RANDY AND MARCY GODFREY OF ATLANTA
ARE THE PICTURE-PERFECT COUPLE. ATTRACTIVE. BRIGHT. MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN
THE ARENAS OF FINANCE AND FAMILY MATTERS. WITH HEAVY SCHEDULES.
Family and community responsibilities. A myriad of commitments. How do
they catch their breath in this fast-paced, achievement-oriented world? Simple.
With their own private slice-of-heaven getaway at The Cliffs at Keowee Vineyard,
S.C.
Life has been good to Randy and Marcy Godfrey. Still in their late 40s, the
college sweethearts met at Abilene (Tex.) Christian University where THEY
EARNED MBA degrees, married and set off on a 26-year adventure that’s earned
them the best of life’s treasures: family, friends, community and a spectacular
career. It’s a fast-paced existence.
Based in Atlanta, Randy is a senior national sales director of Primerica,
a financial subsidiary of Citigroup. Marcy is the ultimate volunteer mom
and Southern hostess who, in one week, entertained 160 at a picnic, 100 at
a luncheon and 75 at daughter Jessica’s graduation party.
To balance all that activity, the Godfreys have created the ultimate place
to relax:
Their spectacular stone and shingle lake home set on 3.5 acres at The Cliffs
at Keowee Vineyards, S.C. “We love the mountains and we wanted a second home
that was in a mountain setting but still warm. My vision was
to create a lake lodge for family entertaining, business entertaining,
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and charity works, as well as a place
for retreats and leadership conferences,” says Randy, noting that
the family is “very devout in our faith. Already, we’ve used the house for
a training retreat for 24 youth ministers.
“Foremost, it’s a retreat center for the immediate family, our future grandkids
and for generations.” That group includes the couple’s children: Scott, 21,
a junior at Auburn; Jessica, 18, an incoming freshman in the same university’s
highly ranked interior design department; Meredith, a 16- year-old high school
sophomore; and both sets of grandparents.
The Godfreys’ dream lodge was a long time coming.
They looked at lake property for more than a year. The search was complicated
because the couple had very specific requirements.
“We wanted a location no more than two hours’ drive from home,” Marcy recalls,
“and we preferred a power company lake to an Army Corps [of Engineers] lake,
which can drop 25 feet during the winter.”
“We were also looking for a recreational lake with no rules about powerboats
and so forth,” Randy adds, .... . a lake we could enjoy with the kids and
grandkids.”
Grandkids, though not yet an actuality, are something Randy mentions often.
“Our whole vision includes grandkids,” he says. That’s not a big leap for
a couple who operate the house of choice for their children and children’s
friends both in Georgia and Keowee. The adults relish the youngsters, all
of whom attended
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by Norma Lugar
Small sanctuary One of the homes many gathering spots, the screened porch offers a lake view, eating area with partial kitchen and high-beamed ceiling.