LOST WALLET – lost in the Sav-A-Lot parking lot on 10/15/24. If found please call 706-676-3983
For Sale – TV only three or four months old. Paid $300 new but will sell for $175. Call 706-676-3909.
For Sale – 455 Husqvarna chainsaw that has barely been used with brand new bar and chain. Price is $250. Call 762-307-6690
The Pregnancy Resource Center of Chattooga County is holding their annual Open House for the community on Thursday afternoon 4:00-6:00. The Center is located at 11564 Highway 27 (behind Little Caesar’s Pizza, next to the Boys & Girls Club). The Resource Center offers pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, parenting classes to pregnant women & young moms.
Pastor Ronald Luther “Ronnie” Pettyjohn, age 75 of the Spring Creek Community in Trion, Georgia, passed away Monday, October 14, 2024 at his residence.
Pastor Ronnie was born in Trion, Georgia on March 12, 1949, son of the late Alfred Joseph Pettyjohn and Maybelle Hale Vineyard. He was a member of the Dry Valley Baptist Church and was retired from Mr. Vernon Mills. He also was the former pastor of Foster Mill Drive Baptist Church in Lafayette for 10 years. Pastor Ronnie loved to play golf, coon hunt, play softball, coach sports and talk about his Lord and Savior. He was the past president of the Chattooga River Coon Hunters Club and was a former Amateur Wrestler. In addition to his parents, Pastor Ronnie was preceded in death by his step-father, Marvin Vineyard; sisters, Margaret Hawkins, Mary Nell Mull and Betty Stoner; and a brother, Mitchell Hines.
Pastor Ronnie is survived by his wife, Linda Pettyjohn; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Pastor Terry Hampton; son and daughter-in-law, Lamar and Michelle Pettyjohn; sisters, Barbara Farrow and Ella Jean Allen; grandchildren and their spouses, Brandon and Jennifer Hampton, Hayley and Matt McPhail, Chandler and Josie Pettyjohn, and Courtney and Lee Massey; great grandchildren, Gunner McPhail, Brice Hampton, Baylor Hampton, Charlie Massey and Hallee Pettyjohn and a number of nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank his nephew, Larry Stoker for always being there.
Funeral Services for Pastor Ronnie will be held Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with his son-in-law, Pastor Terry Hampton officiating. Interment will follow in the Pettyjohn Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include Larry Stoker, Brandon Hampton, Chandler Pettyjohn, Matt McPhail, Lee Massey, Brian Tucker, Jeff Trip and David Romine. Honorary Pallbearer will be Tony Farrow.
Pastor Ronnie’s family will receive friends at the Coffman Funeral Home on Thursday from 12:00 Noon until the funeral hour.
Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Pastor Ronald Luther “Ronnie” Pettyjohn.
Please visit www.coffmanfh.net to sign our online guestbook and post condolences.
For sale – 1953 ford tractor–new motor, pressure plate,clutch and bush hog. The tractor also comes with a new tiller. Call Jimmy 470-345-5599
There’s Hope For The Hungry will be at South Summerville Baptist Church Wednesday October 16th from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Food must be picked up in person.
MRS. VIOLET RUTH ALEXANDER, age 84, of Dalton, Georgia, formerly of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Sunday morning, October 13, 2024, in Dalton. A native of Trion, Georgia, She was born on November 25, 1939, to the late James Harold Burkhalter, Sr. and Nora Belle Ledbetter Burkhalter. Mrs. Alexander was a member of the Summerville First Baptist Church, retired from the accounting department of Chrysler Corporation, and in addition to Parents was preceded in death by Her daughter, the late Alisa Burkhalter, sisters, the late JoAnn Derusha and Nancy Lambert, and brother James Harold Burkhalter, Jr.
Surviving are Her husband, Don Alexander; grandchildren, Bailee Crowe and Jacob Brown; great grandchildren, Ellie Crowe and Oakland Crowe; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.
Funeral and interment service will be held Wednesday, October 16th, at 2:00 P.M. from the West Hill Cemetery, in Trion, Dr. Randy Clayton officiating; active pallbearers, Mason Eller, Matthew Johnston, Dakota Crown, Jason Hall, Cole Hall, and Jacob Brown. Visitation will be Wednesday from 12:00 noon until 1:30 P.M. at the Funeral Home.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Violet Ruth Alexander who passed away Sunday.
Need old newspapers for wrapping fragile items. Call 706-238-2304
United by Faith Baptist Church will be having revival Monday October 14th 15 th and 16 th Starting at 7 pm nightly. Justin Ward will be preaching the revival.