Authorities in neighboring Cherokee County, Alabama believe that remains recovered from Weiss Lake on Friday of last week may be those of an elderly man who has been missing for over a decade.
After Saturday voting over the past weekend, a total of 338 ballots were cast during the first week of Advance Voting for the March 12, 2024 Presidential Preference Primary in Chattooga County. Additionally, 34 Absentee by Mail ballots have been issued and 14 have been received and accepted. Voters have until Friday, March 1, to request an Absentee by Mail ballot for this election. The ballot has until March 12 at 7 pm to be received by the Chattooga County Registrars Office.
MR. EDGAR LEE (ED) DAVIS, aged 94, of Back Berryton Road, Summerville, Georgia, passed away Saturday evening, February 24, 2024, in a Rome hospital. Born in Trion, Georgia on July 3, 1929, He was a son of the late Sam and Lillie Harris Davis. A member of the West Berryton Faith Temple and was retired boiler operator for Bigelow-Sanford Mill. In addition to Parents, He was preceded in death by His wife the Late Mary Etta Hix Davis, sons, the late Ray Davis and Donnie Lee Davis; siblings, the late Fannie Blackmon, Lillie Mae Hines, Naudie Lee Hines, John Henry Davis, Earnest Davis, and Willis Davis.
Surviving are daughter, Joyce (Wayne) Pritchett; son, Butch (Elvia) Berry; Ten Grandchildren, Thirteen Great Grandchildren, Five Great Great Grandchildren; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 27th, at 1:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Brother Jason Boyd and Brother John Mann officiating, interment in Lyerly Cemetery. Active Pallbearers Mark Nixon, Jackie Pritchett, Carlos Rior, Tim Willingham, Will Stewart, Matthew Willingham. The Family will receive friends Monday evening from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mr. Edgar Lee (Ed) Davis who passed away Saturday,
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Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton is reminding property owners that most tax bills are due on March 1, 2024. The tax commissioner says there is an exception to that deadline for those who have appealed their property taxes. Those taxpayers have a due date of 60 days after the appeal was finalized.