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feature storyBook Inspires World TravelLyndal Tatum provides opportunitiesthrough Tattnall TravelersLYNDAL TATUM HOLDS A COPY OFTHE BOOK IF I WERE GOING, WHICHINSPIRED HER TO TRAVEL TOWORLDWIDE DESTINATIONS.By David TootleWhen she was in the thirdgrade, a little girl picked upan “Alice and Jerry” readerand began to dream of farawayplaces and other waysof life. Sixty years later,Lyndal Tatum of TattnallCounty has seen many of theplaces she read about, andquite a few others besides.That book, called If I WereGoing, was a popular readingtextbook in schools nation-wide in the 1930s,40s, and 50s. It featureda railroad stationagent, Mr.Sanders, who alsosold tickets for asteamship line. Thiscompany wouldsend travel postersto the station, whereSanders and thechildren of FriendlyVillage would daydreamabout somedayvisiting the exoticlands in the pictures.When thesteamship companydecided to sendSanders on a retirementtrip, he wasable to see many ofthe places he andthe children hadwondered about.For young Lyndal Thomas,“Friendly Village”meant areas around the OakGrove Church and the Tisoncommunity in the southernpart of Tattnall County.“I was born and raisedaround Oak Grove Church,”she told us. “My dad had alittle farm down there, wherehis father and grandfather hadlived. He eventually boughta bigger place in that area,and we stayed there until Iwas in about the sixth grade.”Lyndal’s father oncemoved the family to nearbyGlennville to pursue a garagebusiness, but followed theurgings of his wife to take thefamily back out to the countrysideapproximately sixmonths later. When a friendoffered to trade his farm nearReidsville for the house andgarage in town, the menswapped situations, bringingLyndal and her family to thearea where she still lives today.The Thomases and theirneighbors were instrumentalin establishing the PineviewBaptist Church near their newfarm, and have been active inits work since its inceptionover fifty years ago.Lyndal, the second ofseven children, went to the46Mature Living Winter Edition
Tison school as a child, where she was introduced to the If IWere Going text. As a teen, she began attending GlennvilleHigh School, where she played basketball for the legendarycoach Emily DeLoach. Some of her first escapades were withthe Bulldog basketball team, which traveled throughout SoutheastGeorgia and later to Macon, where they played for threestate championships and captured one. She even moved toGlennville and lived with DeLoach and one of her aunts fortwo years when school redistricting threatened to divide thesuccessful GHS squad between that school and ReidsvilleHigh.She graduated from Glennville High School in 1957, thenreturned home and worked on the family farm.“My dad was not one to send you to college,” she recalled,“but I went to work and took a few courses when South GeorgiaCollege offered them at the (Georgia State) prison. I alwayssaid I wouldn’t die happy if I didn’t get a college degree.”The lure of family life, however, changed that perception.Lyndal had married Kennon Tatum, also raised in the Tisonarea, in the October following her graduation. After beingemployed for a while at the Glass House Restaurant inGlennville, she left the working world during her first pregnancy.The couple had three children—Kay, Ken, and Kevin.Her husband’s family lived next to Lyndal’s near Pineview,so they settled into life in that community.“When I was little, reading that book, I thought I wouldget to go farther in life than Oak Grove,” she chuckled. “Youcan see that now I’m about ten miles away.”When Kevin was about a year and a half old, Lyndal beganto work part-time for the Tattnall County Board of Educationoffice in Reidsville. A successful trial period workingwith tax records led to full-time employment for the next thirtyyears with the Board. During this time, she was a participantin the computerization of the organization’s financial systems.They even recalled her following her retirement when lawsSEE US FOR GREATDEALS ON THEKAWASAKI MULEUTILITY VEHICLE!Kawasaki2384 GOLDEN ISLES WESTBAXLEY, GEORGIA912-367-2233Mature Living Winter Edition 47
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Tison school as a child, where she was <strong>in</strong>troduced to <strong>the</strong> If IWere Go<strong>in</strong>g text. As a teen, she began attend<strong>in</strong>g GlennvilleHigh School, where she played basketball for <strong>the</strong> legendarycoach Emily DeLoach. Some of her first escapades were with<strong>the</strong> Bulldog basketball team, which traveled throughout Sou<strong>the</strong>astGeorgia and later to Macon, where <strong>the</strong>y played for threestate championships and captured one. She even moved toGlennville and lived with DeLoach and one of her aunts fortwo years when school redistrict<strong>in</strong>g threatened to divide <strong>the</strong>successful GHS squad between that school and ReidsvilleHigh.She graduated from Glennville High School <strong>in</strong> 1957, <strong>the</strong>nreturned home and worked on <strong>the</strong> family farm.“My dad was not one to send you to college,” she recalled,“but I went to work and took a few courses when South GeorgiaCollege offered <strong>the</strong>m at <strong>the</strong> (Georgia State) prison. I alwayssaid I wouldn’t die happy if I didn’t get a college degree.”The lure of family life, however, changed that perception.Lyndal had married Kennon Tatum, also raised <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tisonarea, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> October follow<strong>in</strong>g her graduation. After be<strong>in</strong>gemployed for a while at <strong>the</strong> Glass House Restaurant <strong>in</strong>Glennville, she left <strong>the</strong> work<strong>in</strong>g world dur<strong>in</strong>g her first pregnancy.The couple had three children—Kay, Ken, and Kev<strong>in</strong>.Her husband’s family lived next to Lyndal’s near P<strong>in</strong>eview,so <strong>the</strong>y settled <strong>in</strong>to life <strong>in</strong> that community.“When I was little, read<strong>in</strong>g that book, I thought I wouldget to go far<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong> life than Oak Grove,” she chuckled. “Youcan see that now I’m about ten miles away.”When Kev<strong>in</strong> was about a year and a half old, Lyndal beganto work part-time for <strong>the</strong> Tattnall County Board of Educationoffice <strong>in</strong> Reidsville. A successful trial period work<strong>in</strong>gwith tax records led to full-time employment for <strong>the</strong> next thirtyyears with <strong>the</strong> Board. Dur<strong>in</strong>g this time, she was a participant<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> computerization of <strong>the</strong> organization’s f<strong>in</strong>ancial systems.They even recalled her follow<strong>in</strong>g her retirement when lawsSEE US FOR GREATDEALS ON THEKAWASAKI MULEUTILITY VEHICLE!Kawasaki2384 GOLDEN ISLES WESTBAXLEY, GEORGIA912-367-2233<strong>Mature</strong> <strong>Liv<strong>in</strong>g</strong> W<strong>in</strong>ter Edition 47
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