Athena

[community] [post office later moved to Carbur Established 9 Dec 1898 - discontinued 30 June 1922] (6 miles south of Perry on RR off Hwy 55) The H. T. Gunter family were farmers and farmed in three different areas of the county: Athena, Pretty Pond and Pine Level. The Green B. Weaver family settled on the Middle Warrior where they operated a farm. Weaver was a contract mail carrier from Athena to Thelma via Lake Joe. Later he was appointed postmaster of Spring Warrior. They were leaders in the establishment of New Hope Methodist Church.