at the Historic Bodiford House
Part I: LATE 1800’S AND EARLY 1900’S Life in a small Georgia town in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s was very satisfying for young and old. This was before radio or television sets – not to mention computer’s! Here are some of those memories as told to and gathered by Sarah Frances Miller during […]
The Powder Springs City Cemetery is located on the west side of Old Austell Road down from the intersection with Atlanta Street and across from the Methodist Cemetery. It was established in 1917 as part of the Methodist Cemetery but later became the City Cemetery. Sometimes it has been confused as being the Baptist Cemetery […]
Powder Springs Memorial Gardens was established in 1970 and is located on Atlanta Street near the intersection with Old Austell Road. The Gardens also back up to the Powder Springs City Cemetery located on Old Austell Road. The first burials were the next year in March of 1971. March: William Doyle “Billy” Mitchell. April: Floyd […]
The Powder Springs Elementary School will celebrate its 30th anniversary in October at this location on Grady Grier Drive. Douglas Brice, Neighbor Staff Writer, August 11, 1988 For 15 years Grady Grier braved the elements as a school crossing guard, helping the children of Powder Springs and Milford arrive safely at school and home again. […]
A search began in late 2017 for more information on a curious resident of the Methodist cemetery in Powder Springs, GA. On a mid-sized tombstone topped with a carving of a parachuter reads: Reo Flock Russell June 19, 1909 Nov 2, 1936 Daredevil Sister of the Fabulous Flock Family This grave, on the far right […]