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How Gainesville High School is ‘building on a legacy’
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Susie Mayes O’Dell, the oldest living Gainesville High School alumni at 104, helps unveil the school’s legacy wall mural on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. - photo by Kelsey Podo
Susie Mayes O’Dell graduated from Gainesville High School in 1933. On Friday, the 104-year-old gazed up at a newly unveiled Gainesville High School mural detailing 125 years of the school’s history. “It’s beautiful,” O’Dell said. “It’s bringing back a lot of memories. I had a lot of good times here.”