Southern Region Retiree Groups
Several retiree groups have organized around the region and would love for you to join them. Due to Covid 19 most groups have either suspended meetings, meet outdoors with picnic, Zoom or other media facetime. Contact your representative for specific information. Hopefully, we will get back to normal someday.
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Alabama Retirees
Retirees, spouses, and friends meet the 1st Wednesday in February, April, June, August, October, and December at 11:15 AM, McAlister's Restaurant in Prattvile, AL. Contact Bill Fadden 334-285-0962
Northeast Atlanta
Retirees, spouses, and friends meet for breakfast the last Tuesday of each month (except December) at the IHOP Restaurant, 4205 Stone Mountain Highway, Hwy 78, at 7:30 a.m. The restaurant is located in the Killian Hills Village Shopping Center between Pet Smart, Home Depot and the Sports Authority just west of Killian Hill Road. Contact person needed.
Cherokee NF- North
Retiree, spouses, and friends meet for lunch at 11:30 am on the first Tuesday of each month, Maple Grove Restaurant, in Unicoi, TN. Contact Gary Watson 423-677-3108.
Cherokee National Forest-South
Retiree, spouse, and friends meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. on the third Tuesday of each month in Cleveland, TN. Contact
Jack N. Callahan, Jackn1945@bellsouth.net, 423-284-7885, 2621 Crestwood Drive NW Cleveland, TN 37312.
Jefferson and George Washington National Forest
Retirees, spouses, and friends meet the second Wednesday of even numbered months (Feb, Apr, Jun, Oct and Dec)at 11:30 am for social time and lunch at 12:00 noon at Jersey Lilies on Electric Rd., in Salem, VA. Contact Tom Poulin, 540-526-6362, or email fay_p2000@yahoo.com
Ozark-St. Francis NFs
Retirees meet for breakfas at 8:00 am on the last Friday of each month at the Old South Restaurant in Russellville, AR. Contact: O.D. Smith at 479-968-3287 or odnpat@suddenlink.net
Cobb County, Georgia
Retirees, spouses and friends meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 9:00 a.m. at Come-N-Get-It, 1409 Church St. Ext. N.W., Marietta, GA 30060. For information contact:
Sonny Cudabac. 770-427-4376
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Ouachita National Forest
Retirees, spouses and friends meet for breakfast the third Tuesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant in the Cornerstone Shopping Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Contact: Bill Pell, 501-282-4032, bpell@att.net
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George Washington National Forest
Retirees, spouses and friends meet for breakfast at 9:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday of even numbered months at the Village Inn Restaurant on US 11, a short distance off I-81 at Exit 240. Contact: Molonie Knicely, mdknicely@yahoo.com
Highlands-Robbinsville-Franklin-Murphy North Carolina Area
Retirees, spouses, and friends in the Franklin area meet at 11:30 am for lunch the last Wednesday of every month: contact George Lynch at georgelynch@frontier.com or 828-369-9722.
Retirees, spouses, and friends in the Robbinsville area meet at 11:30 for lunch the 2nd Tuesday of every month: Contact Joe Bonnette at jbbonnette@frontier.com
Francis Marion and Sumter National Forest
FM&S retirees meet for lunch each year the 2nd Tuesday of April and October at the Flight Deck.
Contact: Ed Hedgecock, ehedgecock@sc.rr.com
National Forests and Grasslands in Texas
Retirees, spouses and friends meet for lunch the 4th Friday of each month at 11:15 am at Golden Corral, 2401 S. First St., Lufkin, TX. Contacts: Carolyn Hughes 936-875-3328 (hm) or cphughes@hotmail.com or Gay Ippolito 936-635-1998.
The Sam Houston National Forest meets quarterly, the second Thursday of January, April, July and October at 10AM for Brunch at the Black Walnut Cafe, 2971 Hawthorne Dr., in Conroe, TX. Contact Shelly Allen for Text or call - 936-537-8898 email: sallen@eastex.net
Mississippi Retirees
No current plans have been reported. Contact: Glenda Baswell 662-582-0148
Louisiana Retirees
No groups have been identified as yet.
Kentucky Retirees
No groups have been identified as yet.