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WE LOVE OUR HOMETOWN
We are ambassadors for our community and we thought we should introduce our community, one person at a time, to each other and to the world. We are telling the story of our community through the terrific people that live and work here, one voice and one face at a time.
If you know of someone that you would like to nominate for this project, please let us know!
Faces of Hall County: Dr. Betsy Grunch
Meet Dr. Betsy Grunch! Dr. Grunch is a one a very few female neurosurgeons in the United States. She is a graduate of West Hall High School, the University of Georgia, the [...]
Faces of Hall County: Chief Jerome Yarbrough
Meet Chief Jerome Yarbrough! Chief Yarbrough is a lifelong Gainesville resident and has been the City of Gainesville fire chief since 2013. He is married to Deborah and the couple has five [...]
Faces of Hall County: Mitch Taylor
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Group Realtor Ricky Lewallen Meet Mitch Taylor! Mitch is married to Patti Taylor, and he has four step-children and four step-grandchildren. He attended Buford High School and played [...]
Faces of Hall County: James Jelez
Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High students Grady Vardeman and Donagelo Marshall Meet James Jelez! James is the owner of the Diletto Bakery located in Downtown Gainesville. James is originally [...]
Faces of Hall County: Haley Bower
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School junior Donangelo Marshall Meet Haley Bower! Haley was born and raised in Gainesville and works at her family's company; Clipper Petroleum. Clipper Petroleum [...]
Faces of Hall County: Juan Luna
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High junior Donangelo Marshall Meet Juan Luna! Juan owns the beloved Luna's Restaurant on the downtown Gainesville square. Luna's opened on Feb. 7, 1997 and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jay Jacobs
Meet John W. Jacobs III! Jay is the CEO of Jacobs Media Corporation, WDUN AM/FM, 94.5 THE LAKE, AccessWDUN, and AccessWDUN+, a family owned media business and one of the largest news [...]
Faces of Hall County: Elain Ellerbe
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High junior Donangelo Marshall Meet Elain Ellerbe! She is the president & CEO of Refined By Fire Ministries, Inc., a nationally recognized initiative with an [...]
Faces of Hall County: TeDarrius Teasley
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School junior Donangelo Marshall Meet State Trooper TeDarrius Teasley! He goes by T.D. and was born and raised in Gainesville. He attended East Hall [...]
Faces of Hall County: Patrick McCormac
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Grady Vardeman Meet Patrick McCormac! He is married to Katie and is the assistant brewer at Left Nut Brewing Company. He assists [...]
Faces of Hall County: Zack Thompson
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High junior Donangelo Marshall Meet your Ward 2 Gainesville City Councilman Zack Thompson! Zack owns Pro Touch Landscapes with his brother Ryan Thompson; Pro Touch has [...]
Faces of Hall County: Cedrick Nicely
Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High students Grady Vardeman and Donangelo Marshall. Meet Cedrick Nicely! Cedrick friends call him Big Ced and he is a junior at Gainesville High School. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Harris Bell
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Grady Vardeman Meet Harris Bell! Harris is a senior at Gainesville High School and a long time Red Elephant baseball starter. He recently [...]
Faces of Hall County: Katie Allen
Meet Katie Allen! Katie is a Physician's Assistant and Expert Injector at the Aesthetic Center of Gainesville. Katie is married to Michael and the couple has one daughter, Averie. She says her [...]
Faces of Hall County: Eason Spivey
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Grady Vardeman. Meet Eason Spivey! Eason is a program coordinator with Gainesville Parks and Recreation. He is originally from Dublin where he attended West [...]
Faces of Hall County: David Carmon
Meet David Carmon! David is a longtime Gainesville resident, Gainesville High graduate and has been married to Jessie for 16 years. He says the best thing about Hall County is the friendly [...]
Faces of Hall County: Chelle Lee
Interview by Gainesville High Work Based Learning students and Abernathy Cochran interns Grady Vardeman and Donangelo Marshall Meet Chelle Lee! Chelle works at the Publix on Thompson Bridge Road and if you [...]
Faces of Hall County: Nate Miller
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School Work-Based Learning student Grady Vardeman Meet Nate Miller! Nate is the owner of Hobbs Sporting Goods on Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Seth Pressley
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Grady Vardeman Meet Seth Pressley! Seth is a senior at Chestatee and is triple sport athlete: running track, playing basketball and a [...]
Faces of Hall County: Shannon Casas
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Grady Vardeman Meet Shannon Casas! Shannon has been the editor in chief at the Gainesville Times for just over a year now. [...]
Top 10 Faces of Hall County in 2019
Since we began the Faces of Hall County project, we have had the chance to interview over 400 of Hall County residents. In 2019, we again were honored to interview even more [...]
Faces of Hall County: Drew Echols
Meet Drew Echols! Drew is a fifth generation farmer at his family's farm: Jaemor Farms in northern Hall County. Drew and wife Shelly have two children; a daughter, Chloe (16), and a [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jennifer Watts
Meet Jennifer Watts! Jennifer is the owner of Zell's Cottage Bakery in Gainesville, she is a mother to three, (Nicholas, 16, Cullen, 11 and Amelia, is 16 months old), engaged to Josh [...]
Faces of Hall County: Makius Scott
Meet Makius Scott! Makius is a senior at Gainesville and looking forward to playing football at the University of South Carolina as a defensive end in 2020. Makius, standing in at 6’3 [...]