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Cobb County teacher dies on Florida vacation
Mary Barkley (Credit: Dodgen Middle School)
A Cobb County middle school teacher died while on vacation in Florida.
Mary Barkley died Monday after she was caught in a rip current while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a letter sent to parents.
Barkley was a seventh-grade lead and life sciences teacher at Dodgen Middle School, where she taught for 16 years.
She also saved two lives as an organ donor, according to the letter.
