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Dorothy Bowen Pope

I got married in the 11th. year of high school and was out for a little more than a year. I was working for Ben Turner at Sash Door and Lumber when he told me that I must go back and get my diploma. I had my son, Mike, but went back and finished with honors. After that, I went to work for a Paper Company, and later was an administrative clerk at Crisp County Hospital. I moved to Atlanta and was an insurance billing clerk for Continental. My car got stolen and I had to move back home. Back in Cordele in 1966 I worked for several different sewing factories over the next 16 ½ years. In 1979 I went to Ridge Driving Co. and learned to be a truckdriver and I drove a truck for 21 years (Dec 15, 1979 til August 28, 2000) during which I never so much as received a parking ticket or had an accident. In 2000 I parked the truck and moved to Bradenton, FL and made boy scout tents out off 13 oz. canvas. I did that for 3 years until I had to be hospitalized for a heart condition. I signed up for SSDI and have been receiving disability since 2006. I have 2 sons, Mike Peavy and Todd Lynch. Mike lives in Dahlonega and has s daughter Sarah who is 17 and a senior in high school, and Todd has a daughter , Kirstin, age 10 who lives in Fitzgerald with her mother. I still find time to have a good time, like going to the dances on Fridays and doing other activities I enjoy. But I really miss work—would like to do something part time just to keep me busy.
I'm really glad to find out about the website and plan to read about everybody. And I hope to come to the 2009 reunion.
Submitted 12-12-2008
Dorothy Bowen Pope

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