A FEW THINGS TO BRIEFLY PONDER

by larrywalker on February 12, 2013

By Larry Walker February 11, 2013 lwalker@whgmlaw.com I’ve been writing this column, weekly, for eleven plus years, and have enjoyed doing it very much. I think it can be improved. Look for shorter columns with paragraphs of less length. Here goes with several subjects. * College football fans know that National Signing Day was last [...]

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LYING ABOUT THE TRUTH

by larrywalker on February 4, 2013

By Larry Walker January 28, 2013 lwalker@whgmlaw.com I hate and abhor lying . . . Psalms 119:163 The Holy Bible Recently, I was channel surfing when I saw an ad for a television program on CBS to be called The Truth About Lying. I found this to be pretty interesting, but the more I thought [...]

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GET YOUR BEST ‘HOLD’ AND HANG ON

by larrywalker on January 28, 2013

By Larry Walker January 22, 2013 lwalker@whgmlaw.com There are lessons to be learned from what I write here. No lesson is more certain than the one about change and how it is inevitable. It has always been, but it is now more certain and faster. Today, it’s Walmart. For years, it was Sears, Roebuck & [...]

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THE DEATH OF A GEORGIA ICON

by larrywalker on January 22, 2013

By Larry Walker January 14, 2013 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Hugh Gillis, Georgia’s longest serving legislator (55 plus years), died on January 1, 2013 at 94 years of age. Impressive though this is, his years of service and longevity of life is not what made him a Georgia icon. It was the quality of his life, his love [...]

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IT’S TIME TO GET A WHEEL A TURNING

by larrywalker on January 14, 2013

By Larry Walker January 7, 2013 lwalker@whgmlaw.com This was hard work. Not only hard, but hot and stinky. Eighty, fifty pound sacks of chicken feed delivered south of Perry and stored in Mr. G. W. Hicks’ chicken house, full of laying hens. And, perhaps another twenty, one hundred pound sacks added to the eighty. That’s [...]

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2008, 2012, GOING, GONE

by larrywalker on January 7, 2013

By Larry Walker December 31, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com This is an article I wrote for the November/December issue of James magazine. I wrote it shortly after 2012 SEC Championship football game between Georgia and Alabama. I like the article and got good responses from it. Consequently, I decided to share it with the Houston Home Journal [...]

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By Larry Walker December 18, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Storytelling, even if just a stolen skill, gave me currency to trade for . . . skinny blacktop roads in the Deep South. Rick Bragg Somebody Told Me This is my 2012 book report. It’s about the twenty-four books I read – every word of every book – [...]

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HARPER LEE’S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

by larrywalker on December 17, 2012

By Larry Walker September 19, 2011 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Atticus Finch talking to his son, Jem It came out in 1960, this novel by Harper Lee that was named the best novel of the 20th century by [...]

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By Larry Walker December 10, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Over the past three weeks, I’ve written about the living former Mayors of Perry, to-wit: James O. McKinley (May 6, 1974 to March 31, 1980); Barbara C. Calhoun (June 4, 1980 to December 31, 1984); and, Lewis M. Meeks (January 1, 1985 to December 31, 1988). After Mayor [...]

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METICULOUS MAYOR MEEKS DOES FINE JOB

by larrywalker on December 3, 2012

LEWIS M. MEEKS (JANUARY 1, 1985 – DECEMBER 31, 1988) By Larry Walker December 3, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com This is what two had to say about their good friend, Lewis Meeks. Billy Bledsoe: “Generous to a fault, sharp as a tack, very family oriented, and one of the finest people I have ever known.” Jeanne Bledsoe: [...]

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THE SUN GOT IN MY EYES

November 28, 2012

JANUARY 3, 2005 Most of you can’t really relate to this article. Why? Well, I suspect that over one-half of my readers are women and most of them have never participated. And as to the men readers, increasingly, most of them have, regretfully, had no “first hand” experiences. Still, as to those who can relate, [...]

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PERRY’S OWN IRON LADY

November 26, 2012

BARBARA C. CALHOUN (JUNE 4, 1980 – DECEMBER 31, 1984) By Larry Walker November 26, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 through 1990, famous for her uncompromising politics and leadership style, became known by the British people as the Iron Lady. Barbara Cunningham Calhoun, Mayor of Perry from [...]

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WWII WAR HERO SERVES AS PERRY’S MAYOR

November 20, 2012

JAMES O. MCKINLEY (MAY 6, 1974 – MARCH 31, 1980) By Larry Walker  November 19, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com   James O. McKinley graduated from the Perry public schools, the eleventh grade back then, on June 6,1943.  One month later, in July, James joined the United States Army.  Perry’s Billy Boone joined on the same day, and [...]

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STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF PERRY’S MAYORS (PART TWO)

November 13, 2012

November 12, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Last week, I wrote about Mayors A. M. Anderson, Sam A. Nunn, George F. Nunn, Charles P. Gray and Mayo Davis. I called them Perry’s Wise Men. This week it’s six more (not counting special articles on Perry’s three living former Mayors). In my mind, these six, plus our three living [...]

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STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF PERRY’S MAYORS

November 5, 2012

(PART ONE) November 5, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com We are all standing on others’ shoulders. That’s what Lewis Meeks and I concluded when I interviewed him for an article about him here in my office in Perry on Wednesday, October 17. Perry is an unusual small town. It’s clean, and for all my time of knowing and [...]

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SAM THE BANANA MAN

October 29, 2012

October 22, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Sam ‘The Banana Man’ is the subject of Rich Cohen’s unexpectedly excellent book, The Fish That Ate The Whale with the subtitle, The Life and Times of America’s Banana King. Occasionally, I come across a great book that I had no idea would be as good as it turned out to [...]

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OF SOLID BLACK AND SOLID WHITE SQUIRRELS

October 22, 2012

October 16, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Let me give you a variety of “stuff” this week, * I had to get pretty old to see both, in the wild, but in 2012 it happened. Earlier in the year, and even this week, I saw a solid black squirrel on our place. We’ve seen lots of them since [...]

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TWO FRIENDS SAY IT WELL

October 15, 2012

October 9, 2012  lwalker@whgmlaw.com   My friend, Dink Nesmith, writes a very good and widely read weekly column.  This week’s was one of his best.  It’s so good, I give it to you here, verbatim.   What Keeps You Awake At Night?           Some nights I can’t sleep.  My mind won’t unplug.  My eyelids close, [...]

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TWO CHURCHES THAT HAVE INFLUENCED MANY

October 9, 2012

October 2, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Let my begin by reiterating what I have written before: I do not criticize others’ religious beliefs. Mitt Romney is a Mormon, and I suspect he’s one because his father and mother were Mormons. Let me add that it seems to me that Mormons are, as a whole, behaving themselves and [...]

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980 to 105.9 Is About 60 Years

October 1, 2012

September 24, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Nine Eight 0, on the radio. Welcome to Perry, Georgia. Or, 980 WPGA. That’s what it was when Perry got radio back in the 1950′s. Oh how the memories flood my soul. Just like these words from the old hymn, that’s the way I felt when I stopped by Perry’s new [...]

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FROM MULES TO TRACTORS TO SATELLITES

September 24, 2012

September 18, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com It’s been a long time ago – well over fifty years. But, this is the way I remember, and I believe my memory is largely accurate. One was yellowish brown, one was reddish brown, and the other was black. The yellowish brown was Kate, the reddish brown was Dixie, and the [...]

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BAD IN GOOD, GOOD IN BAD

September 17, 2012

August 29, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Let me get right to it. I really don’t need an explanatory preface, you’ll understand as you read this. Good: The great technological advances (satellites, for example) that help in weather forecasting. You know it’s coming (or, in some cases, not coming) long before it gets here. You can prepare and [...]

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TELL HIM, “DON’T DO IT”

September 10, 2012

This is the first “guest writer” we’ve used.  It’s so good, I wanted to share this article with you.  And, as an added bonus for me, this is by one of my close friends, confidants and advisors, Bryant Culpepper.  Bryant practices law in Peach and Bibb Counteis, has served in the Georgia House of Representatives, [...]

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RUMINATIONS OF AN ORDINARY, CONCERNED CITIZEN

September 7, 2012

 The president, he wrote, was “that strange compound of ignorance and ferocity, of deceit and weakness,” a “hideous hermaphroditical character which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.” This is what James Callender, a Republican propagandist, wrote about our second President, John Adams. Actually, though, [...]

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YES, I’M READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!

August 27, 2012

August 21, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com           I like baseball, pretty good.  How well I like it depends on what kind’ve emphasis I put on the “pretty good”.  And, I like high school basketball, girls and boys, especially when I have a grandchild playing.  I also like college basketball, but not the pros.  But, most of all, [...]

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SOME THINGS I WILL NEVER FORGET

August 20, 2012

August 13, 2012   lwalker@whgmlaw.com   I’m no psychiatrist (at least not a professional), but I do think I’m a pretty accurate ‘studier’ of people.  You don’t practice law for 47 years and stay in elective office for 32 without knowing things about what makes people ‘tick’.  Thus, may I share a few thoughts with [...]

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UNEXPECTED WONDERS HAPPEN

August 13, 2012

May 7, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com Unexpected wonders happen. A few days ago, Janice excitedly telephoned me exclaiming that she had just seen a solid black squirrel in our yard. She reported that the squirrel “was totally black with a very shiny, silky coat.” We have seen him/her twice since then, and with him/her in the presence [...]

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BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF

August 6, 2012

July 30, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com            It was about 6:00 on a Thursday afternoon when I saw it.  Printed on the bottom left of the August issue of Southern Living were the words, “Janice Walker, 2699 Marshallville Road, Perry, Georgia”.  It was Janice’s magazine, but I saw it, picked it up, sat down and immediately turned, [...]

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AMERICA?

July 30, 2012

July 23, 2012 lwalker@whgmlaw.com             Here are a few observations and views about what’s going on in our country:   Narcissistic Americans?  Two Sundays ago, Reverend Jim Hamlin preached a great sermon on what’s going on in America, likening our country to a boat drifting down a river towards a fall and “to the [...]

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ACCEPTING PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY ARE

July 23, 2012

October 18, 2004 He had a white streak through his brown hair, so he was called “Pinto.” He wasn’t big and strong and he wasn’t clever and quick and he wasn’t socially prominent. Whether or not he liked his nickname, I do not know, but I doubt that he did. It made no difference. “Pinto.” [...]

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WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION?

July 18, 2012

December 5, 2011 During my later years in the Georgia House of Representatives, say for at least the last ten years, or so, I was called up, annually, to meet before the beginning of a session and talk with the “new crop” of interns that were coming from various colleges and universities to assist during [...]

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PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT BIND MY LIFE TOGETHER

July 18, 2012

Before the Today Show came on at 7:00 this past Monday morning, I was starting, in anticipation of a full read, Willie Morris’ Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home,when the words in his Foreword so intrigued me that I wanted to share them with you. Even with this strenuous culling of all [...]

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WHAT JULY 4 MEANS TO ME

July 2, 2012

June 25, 2007 When I was recently in Argentina and Uruguay, I got the impression that the people in those countries didn’t dislike Americans, they just didn’t like our government. It made me feel pretty good, because, heck, we don’t like our government, ourselves! What’s our President’s approval rating? In the 30% range? And, Congress [...]

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FISH CATCHES 165 POUND MAN

June 25, 2012

What’s the old saw? If a dog bites a man, it’s not a story; but, if a man bites a dog, then it’s a big story.  Well, this is a true story, told in exact and accurate detail, about a fish catching a man.  And, it didn’t happen in the ocean or a great body [...]

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DADDY HAD HIS RULES

June 18, 2012

Daddy had his rules. Yes, Daddy had his rules. They were probably Mother’s rules, too. At least, she adopted them and helped enforce them. She might have formulated some of them, as far as I know. There was no ‘divide and conquer’ in the Walker household. The rules were the rules, and we were expected [...]

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REMEMBERING A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SPEECH

June 11, 2012

A president of a college in north Georgia approached me at the Regents’ meeting in Atlanta, last week, and inquired of me as to “whether or not you do commencement addresses”. I could see what was coming, and I ‘begged-off’ before this president ever got to firm-up the invitation to be the college’s graduation speaker. [...]

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LARRY’S LIST OF TOP TEN BOOKS

June 4, 2012

Let me confess. Last week, I mentioned my “All-Time Top Ten” book list. Truth: I have never had such a list, but as I write on, I will have one when this column is completed. I’ll call it “Larry’s List of Top Ten Books”. My list won’t compete with the Barnes & Noble nor the [...]

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A FEW GUMPISMS FOR LIFE

May 29, 2012

“O Brother, Where Art Thou or Forrest Gump? Gump had Tom Hanks and O Brother had George Clooney. Which was better? The NeSmiths, Dink and Pam, Janice and I debated this important cultural issue while deep in the wilds of Costa Rica. We concluded that both were excellent – clever, entertaining, well-done, etc. I’m not [...]

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CRICKETS FROM THE CROSSROADS

May 22, 2012

I’ll bet I’m not the only one who’s been doing this: thinking about what I could do to make some money in these difficult times. I’ve run several things through my mind – sometimes at 3:00 or 4:00 a.m., and then, again, in the cold reality of daytime. I’ll think it up, speculate about it, [...]

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AWESOME THINGS TO BRIGHTEN MY DAY

May 14, 2012

The economy is, and has been, for quite some time “in the tank”. Oil is gushing, sticking, coagulating, marring and doing all manner of despicable things. Crime never abates. It’s hot – and dry. Our ‘war problems’ continue to be serious problems. We can’t seem to get a leader that the majority likes. Etc., etc., [...]

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BE POSITIVE ABOUT THE SOUTH

May 8, 2012

Let’s face it. Actually, rather than let us face it, it should be, and is, let me face it. One of my best friends, a person in whom I have great confidence, was right with his advice. I emailed him about a proposed article knowing he would evaluate and give me his honest opinion. He [...]

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AMERICANIZING THE SOUTH

May 4, 2012

As a people, and I’m talking about the American people, at least as to me, it seems that we focus on our shortcomings and failures more than on our successes and triumphs.  I don’t think it’s always been that way, but since the saturation by the media of their messages, say starting in the 1970′s [...]

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GRITS GROW ON BUSHES

April 26, 2012

My friend and high school classmate, Pierce Staples, now living in Alabama, shared this with me. It is too good not to share with you! I really wish I knew who wrote it, and I would give proper attribution. Unfortunately, I do not know. Still, all of you – Yankees and Southerners alike – need [...]

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Administrative Professionals’ Day Celebrated at WHG&M

April 25, 2012

Administrative Professionals’ Day, originally known as Secretaries’ Day, began  in 1952.  In the United States, it is traditionally celebrated on the last Wednesday in April.  Over the years the name has evolved to include titles like “administrative professionals” or “executive administration.”  Regardless of the title, the kind sentiment behind the day remains the same.   [...]

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VIGNETTES OF THE MIND

April 23, 2012

This one will be a little strange. I’ve noticed that several, lately, have been somewhat this way. Strange is not necessarily bad, it’s just different, and when you say “different”, you’ve got to ask, “different from what?” As I think about it, often “different” is better, and maybe even “strange” can be better, if it [...]

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WHAT TO BRING TO WHG&M’S FOOD FRENZY

April 20, 2012

Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore is a proud participant in the Georgia Legal Food Frenzy.  Beginning Monday April 23, 2012, the Georgia lawyers and legal staff at WHG&M will begin bringing and collecting food and donations.  The frenzy ends May 4, 2012.  It seeks to provide Georgia food banks with the extra food supply needed [...]

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PERRY, GEORGIA LAW FIRM IS “LIKED”

April 17, 2012

WHG&M is happy to celebrate a social media milestone with our wonderful friends and clients in Middle Georgia.  Thank you for your friendship.  Thank you for your support. Have you not let connected with this Perry, GA law firm on Facebook? Click the picture below to connect and receive updates about our Traditional Georgia Legal [...]

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THINGS WE DON’T QUESTION ABOUT THE SOUTH

April 16, 2012

Thank God I was born in the South – the South, backwater when I made my debut in ‘42, and the South, where it’s in in 2010. Let’s look at some of the things that southern folks seldom question about the South, the things that help make us love it: * The Tams. I saw [...]

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THE NAME GAME

April 13, 2012

A psychiatrist would have fun with this, and with me about this. I seem to have an obsession (slight, I hope), with naming things. And, sometimes I might add, I’m pretty good at it. I’ve named lots of corporations and limited liability companies for clients, and many of them are doing well. One of my [...]

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NAMING THINGS

April 11, 2012

SoHo, as in Walker’s SoHo Farm.  Originally, as to the place we owned in the lower end of the county on Highway 26, it was SoHo for South Houston.  Just like the street in New York City, SoHo means the neighbor or district south of Houston (“Howston” and not “Hewston”) Street.  Then we bought another [...]

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PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT BIND MY LIFE TOGETHER

April 9, 2012

Before the Today Show came on at 7:00 this past Monday morning, I was starting, in anticipation of a full read, Willie Morris’ Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home, when the words in his Foreword so intrigued me that I wanted to share them with you. Even with this strenuous culling of [...]

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Perry, Georgia Law Firm Offers Online Legal Services to Georgia Residents and Small Businesses

April 5, 2012

Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore, LLP is a Perry, Georgia law firm.  This established middle Georgia law firm now offers Georgia online legal services in addition to our traditional legal practice in Perry, Georgia.  An attorney at Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore can be your online Georgia lawyer! WHG&M’S GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES ONLINE HELP YOU: 1. SAVE [...]

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LARRY, BY THE NUMBERS

April 5, 2012

Last Friday, not yesterday, but the week before, I woke up about 2:00 a.m. thinking about this column. Exactly why, I can’t say. The only explanation I have is what I was thinking that I have told several preachers, and others, that goes something like this: “I’ll bet that with the exception of preachers, I’ve [...]

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MOST LOST THINGS IN AMERICA

April 4, 2012

What are the most lost things in America? I’ll bet some would immediately say, “souls”. And, if not living by the tenets set-out in almost all organized religions results in a loss of soul(s), then this could be a valid answer. It’s not what I’m looking for, but it’s valid. Others might answer, “civility.” Certainly, [...]

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Traditional Perry Georgia Law Firm Offers Georgia Legal Services ONLINE

April 2, 2012

Walker Hulbert Gray& Moore, LLP is committed to providing clients with the very best in legal services.  Clients speak for themselves on our Client Testimonials Page. This commitment to excellence inspired the eight experienced Georgia lawyers at Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore, LLP to add yet another legal service to our general practice in Perry, [...]

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Recent Personal Injury Settlements List

April 2, 2012

$1,500,000.00 wrongful death settlement for a client whose husband was killed in a motor vehicle collision $1,000,000.00 wrongful death settlement (obtained through mediation) for a client whose husband was killed in a motor vehicle collision $475,000.00 personal injury settlement for a client who suffered a ruptured aorta after an accident with a dump truck resulting in nearly $120,000 in medical bills $470,000.00 total settlements [...]

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THINGS I’VE LEARNED AS I’VE GOTTEN OLDER

March 30, 2012

I take my inspiration for this column from one written by one of my favorites, Andy Rooney. I’ve learned that you can leave your problems at work and pick ‘em up the next morning. Seldom do I take problems home with me. I’ve leaned that family is the most important thing in my world. Daddy [...]

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GIRLS BASKETBALL, THE BEATLES, FAT FOLKS AND CHICKEN

March 28, 2012

While getting ready for my recent family birthday party, Janice was going through lots of old newspaper clippings, and made an interesting observation about the numerous stories involving our daughter Wendy’s athletic career at the Westfield School in Perry. First, let me brag a little: Wendy was an outstanding athlete, earning sixteen letters at Westfield, [...]

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LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTUMN OF MY LIFE

March 26, 2012

“It’s the fourth quarter, we’re behind, and we are passing on every play!” That’s what I frequently say to my friend, Clark Fain, more fully known as Mallie Clark Fain, III, as we discuss our mutual birthday anniversaries, same day, same year, which we occasioned as to the day on yesterday, the year being unrevealed, [...]

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SPRING, MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR?

March 22, 2012

Spring is my favorite time of the year except for autumn. And, autumn is my favorite time of the year except for spring. It could be worse. I could like autumn in the spring and spring in the autumn. Some people are like that. The fact is, I like both seasons very much, but, today, [...]

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TODAY, I’M GOIN’ TO SCRAP A LITTLE COTTON

March 19, 2012

Periodically, I like to stop and write a column that kinda’ catches up on lots of things and really nothing in particular. In this part of the country, when cotton was still king, it used to be called “scrapping cotton”. That’s when the human cotton pickers made the last pass at getting the little amount [...]

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BUILDING A RABBIT BOX

March 16, 2012

We have a cabin on the back side of our place that recently underwent some modest renovations. These were prompted by damages as a result of a ruptured water heater. Like most unplanned renovations, and, frankly planned renovations, they end up exceeding, both in scope and cost, what you originally thought you might do and [...]

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WASHING MY GRANDFATHER’S HANDS

March 14, 2012

I entered the Men’s Room in the barbeque shack intent on washing my hands, quickly proceeding to the task as the soap and water were forced between the fingers and over and around the palms and backs. Amazingly, I was struck with nostalgia: I was washing Grandbuddy’s hands with his wrinkles, brown spots, and black [...]

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JEWELL IS ONE OF PERRY’S MANY JEWELS

March 12, 2012

I’ve written my fair share of articles about rude clerks, sullen fast food dispensers, disinterested and incompetent government employees, and the like. Actually, I’ve probably written more than my fair share. That’s the way it is, or, at least, the way it seems to be. Most of us are apparently more interested in the negative [...]

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TEN THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY

March 9, 2012

Janice and I have been extremely busy, of late, and have largely enjoyed it, although, frankly, at times it has been a bit overwhelming. Our many commitments and busy schedules put me to thinking, for some reason, about what really makes me happy. I have come up with ten things (there are many more) which [...]

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GOT TO GET A WHEEL TURNING

March 7, 2012

“We’ve got to get a wheel a turning.” Even at pre-learner’s driver’s license age, I soon learned this meant time to go to work. And: “When we get to Bo Narry, we’ll get us a drink”. I was older, but slower. What Joe Hodges was saying: When we get to Bonaire and Mr. Henry Cullen [...]

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NONE OF ‘EM HAVE PLOWED A MULE

March 5, 2012

I was visiting with Ross Tolleson a few days ago, and we were discussing the many differences between today’s legislators and politicians and those of just a few years ago when I opined: “One of the main problems is that none of them have ever plowed a mule or lived through the Great Depression.” Perhaps [...]

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THIRTY BOOKS ON MY TOP TEN LIST

February 28, 2012

I promised a “book report” of some of the books I read in 2011. Here it is, such as it is. Let me start by mentioning some of the books I’ve read in the past – before 2011 – and my present “Top Ten List” which has morphed into thirty books, or more. It’s like [...]

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REVIEW OF LARRY’S BOOK BY DINK NESMITH

January 26, 2012
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PLEASE, MARTHA, NO CHENILLE LID COVERS

January 26, 2012

I wouldn’t put it in the same category as the Social Security/private investments debate nor the budget deficit nor the trade deficit, but it is still a problem. A problem that seems peculiar to men (at least as to how it affects them) as opposed to women. In fact, women seem to relish the situation [...]

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WELCOME TO THE LAW AND LIFE ON THE GNAT LINE BLOG

January 2, 2012

Law and Life on the Gnat Line is a blog written by Larry Walker.  It will cover a wide variety of topics on the practice of law and life on the gnat line (a distinctive area of Middle Georgia).  You can enjoy Larry’s weekly columns and other writings on this blog.  You also can follow Larry on [...]

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