Well-known attorney Walter Gordon loses battle to cancer

WNEG and our sister-station WLHR in Lavonia were informed yesterday that longtime Hart County attorney Walter Gordon of the Gordon Law Firm in Hartwell has died.

Gordon died Thursday at his home surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. 

Gordon had been a practicing attorney in Hart County since 1976 and had been the attorney for Hart County government since the 1980s. 

Hart County Commission Chair Marshal Sayer said Gordon will be missed. 

Hart County Commissioner Joey Dorsey has been a commissioner for more than 20 years and called Gordon a good friend. 

Strickland Funeral Home Hartwell Chapel is in charge of the arrangements, which will be announced later.

Walter Gordon was 73