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From the Powder Springs Enterprise 1983 Article – “Education Gets Back to Basics” “Education has been a part of the development of Powder Springs since the opening of the Springville Academy in December of 1840. In 1859 the Powder Springs High School was incorporated and occupied several buildings in the town until it was moved […]
Miss Roberta Murray was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, on February 27, 1888. She was the daughter of Dr. Robert R. Murray and Georgia A. Lindley Murray. Miss Roberta passed away on October 12, 1972 and is buried in the Powder Springs Methodist Cemetery on Old Austell Road next to her parents. Dr. Murray was […]
This year, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of America’s Independence, the Declaration of Independence and the end of British rule over the American Colonies. On July 4, 1776, the Delegates to the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. This is why we celebrate the birth of our nation on July 4 th each […]
According to the Mableton Mail Newspaper dated July 5, 1961, there was only Drug Store in Powder Springs. The druggist and pharmacist was Andrew Jack “Doc” Lane, Jr and commonly known as “Doc” Lane. “Just about everyone in Powder Springs take their prescriptions to A. J. Lane whose skill and accuracy they have learned to […]
… Grand old homes for sale as area goes commercial.” “Stately Homes’ Era Passing”. (November 24, 1990) This was a headline of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Newspaper in their Community News Section Edition on November 24,1990 written by Reid Warren, Staff Writer. Several of the homeowners on Marietta Street, who were long time residence […]
“Red” Sanders was a pioneer school bus driver who built the body of his first school bus out of wood in the early 1930’s. Moreover, he was a community, county and state leader throughout his life. Roy Mayes Sanders was born to John Monroe Sanders and Maggie Smith Sanders on June 15, 1907. He preferred […]
Luke Penn was born on March 30, 1889 to Rev. Alexander A. Penn and Mrs. Bunch Miles Penn and a life-long resident of Powder Springs. Luke married Charity Young (1896-1962) in 1913 and had 14 children. Charity was the daughter of Sandy Young, a prominent and popular barber who practiced in downtown in the Lewis […]
Additional entries from the Diary of Lois Bookout made during 1911 when she was about 13 years old. These excerpts are from April 16 to June 6. This Diary appears to be the only one that has survived since Lois recorded her daily life and observations and has been preserved by her great niece Brenda […]
Thomas Newell Lindley was a very industrious and versatile man. He had a store on Marietta Street where he sold shoes, dry goods, groceries, gents’ furnishings, farm implements, hardware and feed. Farmers brought butter, eggs, and chickens to the store to barter for coffee, sugar, lard, salt and other items. Walter (Soup) Turner came to […]
Lois Ives Bookout was born in 1897 in Powder Springs, GA to Jessie Thomas Arandal Bookout and Margaret A. Shipp. Lois married Robert “Bob” T. Lindley in 1925. However, they did not have any children but raised Lois’ orphaned nieces and nephews. Lois kept a diary, as she was growing up, recording her observations of […]