Magnolia still stands tall | The Northeast Georgian, Cornelia, Georgia

Wright’s legacy helps children

A single Southern Magnolia tree stretches its limbs over the bus parking lot, where children attending Hazel Grove Elementary School are dropped off for a day of school and picked back up about seven hours later. The tree memorializes the passing of Donna Gail Wright 65 years ago. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)

By Hannah Caudell Sixty-five years ago, the Hazel Grove community was shaken by the passing of a young student, 12-year-old Donna Gail Wright, after a bus accident claimed her life in the fall of ...

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