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Collin, to this day, still talks about how he is so glad that he was able to choose his family to marry into,
From driving her around in fire trucks at the Watkinsville Christmas Parade to training her to become a first responder, it was only fitting that the Oconee Fire Rescue members watched Makenzie Hale Worsham walk down the aisle with Oconee County deputy Collin Worsham.
“It is like having a bunch of dads and brothers,” Makenzie said of growing up alongside local sheriffs, deputies and firefighters. Makenzie’s experience teaching civilian firearm safety classes
alongside her father, career lawman and current Sheriff James
Previous page, daughter of Oconee Sheriff James Hale, Makenzie Hale Worsham is a volunteer first responder whose wedding was May 8, 2021. Above, Collin and Makenzie Worsham had the perfect wedding in a field behind her family’s home in Oconee County.
sNancy Belle Hansford is a freelance writer in Watkinsville and the owner of Watkinsville Wines. PAGE 18 | OCONEE THE MAGAZINE | WINTER 2022
