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Memorial set for Cobb brothers killed on holiday drive back to college

Jack "Deacon" Harris plays around with his younger brother, Garrett. They died together on the drive back from Cobb County to Georgia Southern University on I-16 early the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2017.

Credit: Courtesy of Nick Seymour

Credit: Courtesy of Nick Seymour

Jack "Deacon" Harris plays around with his younger brother, Garrett. They died together on the drive back from Cobb County to Georgia Southern University on I-16 early the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2017.
By Ben Brasch and Ty Tagami
Nov 29, 2017

A memorial service has been scheduled to honor the Cobb County brothers who died driving on I-16 heading back to school at Georgia Southern University after Thanksgiving.

The service for Deacon Harris, 20, and 18-year-old Garrett Harris — both Navy JROTC members at Allatoona High — will be Saturday at 4 p.m. at Cauble Park on Lake Acworth, according to a spokesman for the family.

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The driver of the wrong-way crash, 27-year-old Sandy Springs man Jared Adler, was taken to Navicent Health Medical Center in Macon early Sunday.

The Harris family has raised more than $23,000 on GoFundMe to cover funeral expenses.

Read more about the brothers and their lives before and after moving to Statesboro on myAJC.com.

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Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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