Strike it Rich on South Cobb Drive
Sandra Carpenter of Smyrna won a Jeep and $25,000 with a ticket she bought at a South Cobb Drive Chevron. Last month an Austell woman also won the lottery with a ticket she bought on South Cobb Drive.
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South Cobb Drive might officially be the luckiest place in Smyrna.
Sandra Carpenter, 48 of Smyrna, bought a lottery ticket at the Chevron Food Mart at 2875 South Cobb Drive and gave no thought to scratching it off in the store. She won a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee and $25,000 cash.
“I was shaking and crying,” she told a representative from the Georgia Lottery. “I was about to pass out.”
Carpenter was presented her prize Thrusday at Ed Voyles Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Marietta. She's not the first person to win big on South Cobb Drive. In March Vilmer Meyer of Austell bought a winning ticket at L&S Food Mart at 4495 South Cobb Drive. The great-grandmother of two won $250,000 a year for 30 years.
Ms. Massey
7:24 am on Saturday, April 28, 2012
Congratulations to these winners. Now, the entire South Cobb area before the area where the new Kroger is needs reviving(extreme make over)...Can Smyrna Patch do a story? The building code enforcement folks need to get busy writing out citiations for violations, buildings need to be torn down, serious beautifications needs to happen.
Sydney Busby
10:05 am on Saturday, April 28, 2012
Hi Mae,
We've done a few stories about South Cobb Drive and published a letter to the editor. Here are some links:
http://patch.com/A-kxck
http://patch.com/A-s584
http://patch.com/A-qDZY
There's a also a citizen group that's focused on revitalizing South Cobb Drive called the Smyrna South Cobb Drive Coalition. If you're interested in participating you can reach out to the coalition's founder Gary Chapman at sscdc30080@yahoo.com.
Have a great weekend!
Sydney Busby
Ms. Massey
12:09 am on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Hello Sydney,
Thanks for this helpful information.