History buffs, family friends attend Busbee open house

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Family friends and Albany history buffs attend an open house at the former Albany home of Gov. George Busbee Tuesday.

George “Buz” Busbee Jr., son of former Georgia Gov. George Busbee, talks with a visitor at an open house at his family’s former Albany home Tuesday. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

A Busbee for Governor sign is part of the memorabilia that was on display Tuesday during an open house at the former Georgia governor’s Albany home. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Tammy Busbee, daughter-in-law of late Georgia Gov. George Busbee, visits her husband Buz Busbee’s former family home in Albany during an open house at the West Third Avenue residence Tuesday. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Albany resident Debra Little-Jones looks over some photographs in former Georgia Gov. George Busbee’s Albany home Tuesday during an open house at the residence. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Family photographs were on display Tuesday in several rooms of the Albany home of former Georgia Gov. George Busbee, which will become the site of a permanent historical marker on May 19. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Old newspaper articles and family photographs were among the items on display Tuesday during an open house at the former Albany home of Georgia Gov. George Busbee. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Tammy Busbee shows off some of the memorabilia collected by her husband, George “Buz” Busbee Jr., which was on display Tuesday at an open house in former Georgia Gov. George Busbee’s Albany home. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

From left, former state Rep. Carol Fullerton, Jay Yeiser, Greg Fullerton and Elizabeth Champion came to the West Third Avenue residence of former Georgia Gov. George Busbee Tuesday during an open house at the residence. The front yard of the home will become the site of a historical marker on May 19. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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