This is a photo of
Bennie Norton. He worked as a McDonough Police officer for a few years
then as an officer in Stockbridge and later for
Henry
County.
He was a Lieutenant with Henry County. He lives in Locust grove.
Leann Miller wrote
in to say “this is the McDonough Police Station. I can remember all of
the old gentlemen in the city used to hang out there.”
Weyman Stroud tells
us that “the police shack was located on the Square across from where
Gritz is now. My brothers and I worked as projectionists at the movie
theater across the street for years.”
Alfred Britt wrote
in to correctly identify the photo and says “this is the shack that Burt
Reynolds drove the Trans-Am behind in the movie Smokey and the Bandit.”
Jim Joyner also
correctly identified the photo and says that “you can see the old Texaco
station next to the Court house in the photo.”
Thanks also to
Debbie Moore, Beverly Wittler, Brenda Nail Delauder, Patricia Hancock,
Bobbie Wingo and Helen Berry.
