But it was the much less dramatic, tame possum that would eventually become a citywide sensation. William Voiles said that he adopted the opossum as a palm-sized baby that had been orphaned when ...

Inspired by a highly anticipated “possums and taters” banquet that the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was hosting for incoming President William Howard Taft, the cartoon told the teddy bear to ...

and I walk up and the possum just looks at me," said Alexandra Rose who found the opossum. Alexandra says she knew the animal was injured. Her sister, Bethen Rose, took the opossum to the rescue ...