Hankerson reunion, tour connects descendants to tri-county area

Leila Williams (far left) talks about the Union Burial Ground Cemetery where Hankerson family members were buried. Williams helped organize the tour for Hankerson family descendants through Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties last Saturday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Leila Williams (far left) talks about the Union Burial Ground Cemetery where Hankerson family members were buried. Williams helped organize the tour for Hankerson family descendants through Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties last Saturday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

A chartered bus from Georgia traversed the back roads, dirt roads and often forgotten paths of people from decades ago across North Florida.

Down the winding roads, often bumpy with ruts or uneven from…