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'She was as good as gold': Hall road named to honor officer who died during 1998 tornado
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On Monday, Aug. 8, family, friends and colleagues gathered to remember Bobbie Hoenie in a ceremony to rename a portion of Ga. 53 from the Hall/Forsyth County line to Little Hall Road as the Officer Bobbie S. Hoenie Memorial Highway. Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson presents a framed display to Hoenie’s mother, Louise Gordon. - photo by Julia Fechter
Dawson County officer Bobbie Hoenie had just finished her shift at the jail on March 20, 1998, when a tornado touched down in northern Hall County. On her way to a part-time job as a 911 dispatcher, she stopped to help a driver who had run into a ditch on Ga. 53 before attempting to clear the road of fallen debris. Minutes later, she was struck and killed by another vehicle.