Know your Neighbor: Tom Thompson

About a week before Tom Thompson turned 90 this June, he marked the milestone not with quiet retreat, but renewed vigor.Just days before his birthday, he was in a Gainesville hospital undergoing a robotic heart valve repair. He was back home in Eatonton within less than 48 hours.

Know your Neighbor: ‘Buster’ Williams

For Eatonton native Robert “Buster” Williams, it’s all about the kids. The longtime Putnam County Recreation Department youth baseball coach insists he gets every bit as much enjoyment seeing his young players have fun on the field as he does by watching them win a game.

Know your Neighbor: Frederick Ward

Over Labor Day weekend, Frederick Ward and his wife, Barbara, will host up to 200 people at a family reunion in a Milledgeville hotel. Near and distant relatives will arrive from as close as down the street to as far away as Arizona, Michigan, and New York State - and all points in between.