Donna Faulkner Barron, the daughter of Roy Faulkner, will speak at the Thomasville History Center on February 18 at 7 p.m. Barron is co-author of “The Man Who Carved Stone Mountain,” a book about her father Roy Faulkner, who was the chief carver of the Confederate Memorial Carving at Stone Mountain Park. 

The event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the John B. Gordon Chapter 383 UDC. Barron will also sign copies of her book, which will be available for purchase at the event for $20 each. Light refreshments will be provided by the UDC chapter.

“We are excited to have Donna Barron speak at the Thomasville History Center on February 18 about her father’s role in the carving of Stone Mountain and we encourage everyone to attend this historical program,” said President of the John B. Gordon Chapter 383 Mary Margaret Quiggle.

Barron is the oldest daughter of Roy Faulkner and was raised in Covington with her brother and two sisters. She is married to Ronald Barron and they have two children. She attended DeKalb Area Tech in Clarkston, where she completed her degree in Secretarial Science. She then worked as a stenographer with the Georgia State Labor Department for five years. 

Next, Barron began a new adventure serving as her father’s assistant where she helped compile records using her secretarial skills. In the mid-1980s, she served as secretary to Faulkner, who was the curator of the Stone Mountain Carving Museum which was open for a couple of years on Memorial Drive before closing.

Some 30 years later, Donna Faulkner Barron, along with her father and Kay Stowe Jones, wrote the book, “The Man Who Carved Stone Mountain.”

“What an honor and privilege to work side by side with her dad to tell his story and share his legacy forever. I am sure Roy is up in heaven looking down and thinking, ‘I am so glad I invested the money in Donna’s education so that one day I could be proud of her accomplishments. Job well done,’” Jones said of the book writing experience.

Learn more about Faulkner, “The Man Who Carved Stone Mountain,” when his daughter presents a special program on February 18 at 7 p.m. at the Thomasville History Center located at 725 N. Dawson St. The event is sponsored by the John B. Gordon Chapter 383 UDC, a non-profit heritage organization whose objectives are historical, educational, benevolent, memorial and patriotic.