Attendees compete in one of the games at the fall festival at St. James AME Church Oct. 15. NATHAN CLARKE/Contributed
The children at the St. James AME Church fall festival participating in arts and crafts. NATHAN CLARKE/Contributed
Children at the St. James AME Church fall festival enjoying time jumping in a bouncy house. NATHAN CLARKE/Contributed
Young author from Atlanta, Justin Blount, during his book signing at the fall festival. NATHAN CLARKE/Contributed
St. James AME Church in Gray held a fall festival on Oct. 15, gathering residents around the Jones County community for some fall fun.
Lucy Coxton, a coordinator for the event, said she was excited for the event, and she was glad to see the people who came out to the fall festival.
“Our fall festival had a lot of fun things to do. We had face painting, bingo, free food, bo...