Meet Shannon O’Carroll, the girl’s minister at Lakewood Baptist Church and a soccer referee for collegiate teams like University of Georgia and Auburn University.
Shannon was born and raised in the Classic City, attended the University of Georgia and majored in marketing then moved to Hall County nearly three years ago to work at Lakewood Church.
Shannon has been in the greater Gainesville area going on three years and loves the community! One of Shannon’s passions is traveling, and it’s even on her bucket list to travel to all seven continents. Shannon has so far has traveled to Asia, North America, Europe, and is traveling to South America in November.
With all of the traveling Shannon enjoys, she continues to love Hall County as her home because she says it’s a perfect location.
“I love the people and geographical location of Hall County,” she said. “It’s the perfect distance to spend a beautiful day on Lake Sidney Lanier or even go hiking in the mountains.”
We want to thank Shannon for spending time with us and sharing more about her life and love of Hall County.
Question: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
Answer: “I would plan a trip to travel to Russia for the World Cup in 2018.”
Q: What inspired you or led you to your current career?
A: “My personal relationship with people and growing new relationships…And my desire for girls to understand their worth.”
Q: Choosing anyone (past or present and non-relative), with whom would you love to have lunch? And where locally would you have this lunch?
A: “I would love to have lunch with Audrey Hepburn, I have always loved her and how iconic she is. We would definitely eat at Recess on the square.”
Q: What is something interesting about you that most people don’t know?
A: “I love to go antique shopping.”
Q: What three words mean “Home” to you?
A: “Family, warm and inviting; have always meant home to me.”
The Faces of Hall County is a project to showcase the amazing people that live or work in our community. If you would like to nominate an interesting person to be featured please email babernathy@gonorton.com.