Columbus, Georgia

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF BOARD MEMBER NOMINEE







NAME OF NOMINEE: Helene G. Combest

Watson

(Full Name Please)



NOMINEE BY COUNCILOR: Hunter





NOMINATED FOR WHAT BOARD: Historic & Architectural



DATE NOMINATED:



FOR POSITION FORMERLY HELD BY: Mary

Ford



NOMINEE?S HOME ADDRESS: 1100 Boxwood Blvd Columbus, GA 31906-2702

(NO.) (STREET) (ZIP CODE)



NOMONEE?S RESIDES IN STATE SENATORIAL DISTEICT NO: 15



HOW LONG RESIDENT OF COLUMBUS: Since 1964



IF LESS THEN ONE YEAR, LIST FORMER CITY:



NOMINEE?S PHONE NOS: (706) 563-4595

(HOME) (BUSINESS)



NOMINEE?S BUSINESS ADDRESS:

(NO.) (STREET) (ZIP CODE)



NOMINEE?S OCCUPATION: Retired

Educator





NOMINEE?S CIVIC ACTIVITIES:







OTHER COMMENTS, IF ANY:











February 7, 2002







Helene G. Combest Watson

1100 Boxwood Blvd

Columbus, GA 31906-2702

(706) 563-4595



My commitment to doing my part to make Columbus a better place to live, work

and enhance a pleasant environment of leisure time is why I wish to become a

member of the Board of Historic & Architectural Review.



I?ve been associated with this community ever since I was about ten years of

age. I, along with my other siblings boarded the train from Mississippi to

Columbus to spend many summers of fun and excitement with our grandparents who

resided downtown on Third Avenue. Those childhood memories are still a part of

me, because they?ve done so much to shape the kind of lifestyle I enjoy today.



I became a permanent resident in 1964, after being hired as a teacher of

English for the school system. I taught for seventeen years and served in the

public library system for twenty-one years.



I?ve been retired since 1999, but I still devote much of my time involved in

many community activities and several organizations. Some of them are:

Columbus Museum Docent Program; University of Georgia Extension

Program/Muscogee County?s Master Gardener Program; Friends of the Library, The

Library Board; American Association of University Women; Columbus League of

Women Voters; Historic Columbus Foundation; Columbus Community Center, Delta

Sigma Theta Sorority; First African Baptist Church;



Thank You.