Colonial Revival

Rosa and Roger NeeSmith pose on the front porch of their home on Monday, Oct. 21 in Lexington, Georgia. The home originally had a wraparound porch that was altered to accommodate a dining nook in the kitchen, a laundry room and a carport. “The house originally had a wrap around this part where the carport is now, and the people that had it before we did, he was a meteorologist in Athens, he poured cement, and I guess the wood was rotten,” Roger NeeSmith said. (Emily Slepsky/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Rosa and Roger NeeSmith pose on the front porch of their home on Monday, Oct. 21 in Lexington, Georgia. The home originally had a wraparound porch that was altered to accommodate a dining nook in the kitchen, a laundry room and a carport. “The house originally had a wrap around this part where the carport is now, and the people that had it before we did, he was a meteorologist in Athens, he poured cement, and I guess the wood was rotten,” Roger NeeSmith said. (Emily Slepsky/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Back to Lexington

When Rosa and Roger NeeSmith moved to Lexington in 1981 after living in Macon for years, it was a homecoming for Rosa.