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Man Repeats Visit To Local Jail In Less Than Four Hours

A 53-year-old local man was jailed twice on Christmas Day, according to Summerville Police reports. The first incident happened at 2:06 p.m. when cops were called to the residence of Sherman Marion Rutledge, of 676 Highland Avenue. “[Rutledge] in a dispute with wife, [he] did push female and broke her phone during the altercation,” Officer…

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Mary Frances Morgan

Mary Frances Morgan, 81, of LaFayette died on December 16, 2019 after a brief illness. She graduated from Tupelo High School, Tupelo, Mississippi in 1956 and received a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi Women’s University and a master’s degree from Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Mary Frances was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Allen…

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John M. “Johnny” Todd, Sr.

MR. JOHN M. “JOHNNY” TODD, SR., age 81, of Highway #114, Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, afternoon, December 24, 2019, at his residence, following an extended illness.  Born in Broometown, Alabama on October 4, 1938, He was a son of the late Milton and Ethel McCullough Todd.  Mr. Todd was retired from ITT Lester and was preceded in…

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Phyllis Ann Elrod

Ms. Phyllis Ann Elrod, age 59, of Fort Payne, AL (formerly of Summerville, GA), died Tuesday, December 24, 2019, at her residence. Ms. Elrod was born October 21, 1960, in LaFayette, GA, daughter of the late L.M. Phillip “Bud” Kirby and Mary Jo Harris White.  She was a homemaker and a member of Dry Valley…

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Anne Cavin Moxley

May 2, 1949 – December 23, 2019 Anne Cavin Moxley of Griffin, Georgia, passed away on December 23, 2019. Anne was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on May 2, 1949. She always said she was thankful to be born in the 1940s because she was surrounded by family members of the Greatest Generation. She heard…

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John M. “Johnny” Todd Sr.

MR. JOHN M. “JOHNNY” TODD, SR., age 81, of Highway #114, Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, afternoon, December 24, 2019, at his residence, following an extended illness.  Born in Broometown, Alabama on October 4, 1938, He was a son of the late Milton and Ethel McCullough Todd.  Mr. Todd was retired from ITT Lester and…

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North Georgia Cruisers Aids 90 Kids

The North Georgia Cruisers provided Christmas for 90 families in Chattooga County on Saturday and delivered food to the Hope Rebirth Homeless Shelter on Friday this year. “We talked to the lady in charge at Home Rebirth and she said they were in need of some adult bikes so the people can go put in…

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Lyerly Is Looking At New Park Playground Equipment

The Town of Lyerly continues to look at installing new playground equipment in its park on Hwy. 114. The Menlo-Tillotson program gave the town a $20,000 grant to help buy the equipment. “It’s going to cost $60,000,” Lyerly Mayor Jim Ferguson said. “It’s insanely expensive. It’s unbelievable.” Some playground equipment for the public sells for…

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