Lathemtown, GA

05/08/2024

Lathemtown Pottery will be in Ball Ground this Saturday May 11.
It will be a great show, come by and see us. We will have a large selection of pottery.

7th Annual Plant Sale and Festival
Ball Ground Garden Club Plant Sale and Festival
The event is free of charge for the whole family!
Saturday - May 11th 2024 - 9AM to 3PM
7th Annual Ball Ground Garden Club Plant Sale and Festival
"A True Community Celebration"

Find plants including Native and Heirloom that are carefully cultivated and nurtured by club members then offered for sale exclusively at the Festival. Visit with over 40 local vendors representing unique Arts & Crafts, delicious foods, snacks, beverages, desserts, children's activities, and much more. Don't miss the popular Garden Club Raffle to win cool prizes and plants.
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​The Festival is located at the famous Ball Ground Botanical Garden:
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Festival Address: 215 Valley Street, Ball Ground GA 30107
Offering a Huge and Varied Supply of Plants to Purchase
Free Gardening Advice and Suggestions
Guided Tours: Beautiful Ball Ground’s Botanical Garden​
Great Raffle Prizes to Win and Memorial Bricks to Buy
40 Vendor Booths (Food, Beverage, Shopping)
Children's Activities

04/05/2021

This is a family photo of the Robert and Delsie Warren Family, Circa 1928. The only ones I can identify are:
Standing 3rd Row, 2nd from right
Charles Wesley Lathem 1886-1975
Seated, 2nd Row, 3rd from right
Ethel Warren Lathem 1892-1981
Standing 2nd Row, second from Right
Ray Warren Lathem 8/4/1925-9/26/1996
Seated Center, Second Row
Robert Warren 1866-1/27/1948
Delsie Little Warren 10/14/1869-6/30/1941
Back row second from right
Herbert Lathem (Ray’s older brother
I cannot identify others in the photo. Anyone know?

08/09/2020

The Lathemtown Mules Baseball Team. Photo taken in Jasper: FR. L-R: Ralph Gaither, John Heard, Hamrick Smith, George Hester, Frank Smithwick.
Back: GW Lathem, Hube Turner, Dood Turner, Bud Heard, Herb Lummus, Leneal Turner.

07/19/2020

Leila Mae Youngblood Lathem and Ray Warren Lathem, Sr. Circa 1946.

04/24/2020

My Maternal Grandparents, J.C. and Mattie Tatum Youngblood. They were two of the hardest working people I have ever known. Besides keeping an immaculate house and canning and freezing and cooking three meals a day, she was totally committed to volunteering as a Pink Lady at RT Jones Hospital. He was the Line Foreman with GA Power. His crew built most of the original power lines in Cherokee County including the one through Lathemtown. They were devoted Christians, committed members of the First Baptist Church in Canton. He sang in the Brotherhood Choir and could sing both tenor and bass and knew “Fa So La” singing (shaped notes). He also was a very committed quail and rabbit hunter and an excellent marksman. He raised and trained his own bird dogs. I miss them. They loved me unconditionally.

04/23/2020

This photo is reportedly my great, great grandparents, Thomas Jefferson Warren (Feb. 1849-Feb. 23, 1921) and Martha Pinson Warren (c1850-Jan.12, 1923), grandparents of Ethel Warren Lathem (Mrs. Charles Wesley Lathem). Her father was Robert L. Warren (April 14, 1866-Jan. 27, 1948) Mother was Delsey Little Warren (Oct. 14, 1869-June 30, 1941) We have almost no information on my Warren ancestry. Can anyone help? We also have some family suspicion that there are Cherokee ancestors in Ethel Warren Lathem’s ancestors, but cannot confirm this.

12/21/2019

Jedediah A. Meaders, 1806-1882, my great, great, great grandfather was a Methodist preacher. His son-in-law was Andrew Jackson aka Antony Lathem, or “Bud” as he was known was also a Methodist Preacher. Jedediah is buried in the old Orange Methodist Cemetery just west of Smithwick Creek off Hwy 20. His son is buried in the old Smith Cemetery just east of Lathemtown. I’m 8th generation Methodist. Methodist born, Methodist bred, and when I die, I’ll be Methodist dead. Warren Lathem

06/28/2017

06/27/2016

Orange Methodist Church built in 1906, the same year the store was built, on land donated by W.A Lathem. The original church was on Smithwick Hill in the Orange Community.

06/27/2016

The little house next to the Store. It served as a Doctor's Office. Dr. Mark Mashburn, Sr. Practiced here certain days each week, the other days in Cu***ng. Does anyone know the days in Lathemtown? Then Ray and Leila Lathem bought it and lived in for 50 years.

06/27/2016

Lathems cotton gin, Lathemtown Ga. Approx 30's
Notice the Baseball field has not been constructed at this time..

06/27/2016

Lathemtown Mules Baseball Team,
Bottom row left to right
Ralph Gaither, John Heard, Hambrick Smith, George Hester,Frank Smithwick.
Top row, left to right
G. W. Lathem (Manager), Hubert Turner,Dude Turner,Bud Heard,Herbert Lummus,Neal Turner
Approx early 40's