Memorial service scheduled for Fulton County Vice Chair Joan Garner
Memorial services have been set for Fulton County Commission Vice Chair Joan Garner, who died Tuesday.
Visitation will be held Friday and Sunday, with a memorial service scheduled for Saturday, May 6.
Friday, the visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Commerce Club, at 191 Peachtree St. NE in Atlanta.
Sunday, it will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Hammonds House, at 503 Peeples St. in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood.
The memorial service will be May 6 at 3 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church. It’s located at 101 Jackson St. NE in Atlanta.
In lieu of flowers, people can donate to the Joan P. Garner Health & Human Services Internship Program, care of Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) Civic Affairs Foundation, 191 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Contact Beth Brown at bbrown@accg.org for more information.
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Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.
