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Bobby Mallard looks at the wedding ring given him by his late wife Geneva, whose photo is at left. They were married 47 years before her death in the collision on Sept. 28, 2012. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

Bobby Mallard photo ring Web — Bobby Mallard looks at the wedding ring given him by his late wife Geneva, whose photo is at left. They were married 47 years before her death in the collision on Sept. 28, 2012. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

It’s been nearly three years since Bobby Mallard’s wife Geneva was killed in a horrific car crash on Highway 67 in southern Bulloch County. The loss of his wife of 47 years and the circumstances that led to her death, however, remain a part of his everyday life. “It don’t ever go away,” Mallard said.

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