Larry Upthegrove said: May 29, 2008 6:31 pm PST
I have enjoyed my cyber visit to your Lodge. I am very interested in Atlanta and surrounding history, and your Lodge and Town are full of it.
I am a Board of Trustee member of Historic Oakland Cemetery and the Chairman of the Visitors Services Committe that oversees the presentation of our graveyard with tours and other events. I have visited your Town and toured your graveyards also. I was especially interested to find the grave of WA Austell in the Baptist Cemetery. He was the brother of our resident, Alfred Austell who was responsible for the founding of The First National Bank of Atlanta, now Wachovia.
Alfred now resides in a grand mauseleum while his brother sleeps beneath the weeds with a simple monument. Personally, I would probably have liked the brother's company better, especially, now that I know he was my Brother also.
Larry Upthegrove, PM Fergus 135, Loganville, GA