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Cobb County teacher dies on Florida vacation

Mary Barkley (Credit: Dodgen Middle School)
Mary Barkley (Credit: Dodgen Middle School)
By Ellen Eldridge
Jan 18, 2017

A Cobb County middle school teacher died while on vacation in Florida.

Mary Barkley died Monday after she was caught in a rip current while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a letter sent to parents.

Barkley was a seventh-grade lead and life sciences teacher at Dodgen Middle School, where she taught for 16 years.

She also saved two lives as an organ donor, according to the letter.

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