Vigil set for Limestone native killed in Georgia

Published 9:00 am Saturday, January 21, 2017

A candlelight vigil will be held this evening for a Limestone County native who died Sunday in northwest Georgia.

The memorial honoring Candace Hankins is set for 5 p.m. at Piney Chapel Elementary School, at 20835 Elkton Road, Athens. Hankins, 29, was a 2005 graduate of Elkmont High School but had lived in Georgia for several years.

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Her live-in boyfriend, 29-year-old David Ryan Walker, has been charged with murder in connection to Hankins’ death.