Oral Histories
Tom and Vera Gullatt
Tom was born in 1920 and grew up in the Rico Community of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. As a young boy he learned the values of hard work, faith, and family from his devoted parents and his church family at Sardis Baptist Church. As a young man, he received a calling to ministry, which led him to Japan where he lived and ministered for 35 years with his wife Mary and children Miriam and John. Vera Campbell grew up in Fairburn, GA and took a similar path as Tom. She attended Brewton Park College, the same school as Tom, and left for a mission in Japan on the same date with Tom, even traveling on the same ship. Vera retired in 1993, the year that Tom's wife Mary died. Three years later, Tom and Vera married and moved back to Fairburn, just outside of Chattahoochee Hills. Today they continue their spiritual journey as members of Sardis Baptist Church.
Tom was born in 1920 and grew up in the Rico Community of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. As a young boy he learned the values of hard work, faith, and family from his devoted parents and his church family at Sardis Baptist Church. As a young man, he received a calling to ministry, which led him to Japan where he lived and ministered for 35 years with his wife Mary and children Miriam and John. Vera Campbell grew up in Fairburn, GA and took a similar path as Tom. She attended Brewton Park College, the same school as Tom, and left for a mission in Japan on the same date with Tom, even traveling on the same ship. Vera retired in 1993, the year that Tom's wife Mary died. Three years later, Tom and Vera married and moved back to Fairburn, just outside of Chattahoochee Hills. Today they continue their spiritual journey as members of Sardis Baptist Church.
Dot & T.E. Stephens
Dot & T.E. Stephens
Dorothy and Thomas Earl Stephens live in the Rico Community in Chattahoochee Hills, GA. They met at a Cake Walk (a community social where cakes were awarded as prizes) in 1941 in the building that is now Chattahoochee Hills City Hall. They married in 1942 and raised four children – Elaine, Tommy, Nina, and Nancy.
Dorothy is known to family and friends as Dot. She was born June 15, 1923 and grew up in Newnan, GA, in a modern home that had indoor plumbing, electricity, and rest room facilities. Dot moved to Rico with her family in 1941. Thomas Earl is known to family and friends as T.E. He was born July 15, 1921 in Rico and was raised on the family farm on Upper Wooten Rd, east of Rico Rd. As an adult, T.E. worked as a pipe fitter and later joined the Seabees, the Construction Battalions (CBs) of the United States Navy, and served during WWII.
Dot and T.E. have been civic leaders in the community most all of their adult lives. They both served as officers in the Rico Civics Club and helped the community by raising funds and support to pave the roads, install telephone service, make improvements to the
community center, and raise funds for students to go to Washington D.C.
Dorothy and Thomas Earl Stephens live in the Rico Community in Chattahoochee Hills, GA. They met at a Cake Walk (a community social where cakes were awarded as prizes) in 1941 in the building that is now Chattahoochee Hills City Hall. They married in 1942 and raised four children – Elaine, Tommy, Nina, and Nancy.
Dorothy is known to family and friends as Dot. She was born June 15, 1923 and grew up in Newnan, GA, in a modern home that had indoor plumbing, electricity, and rest room facilities. Dot moved to Rico with her family in 1941. Thomas Earl is known to family and friends as T.E. He was born July 15, 1921 in Rico and was raised on the family farm on Upper Wooten Rd, east of Rico Rd. As an adult, T.E. worked as a pipe fitter and later joined the Seabees, the Construction Battalions (CBs) of the United States Navy, and served during WWII.
Dot and T.E. have been civic leaders in the community most all of their adult lives. They both served as officers in the Rico Civics Club and helped the community by raising funds and support to pave the roads, install telephone service, make improvements to the
community center, and raise funds for students to go to Washington D.C.