Articles have been edited by Suzanne Forte to avoid mention of living individuals and for brevity in some cases.

At age 81, Alma Atkinson is not only a living legend but is a walking history of the Youth-Loganville area and Corinth Christian Church.

She was raised in the Youth area and lives in the old family home, the Trammel Cown place. Her parents, Henry Trammel Cown and Louise Barker, died in 1953 and 1943, respectively, and raised ten children in the house Alma lives in now.

"My dad bought this house in 1910 from the Frances Arnold family", she says. "We don’t even know how old it is".

Her paternal grandparents were the late Mary Jane Roquemore (now spelled Rockmore by the descendents) and John Presley Down. Her maternal grandparents were Betty Ann Jayes and W. H. W. Barker.

"Grandfather Barker fought in the Civil War. He was a veterinarian and cared for the horses of the officers only." She says proudly.

Her husband, the late Aaron Harvey Atkinson, died in 1965, just months short of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. "He knew he wouldn’t live ‘til the anniversary and that grieved him", she says.

After marrying they lived near her parents for a time but moved to Hapeville for about five years. "We moved back home in the 1930’s because those were the Hoover days and it was hard times. We came back out here where my parents lived because they had something to eat".

"My dad believed in growing what you ate. We had food when times were bad. We raised cows, horses, and hogs, and planted everything from cotton and syrup cane to peanuts", she says.

A lifelong member of Corinth Christian Church, her earliest memories of the church are the wooden structure, which is the old brick sanctuary now.

"An uncle of mine came by and took us to church at Corinth. He picked us up in his buggy and we went barefoot. We went with him because my mother was a member at Gum Creek and my father didn’t attend. We were trained to behave in church, too, and if we didn’t, we heard about it when we got home: she laughs.

Her earliest memory of Youth is the store there which was run by Mrs. Upshaw. W. H. Wood was one of the most influential people she remembers at Youth.

"The first school I went to was the old Youth school. It was a wooden building and is torn down now. We never lacked for good teachers. One of them, Mrs. Ethel Hutchins, boarded with my parents for seven years. She paid us $7 a month and helped with the cooking.

"I think country people are the best people," she says. They are closer to God and nature. Cooking and canning are my favorite hobbies.

Mrs. Atkinson has four children, 11 grandchildren and 4 great grand children.