Cherokee County authorities arrested four local residents on a laundry list of drug charges, which included trafficking, late Wednesday.
According to reports:
Robert Ayers, age 37 of Leesburg – Ginger Adams, age 48 of Leesburg – Debra McDaniel, 34 of Spring Garden – and Ashley Smith, age 22 of Leesburg – were each charged with Manufacturing a Controlled Substance 1st Degree, the Manufacture/Sale/Transfer of Precursor Chemicals, with Drug Trafficking, the Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance and the Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Details have yet to be released regarding the circumstances surrounding the arrests, including the location where the four were placed under arrest.
All four were booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center between 11:00pm Wednesday, and 2:00am Thursday.
Bail has yet to be set for any of those taken into custody.
Mrs. Arra Mae Williams, age 90 of Trion, GA passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2012 in Oakview Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Williams was born January 31, 1921 in Trion, GA.She had been employed as a Cashier with Hoyt’s Supermarket. Mrs. Williams liked to read, sew, and cook. She was a faithful member of the Central Avenue Baptist Church.
Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Lee Williams; her father and mother, Robert O. and Fannie Mae Cordle Brown; 1 granddaughter, Lisa Williams; and numerous brothers and sisters.
Mrs. Williams is survived by her children and their spouses, Jerry and Carolyn Williams of Lawrenceville, GA, Gene and Glenda Williams of Harrison, TN, Ann W. Keith of Chattanooga, TN, Kenneth and Charla Williams of Lawrenceville, GA, and Doug and JoAnn Williams of Sacremento, CA; 8 grandchildren; number of great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. from the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Owen "Bud" Davis officiating. Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Williams will lie-in-state Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral where the family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pallbearers will be grandsons and grandsons-in-law. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of Central Avenue Baptist Church.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Red Cross will have a blood drive on Monday January 23rd from 1 to 6PM at the Summerville First United Methodist Church…donors get a free T-Shirts and can register for a free airline ticket….
You are invited to the January Third Friday Friends and Family meeting at Pop’s on January 20th at 5:30…Plenty of parking in the rear…Guest speaker Officer Clint Young of the Summerville Police Department, topic will be Personal Safety….Come meet new Friends ….. $7 including drink…
Ms. Ruby Lee Hancock, age 92, of Summerville, GA died Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Hancock was born May 11, 1919 in Subligna, GA, the daughter of the late DeForrest and Annie Mae Smith Duncan. She was retired from Riegel Textile. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Steffen Day; sisters,Lois Hall and Carolyn Perry; best friend, Dot Clements Hankins; brothers, Bud Duncan, and James “Doc” Duncan.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Lawrence Day, Baton Rouge, LA; grandchildren, Todd & Patti Day, Shawn & Carolin Day, Susan & Jeff Stevens; great-grandchildren, Steven Day, Kayla Day, Paige Day, Lauren Stevens, and Cody Stevens; brother-in-law, Benny Perry; sister-in-law, Ann Duncan; nieces, Jane Short, Lisa Hall, and Kim Klouda; nephews, Steve Duncan, Mike hall, Randy Hall, and Tim Perry.
Graveside and interment services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Trion Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Lawrence Day, Todd Day, Shawn Day, Steven Day, Jeff Stevens, and Tim Perry.
Mrs. Hancock will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 9:30 until 10:30 a. m. on Saturday.
The family wishes to thank her nieces, Jane Short and Lisa Hall, and friend Charlotte Stowe, Dr. Bruce Lee, Betty Nalley, nurse practitioner, and all Nurses and Staff at Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center for all their love and care.
Robert Matthew Tidmore, age 47 of Menlo, Charged with Failure to Appear
Terry Brett Reed, age 36 of Summerville, Charged with Theft by Conversion
Joseph Lydell Edgeworth, age 34 of Summerville, Charged wtih VGCSA – Possession of Hydrocodone (2 counts) Use of Communications Facility in Committing an Act of Felony
James Boyd Lee, age 46 of Summerville, Charged with Probation Violation
William Clayton Milam, age 45 of Summerville, Charged wtih VGCSA – Sale of Hydrocodone, VGCSA – Possession of Hydrocodone, Use of Communications Facility in Committing an Act of Felony
Cody Ray Teague, age 22 of Summerville, No Charges Listed
A Northwest Georgia company will be boosting production, which in turn will boost employment opportunities for the area.
Neaton of Rome, which produces air bags, steering wheels and other internal and external plastic trim for the automotive industry – has announced a major expansion to its current facility located on Technology Parkway.
That facility will increase in size by 72,000 square feet and the company plans to create 113 new jobs over the next three years.
