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ADONIA K. SMITH: A teacher, a friend and a surprising connection

Walker & Catoosa County News 21 Mar 2026
I had been wanting to write a column about Dondra Casey, my former teacher at the Georgia School for the Deaf, for a long time. Somehow the right moment never came — until now. Dondra Emaline Tuck was born Sept ... Claude passed away in 1992 ... Adonia K ... ....
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ADONIA K. SMITH: The boy who cut my grandmother\u2019s grass

Walker & Catoosa County News 18 Mar 2026
I have written before about my paternal grandmother, Flonnie Smith, but something unexpected happened ... He described her as a very beautiful woman. I had no idea he knew her, much less that he had stories about her I had never heard ... Adonia K ... ....
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ADONIA K. SMITH: From GSD to NTID: A deaf Latina trailblazer

Walker & Catoosa County News 11 Mar 2026
After I moved back to Georgia for good in 2018, I kept hearing about Jacquline “Jackie” Williams, who is Latina ... Last December, right after Mom’s eye appointment with Dr ... She had noticed me signing with Mom earlier, which caught me off guard ... Adonia K.
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ADONIA K. SMITH: Honoring Black Deaf history through art

Walker & Catoosa County News 04 Mar 2026
I was surprised last August when a hearing woman from California, Lucey Bowen, reached out to me ... He also oversaw the Georgia School for the Black Deaf, then known as “Black GSD.” ... So I wasn’t able to give Shanequa a personal tour ... Adonia K ... ....
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Bridgeton teen accused of sex crimes against child

Daily Journal - Vineland 04 Mar 2026
VIDEO. Hainesport site features 'Big Rusty,' floor-to-ceiling graffiti ... Adonias Chavas-Mateo, 19, allegedly assaulted a victim under age 13 in a Bridgeton home, according to a probable cause statement ... Email ...
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ADONIA K. SMITH: A special benefit for GSD at Cedar Valley Golf Course

Walker & Catoosa County News 26 Feb 2026
I had driven past the Doug Sanders Golf Museum in Cedartown many times, but honestly, I never gave it — or Doug Sanders himself — much thought ... This happened long before I was born, but it sparked my curiosity ... Here’s what I found ... 18, 2018 ... 8 ... Adonia K.
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ADONIA K. SMITH: A Black graduate's journey from Georgia School for the Deaf to Gallaudet

Walker & Catoosa County News 19 Feb 2026
Kevin Johnson is the first Black male graduate of the Georgia School for the Deaf to go on to earn a degree from Gallaudet University — the world’s only liberal arts college designed specifically for deaf students ... Jr ... either ... Adonia K ... ....
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ADONIA K. SMITH: Memories of the historic GSD Girls\u2019 Dormitory

Walker & Catoosa County News 11 Feb 2026
To me, no matter how old they are, the historic Georgia School for the Deaf buildings have always been essential ... Truly, those buildings are very much our history. On Jan ... She shared one memory in particular ... We thought it was silly.” ... Adonia K ... ....
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ADONIA K. SMITH: Paul and Wanda: Living a joyous life

Walker & Catoosa County News 04 Feb 2026
Mom, Wanda Haynes (a friend who lives with us) and I went to LongHorn Steakhouse in Rome Jan. 4 to celebrate Paul Thomas’s belated 86th birthday with him and his wife, Wanda, who is my cousin ... We had a wonderful time ... Wanda was born on Jan ... Adonia K ... ....
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ADONIA K. SMITH: The day Challenger changed a GSD classroom forever

Walker & Catoosa County News 28 Jan 2026
Forty years ago today, my classmates and I gathered around a television in our classroom at the Georgia School for the Deaf on the Gordon/Perry campus, watching and cheering as the Space Shuttle Challenger rose into the sky ... Adonia K ... ....
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ADONIA K. SMITH: A Georgia School for the Deaf light has gone out

Walker & Catoosa County News 21 Jan 2026
I’ll never forget the morning last May when my friend Teresa Lee told me something that took my breath away. Lynne Williams had passed away. I had been thinking about her, wondering why I hadn’t heard from her in so long ... I regret that now ... Adonia K ... ....
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ADONIA K. SMITH: Tracing William B. Lathrop\u2019s Story

Walker & Catoosa County News 14 Jan 2026
On Jan. 6, I visited the Old Antioch Cemetery in Rome after learning that William Burrel (sometimes spelled Burrell) Lathrop’s son and his mother-in-law are buried there ... According to “Centennial Celebration ... On Oct ... 1, 1911. On Sept ... On Nov ... Adonia K ... ....
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ADONIA K. SMITH: The Harbin legacy in Rome

Walker & Catoosa County News 07 Jan 2026
I took Mom and Wanda to their eye appointments Dec. 2 at the Harbin Clinic in Rome, where I met Dr. Bob Harbin for the first time ... Whenever I visited Rome, I noticed the Harbin name everywhere ... Bob served as her ophthalmologist ... These days, Dr ... Adonia K.
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ADONIA K. SMITH: \u2018Twas the night before Christmas at GSD

Walker & Catoosa County News 24 Dec 2025
It was Christmas Eve, 1976. I was a young student then, and I’ve never forgotten the night the Deaf Santa and his wife “landed” at the Georgia School for the Deaf ... and Mrs. Claus could talk to us in American Sign Language ... and Mrs ... and Mrs ... Adonia K ... ....

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