brooks, Lola Winkles Moore, Cassie Neese Hardegree, Lunar Robinson Findley, Clyde Bennett Duffey, Hattie Winkles Furlough, Clarice Winkles Phillips, Edna Bowie Butler, Sadie Goodroe Edison, Lilliam Calhoun, Mattie Calhoun Payton, Ellen Turner Chappel, Nellie Wood Furlow, Georgia Adams, Mae Braswell, Zonla Neese, Grace Calhoun Shadix, Chestina Neese, Myrtle Vines, Lellon Roberts Williamson, Mattie Arrington, Avis Roberts Melear, Velma Crawford Hanson, Rosa Lee Bennett Hemmings, Emma Sue Harris Rogers and Mildred Johnson.
Newnan Times-Herald
1929
Almeta Erickson
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CCR 1985.10.01
A BIRTHDAY GATHERING
A birthday gathering
This group of youngsters attended the third birthday party of young Katie Glenn Arnall at the home of her uncle, Alton W. Arnall, on Jackson Street in the 1920s. In the the photograph are, from left, front, John Holmes McCalla, Jett Fisher, Bobby Mann, Donald Banks, Katire Arnall Hollis, David Stripling, Rebecca Gray Powell, Jimmy Weddington, Fannie Arnold Hudson, Billy Murphey, Ethel Cook Ragsdale; second row, Polly Cook Crowley, Martha Mooney Hines, Bessie Mann Sewell, Bobo B. Mann, Jack Powell, Jr., Joe Hollis, Jr., Mary Davis Bryant, W.B. Davis, Jr., Minerva Cole Woodruff, Zoe Glover Drake Dickson, Sarah Spradlin Johnson, William Banks; third row, Harrold Barron, Marrion "Brer" Barron, James McCalla, Jr., Sara Gray Hollis Cole, James "Buddy" Owens, Lucia Peniston, Mary King Keith, Frances King ann, Georgia Wynn Carter, Margaret Penistons "Skees" Powell; and in back, Jean Loffin-Cobb and Lucy Arnall Colvin.
Newnan Times-Herald
1920s
Katie Arnall Hollis
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CCR 1985.10.08
UDC ENTERTAINS VETERANS
UDC entertains Veterans
This distinguished group is gathered at the Holberg in Senoia about 1915 when the United Daughters of the Confederacy entertained Confederate Veterans of the 19th Georgia Regiment, Company D. In the photo are, from left, front, Mrs. C.f. Hollberg, Sr., Mrs. Emman Benton, Mrs. "Grun" Hunter, Mrs. May Baggarly, Miss Molly Sibley, Mrs. Anderson (first name unknown), Mrs. Will Harris, Mrs. J.D. Harwell; and the veterans, standing, Harrison Summers, Mr. Coggins (first name unknown), Tom Carlton, Berry Lisles, John Dawson Johnson, C.F. Hollberg, Sr. (host), Will Odom, Billy Anderson, Dady Peek (E.T.) and Jim Garrison.
Newnan Times-Herald
1915
Jim Baggarly
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CCR 1985.10.10
Old Gem Theatre
Gem Theatre
Many local residents thinking back to their childhood will remember the old Gem Theatre on the west side of the Court Square in downtown Newnan. This photo shows the old theatre and the adjacent buildings. Located to the south were Walter R. Thomas Jewelers and Newnan Hardware Company. The building where the jewelry store was housed previously was the location of the McCalla Drugstore. James McCalla, Sr., remembers working at the drugstore and going to the movie theatre on Saturdays, spending a dime to stay all day. Upstairs from the drugstore was the Newnan Building and Loan Association, now know as Newnan Federal Savings and Loans, before it moved to an old family home on Jefferson Street.
Newnan Times-Herald
Bob Shapiro Photography
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CCR 1985.10.15
CCR 2008.03.16
Long-Ago Homecoming
Church Homecoming
An old fashioned homecoming is a tradition at Elim Baptist Church, one of the oldest churches in Coweta County. This photograph shows the crowd at the Elim homecoming on August 30, 1936. Many improvements and changes have been seen around the Handy Road church since that time. In 1987, Elim celebrated their 150th anniversary with a traditional revival and celebration festivities.
W.M. Boynton, photographer from Carrollton, Georgia
Newnan Times-Herald
August 30, 1936
Ethel Luckie
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CCR 1985.10.17
CCR 1987.07.21
THE MARTINS OF MORELAND
Martin Family - 1889
This 1889 photo shows a family before the turn of the century. Seated are George Hiram Martin, left, and his wife Nancy McDonald Martin. Standing at right beside his mother is George Thomas Martin. In the father's lap is McDonald Martin, and in the mother's lap is Jennie Sue Martin. Standing in back, from left, and Lula Martin and John Henry Martin.
S.F. Jackson
Newnan Times-Herald
1889
Nellie Cox
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CCR 1985.10.22
Some of the Names
Senoia School fourth and fifth graders
Some of the names and faces in this 1920s photo of fourth and fifth graders at the Senoia School may be familiar. The school was also known as the Brantley Institute, explains Mrs. Montine Caldwell, who provided the photo. Among those in the picture is her husband's brother, Theron Caldwell. In the class taught by a Mrs. McKnight are, from left, front, Reba Allison, Rosa Jo Hardy, Lucy Kate Bell, Ruth Estes, Edith Cook, Edna Byron, Sara Jones, Sylvania Kemp, Regina Brandenburg, Charlene Mann, Charlie Maude Byrum; second row, Runell Hubbard, Warren Haisten, Bennis Nations, William Luther Carlton, Pauline Milsap, Ali Mae Wood, Cora Putnam, Doris Arnall, Nell Benton, Mrs. McKnight; third row, Joe Atkinson, Ralph Henson, Wilbur Cook, Homer Gray Hutchinson, Theron Caldwell, Talmadge McKnight, Lewis Attaway, Robert Cook, Harvey Crawford, Edward Alexander, Julian Crook, Ralph Putnam, Jim Wilson and Bob Harden.
Newnan Times-Herald
1920s
Montine Caldwell
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CCR 1985.10.24
Who Are These People?
Gathering
The identities of these people and the location of the building are a mystery.
Newnan Times-Herald
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CCR 1985.10.29
CLASS OF 1920
Newnan high School Graduating Class - 1920
Newnan High School's graduating class in 1920 was a bit smaller than those today, a little over 40 in comparison to almost 400 in 1985. In this photo are 43 students - 19 young men and 24 young women - along with several adults. In the class are, from left, front, Una Kidd, Malcom Leach, Grace Boone, Frank Pickett, Lounett Holmes, Billy McRitchie, Mary Mann, Ernest Parker; Pauline Murphy, Starling Carpenter, Dorothy Kirby, Emily Arnold, Frank Redwine, Clara Roebuck, Ashley Goldwire, Sara Stallings, William North, Miss Lane, Mr. Brown, Helen Bagley, Hugh Perry, Ama Hardaway, Dan Post, Ruth Spence, Reid Meacham, Sara Starr, Mr. Brice; third row, Frances Reynolds, Lee Evans, Louise Mitchum, Lynwood Powedge, Sara Hudson, Sara Askew, Lila Pitman, Howard McNeil, Grace Reynolds, Miriam Hubbard, Wyatt Powell, Helen Dent, Joel Kersey, Olive Dent Manget and Hal Fried.
Will F. Nelson
Newnan Times-Herald
1920
Clara Wilson
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CCR 1985.31
FOOTBALL FROM THE PAST
Newnan High School Football, 1938
As the current high school football season proceeds toward its conclusion, it is appropriate to look back at this Newnan high football team of 1938. On the front row are, left to right, beginning with the young man in overalls, James Norman, then kneeling in white shirts, Robert Royal, James Warren, Sterling Duke, (,,) Morris, and (,,) Dye. On the second row, kneeling, the seven young men with number 82 through 88 are Penny Cook, Kirby Starr, Vester Sewell, Roy Avery, Millard Fambro, James Grenga and Davis Dalton; and standing, Coach Jerome K. Jay. On the third row are, leaning over with numbers not visible, Frank Miller, Howard Parrott, Bordene Sprayberry, "Tuffy" Dingler and Dooley Bohanon. In back standing are the team manager Frank Elliot, in the sweater and hat; and, from left, Charles M. "Brer" Barron (now a local dentist), Winfield Edgeworth, Raymond Gordon, James "Cutter" Puckett, Mel Witcher, William Otwell, Bobby Reese, Jack Powell, Thomas Arnold, Ferrell Parrott, James Spreyberry, "Red" Martin and David Mealor.
Newnan Times-Herald
1938
Emily Shell Parrott
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CCR 1985.11.05
Logging Operation
Logging Operation, Industry
The harvesting of trees is still big business in Coweta County, but these scenes show an operation more than 35 years ago. The top photo shows a load of logs cut near Haralson about 1948. The 1946 model truck was purchased by the late G.W. Skinner from Hutchinson Motor Company in Senoia. The bottom photo shows G.W. Skinner and Jasper Beckom cutting down a large tree in Coweta County.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1948
W. Winston Skinner
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CCR 1985.11.07
Old County Jail
Old County Jail
This view of the old Coweta County jail building on East Broad Street is from a small album entitled "Sixteen Views of Newnan, Ga.," which was published by the J.F. Lee Drug Co. in Newnan. The album was given to Mrs. Mary Parks by Mrs. Earlie Mae Hall. It is not known exactly when this photo was taken. The jail was constructed in 1911, according to a marble plaque mounted at the entrance. County Commissioners at the time were H.C. Glover, chairman; B.L. Redwine, vice-chairman; J.R. Cotton; J.E. Dial; and Z. Christopher. Other officers were J. Little Jones, clerk; and J.D. Brewster, sheriff. C. Loyd Preacher of Augusta was the architect and engineer, and it was constructed by Georgia Construction Company, Newnan, Ga.
Newnan Times-Herald
Mary Parks
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CCr 1985.11.12
The "Anonym" Club
The "Anonym" Club
This photo is of a group called the "Anonym Club." The four men's names were written on the back of the frame in the following order: Harry Trantham, J. Litt Jones, John S. Hardaway, Jr. and W.L. Stricker.
Warvick Studio, Atlanta
Newnan Times-Herald
Mrs. Karl (Mary) Nixon
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CCR 1985.11.14
YESTERDAY'S SHOPPING IN NEWNAN
Reynolds Furniture Store
The Reynold's Furniture store at 31 South Court Square in downtown Newnan has changed its look but is still serving customer 50 years after this photo was taken in the late 1930s. In this view of the G.M. Reynold Furniture Company are, left to right, Ralph Millian, Garnet M. Reynolds, and Johnnie M. Millians.
Newnan Times-Herald
late 1930s
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CCR 1985.11.19
These Young Beauties
Newnan High School students
These young beauties are Newnan High School students from about 1907. In the photo are, front, from left, Ada Catherine Gibson (Mrs. James Lemuel Poole), Corrie Owens (Mrs. Ira Walker Brooks), Nellie Brown (Mrs. B. Glen Hopson); second row, Lily Andrews Bradley (Mrs. Leonard Pinkston Neill), Frances Elizabeth Farmer (Mrs. John Moore Trapnell), and Alma E. Kirby (Mrs. Henry J. Israel).
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1907
Mary and Willie Neill
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CCR 1985.11.21
THIS POSTCARD SCENE
This Postcard Scene
Grantville Poscard
This postcard scene is from by-gone days on the main street in Grantville. Notice the goat cart in the center of the photograph. The card was an advertisement for Tatum Drug and Seed Store.
Newnan Times-Herald
James Rainwater
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CCR 1985.11.27
GETTING AN EDUCATION IN 1910
Moreland School Students - 1910
This group of students studied at the Moreland School about 1910. In this photo are, from left, front, Rebecca Evans, Lois Young, Clarence Polk and Paul Wilson; second row, Janice Puckett, Pearl Haynes, Ralph Webb, Sam Rollins, Ralph Camp, Sallie Kat Polk, Claire Smith, Mary Murphy; back, R.V. Webb, Clarence Gordon, Ira WEbb, Jamie Hindsman, Ralph Murphy, Prof. Wyatt, Ethel Powledge, Clara Hindsman.
Newnan Times-Herald
1910
Jamie Hindsman
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CCR 1985.12.03
A Gentleman Caller Comes A Courtin'
W.B. North
Polly Bridges
Sharpsburg, GA
This gentleman and young lady are perched in a horse-drawn buggy in downtown Sharpsburg in the early 1900s. Seated in the buggy are W.B North and Polly Bridges. They are in front of the house of Mrs. Mary Bridges on the southeast corner of Terrentine Road and Depot Street.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1900
Ella Hill Brown Johnson
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CCR 1985.12.05
Ray Park Pavilion
Lavender R. Ray
Ray Park Pavilion
Spring Street
This pavilion stood at Ray Park. The recreational spot was presented to the City of Newnan in February 1891 by Lavender R. Ray in honor of his father, John Ray, a pioneer citizen. The pavilion was located on Spring Street across from the end of Hollis Heights. A granite marker commemorating the gift was presented to Newnan in the 1950s by Mrs. Eli A. Thomas (Ruby Felder Ray) of Atlanta, daughter of Lavender R. Ray.
Newnan Times-Herald
Mary Parks
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CCR 1985.12.10
Academy was on Duncan Street
McClelland Academy
This group of students composed a graduating class of McClelland Academy, which was located in Newnan across from the current swimming pool on Duncan Street. The academy was a school for black children sponsored by the Presbyterian Church. The buildings have been demolished, and only three steps remain as a reminder that the buildings stood there. In this 1917 photograph are, left to right, seated, Ruby White, Aquilla Washington, the Rev. W. Ellis, Lola Prater, Lela White; standing, Juanita Gates and Geneva Clark.
Newnan Times-Herald
1917
A.L. Harris
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CCR 1985.12.12
BASKETBALL OF DAYS GONE BY
Basketball
Sports
Starr High School
This group of young women basketball players is the first girls team at the old Starr High School in the Sharpsburg-Turin area in 1922. In the photo are, left to right, front, Mary Bridge (Asbel), Lila Hardy, Ruth Christopher (Evans), Mildred Bailey and Rebecca Ingram (Thompson); in back are the principal, Judge Sorrells, and his wife, Lodusky.
Newnan Times-Herald
1922
Ruth Evans
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CCR 1985.12.17
NEWNAN SHOPPING IN 1918
Ellis Mansour
Mansour's Department Store
This old photograph shows the interior of Ellis Mansour's Department Store in 1918 on the Court Square in a building later occupied by Hamilton and Company. According to a brief history in the Newnan Times-Herald Centennial Magazine, the dry goods business was begun in 1911 on Perry Street by Ellis Mansour, who had come from Lebanon to Atlanta in 1907. In the photo are founder Ellis Mansour and his son, Michael, who carried on the business until his own death in 1954. Behind the counter at the right is Nasor Mansour, who later moved to LaGrange.
Bob Shapiro Photography
Newnan Times-Herald
1918
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CCR 1985.12.19
As Families Go To Church
Newnan First United Methodist Church
This photo shows Newnan First United Methodist Church under construction. Notice the flag on the top of the steeple and the workmen standing there. Providing the scene was Henry Chapman.
Tarpley Studio
Newnan Times-Herald
September 14, 1927
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CCR 1985.12.24
Old-Time Baptism
Baptism
These people are taking part in a Baptism by Elim Baptist Church at Wayland Lyle's pond in 1944. The Rev. Glen Waldrop was pastor at the time. Some of the people have been identified in the photo. From left are, unidentified, unidentified, Beulah Faye Hester, J.W. Cas J, Jeanette Luckie, Frances Rainey, Floy Stephens, Margaret Lazenby, Eldridge Hardegree, Gussie Newman, Mary Ruth Cash and Ethel Luckie.
Newnan Times-Herald
1944
Ethel Luckie
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CCR 1985.12.31
Mill Workers
Newnan Mill Workers
These faces from Coweta County's past are employees of the old Newnan Mill photographed in 1916. Among the cotton mill workers are Miss Nettie Crawford, front, far right; and Miss Hattie Crawford, back, far right. Names of the other workers are being sought for the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society files.
Newnan Times-Herald
1916
Alice Crawford Huggins
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CCR 1986.01.07
A GROUP OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN
A group of gentlemen
A group of young gentlemen pose in front of Joe Wynn's store in downtown Sharpsburg about 1912. In the photo are left to right, front, Richard Ingram and Rex Brown; middle row, Alvin Ingram and Alton Royonton; and back, Lehmann Hudson and Roy Bridges. The photo was provided by Ella Hill Brown Johnson, daughter of Rex Brown. Richard Ingram is the father od Ruth Welch, society editor of the Newnan Times-Herald. Mrs. Welch remembers that several of these men had a band, with Richard Ingram playing cornet, her uncle Alvin Ingram playing drums and Rex Brown playing trombone. Roy Bridges was also an uncle of Mrs. Welch by marriage to Lena Ingram.
Newnan Times-Herald
1912
Ella Hill Brown
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CCR 1986.01.09
COWETA CITIZENS OF THE 1890'S
Coweta Citizens
These Coweta County citizens of the 1890's are the ancestors of quite a number of present-day Coweta County residents. This group photograph includes, from left, front, Amelia Smith Sewell, Jaspar Newton Sewell with Curtis Jones being the young boy standing in front of Jasper Newton Sewell, J.B. "Sam" Edwards, Ella Amelia Sewell Edwards holding baby Margarie Edwards and Dr. William Reese Edwards; second row, John Jones with Eura Jones in his arms, Sallie Sewell Jones, Lucy Sewell Shackelford, Johnnie Edwards (Mrs. John Doster) and Dee Edwards (Mrs. Kirby Starr). The photo was contributed by Doris Doster Cranford, the granddaughter of Dr. William Reese Edwards and Ella Amelia Sewell Edwards. Mrs. Cranford's son, Dr. Clifford; A.Cranford, Jr., a member of the PAPP Clinic, still has the medical saddle bag used by his great grandfather, Dr. Edwards, as he practiced medicine on horseback.
Newnan Times-Herald
1890s
Doris Doster Cranford
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CCR 1986.01.14
BRANTLEY INSTITUTE, SENOIA
Brantley Institute
These young people are graduates in the "Class of '38" from Brantley Institute in Senoia. Included are, from left, front, Christine Thompson, Harold Roesel, Frances Nations, Bernice Morgan, Reba Cooper, Henry Couch, Mary Emily Shell, Hiram Todd, Jr., Catherine Tinsley, Howard Norton; second row, Merle Vickery, Jack Mann, Evelyn Rowe, Tommie Lee Pollard, O.L. Powell, Lucille Bearden, Faye Johnson and Emily McLendon. The two young mascots in front are Catherine Powell and Jim Baggerly, Jr. The phot was in a collection of Senoia memorablia displayed at the McIntosh fair.
Newnan Times-Herald
Jim Baggerly, Sr.
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CCR 1986.01.16
CELEBRATING NEWNAN'S CENTENNIAL
Newnan's Centennial
Newnan's Centennial Parade in 1927 was the occassion. Adorning a float representing Boone's Department Store (which was located in the Belk building) are, left to right, Emily Johnson (Mrs. Cliff Matthews of Houston, Texas), Emory Caldwell, the late Emily Amis (Mrs. Howard Burch), Elsie Ragland (Mrs. Lorenga Taylor of Newnan), Lavonia Cranford Gibson, Catherine Sanders (Mrs. Harold Barron), Murray Duncan and Lyda Hardaway (Mrs. Willis Nolan of East Point). Watching the parade are the late Mrs. Emily P. Cranford, standing in the street, and, left to right on the sidewalk, the late Tim Cranford, the late D.W. Boone, Sr., the late Mrs. Paul Pittman, Winn Vineyard and the late Charlie Summers.
Newnan Times-Herald
1927
Lavonia Cranford Gibson
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CCR 1986.01.21
SENOIA SCHOOL STUDENTS
Senoia School Students
This photograph of a groupd of Senoia School students from 1923 or 1924 has been submitted by two different people, Coweta County resident Mrs. Montine Caldwell, whose husband is in the group, and by Mrs. Robert C. NeSmith of Raleigh, North Carolina. There is some discrepancy about the identities of some of the youngsters, who are from the first and second grades. From left are, front, John Nations, M.H. Burdette, Mary Clause Estes, Virginia Benton, Ruth Hubbard (or possibly Reba Allison), M.E. Norton, Ford Byron and "Preacher" Byrom (who may have been twins), and the teacher, Miss Virginia Arnall (now Mrs. Frank Holberg, Sr. of Senoia); second row, Hugh Attaway, Roy Hutchinson, Bernard Hubbard, Luther Crawford, John Byrom, Hoyt Duke, Ellis Johnson, Carl "Bokey" Crawford; third row, Sarah Hardin, possibly Verdell Bell, Virginia Caldwell, Ruby Milsap, Gladys Attaway; back, Elbert Caldwell (Mrs. Caldwell's husband); Luther Crawford, Roy "Mutt" Wilson and Merrill (or Merrill) Nations.
Newnan Times-Herald
1923-24
Montine Caldwell and Mrs. Robert C. NeSmith
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CCR 1986.01.23
YOUNG LADIES IN TURIN
Young Ladies
These are two young ladies of Turin, Ga., in about 1895.Annie Lizzie North is seated, and Minnie Hunter is standing.
Newnan Times-Herald
1895
Mrs. Frances Mattox Christopher
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CCR 1986.01.28
NEWNAN HIGH SCENIOR, 1921
Newnan High School Seniors, 1921
These young ladies are from the graduating class of Newnan High School in 1921. Among those shown are Mary Stallings, Lucille Lovorn (Lane), Edna Bailey, Ola Mooney, Elsie Ragland (Taylor), Ruth Starr, Callie Reynolds (Bowers), Annie Clifford Grimes (Upshaw), Frances Cole (Arnall), Thelma Nixon Bishop, HArriett Jones Hill, Mary Ann Lee and Sara Brown Hale.
Newnan Times-Herald
1921
Carolyn Bowers
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CCR 1986.01.30
A MAN AND HIS HORN
A man and his horn
Gayle North was a member of the Sharpsburg Band in 1886, playing cornet. Other member included Ed Pittman, base honr; Bob North, drum; Dub Bridges, J.D. Norris; and M.H. Norris.
Newnan Times-Herald
1886
Mary Fox North
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CCR 1986.02.04
J.A. LATIMER COMPANY
J.A. Latimer Company
J.A. Latimer Company once occupied the building at 14 Jackson St. in downtown Newnan where Badcock Home Furnishings is located today. In this photograph of the shop department in the back of the building are Monroe McKoy, Walter Phillips, Harold Upshaw and Ray Strickland.
Newnan Times-Herald
1929
Mrs. Monroe McKoy
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CCR 1986.02.06
FROM THE 1920 NEWNAN HIGH
The 1920 Newnan Senior Class High young men
From the 1920 Newnan Senior Class are the young men, remember mostly by their nicknames. Among those in the group are Lee Evans, "Gulleywire" Goldwire, "Tub" Fields, "Kers" Kersey, "Buck" Leach, "Hubert" Meacham, "Chick" North, "Predessor" Pickett, "Snake" Post, "Hugh Dunsey" Perry, "Rah" Powell, "Lyn" Powledge, "Bob" Parker, and "Frank" Redwine.
Will F. Nelson
Newnan Times-Herald
1920
Henry Chapman
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CCR 1986.02.11
Two Grantville Young Men
Georgia Military Academy student 1911-1912
Two Grantville Young Men are among the face in this group of Georgia Military Academy students from 1911-1912. The display is from the school program. Marie Geter of Grantville received the program from relatives of one of the young men, Granvill Lowndes Sadler, who is listed as number eighteen. The other student from Grantville is number five, Barron Donald Banks. Also listed is Headden Smith of Palmetto.
Newnan Times-Herald
1911-1912
Marie Geter
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CCR 1986.02.13
THE ROSCOE SCHOOL
Student at the Roscoe School in 1913
These students are at the Roscoe School in 1913. In the photo are, from left, front, sitting on ground, George Potts, J.W. Turner, Harold Sewell, Carl Sewell; second row, on ench, Maggie Jou Edison, Willie Mae Cook, Irene Crews, Myrtie Sprayberry, Louise Sewell, Sara Tarleton, Lounette Carmichael, Irene Turner, Vena Cook, Florence Sprayberry and Roby Tarleton; third row, standing, Earl Tarleton, Frank Redwine, Alvin Sprayberry, Paul Tarleton, John Cook, Hugh Edwards, Fred Robinson and Lee Brant Sewell; fourth row, standing, Lillie M. Sprayberry, Sara Starr, Lounelle Sanders, Era Ware, Myra Sewell, Lucy Kate Sewell, Lorena Cook, Sara Redwine, Florine Carmichael, Ida Sue Sewell and Margorie Edwards; back row, Inez Ware, Clarence Crews, School Principal Charles R. Sewell, Yates Jones, Wilkes Sanders and Otis Tarleton.
Newnan Times-Herald
1913
Harold P. Sewell
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CCR 1986.02.18
A SENOIA FAMILY
A Senoia Family
This Family group from Senoia, Georgia, in about 1899. The only person who can be positively identified is the gentleman standing in the back, fourth from left, Leonard Pinkston Neill.
Newnan Times-Herald
1899
Misses Mary and Willie Neill
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CCR 1986.02.20
R.D. FOREMEN
Department Foremen of the old R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company
In this scene from the early 1940s are department foremen of the old R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company, which was replaced by the current Brown Steel Company on East Broad Street. Shown in the photo are, from left, front, M.E. Spraggins, Harvey Strozier, John Kite, Walter Mealor; second row, Paul Wortham, Grady Wheeler, Floyd Hudson, Henry Hutchens, Emmett Estep, Fred Scisson, Clanton "Bull" Reese; third row, Henry Lewis, Herman Tolbert, E.C. Beers, E.W. Brown (later owner of the Brown Steel Company), A.S. Kemp, Hugh McCarley and L.E. Morris.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1940
Dorothy K. Lifsey
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CCR 1986.02.25
MORELAND SCHOOL IN 1898
Moreland School students in 1898
These students are gathered in front of the Moreland School in 1898. In the photo are, from left, front, Abner York, Frank Brannon, Albert Sydney Camp, Charles Pierce Gordon, John Tom Brown, Fred Dunn, Will Brannon Jr., Sam Rollins; second row, Irene Dunn, Helen Carpenter, Ethel Camp, Victoria Camps, Sallie Mae Webb, Mattie Camp, Mittie Camp, Jennie Tom Brown; third row, Ben Couch, Jake Spratling, Charles Braswell, Titus Murphy, John Couch, Jim Gordon, Chester Knapp, Annie Bartow Couch; fourth row, Mattie Sue Braswell, Mattie Couch, Onie Brannon, Parki Camp, Mary Camp, Pauling Camps, Jenni Mae Couch, Bessie Fry; back, E.M. Gordon, Lee Camp, William Teasley "Tom" Camp, Hugh Camp, teacher Mr. Jackson, Will Fry and Henry Camp.
Newnan Times-Herald
1898
Miriam C. Miller
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CCR 1986.02.27
OLD POPLAR LOG MISSION
The Old Poplar Log Mission
Organized about 1931 by "Uncle" Henry Richards, the Old Poplar Log Mission met in Cole's Pasture, about 200 yards east of the present-day Congregational Holiness Church on Farmer Street. Services were each Sunday morning and Wednesday night. Lanterns were places in the trees to provide light for night services. When the group moved to Jefferson Street, a portion of the Poplar log was installed in the building and the name Poplar Log Mission was retained. In this photo are most of the charter members. The young boys in front are sitting on the Old Poplar Log from which the name originated. Among those in the group, not in order, are Leonard Barnes, Willard Hall, James Horton, Jack Watts, Earl Watts, Alton Watts, John Watts, Horace Wallace, the Rev. Jim Wallace, "Granddaddy" Wallace, John Thompson, "Stumpy" Thompson, another Thompson, James "Possum" Thompson, Charlie Horton, Willie Davis, "Uncle" Henry Richards, Byron C. Stone, Leonard Stone, Emory Williams, Cecil Williams, Lish Attaway, George Kelley, Ezra Martin, Thomas Fleming, Gus Barnes, Reece Newell, "Red" Samples, Richard Long, Frank Long, J.T. Lewis, Leonard Tarleton, Ed Tarleton, Jim Ellard, Joseph Bracknell, Lon Thrower, Roy Barnes, Starling Mapp, Cecil Godby, Arthur Hall, Grover Garner, Lon Morris and Raburn Haynle.
Newnan Times-Herald
1931
J.P. Stone
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CCR 1986.03.04
STARR HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES
Starr High School Students 1939
Among Coweta County Schools of the past was Starr High, located in the Sharpsburg-Turin area. This group of students from Starr High attended a Coweta County literary and athletic competition on May 2, 1939, in Newnan and were photographed on the Coweta County Courthouse steps by Tarpley Studios. In the group are, from left, front, Joyce Williams, Jackie Williams, Bill Lassetter; second row, Eugene Williams, Emily Parrott, Gail Osterhouse (seated); back, Pansy Maddox.
Tarpley Studios
Newnan Times-Herald
May 2, 1939
Mary Effie Bridges
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CCR 1986.03.06
THE LaGRANGE STREET VIADUCT
The LaGrange Street Viaduct
The railroads have played an important part in travel and development for Newnan, as for other towns across America. This interesting photograph, shows train travel at the LaGrangeStreet Viaduct in Newnan about 1918.
Mrs. W.L. Wright, Sr.
Newnan Times-Herald
1918
Robert Alexander
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CCR 1986.03.11
Starr School Students
First grade Starr School Students
These first grade students are from a class at Starr School in Sharpsbug in 1922-23. The only ones known are John Thomas Norton, seventh from the left on the second row; the teacher, Mrs. Moore, who is eighth from the left on the second row; and Bessie Norton Thrower, fourth from the left on the back row. This photo was taken on the school front steps.
Newnan Times-Herald
1922-1923
Bessie Norton Thrower
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CCR 1986.03.13
CORNER BRANCH SCHOOL
Corner Branch School
Among the many schools in Coweta County's history is one called the Corner Branch School that can be dated back to about 1890. It was located at the corner of Smokey Road and Dr. Bruce Jackson Road, and it closed in 1918.
Coweta County Board of Education
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1900
Mary Effie Bridges
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CCR 1986.03.18
FRESH YOUNG FACES
Moreland School students
These young women are students of the Moreland School from about 1912 or 1913. In the photograph are, from left, front, Ruby Spratling, Cleo Webb, Lucille Bexley, Nellie Parks; second row, Susan Wilson, Florence Polk, Pearl Haynes; back, Alma Evans.
Newnan Times-Herald
1912-13
Jamie W. Hindsman
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CCR 1986.03.20
GREENVILLE STREET IN 1900
Greenville Street, downtown Newnan
Today, in 1986, Newnan downtown merchants and government officials are talking about starting a Main Street program to keep the downtown vital and alive, a place where people will continue to work, shop and do business. Many of the buildings in this view of Greenville Street aout 1900 are still standing. The photograph was taken looking north toward the Court Square. It is from a small souvenir album of Newnan scenes which was distributed by the J.F. Lee Drug Company.
Earlie Mae Hall
Newnan Times-Herald
1900
Mary Parks
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CCR 1986.03.25
THESE YOUNGSTERS FROM THE
Bowers Children
These youngsters from the turn of the century appear as though they cloud be dressed in their best Easter finery, like Coweta County residents will be for the holiday this weekend. The children in the photograph are Wilson Bowers, seated in front; Rralph Bowers, Walter Evans and Nancy Bowers (Johnson).
S.F. Jackson Studio
Newnan Times-Herald
1900
Nancy Bower Johnson
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CCR 1986.03.27
PROLIFIC FAMILY
The William Henry Bryant Family
Shown in this photo is the large William Henry Bryant family of Sargent. Included in the group photo are the Bryant children, their spouses and children. They are, from left, front, Ethel Duncan Bryant with child Frances Bryan (Yarbrough), Edward Bryant, Eunice Bryant, Bryant with child Moselle Bryant (Drinkerd), Harold Ward, William Henry Bryant, Mason Elbert Bryant, Mrs. Lavonia Howard Bryany with child Lavonia Bryant (McClendon) (Stephens), Elmer Bryant, Ezelle Davis Bryant with child Charles Bryant, Fanny Bryant Duncan with child J.W. Panell, Virginia Pannell Bryant; second row, Euca Bryant (Smith), Mildred Bryant (Cook), Billy Bryant, Ada Bryant Ward, Devers Bryant, Maggie Bryant (McClendon), Ovie Bryant (Johnson); third row, Tommy Bryant, Floyd Smith, Jim Bryant, Dennis Ward, Edna Ward (Hewell), Pat Bryant, Susie Mae Bryant with child Evelyn Bryant (Bennett), Olin Bryant, John Tom Duncan and Alton Bryant
Newnan Times-Herald
1927
Maggie McClendon
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CCR 1986.04.01
AMONG COWETA 19TH CENTURY
Puckett Family
Among Coweta 19th Century citizens were the Pucketts of Newnan, shown in these photographs. The children on the right are John O. Puckett, born in 1885. They were bth born in Newnan, and their father and mother, Columbus and Sallie Puckett, in the photo at left, had a farm on East Broad Extension. John Puckett was a mailman in Coweta County for 49 and a half years. He retired shortly before he died in 1956. Ramola Puckett died in 1963. She never married and lived with John Puckett in a house on Spring Stree. Columbus Puckett was a farmer, and after he died in 1937 his wife sold the farm and moved to a house on Spring Street where she lived until her death in 1945. A pin Sallie Puckett is wearing appears to be a picture of her husband. Sallie Puckett is the daughter for Elias and Elizabeth Summers, whose picture appears in the "Coweta-County Chronicles" on page 782.
Newnan Times-Herald
1890-91
Mark Puckett
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CCR 1986.04.03