Tom Thompson

Tom Thompson is an Eatonton resident. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Tom Thompson is an Eatonton resident. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Know your Neighbor: Tom Thompson

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
About a week before Tom Thompson turned 90 this June, he marked the milestone not with quiet retreat, but renewed vigor.Just days before his birthday, he was in a Gainesville hospital undergoing a robotic heart valve repair. He was back home in Eatonton within less than 48 hours.
Head of Gatewood Schools Jeff Decker (center with bow) made the cut to officially open Gatewood’s new high school, though the building has been in use since school resumed early last month. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

Head of Gatewood Schools Jeff Decker (center with bow) made the cut to officially open Gatewood’s new high school, though the building has been in use since school resumed early last month. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

Gatewood officially opens new high school building

Ian Tocher
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Though it’s been in use since school resumed Aug. 12, Gatewood Schools hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday night to officially open its new high school building.
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