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Tracing the Woods family history
Photos: Former Lithonia mayor Marcia Glenn Hunter gathers with her sibling to look over family albums. They have traced their ancestry back to Sierra Leone and a captive who was sold into slavery in Newtown County, Georgia. Mother Maggie Woods was the first black City Council member in Lithonia.
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Marcia Glenn Hunter, the former mayor of Lithonia, holds one of the sculptures she brought back from Nigeria. She has traced her family's roots back to Sierra Leone. Their ancestors were sold into slavery in Walton County and then moved to Lithonia.
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PHOTOS: Georgia football players celebrate with fans in the end zone after win over Florida
Members of the Georgia football team jumped in to the EverBank Stadium end zone stands, a victory tradition in Jacksonville, after the Bulldogs defeated the Gators on Saturday
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PHOTOS: Georgia defeats Florida, 24-20
The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Florida Gators, 24-20, on Saturday, Nov. 1 in Jacksonville, Fla.
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PHOTOS: Georgia, Florida fans party Saturday before kickoff
Georgia has won the last four football games with Florida and seven of the last eight. The Bulldogs were favored to win by 7.5 points, going into the SEC matchup.
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PHOTOS: Halloween in Jacksonville ahead of the Georgia-Florida game
Photos from outside EverBank Stadium on Friday before the 2025 Georgia-Florida football game.














