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Thumbs Up Mission hosts first retreat for families dealing with cancer
Nonprofit organization founded in Keaton Coker's honor
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Miles and Sharon Coker show a collage of their son, Keaton, who inspired them to start Thumbs Up Mission in his honor. Keaton died in July 2014 after a two-year fight against brain cancer. A couple of months after Keaton’s death, the Cokers founded the nonprofit organization to help the families of adult cancer patients. The nonprofit had its first retreat in May at SharpTop Cove resort in Jasper. - photo by Erin O. Smith
“Cancer is kind of like a hurricane,” Miles Coker said. And the 53-year-old father of three boys knows what he is talking about from first-hand experience. He was devastated when the doctor uttered the six-letter word in 2012.
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‘Something that needed to be done’: Markers to line Green Street for Memorial Day
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Rock Creek Vietnam Veteran Johnny Hulsey attends the Rotary Club of Hall County's weekly meeting Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the Gainesville Civic Center along with other veterans for the donation of $17,000 toward the club's Salute to Veterans service project. - photo by Scott Rogers
Losing three of his high school friends along with others he served with in the Ninth Infantry Division during his tour in Vietnam from 1966-1967 is something that still haunts Johnny Hulsey.
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