Founded in 1986, with the development of John-Wesley Villas in Macon, Frank and

T.J. Rauls were brought up with a commitment of services to retirees. Tyler J. Rauls, Sr., their father, made that commitment early on when he built the first new nursing facility in Macon, Georgia in 1957.

John-Wesley - Macon would be just the beginning of this new concept called Assisted Living. In 1989, the company expanded its horizons to Savannah with both Assisted Living and Independent Living apartments.

T.J. and Frank Rauls would then search for property in the Atlanta area that would be in keeping with the high standards they had set for retirement living. They were fortunate to find Winnwood Retirement Community. The previous owner would only agree to sell, after seeing the quality of John-Wesley properties. Winnwood was acquired in July, 1995 and the concept of "Retirement Living at its Finest," began in historic Marietta. Building on the success of the community, The Teem, a 100,000 square foot independent Living residence was added to the campus in 2006. This new building features a business center, workout facility and theatre.

After an extensive search for another quality community to add to the company, the Rauls family purchased the Veranda in April of 2009.  It is a state of the art retirement community with 145,000 square feet, featuring a theatre and indoor swimming pool.