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ATLANTA – On February 24, Investigators with the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office assisted with the arrest of Jonathan Stricklin, 47, Jimmy Stricklin Jr., 54, and Janice Stricklin, 78. The three individuals are accused of illegally obtaining power for their residence, causing a fire to break out on February 8. All three individuals face…
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Floyd Medical Center will hold a free lifesaving training event at Harvest Worship Center in Trion Wednesday night at 7 p.m. February is American Heart Month. Participants will learn hands-only CPR, early heart attack care and ways to stop serious bleeding. Hands-only CPR has been shown to be just as effective as conventional CPR in…
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By GENE ESPY Editor The City of Menlo bought a security vehicle after the one they had begun having problems. The cost of the new vehicle was $3,300. The council also voted to close City Hall on Tuesdays and Thursday to catch up on some work that needed to be done. There will be a…
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Redmond Regional Medical Center will continue to provide ambulance services in Chattooga County for the next 10 years, according to a contract signed last month. This is the first contract extension since the county abolished its own service in 2011. “I cannot say enough good about the services they have provided to us,” Commissioner Jason…
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Mobile home property tax bills are in mailboxes now. Those bills are due April 1, 2020. According to Joy Hampton, Chattooga County Tax Commissioner, if the bills aren’t paid by April 1, they will begin to accrue interest and penalties on April 2 and are subject to tax sales coming up this year. If you own…
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Obituaries
Ms. Lula C. Arnold, age 96, of Summerville, GA, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at her residence. Ms. Arnold was born November 12, 1923, in Stevenson, AL, daughter of the late Willie and Tennie Gertrude Burton Guinn. She attended the Summerville Pentecostal Worship Center, and prior to her retirement, was employed with Riegel Textiles. In…
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Mr. Josh Elrod, age 37, of Menlo, GA, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2020, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.
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Mr. Claude Hoyt Hampton, age 84, of Cloudland, GA, died Thursday, February 20, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Hampton was born August 27, 1935, in Cloudland, GA, son of the late William Ira and Charlotte Maude Tallent Hampton. He was a man of God and was Christian by faith. Prior to his retirement, he was…
Read MoreJudy Marks, age 76, of LaFayette passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford and Exie Caylor; and sister, Mary Jo Caylor Brown. She is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Benny Marks of LaFayette; son, Kip (Heather) Marks of LaFayette; grandchildren, Caylee and Laney Marks;…
Read MoreMS. CYNTHIA “PATT” WATKINS – Age, 62 – Of Summerville, Georgia passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at a local Health Care. She was preceded in death by her mother, Bertha Watkins, and sister, Mary Lynn Watkins. She was a member of The Church of Christ Family. Survivors are her brother, Isaiah “Ike” Watkins; two…
Read MoreMRS. VELVA MAE BRITT, age 89, of L. M. Thomas Road, Summerville, Georgia, formerly of Port Orange, FL., passed away Thursday morning, February 13, 2020, in the local Nursing Home. She was born in Virginia on July 2, 1930 to the late Noah Ebery and Hattie Lee Green Mills. Mrs. Britt was a retired Office Manager for…
Read MoreMRS. WILLIE MAE LEE, age 86, of Goodwin Drive, Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, February 10, 2020, afternoon, following an extended illness. She was born in Polk County, Georgia on February 6, 1934, a daughter of the late Estes and Lottie Mae Evans Turpin. Mrs. Lee was a member of South Summerville Baptist Church and…
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