Ever Onward
Charlies “Charlie” Allen Haynes was born April 10th, 1941 in Meade County Kentucky. He was the only child of Alice Opal Haynes and Charles Henderson Haynes.
From 1947 to 1955, Charles attended primary school in and around Louisville, Kentucky. He completed high school in 1959 at Vine Grove High School in Vine Grove where he earned medals for his accomplishments in both science and at the state music festival.
Immediately following High School, he went on to attend Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 1964.
After graduating college, he served in the United States Army from 1964 to 1967 as a Captain specializing in Satellite Communications. He was stationed in Texas, New Jersey and Vietnam. During his time in the service he was awarded 2 Gold Medals in the US Army Wide Photography Contest.
Upon discharge from the Army, he began working for the University of Kentucky in Lexington Kentucky as the Tobacco Smoke Condensate Laboratory Supervisor.
He then went on to work for Kentucky Educational Television, also in Lexington, Kentucky as Still and Motion Photographer and Production Technician. During his tenure at KET he won eight Gold Awards for photography.
He may argue, however, that his greatest achievement at KET, was meeting a colleague who would one day become his life partner and soulmate: Franca Nucci Haynes.
Charles and Franca moved to Atlanta together in 1976 and were married in 1978. That year, they bought a home in the heart of the city that they spent many years renovating and beautifully customizing.
Charles continued his education and began work on his graduate program in 1977. He graduated from Georgia State University in Atlanta with a Master of Visual Arts in Photography in 1983.
In Atlanta, he worked for the Georgia Institute of Technology. At Georgia Tech, he was proud of his role as the head of the Printing and Photographic Center and as Research Photographer, and Chief Photographer for the Georgia Tech Research Institute Industrial. While working at Georgia Tech, he received National Science Foundation recognition and inclusion in several esteemed publications.
In 1987 Charles and Franca founded Graphica. They co-owned and operated their in-home graphic design studio until 2013 when they retired. After retirement, they were able to spend time traveling and continued to cultivate a life they loved in their golden years.
Charles Allen Haynes was a friend, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. But, he was also a veteran, a carpenter, an award winning photographer, an avid birder, an amazing cook, a bagpiper, a music enthusiast, a world traveler, a genealogist, a brilliant writer, a fierce ally, and a lifelong student.
As he’d often say and wish for all who loved him in his absence,
“Ever Onward”