Matthews family remembers Lewis Grizzard

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November 6, 2016

Mike Matthews and mom Dee Matthews stand in front of the part of Dee’s UGA “shrine” dedicated to late columnist — and Georgia supporter — Lewis Grizzard. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Dee and Mike Matthews remember late, great columnist/author Lewis Grizzard, a frequent house guest, on what would have been his 70th birthday.

Newspaper columnist Lewis Grizzard became a best-selling author with the publication of his many books on life in the South. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Dee Matthews enjoys time with frequent house guest and renowned newspaper columnist Lewis Grizzard at her Albany home. (Special Photo)

After meeting Jimmy and Dee Matthews at a speaking event in Albany, columnist/author Lewis Grizzard became a frequent guest at the Matthews home. Grizzard, who died in 1994, would have turned 70 last week. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

The most prominent wall in the living area of Dee Matthews’ Albany home is something of a shrine to the University of Georgia. Both Dee and her son, Mike Matthews, are huge UGA fans. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

A column written by Lewis Grizzard about the birth of Jimmy and JoAnn Matthews’ son — and Grizzard’s namesake — and a book autographed by the writer are among Mike Matthews’ prize possessions. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

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Carlton Fletcher

Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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Matthews family remembers Lewis Grizzard

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