Michael Reynolds Williams, Jr. was born in McRae, Georgia, and grew up along the banks of the Ocmulgee River in the China Hill community in Telfair County. He attended the University of Georgia after graduating high school and ac-quired a bachelor’s degree in English Literature. He later re-ceived his master’s in English Literature from Valdosta State University. Michael chairs the department of Arts and Scienc-es at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College and teaches com-position and literature at the college. He is the editor of the college’s literary journal, The Wiregrass Reader, and was the recipient of the college’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Award in 2014. Michael still lives on his family’s farm in China Hill, Georgia, with his wife Jana and his two daugh-ters, Joley and Sarah Kate.
Images of America:
Telfair County
by Jane H. Walker & Robert E. Herndon
To purchase a copy:
Robert Herndon at (229() 868-2520 or rherndon2002@yahoo.com
Purchase Price: $21.99 (plus a S&H fee of $2.00)
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