Margaret Anne Barnes, RIP
via Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA:
Margaret Anne Barnes, author of books examining landmark events in Southern history, has died after a long battle with emphysema. She was 80.
The Decatur, Ga. woman died Thursday evening in Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, said her son, David Dukes of Decatur.
“She was the greatest mother in the world,” Dukes said. “She did everything in the world for me. She was just a really delightful person, everybody was charmed by her.”
Dukes said his mother had a “real appreciation for Southern justice,” which led her to write about real-life events in Georgia and Alabama history.
- The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama
- Murder in Coweta County
- A Buzzard is My Best Friend
We have read the Phenix City book and learned about a horrible event in the history of this area and how law was eventually established. There was no slant to her book, just straight forward writing about the events that occurred as remembered by people that were there and official records from that time.
May God comfort her family during this time.
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