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Hall County native still works at age 90
Pete Smith is one of the county's oldest employees
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Pete Smith has lived most of his life in Hall County. Since retiring from Johnson & Johnson in 1989, the Georgia man has worked at the Hall County compactor site on Poplar Springs Road, which is 3 miles away from where he was born near the intersection of Barrett and Dorsey Peek roads. - photo by Andrew Akers
Pete Smith was born near the intersection of what are now Barrett and Dorsey Peek roads in 1924. On Friday, he celebrated his 90th birthday only 3 miles away at the same place he has worked for the past two decades, the Hall County compactor site on Poplar Springs Road. “I like working here,” he said.