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Column: Remembering the biggest Gainesville and Bulldog booster
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Johnny Vardeman
Bob Hamrick, former mayor of Gainesville who served a record 46 years on the City Council, was the son of a Methodist minister. He was very much Methodist himself, loyally and heavily involved in several capacities at First United Methodist Church, which he loved as much as his City of Gainesville.