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Clergy, community leaders gather in prayer for peace
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The Revs. Christopher Roper, Matthew Little, Richard Tate and evangelist Genell Tate each say a prayer Saturday during a “United We Stand: Unity in the Community” event on Athens Street in Gainesville. Attendees released balloons in memory of family and friends killed in Gainesville and Hall County. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Ricko Bledson, Jaquerian Harrison, Phil Smith. One name read after another, Layondra Blackshear helped pass out balloons to the mothers, widows and loved ones of those killed in Gainesville and Hall County. “As we release these balloons, oh God, we release them in faith, God, that all is well,” evangelist Genell Tate said in a prayer circle on Athens Street held Saturday evening.