For Sale
washer and dryer 125.00
microwave 15.00
couch and love seat(brown color) 75.00
king size bed with mattress and box springs
free electric stove
call Mark 706-978-6156
Looking for a mechanic to fix an exhaust manifold leak on a 1997 Ford F350 work truck. Please send a text message to David @ 865-399-8545 if interested and available.
The Summerville Seventh Day Adventist Church will be having a church yard sale July 16th from noon until 6pm. The yard sale will have food, drinks and baked goods as well. All proceeds will be split to support orphanages in Sri Lanka and Summerville Seventh Day Adventist Pathfinder Kids. The church is located at 504 Bellah Avenue in Summerville.
Would like to buy zucchini, squash and some red and yellow bell pepper. 706-696-0302
Tom Turkeys for sale 5 months old. $55.00 each. Call 706-857-3797
In a press release Wednesday afternoon, Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry made the following statement regarding county offices closing Thursday afternoon in honor of the late Gary McConnell:
“In honor of former Chattooga County Sheriff Gary McConnell, all county offices will close Thursday July 13, 2023 from 3pm to 5pm. We will take this time to remember Mr. McConnell’s 20 years of dedicated service to the people of Chattooga County.”
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth “Beth” Nixon, age 33, of Summerville, GA, died Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at Advent Health Redmond.
Mrs. Nixon was born December 29, 1989, in Rome, GA, daughter of the late Larry Winston and Glenda Kay Greer Bennett. She was a homemaker and a member of Sonrise Community Church.
Survivors include her husband, Daniel Nixon; birth mother, Christy (David) Petty; brother, Austin (Shelby) Petty, sister, Kayla (Isaac) Crider; grandfather, Fred (Marilyn) Dowdy; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Shelia and Bobby Nixon; nephews, Austin Money, Dillion Nixon, Lucas Nixon, Matthew Nixon; and niece, Gracie Nixon.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, July 16, 2023, from the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Kevin J. Norton officiating. Interment will follow in West Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Chris Nixon, Justin Blackmon, Austin Money, Austin Petty, Fred Dowdy, Dennis Campbell, Blake Campbell, and Isaac Crider. Honorary pallbearers will be David Petty, Stacy Nixon, Olin Woody, Tony Cook, Lucas Nixon, Dillion Nixon, and Matthew Nixon.
Mrs. Nixon will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. Saturday.
To share your condolences with the family online, please visit our website at www.masonfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are provided by Mason Funeral Home- Summerville, GA.
If someone needs a place to cut firewood for this winter, call 706-936-2506
MR. GARY WALLACE MCCONNELL, age 78, a life long resident of Chattooga County, Georgia, passed away Monday, July 10, 2023, in a Rome hospital. He was the Son of the late John Frank McConnell and Margueritt Rea McConnell. Gary started his career in law enforcement working with his father, then Sheriff of Chattooga County. At the age of 21, while attending Mississippi State University, Gary’s Father died while serving as Sheriff and Gary took over the Sheriff’s position; he was the youngest sheriff in Georgia history. He was Sheriff of Chattooga County for 20 years and in 1991 was appointed Head of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, GEMA, and was Head of the Georgia Olympic Law Enforcement Command. After retirement went He into private emergency management, where he helped other states with their emergency management agencies and emergencies.
Surviving are His wife, Lyndell Diane McConnell; daughter and companion, Rebecca Rea and Fox Carrasquillo; and grandson, Levi Cobb.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 13th, at 3:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. J. Wesley Privett and Rev. Mike Cavin officiating, interment in Macedonia Cemetery. Active Pallbearers are Members of the Teloga Fire Department; Honorary Pallbearers Gary Blackwell, Patrick Wesson, Steve Baker, Butch Camp, Jeremy Elrod, Ken Anderson, Jerry Davenport, and All Public Safety Personnel.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Georgia Sheriff’s Youth Homes, #1000 Sheriff’s Way, Madison, GA.-30650 or on line https://georgiasheriffsyouthfoundation.org.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 until 7 P.M. at the Funeral Home.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mr. Gary Wallace McConnell.