Comments on: Remembering Celestine Sibley 1914-1999

By: Jeremy Williams

Jeremy Williams — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:33:40 +0000

celestine was a great woman

By: Yo Yo Ma (ma)

Yo Yo Ma (ma) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:55:30 +0000

Please reprint these columns from time to time. How about once a month! How about once a week! Sure miss Ms Sibley. The paper is dull without her. Bye.

By: The Toad

The Toad — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:37:07 +0000

GAWD! Where has the time gone? Ms. Sibley was what made reading the paper worth while. As for Lewis; well we know he is looking down waiting for the kickoff for 2009.

By: Choppinmama

Choppinmama — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:56:53 +0000

I read Ms. Sibley’s colums for 20+ years while living in Woodstock GA, marveling at her willingness to put herself on the front lines of political journalism at the AJC and in the deep South. She had such a talent for making the most minor observations so very interesting, turning them into pearls of the English language as they rolled off her typewriter. I took note of her trips down to the coast and onto Dog Island, but not knowing that area of the Forgotten Coast, I just enjoyed her outings through her eyes.

Now, we have retired in Carrabelle, right onshore from Dog Island, and can appreciate all her comings and goings stories about the Island. It’s fun going back and re-read her Dog Island adventures with some awareness of those environs myself.

She was truly, one of the South’s literary jewels.

By: Penny Williams Jordan

Penny Williams Jordan — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:52:21 +0000

I, too, miss Celestine Sibley’s articles in the AJC- I looked forward mostly to read her column and Lewis Grizzards- Everything changes, and sometimes we just don’t like change (at least for me)- And that is one of them- Oh, I still get the paper every morning and am eager to read it, but it just is lacking a “little” something if you ask me…..

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:25:46 +0000

I still miss the talent and wit of both Ms. Sibley and Lewis Grizzard. There hasn’t, and probably will not be anyone to fill either one’s shoes.

By: Grant Plymel

Grant Plymel — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:38:24 +0000

Ms. Sibley was a great writer and observer of the human condition. I looked forward to her columns about family, friends, and her sometimes wry observations about Southern politics. She would be aghast today to learn that most of South Georgia cannot get home delivery or even buy the AJC from vending racks. However, if she were still writing, we who live south of Macon would read her column eagerly online.

By: Maria Peagler

Maria Peagler — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:08:27 +0000

Celestine Sibley was a jewel in the AJC crown. Her wit, wisdom, and down-home columns are sorely missed. My personal favorite was the one about Mother’s Day, in which she said she didn’t celebrate Mother’s Day the way everyone else did, as she had covered too many crimes mothers perpetrated against their children. She understood, more than most, the way the world worked. I admired her work ethic, reading about Dog Island, Sweet Apple, and her family. Celestine, we miss you so.