Sarah Elizabeth Petty of Palmetto, Fulton County, GA was born on September 18, 1901 to John J. Petty and Martha (Barnes) Petty. She had siblings Ivan Petty, Roy J. Petty, Emma Petty, Martha (Petty) Folsom, and John Petty. Sarah Petty died at age 84 years old in February 1986, and was buried at Macedonia Baptist Church in Newnan.
Disco, polyester, Nixon and Watergate, equal rights, the "new right", the rise of terrorism . . . oh what a decade. Not much was resolved but a lot happened!
In the far past, we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photo...