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Young writer wins state UDC competition

Essay focused on Civil War battle

Shown here at a Daughters of the Confederacy state Education Awards Luncheon are, from left: teacher Renee Chester; Lynn Briggs with the Col. Hiram Parks Bell Chapter 2641; Holley Murray; and chapter president Monty Johnson. Murray read her first-place essay at the event. - photo by For the Forsyth County News

essay — Shown here at a Daughters of the Confederacy state Education Awards Luncheon are, from left: teacher Renee Chester; Lynn Briggs with the Col. Hiram Parks Bell Chapter 2641; Holley Murray; and chapter president Monty Johnson. Murray read her first-place essay at the event. - photo by For the Forsyth County News

A local girl recently took top honors in a statewide essay competition.