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Oral histories were collected as a project by the Friends of Smyrna Library and Smyrna Public Library to record memories and information related to the history of Smyrna and Cobb County, Georgia. Unless stated otherwise, the interviews were conducted in the Board Room of Smyrna Public Library. The interviews below are the property of Smyrna Public Library.
Forster DeWitt Puffe (1937-2019) - Smyrna City Councilmember, 1972-1975.
Interview conducted by Dr. William Marchione on February 27, 2015.
Mike Terry - lifelong resident of Smyrna, local historian, and author of A Simpler Time: The Story of the Taylor-Brawner House and the Brawner Hospital.
Interview conducted by Dr. William Marchione on June 8, 2015.
Ruth Mackay Barnett (1924-2025) - longtime resident of Smyrna, born in Atlanta and moved to Smyrna at 4 years old.
Interview conducted by Mike Terry at Delmar Gardens on May 18, 2016.
Arthur Max Bacon - mayor of Smyrna from 1985-2020.
Two-session interview conducted by Dr. William Marchione on October 30, 2017, and December 11, 2017. Session two begins with part seven.
Lois Fields, Bernice Livsey, Lydia Willmot, Lisa Castleberry - group interview of residents of Rose Garden Hills in Smyrna.
Interviews conducted by Mike Terry and Dr. William Marchione on August 1, 2018.
Miller and Joyce Davis - longtime Smyrna residents.
Interviews conducted by Mike Terry on September 20, 2018.
Lucy Stockard Perry and Ann Stockard Wilson - sisters and longtime residents of Vinings.
Interviews conducted by Mike Terry and Nancy Geisler at the home of Lucy Perry in Vinings on January 28, 2019. Also included is a map of the Frank Robison resort which the sisters discuss in the interview. Thanks go to Roberta Cook for supplying a digital image of the map.
Harold Lee Smith - mayor of Smyrna from 1970-1971 and author of Historic Smyrna: An Illustrated History.
Interview conducted by Mike Terry on August 1, 2019.
Jean Aaron - a member of the King family of Davenport and Rose Garden Hills areas.
Interview conducted by Dr. William Marchione and Ty Fletcher on October 8, 2019.
Eleanor Parks - longtime resident of Smyrna and Vinings.
Interview conducted by Dr. William Marchione and Jutta Hansen on October 11, 2019.
Louise Reese - a retired nurse who lived south of Smyrna.
Interview conducted by Dr. William Marchione and Jutta Hansen on November 5, 2019.
Sandra Bryan Crowe - longtime resident of the Belmont Hills area of Smyrna.
Interview conducted by Dr. William Marchione on December 6, 2019 .