Sylacauga is known for several notable things.

It's the Marble City, with world-class marble quarries and sculptors.

It's the home of Blue Bell Ice Cream, complete with an old-fashioned ice cream parlor with one-dollar cones and cups.

It's the only place in the world where a meteor struck a person, and Ann Hodges lived to tell about it, including on CBS's Garry Moore Show.

And Sylacauga is "the home of Gomer." Jim Nabors, famous for portraying Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," was born and raised in Sylacauga, 95 years ago.

This Saturday, the people of Sylacauga will throw a 95 th heavenly birthday party for their most famous native son.

Neighbors for Nabors.

It is at a place that Jim Nabors knew very well growing up. It was the Sylacauga Library at that time, and he spent a

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