Attie Clyde Whiteworth passed away Jan 16, 1977, Roy Whitworth passed away August 10, 1979

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

On December 22, 1922, LeRoy Benjamin Whitworth and Attie Clyde Bivins were married by the Loganville Postmaster, Thomas Allwood.

It seems that Allgood was also a preacher.

Today, 54 years later, Roy, age 83 and Clydine, age 80, are still a happily  married couple.

"We've had our differences, but we've never really fussed", Clydine says.  "The Lord has really been good to us."

They met in 1919 after Clydine had come to Loganville to teach.  Roy had just served two years in the Navy.

'I graduated from Georgia Military College in 1916." says Clydine," and attended Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville where I was born. 

When I came to Loganville there were six teachers and the superintendent was C. E. Hawkins."

"My real name is Clyde but everyone calls me Clydine because the other teachers nicknamed me that.  I taught several of Roy's younger sisters and brothers, Gladys, Winnie, Rena and Glenn.  Other people in Loganville that I taught are Ethel Brand, Inez King, Talbot Phillips, Horace Cown, Carl Floyd, Albert Bulloch, James O'Kelley, Hilda Sanders, Eddie Byrd and Sam Nunnally."

"I joined the navy in 1917" says Roy.  "I served for two years in England, Wales and France.  I did my training on the Alabama, a battleship and also served on the Imperator, the largest ship in the world at that time.  The navy paid us $30 a month."

Roy was born and raised in Loganville.  His parents were the late Hines R. Whitworth and Mattie Reed.  His sisters and brother are Mrs. Gladys Bennett, Mrs. Winnie Seigler and Mrs. Nell Bell, all of Loganville, Mrs. Rena Tanner of Lawrenceville, Miss Ethel Whitworth of Atlanta and Glenn Whitworth of Snellville.

"My dad", he says, "was a rural mail carrier and before that was the first depot agent in Loganville.  The train used to be real important in Loganville."

"I substituted as mail carrier for my dad for five years when I was 17 and then carried the mail regularly for 39 years.  I was credited with 44 years service when I retired in 1955.  I started carrying the mail for $100 a month in a horse and buggy and rode 14 miles a day.  When I retired I was driving about 55 miles a day."

Mr. Whitworth is a member of Loganville Baptist Church and Mrs. Whitworth joined Loganville Baptist in 1922.  She was formerly a member of Milledgeville Baptist Church.

"I taught Sunday School for over 60 years, beginning at age 16", she says.

Roy's early memories of the church are the old wooden church which was located nearer Main Street.

"Part of the church extended over the sidewalk, he says.  "People walking on the sidewalk actually walked under the roof.  Later the church was moved back further from the road and the educational wing added and bricked.  One of the early preachers I remember was Rev. McConnell from Grayson.  We had services just once a month back then and the preachers were paid $12 a month.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitworth have stayed busy all their lives.  "We never had any children", Roy laughs.  "I don't know whether that is good luck or bad".