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April 11 Arrest Report

Listed on the April 11 Arrest Report are:

Anthony Ray Green — VGCSA/ Possession of meth; Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana; Failure to appear; Disorderly Conduct; Criminal trespass

Raymond Donald Hughes — Probation violation

Kristen Danielle Loyd — Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana; VGCSA/ possession of meth

Carl Daniel Spurlock — Probation violation

Charlotte L. Brown — Criminal trespass

James Ricky Cannon — DUI/ alcohol; failure to maintain a single lane

Jeffrey Baxter Hines — criminal trespass

Billy Ray Russell Hunter — Disorderly conduct

Amber Elizabeth Jennings — Driving with a suspended/revoked license

Tracey Timothy Smith — Failure to appear

Stephanie Renee West — Hold for Carroll County

Randy Winston Wood — Theft by taking; criminal trespass

Mr. Clifford Leon Gardner Obit., (M)

Mr. Clifford Leon Gardner, age 79, of Lyerly, GA died Monday April 10, 2013

at Floyd Medical Center.

 

Mr. Gardner was born February 22, 1934 in Jamestown, AL, the son of the

late William Arthur Gardner and Lena Mae Ray Gardner.  He was owner of

G & G Trucking.  Mr. Gardner was a member of the Church of Christ.  He was

veteran of the United States Army, having served in the 101th Airborne.  Other

than his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Tommy Gardner.

 

Survivors include his wife, Effie Gardner; son, Clifford L. Gardner, JR;

daughters and son-in-law, Angie and Billy Stallings, and Helen Teague;

brother and sister-in-law, Wilburn and Mary Nell Gardner; sisters, Nell Spear,

Joyce Barnes, and Peggy Clark; 7 Grandchildren; and 16 Great Grandchildren.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Mason

Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewayne Teague officiating.  Entombment

will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens.  Active pallbearers will be William

Gardner, Ken Teague, Michael Teague, Lance Stallings, Isiah Holder, and

Anthony Gardner.  Honorary pallbearers will be Employees of Harbin Dialysis

Clinic, and special friends, Margie Love, and Larry and Marie Dendy.

 

Mr. Gardner will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive

friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Friday, April 12, 2013.

 

Mason Funeral Home is directing.  For guestbook, please go online to

www.masonfuneralhome.com

Mrs. Carrie Joy Palmer Obit (M)

Mrs. Carrie Joy Palmer, age 84, of Trion, GA died Wednesday, April 10, 2013

at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

 

Mrs. Palmer was born July 18, 1928 in Catlett, GA, the daughter of the late

James Emory Cameron and Lora Belle Giles Cameron.  She was retired

from the Chattooga County Hospital.  Mrs. Palmer was a member of Trion

First Baptist Church.  Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by

her husband, Howell F. Palmer; and a daughter, Lisa Joye Palmer.

 

Survivors include her granddaughter’s and husbands, Shannon and Jeremy

Colbert, and Erin and Aaron McKenzie; and a sister-in-law; Charlotte Evans.

 

Graveside and interment services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Friday, April

12, 2013 at West Hill Cemetery with Rev. Andy Hutchins officiating.

 

Mrs. Palmer will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will

receive friends from 12:00 noon until the service hour on Friday.

 

Mason Funeral Home is directing.  For guestbook, please go online to

www.masonfuneralhome.com

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Disorderly Conduct Charges

A Trion man was charged with disorderly conduct Tuesday after an incident involving his son.
 
According to the Chattooga County Sheriff's Department, 17-year-old Heath Kirk told officers he and his father, 50-year-old Charles Kirk continued an altercation that began the day before. It concerned a guitar the senior Kirk accused the son of taking. Charles Kirk reportedly pushed his son and used profane language. 
 
Deputies determined that Charles Kirk was the primary aggressor in trying to provoke a physical altercation. He was charged with disorderly conduct and taken to the Chattooga County Jail without incident.  

Summerville Man Arrested in Cherokee County

A Summerville man was arrested and booked into the Cherokee County, Alabama jail this week.  According to docket records from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department yesterday, David Wayne Burrage, age 47 of Summerville was arrested on probation violation charges.

 

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Trion Sports News

Monday the Trion Bulldogs baseball team defeated Mt. Pigs ah 9-6 for another big region win. The baseball continued their winning ways with a 7-2 victory over the Walker School on Wednesday.

The girls' soccer team picked up where they left off from spring break with a 5-1 victory over the Chattooga Indians on Tuesday. The girls continued this week’s streak with a 4-2 victory over the Rockmart Yellow jackets.

The Trion tennis team defeated the Chattooga Indians on Wednesday as they prepare for the upcoming area tournament on Monday, April 22nd.