Jimmy Blackmon, a native of Gordon County and 1987 graduate of Calhoun High School, recently came back to visit and speak to guests on behalf of the Gordon County Historical Society Thursday, May 16 at the Calhoun Depot.
Blackmon spoke to an audience of approximately 40 people, many of whom taught him in school or kenw his family, and is the proud author of a book titled “Southern Roots” which tells of a life growing up in Gordon County.
Blackmon enlisted in the Army Reserves on the split option program in 1986, and graduated from North Georgia College in 1991 and was commissioned a second...
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