Medora Field Perkerson (1892-1960) was born nearby on the site of the present Lindale Baptist Church. In her early twenties she became a member of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine staff, and later married its editor, Angus Perkerson. For many years, troubled people sought the sympathetic and sound counsel she gave in her weekly column as “Marie Rose.” Known as the friend of the friendless, she became an influence for good throughout Georgia and beyond through offices held in her church, in the Child Service Association of Atlanta, and in organizations of writers. Her most notable book, White Columns in Georgia, tells the story of her state through its historic houses, and her other two books, Who Killed Aunt Maggie? and Blood on her Shoe, have Georgia settings.