Zero Looking Ahead!

PROUST
Q&A
BY: CAROLINE CHAMPION
PIERCE CANNON
NAME: Pierce Cannon
FAMILY: Cassandra; Finnegan (8), Mary Pierce (6), Jude (4), TBD
(10/7/22).
HOMETOWN: Savannah, Georgia.
CURRENT TOWN: Savannah, Georgia.
WHAT YEARS AT UGA: 2001-2006.
SCHOOL/DEGREE: Family and Consumer Sciences/
Consumer Economics.
PROFESSION: Mortgage banker with Synovus.
ACCOLADES: Selected to write the epitaph for Philip
Zaehdarm.
WHAT LIFE LESSONS DID YOU LEARN WHILE AT
UGA?
Managing expectations.
WHAT PROFESSOR DID YOU MOST ADMIRE?
Professor Joseph Sabia because he went to Cornell and liked to
remind our class he went to Cornell. Great hair too.
WHICH HISTORICAL FIGURE DO YOU MOST
IDENTIFY WITH?
Sisyphus.
WHO ARE YOUR HEROES IN REAL LIFE?
My mother, Connie Cannon, and my father, Bobby Cannon.
Their unwavering Catholic faith and adherence to simple life
philosophies centered around family, humor, honesty, and
generosity have given me the tools I need to be a husband,
father, and productive member of society.
My wife of 11 years and girlfriend of 19 years, Cassandra Cannon
class of ’08. She is an incredible mother to our three, soon to be
four children, and my best friend and confidant. After graduating
from UGA in ’08 with a degree in Biology and Psychology and
acceptance into Mercer Medical School, Cassandra took a
leap of faith and started a women’s apparel company called
Lake Pajamas with her friend and business partner, Anne Read
Latimore. They’ve gone from selling their pajamas out of one
store in downtown Savannah to a large e-commerce business
with their own retail locations in Atlanta and Charleston. All of
this while raising three children and pregnant with a fourth. She
transcends time and space.
QUOTE TO LIVE BY:
“It is not death that a man should fear, but rather he should fear
never beginning to live’ – Marcus Aurelius
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS?
Sitting on Tybee Island Beach as the sun is going down with my
wife and kids, my parents, my siblings, their spouses and children.
We have a cooler of freezing cold Budweisers, fried chicken and
boiled peanuts. My brothers are down 4-15 to me and my dad on
the bocce court and we have a leaner.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENT?
Holding Kwame Brown to six points.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST MARKED CHARACTERISTIC?
I love to dance.
WHAT DO YOU MOST VALUE IN YOUR FRIENDS?
Being there. I have a very close core group of friends and even
though the time in between visits seems to grow we all show up
for each other and showing up is half the battle.
IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT
YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I care too much.
WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE WRITERS?
Epictetus with his classic, “The Enchiridion of Epictetus.” It
provides the pillars on how to live life, concerning yourself with
only what you can control.
FAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHO TO FOLLOW?
Instagram and the @lakepajamas account. I’m not above a
shameless plug for my wife and fellow Bulldogs’ company.
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