Wednesday, December 5, 2012
It'll be a night of remembrance for all those who've passed away in Norcross.
Sparkle! in Norcross continues this weekend with a number of activities, including the free History Tour of the Norcross City Cemetery and the Celebration of Lights. The tour, located on Cemetery Street across from downtown Norcross, will start at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, with tales on some of the notable people among the several hundreds buried in the graveyard. Some of the interesting stories will cover: Historian Gene Ramsay, who's been giving tours of Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery since the 1980s, will be running the Norcross tour Saturday. He explained that, once he started working on the Norcross' first pictorial book, "Images of America: Norcross" with co-authors Cate Kitchen and Edie Riehm, he did research on the cemetery and the …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Each week, Patch sits down with someone in Norcross who possesses all the traits of a great leader.
Even though Gene Ramsay has been living in Norcross for only about four years, he knows a lot about the area. As a historian, he's co-authored "Images of America: Norcross," which is the city's first pictorial book, and has written for professional and history journals. Ramsay does more than just history, though. That's why Patch has covered him in this week's Influential People of Norcross. What are your different professions/volunteering jobs? I work as a supply chain consultant for Profit Point - we use mathematical techniques to help businesses improve their planning and operations. In my "ample spare time" one of my favorite activities is to give tours of the Fox Theater and Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. I also hear that you travel a…
Monday, August 29, 2011
"Images of America: Norcross" covers 140 years of the city through the lens of a camera.
"Images of America: Norcross" has been a work in progress for more than a year, and it's finally here with a bookshelf debut today, Aug. 29, and a booksigning Sept. 10. Written by locals Cate Kitchen, Edie Riehm and Gene Ramsay, the book is a collection of pictures and stories told by Norcross residents and those whose descendents were from Norcross. "This is the first Norcross book that tells the story through the lens of a camera and through other people’s perspectives," said Riehm, who's been researching and writing about Norcross history for almost nine years. Having lived in Norcross for more than 14 years, she's also been published in scholarly journals, taken the role of historian for the Historic Norcross Holiday Home Tour and …
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Effie Mae Nash
7:29 pm on Monday, August 29, 2011
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