DRS. CLINTON & ALESHIA: MACON, GEORGIA
The Watsons were married in July 1990. They moved to Macon that same year and Dr. Clinton Watson opened his first dental practice. In 2005 he opened Northside Family Dentistry, where he currently practices with two associate dentists. Upon completing her residency in 1994, Dr. Aleshia Watson entered into private practice in Internal Medicine here in Macon. She is currently the Medical Director of Evercare Hospice, a subsidiary of United Health Group. During their rare moments of leisure, this power couple enjoys tennis, golfing, fishing and various other sports activities with their children. They are both enrolled in the Executive MBA program at Wesleyan College and take time for participation in various church and community-oriented projects. “We enjoy sharing our knowledge and skills through our chosen professions and look forward to raising our family here in the Middle Georgia area.” WILLIAM & CARLETTA THREATT: MACON, GEORGIA
Carletta has operated the day care center, that now takes care of 84 children between the ages of four weeks to 12 years, since 1994. The center provides pick-ups to and from the center from the home and from area schools in the afternoons. A resource center is also under development and will be open to the public, especially those youth and adults in the neighborhood near the center who might benefit from the use of computers. Both Carletta and William are from Macon. William retired from the Army with the rank of 1st Sergeant after twenty-seven years of service. He worked as a supply clerk, unit armor and personnel specialist. Last year the Threatt’s renewed their wedding vows and say they are looking forward to another 20 years of success in their marriage as well as their business ventures. GEORGE & LEONTINE FIELDS ESPY, JR: MACON, GEORGIA
After the final days of Ballard Hudson High School in 1969, George began teaching English at Mercer University and Leontine became a Junior High School Principal for Bibb County. Mrs. Espy served at the Ballard A Junior High on Anthony Road, Northeast High School, very memorably as Principal of Central High School for 16 years, and was Assistant Superintendent at the Board of Education when she retired in 1996. Mr. “G” as he was affectionately known by youth at Ballard Hudson and Mercer, provided a haven of support, guidance, and encouragement for many Mercer students and was probably the school’s finest quality instructor of English and Black History for a quarter of a century before retiring. Unfortunately, due to illness in recent years Mr. Espy has slowed down a lot, while Mrs. Espy continues faithful in community service, and even more so in caring for and motivating her husband with relentless optimism.
|
They met in 1986. He was a senior dental student at Meharry Medical College and she was an entering freshman of the School of Medicine. Their paths crossed when she encountered a plumbing “catastrophe” in her 10th floor apartment that flowed into his 9th floor shower. Of course, he took this opportunity to come to her rescue with a dashing smile and a plunger over his shoulder. After more than seventeen years, three children (four-year-old Clinton Jr. and three-year-old twins, Christian & Kimberly), one dog and a goldfish, the two are still smiling.
After 20 years of marriage, William Threatt has retired from the military and “he is still following me around just like he did when we first met,” says wife Carletta who owns Carletta’s Stay and Play Day Care and Learning Center. “It has been wonderful having him around here. He is my office manager and he takes care of all of the maintenance needs here at the center,” said Carletta.
They met in 1956, both teachers at legendary Ballard Hudson High School. George, a Morehouse graduate born in Rome, Georgia and Leontine, a Fisk College graduate, born in Macon, began a beautiful courtship that resulted in him becoming a member of Mt. Olive Baptist. They married in 1958 in Macon with his Rome family attending. They settled in to produce children, who produced grandchildren, and now great grandchildren, and have been two of Macon’s most notable contributors in the fields of education, faith-based activities and social service organizations.