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From Staff Reports
Article dated Feb 16, 1996
Consovalla Adams,
teacher, Augusta.
Shirley Badke, 37,
homemaker, Hephzibah.
Joyce Billue, 53,
nurse educator.
Medical College of Georgia, Martinez.
Robert Blankenship, Harlem.
Mac Bowman, 43,
cardiologist, Augusta.
Zachary Bromer, 16,
student at Augusta Preparatory School,
Augusta.
Joseph Burnett, Norwood, Ga.
James Byne, 90, Waynesboro, Ga.
Reid Carter, 33,
sales representative,
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
Augusta.
Dorothy Cofer,
McDuffie County Extension Agent,
Thomson, Ga.
Barry Cook, 46,
engineering vice president,
E-Z-GO Textron, Evans.
William Craven Jr., Waynesboro.
Daniel Crumpton, 62,
tree farmer, Warrenton, Ga.
Rose Dorsett, Martinez.
London Eubanks, 39,
public safety officer,
Medical College of Georgia, Martinez.
Jacqueline Fincher,
36, physician, Thomson.
Hugh Fleming, 60,
banker, Wrens, Ga.
Vernon Forrest, 24,
1992 Olympian and professional boxer
Daniel Funsch, 43,
teacher, Augusta.
Cynthia Gardner-Brim, 30,
executive director,
Burke County Communities and Schools,
Waynesboro.
Buzz Hankinson,
retirement counselor and
owner of Estate and Business Consultants Inc.,
Waynesboro.
Rick Hanks, 42,
Vigortone plant manager, Thomson.
Henry Hopkins Jr., 71,
farmer, Waynesboro.
Lee Marcus Hudson, 18,
student at Warren County High School,
Warrenton.
Palmer Hummel, 12,
student, Augusta.
Lee Irwin, 45,
firefighter, Martinez.
Rudy Jones, Martinez.
William Jopling, 46,
dentist, Thomson.
Gladys Johnson, Waynesboro.
Linda Johnson, Augusta.
Andrea Kinton, 22,
Augusta College student, Augusta.
Lewis Preston Jr., 65,
attorney, Waynesboro.
Patrick Maddox, 15,
Academy of Richmond County student,
Augusta.
Jo Maypole, 47,
vice president of marketing,
University Health Link, Augusta.
Charles Meyer, 54,
physician, Augusta.
Robert ``Bruce'' Morgan, 47,
director of public safety,
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.
Elizabeth Newsome, 17,
Warren County High School student,
Warrenton.
James Newsome, 46,
sales manager, Warrenton.
Orion Poole, 84,
retired farmer and logger, Blythe.
P.J. Rodgers, Martinez
Milledge Samuels Jr., 49,
city councilman and sanitation superintendent,
Warren County, Warrenton.
Lovia Sapp, 50,
wrench truck operator,
Georgia Power Co., Waynesboro.
Walton ``Buddy'' Satcher, 42,
fitness manager at Health Central, Augusta.
Reb Saxon, Waynesboro.
Donald Thornhill, 60,
retired schoolteacher, Grovetown.
Tracy Walker, 26,
marketing specialist at IBM, Augusta.
Todd Ware, Waynesboro.
Jennifer Weiksner, 12,
Riverside Middle School student, Evans.
Darrell Wells, 45,
principal of Dearing Elementary School,
Dearing.
Anne Whittington-Reardon, 38,
diabetes outreach coordinator, Augusta.
Willie Wiley, Grovetown.
Cindy Wilson, homemaker, Thomson.
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