“My grandfather was a very modest man,” said Angie Billups Washington. “He did not like the spotlight. If we could hear him now, he would be saying, ‘All this, for me?’”
The Columbus-Lowndes County Airport is celebrating a milestone: its 70th anniversary. The three-day celebration includes a traveling exhibit that is open to the public.
The Columbus Lowndes County Airport will soon bear the name of a local aviation pioneer. The airport authority board recently voted unanimously to name the terminal for Lieutenant Colonel Alva Temple.