Medora Field Perkerson Author-Newspaper Columnist-GHM-057-12-Floyd Co.
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N 34° 11.393 W 085° 10.447
16S E 668250 N 3784716
On Lindale Road at First Baptist Church in Lindale
Waymark Code: WM4830
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2008
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Medora Field (1892 - 1960) was born nearby on the site of the present Lindale Baptist Church. In her early twenties she became a member of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine staff, and later was married to Angus Perkerson, its editor. For many years, troubled people sought the sympathetic and sound counsel she gave in her weekly column as 'Marie Rose'. She was the friend of the friendless. Through offices held in her Church, in the Child Service Association of Atlanta and in organizations of writers, she became an influence for good throughout Georgia and beyond its borders.
Mrs. Perkerson's most notable book, White Columns in Georgia, tells the story of her state through its historic houses. Her two other books, Who Killed Aunt Maggie? and Blood on her Shoe, have Georgia settings.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 057-12
Date: 1961
Sponsor: Not listed
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