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This new funeral home owner plans unique approach to memorials

John Wayne Abernathy, new owner of Ward's Funeral Home in Gainesville, has a portrait of his late father Wayne to hang inside the longtime funeral home. The late Abernathy was a businessman as well as a longtime a member of the Board of Public Safety with the State of Georgia. - photo by Scott Rogers

05212019 FUNERAL 2.jpg — John Wayne Abernathy, new owner of Ward's Funeral Home in Gainesville, has a portrait of his late father Wayne to hang inside the longtime funeral home. The late Abernathy was a businessman as well as a longtime a member of the Board of Public Safety with the State of Georgia. - photo by Scott Rogers

John Abernathy of Lula does more listening than talking when he meets with families whose loved ones have died.