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Ribbon Cutting Is Planned For Mountain Education Charter

The Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting for the Mountain Education Charter High School in Summerville at noon Monday. It will be part of a open house for the charter school, which is located at 32 Maple Drive in Summerville (old elementary school building). They will be inducting a new chamber…

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Vester Huland Davenport

Mr., age 93, of Rome, GA, (formerly of Trion) died Friday, November 15, 2019, at Pruitt Healthcare of Rome. Mr. Davenport was born January 1, 1926, in Blue Ridge, GA, son of the late Huland Burg and Lula Conley Davenport.  He was a member of Dry Valley Baptist Church, and prior to his retirement, was…

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Summerville City Council Meeting Agenda For Monday

Unfinished Business  Consider approving the rezoning of the following AEB Properties (Anthony Bryant)from R2 to C1: 180 Montgomery St (parcel# 00S23000000010) 182 Montgomery St (parcel# 00S230000000009) 5 Montgomery St   (parcel# 00S2300000000008) Montgomery St     (parcel# 00S1600000002900A) Montgomery St     (parcel# 00S230000000800A)   Consider approving the reduction of setbacks on parcels that           face Montgomery St from 30…

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Marzell Stewart

Mrs. Marzell Stewart, age 83, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, November 15, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Stewart was born November 9, 1936, in Trion, GA, daughter of the late Robert Russell and Irene Stallings Nelson.  She was a member of the Berryton Church of God, and prior to her retirement, was employed with Field…

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Operation Christmas Child Drop-off Week

Summerville 1st United Methodist Church, located at the intersection of West Washington and Congress Streets, will be the local drop-off location for Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week, November 18-25. This project of Samaritans’s Purse collects shoebox filled with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys and delivers them to children in need around the…

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Walter Jones Plemons Jr

Walter Jones Plemons Jr., 83, of LaFayette and the Center Post Community passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Plemons Sr. and Doll Tilly Plemons. He is survived by several cousins. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 17, 2019 in the Wilbanks Memorial…

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Wylene Hegwood Selman

Mrs. Wylene Hegwood Selman, age 84, of Florence, AL (formerly of Summerville, GA), passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019. She was born February 4, 1935, in LaFayette, GA, daughter of the late Horace and Ethel Williams Hegwood.  She was a charter member of Horizon Baptist Fellowship where she taught Sunday School and loved to sing…

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Local Preparing To Launch CDC Program For Diabetics

UGA Cooperative Extension agent Rebecca Brewer-Thomas is launching a program that is aimed to help Type 2 diabetics. There are only 20 slots available so the year-long program will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The program is called Prevent T2. “This program is proven to be the most effective program for individuals wanting…

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