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A Piece of Gwinnett History is Gone

Bartow Jenkins, the beloved teacher, coach and long-time mayor of Lawrenceville, died at age 81 early yesterday morning.  “Coach” Jenkins has been a fixture in Lawrenceville and Gwinnett county since the mid-50′s.  Serving as a teacher in Lawrenceville from 1954 to 1974, then as the first football coach and the creator of the driver’s education [...]

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