ATLANTA - A number of northeast Georgians appear in a program being telecast by Georgia Public Broadcasting Sunday night and again Friday about Georgia's Appalachian Poet/Novelist, Byron Herbert Reece.
"VOICES - Finding Byron Herbert Reece" will air statewide at 6:00 p.m. Sunday and again at 1:30 a.m. Friday.
A number of people who knew Reece personally are featured as the "voices" in the program which depicts Reece's life.
They include the late James Mathis, Sr., Gainesville; Mildred and Philip Greear, Helen; Bettie Sellers and Zell Miller, Young Harris; Clyde and Sue Collins, Eugene and Dorothy Dyer, and Dora Spiva, Blairsville; Raymond Cook, Valdosta; and Ethelene Dyer Jones, Milledgeville.
Gainesville architect Garland Reynolds who designed the Bryon Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage site also appears.
The video was written and produced by Karen Deem of Deem Loureiro, Inc. in Grayson, Georgia, for use at the Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center located in Union County and adapted for broadcasting by Joani Livingston and Renee McKay, Livingston Group Productions, Waco, Texas.
Reece was born near Blairsville in 1917 but died 41 years later in in Young Harris in 1958, his life cut short by "illness and suicide," according to the Byron Herbert Reece Society website. During his lifetime, he produced five volumes of verse and two novels.
To read more about his life and his work and the effort to preserve his legacy, click on the link below.
Saturday
October 12th, 2024
4:26AM
