Join us for Worship on July 4th for one service in the Park on Polk at 10:00am. Enjoy our full choir and orchestra for worship music, bring your own chairs, and join us outside in the Park! Childcare will be available on the playground for children through age 5!
Joyette Holmes
We will be having two wonderful speakers! Joyette Holmes and Dr. Carl Goolsby.
Mrs. Holmes is currently a Member/Partner at Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun, & Rogers. She was the former District Attorney for Cobb Judicial Circuit. Her extensive experience led to her selection by Governor Brian Kemp to lead the District Attorney's Office.
She made Cobb County history by becoming the first female and African American to serve as both Chief Magistrate and District Attorney. She was also appointed as the special prosecutor in the Ahmaud Arbery case, which drew headlines nationwide.
Prior, Holmes served as the Chief Magistrate Judge for Cobb County, as an Assistant District Attorney, as an Assistant Solicitor General, and as a private business owner and Defense Attorney in the Law Office of Joyette Holmes.
Holmes was selected as the 2019 Cobb County Citizen of the Year and one of Cobb Life Magazine's “20 Rising Stars under 40.” The Cobb NAACP and the Cobb Ministerial Alliance have both honored her with awards named for United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. And she has received a Community Service Award named for one of her mentors and retired Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham.
She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and serves in the Rho Zeta Omega - Cobb County Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Holmes also serves on the boards of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Must Ministries, the Cobb Community Foundation and the Davis Direction Foundation. She is also a Life Member of the Cobb County NAACP Chapter.
The Valdosta native earned undergraduate degrees from the University of Georgia in Psychology and Criminal Justice. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law. She is married to Smyrna native Bridges Holmes. They have two teenage daughters.
Dr. Carl Goolsby
Dr. Goolsby is currently a primary care doctor with Wellstar, and has been there since 1996. He worked on the front lines of Covid-19 pandemic. His patients describe him as personable, informative and a great listener.
Dr. Goolsby earned his Doctorate of Medicine from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., and completed his residency in family practice in the U.S. Army Medical Department. He is board certified in family practice.
Dr. Goolsby is a member of Marietta First United Methodist. He is married to Ivy Goosby.