I
have
enjoyed living in Fayette County all of my life. My family
moved from Shakerag to Fayetteville when I was five and I
never moved away. My ancestors for several generations have
lived in Fayette County, so I’m certainly “home grown” and
my roots go deep. For the past seventy plus years I’ve
experienced two very different communities. Today’s Fayette
County has four lane roads, traffic jams, new houses in
every nook, Walmart and Target stores, banks and gas
stations on every corner, and strangers everywhere. In an
earlier time Fayette County had only one paved highway,
horse drawn wagons mingled with a few automobiles on the
roads, no subdivisions, Alford Brothers the largest
department store in the county, and few strangers. Although
Atlanta was not far away, Fayetteville was remote enough to
be independent and provided a small town setting that today
would be impossible.
I’ve
always enjoyed hearing the amusing and interesting stories
that my elders told. Now that I have senior citizen status,
I enjoy retelling them and telling some of my own. These
stories are true...at least as true as they can be after
being told so many times.
Thanks
for stopping by!
Dean
Brown