Guy Appleby Appleby, Guy Bethel A.M.E. Church (Gainesville, Ga.) African Methodist Episcopal Church--Georgia--Gainesville Deacons--Georgia--Gainesville Elders (Church officers)--Georgia--Gainesville African American civic leaders--Georgia--Gainesville Civic leaders--Georgia--Gainesville Photograph of Guy Appleby, church patriarch. Guy Appleby was born in Jefferson, Georgia in 1889, and christened Luther Love Eugene Guy. As a youngster growing up on a farm, he developed an interest in architecture and landscaping, loved gardening, and taught himself carpentry. He married Amanda Jackson, and subsequently moved from Jefferson to Gainesville, Georgia in 1921. As an A.M.E. deacon and elder, he was a great supporter of the A.M.E. church, remaining affiliated with the institution for the remainder of his lifetime. He bought his first home on 2 Boone Street, which was destroyed by a tornado in 1936. He rebuilt the home in 1936-1937. The Applebys' seven children became Methodist, Baptist, and Catholic according to their individual inclination. Caption: "Hall County Black History Society (0047) Gainesville, Georgia." Digitized by: Digital Techniques, Inc. Electronic version made available through a federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant and Georgia Public Library Services. [Gainesville, Ga. : Hall County Library System/Hall County Black History Society] Hall County Black History Society (Ga.) Hall County Library System (Ga.) 2003 Black-and-white photographs http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/bhsp/do:hbh0047 image/jpeg 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 13 cm. Forms part of: Black History Society photograph collection. 1930/1970 Hall County (Ga.) Gainesville (Ga.) Cite as: [Name of photograph], Black County History Society Photograph Collection, Hall County, Georgia Black History Society and the Hall County Library System.