Eddie Memorial
Coach Fowlkes was a mainstay at Decatur High School from the late 70’s until the turn of the century. A 1971 graduate of Decatur with a degree in Art Education from Georgia State University, Eddie soon became the school’s Graphic Arts teacher and remained there for the next 28 years.  

For many years, he headed the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). His baseball coaching career began at Medlock Park, competing against my dad in the Thoroughbred League. After coaching the DHS junior varsity baseball team for a few years, he took over the varsity program for the next 26 years. Not only that, he started back the high school cross country program and turned it into a state contender.
    
During the summers, Eddie ran youth baseball camps at Glenlake Park for the City of Decatur. He was a deacon at North Avenue Presbyterian Church. After retiring, he became a tour guide at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves, and mostly enjoyed meeting “baseball” people from all over the world.
     
Eddie started the Decatur Sports History Project and was instrumental in personally locating and repairing old trophies and memorabilia. His hard work resulted in an outstanding display of Decatur Bulldog history in and around the new high school gymnasium.
     
During his long coaching career, he became affectionately known as “CoFo”, a condensed nickname for Coach Fowlkes. CoFo left us way too soon after a battle with brain cancer. But in memory of his timeless dedication to preserving history at Decatur and touching so many lives, a large Bulldog statue stands on campus with a simple statement – “Teacher, Coach, Friend”.

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