The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office honors the memory of Officer Bobbie Sue Hoenie, who lost her life on March 20, 1998. After finishing her shift at the Dawson County Detention Center, she stopped to help a motorist on Highway 53 when she was struck and killed by another vehicle during a tornado that had touched down in Hall County that morning.
Officer Hoenie was the first of thirteen people who died as a result of the storm. Her name is engraved on the Georgia Public Safety Memorial Wall in Forsyth, Georgia…