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</div><figure id="dfec"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*20bLS5YZVOdfp62LuUexBg.jpeg"><figcaption><b>Image Credit: The Martha Ann Vickers Collection</b></figcaption></figure><figure id="e385"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*QO4nf1qIMbNXRIJ7v7DeZA.jpeg"><figcaption><b>Still got it! On Sept. 17, 2016, 80-year-old Tommie Vickers participates in a Smithsonian sports basketball exhibition at the historic Alapaha Gym, where he originally played as a teenager. Photography by Wenda Gaile Bailey / Bailey’s Berrien Photos on <a href="https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-BVjznX/">SmugMug</a></b></figcaption></figure><figure id="2d4e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*EIESQA1WLFx_87ZrNexeOg.jpeg"><figcaption><b>Lift off! On Sept. 17, 2016, 80-year-old Tommie Vickers is captured moments after shooting a basketball during a Smithsonian sports exhibition at the historic Alapaha Gym, where he originally played as a teenager. Photography by Wenda Gaile Bailey / Bailey’s Berrien Photos on <a href="https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-BVjznX/">SmugMug</a></b></figcaption></figure><figure id="607b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*gCyF9zL7U4a4ETUD3R4x4A.jpeg"><figcaption><b>A day before Tommie Vickers’ 80th birthday on June 27, 2016, a surprise reception with friends and family was unveiled at Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Alapaha. We were both hot as all get out but enduring the humidity was sure worth it. This became the last Kodak memory of the afternoon. Photography by Lynn Wilson [her younger sister is Tommie Ann Stone, and they are the children of Tommie and Martha Ann Vickers]</b></figcaption></figure><div id="e208" class="link-block">
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<h2>Elvis Presley — The Truck Driver Who Dared to Rock</h2>
<div><h3>Over 50 stories record Elvis’ relationships with musicians, costars, confidants and artists subsequently influenced by…</h3></div>
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<h2>The Smithsonian Hometown Heroes Sports Exhibit spotlights Alapaha (photos)</h2>
<div><h3>Dona Gaskins Fields, Michelle Jones, Wesley Matthews, Tommie Vickers, and Sonya Harper are Alapaha Hometown Heroes…</h3></div>
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<h2>Holdin’ court with jovial World War II private Bud Tucker</h2>
<div><h3>The South Georgia veteran remembers his hardscrabble upbringing, stint as a replacement infantry private in Germany…</h3></div>
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<h2>Faith, love, respect, and work epitomize Becky Davis</h2>
<div><h3>Graduating as a licensed master cosmetologist, Davis never looked back, saving her money and buying a salon at a time…</h3></div>
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<h2>A color coordinated Sunday afternoon in South Georgia, Brogdon style (photos)</h2>
<div><h3>Ninety-eight-year-old Sarah Brogdon is a feisty, kind-hearted homemaker who still serves dinner for a half-dozen…</h3></div>
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<h2>Walk a mile in his shoes: In step with former Alapaha Fire Chief Steve Brown</h2>
<div><h3>Brown, whose childhood home in Alapaha, Georgia, burned down the day after Christmas, surveys a courageous 36-year…</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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