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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: Joy James
Meet Joy James! Joy, like her name suggests, is really one of the happiest people anyone will ever meet. She has been one of the mortgage leaders in the northeast Georgia area [...]
Faces of Hall County: Suzanne Smith
 Meet Suzanne Smith! Suzanne graduated from Gainesville High School and recently from the University of North Georgia. She is a lifelong Gainesville resident and she will be speaking at the Womensource Girl [...]
Faces of Hall County: Luke Latimer
Meet Luke Latimer! Luke, 20, was born and raised in Hall County and would not change it for the world. “I love the people here. It's the most unique thing about Hall [...]
Faces of Hall County: Trey McPhaul
Meet Trey McPhaul! Trey has been a Hall County resident since 2007 and is a self-proclaimed extrovert. His current career in technology sales keeps him busy but his other roles include: a [...]
Faces of Hall County: Michael and Tyler Perry
Meet Michael and Tyler Perry! The identical twins, that finish each others sentences, are Gainesville High and University of Georgia graduates. The duo have been football coaches at Gainesville, Coffee (Michael only), [...]
Top 10 Faces of Hall County in 2018
Since we began the Faces of Hall County project, we have had the chance to interview hundreds of Hall County residents. In 2018, we again were honored to interview even more locals [...]
Faces of Hall County: Malia Bolt
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Group intern Amelia Payne Meet Malia Bolt! Malia is the owner of the Purple House Gallery in Gainesville. Malia has always been involved in the arts since middle [...]
The Faces of Hall County: Angela Sheppard
 Angela Sheppard is the Assistant City Manager for the City of Gainesville. Before coming to work for Gainesville, Angela was once named as one of the Top 10 Most Influential People of [...]
Joe Britte
Meet Joe Britte! After retiring from the Gainesville Police Department, Joe became an assistant football coach at Lakeview Academy as well as the Girls Soccer Coach. When Joe isn’t coaching he loves [...]
Faces of Hall County: Lee Dempsey
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern Amelia Payne Meet Lee Dempsey! Lee is a longtime Gainesville resident, is married to Anna and the couple has three children. Lee has worked in the insurance [...]
Faces of Hall County: Tashina Fritz
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group intern Courtney Watson Meet Tashina Fritz! Tashina runs a fitness group for women called Fit For Mom, that gets moms out and active, alone or [...]
Faces of Hall County: Christopher Davidson
Meet Christopher Davidson! Christopher is the longtime owner of Christopher's Tuxedo and Bridal, the oldest retail location remaining on the downtown Gainesville square. Christopher is a Gainesville native, member at Lakewood Baptist [...]
Faces of Hall County: Art Gallegos
Meet Art Gallegos! Art is originally from San Diego, is married to Juanit and father to five! Art is the Neighborhood Coordinator at the Georgia Mountain Food Bank and created the Latino Conservative Organization. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Ricky Lewallen
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Intern Amelia Payne Meet Ricky Lewallen! Ricky is a Realtor with the Abernathy Cochran Group, is married to Michelle and the couple has one daughter, Rachel. She is [...]
Faces of Hall County: Andrew Bearden
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern Amelia Payne Meet Andrew Bearden! Andrew is the founder of Bridge the City; a local community outreach helping local people affected by homelessness. "The goals of Bridge [...]
Faces of Hall County: Gwenell Brown
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group intern Amelia Payne Meet Gwenell Brown! Gwenell is the principal at Fair Street Elementary in Gainesville and longtime Hall County residents. She is a wife [...]
Faces of Hall County: Lauren Crocker
Meet Lauren Crocker, the City of Gainesville's ONLY female firefighter! Lauren has been a firefighter in Gainesville for about seven years. Lauren and husband Scott, enjoy living in Hall County with their [...]
Faces of Hall County: Christy Cantrell
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern Courtney Watson Meet Christy Cantrell! Christy is an Assistant Principal at Chestatee High School and has lived in Hall County her entire life. She earned her Bachelors [...]
Faces of Hall County: Parrish Brown Hoag
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern Courtney Watson Meet Parrish Brown Hoag! Parrish is the featured artist at the 2018 Marketplace and is a lifelong Gainesville resident.She earned her degree in Business Administration at Georgia [...]
Faces of Hall County: Phillippa Lewis Moss
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern Amelia Payne Meet Phillippa Lewis Moss! Phillippa is the City of Gainesville's Community Service Center Director and is originally from California. The Gainesville Service Center is where [...]
Faces of Hall County: Robert Bell
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern Courtney Watson Meet Robert Bell! Robert is a Realtor with Abernathy Cochran Group and longtime Gainesville resident. He is married to Sarah and the couple has three [...]
Faces of Hall County: Anslee Wilson
Meet Anslee Wilson! Anslee is a lifelong Gainesville resident, mother to Ella and Miller and married to Mitch. Anslee began her career in real estate in 1995, but eight years ago was [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jon Dalman
Meet Jon Dalman! Jon is a local bounty hunter who works in Hall County and the Southeast with partner Alex Haynes. Jon grew up in California and served in the military, which [...]
Faces of Hall County: Dr. Misty Caudell
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Intern Amelia Payne Meet Dr. Misty Caudell! Misty is a board-certified dermatologist with more than 10 years of private practice experience. Dr. Caudell holds an undergraduate degree from [...]