Column: Columns keep church history alive in hills of Northeast Georgia

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Column: Columns keep church history alive in hills of Northeast Georgia

Johnny Vardeman

For The Times

Updated: Sep 26, 2020, 4:29 AM

Published: Sep 26, 2020, 3:38 AM

People who remember the old First Baptist Church at the corner of Green and Washington streets, where the old Regions Bank building now stands in Gainesville, can still have a peek at its past if they want to travel the back roads of the Northeast Georgia mountains.

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Column: Remembering the biggest Gainesville and Bulldog booster

Johnny Vardeman

For The Times

Published: Mar 20, 2025, 11:02 PM

Bob Hamrick, former mayor of Gainesville who served a record 46 years on the City Council, was the son of a Methodist minister. He was very much Methodist himself, loyally and heavily involved in several capacities at First United Methodist Church, which he loved as much as his City of Gainesville.

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