Special Features
Bruce Holmes Henry – County District 5 Commissioner
Bruce Holmes Henry County District 5 Commissioner Bruce Holmes has had a life long commitment to helping others and giving back to his community. His recent election to the Henry County Board of Commissioners is a continuation of this service to others. Born in El Paso, Texas and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Bruce earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota in 1987. He went on to earn his Masters in Business Management from the University of Minnesota St. Mary’s. After college, he had a successful professional pro football...
read moreThe One & Only Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin was born March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee, the fourth of five children of a Baptist preacher and a gospel singer. A gifted singer and pianist, Franklin went on tour with her father’s traveling revival show and later went to New York and signed with Columbia records. Over time she released singles that would become classics. She has won 18 Grammys and continues to perform. Born Aretha Louise Franklin on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Baptist preacher Reverend Clarence La Vaughan “C.L.” Franklin,...
read moreThe Dove Awards returning to Atlanta 2012
NASHVILLE, TN – The 43rd Annual GMA Dove Awards will return to the historic Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA for the second year in a row to host the 2012 event. Mitchell Solarek, chairman of the board of The Gospel Music Association (GMA), made the announcement at a Dove Awards reception CCM Magazine in Nashville. The GMA Dove Awards is Gospel music’s biggest night of the year, featuring top artists from the many different genres of Gospel and Christian music. The event will be an evening of music and celebration held at the Fox Theatre on...
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