Joe Barger
Award-winning author Randall Franks joins long-time Ringgold Georgia Mayor Joe Barger in writing his autobiography
Testing the Metal of Life (The Joe Barger Story) by Joe Barger with Randall Franks is released in October 2023.
Randall Franks and Joe Barger
“Former Mayor Joe Barger called me several months ago and asked me to come over to his home,” Franks said. “He asked me to help him write his autobiography. This began months of Joe and his wife Barbara spending hours with me completing interviews, going over notes and photographs spanning his 93 years. From his early years in North Carolina to American military service in the Philippines; then from Ringgold to China and around the world, as he also led a small Appalachian town through 48 years of amazing growth.
“Writing this book with Joe is an amazing experience. It is a fascinating American story that I think anyone might enjoy and I am so honored that Joe and Barbara place such trust in me.”
See Joe Barger and I share a program about the book at the Catoosa County Historical Society in February 2024:
Joe Barger died on April 10, 2024, we mourn his passing and ask for prayers for his family in the coming weeks.
Copies may be ordered either via mail (see address below) or by PayPal button below. In addition to cost and shipping, the button includes additional cost to cover PayPal fees. The book is also available via Amazon.com
Order by mail by sending $25 check or
money order to
Barbara Barger
Peach Picked Publishing,
P.O. Box 42, Tunnel Hill, Ga. 30755
