Earlier this week, motorists on Highway 27 at Taylor’s Ridge experienced delays in traffic due to ongoing work on the ridge. WZQZ News spoke with the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) for an update.
A Blake Street, Summerville woman reported a burglary to Summerville Police on Monday afternoon of this week.
Ebenezer Baptist Church is having a Fall Festival at the church located on Haywood Valley Road on Saturday, November 5th. The Fall Festival will be from 3 PM-6 PM. There will be music, food, games and jump house. Everyone is invited to attend. Call Virginia at 770-881-2043 for more information.
Mr. John Wesley “Johnny” Martin, Sr., age 69, of Summerville, GA, died Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at Advent Health Redmond.
Mr. Martin was born July 11, 1953, in Rome, GA, son of the late Homer Wesley and Lula Mae Mahaffey Martin. He was a member of North Summerville Baptist Church, and prior to his retirement, worked as the Warehouse Manager at Mount Vernon Mills.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Everett Lee Martin; and sister, Martha Ann Martin McCollum.
Survivors include his wife, Janice Chisolm Conner Martin; sons, John Wesley (Haley) Martin, Jr., Chuck (Angela) Norton; grandchildren, Chip Norton, Chandler Norton, Cameron Norton, Kayden Ganser, Cooper Norton, Kaislee Norton, Aiden Lee, and Korbyn Martin; brothers-in-law, Bobby (Debra) Chisolm, Jessie (Shelena) Chisolm; sisters-in-law, Cindy (Freddy) Early, Kathy (Jack) Bond, Beth (Tom) Dunn; and his fur babies, Zeke, Zoe, and Leelah.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, October 29, 2022, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sammy Barrett and Rev. Brandon Bishop officiating. Interment will follow in Perennial Springs Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Chip Norton, Chandler Norton, Cameron Norton, Randall Abernathy, Marc Hardeman, Chris McGraw, Chris Bain, and Kevin Bain. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Turner, Greg McCollum, Greg Thomas, Milford Morgan, Phil Cavin, and the members of North Summerville Baptist Church.
Mr. Martin will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 11:00 A.M. until the hour of service on Saturday.
Arrangements are provided by Mason Funeral Home- Summerville, GA.
MRS. CAROLYN A. SPRAGGINS, age 79, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2022, in a Rome hospital. She was born in Trion, Georgia on February 21, 1943 a daughter of the late Johnnie and Gladys Searles Ivey. Mrs. Spraggins was a member of the Summerville First Baptist Church, was retired from Best Mfg. Company sewing department, and was preceded in death by her husband, the late Charles W. Spraggins on December 9, 2014.
Surviving are daughter, Penny and Pat Headrick; son, Chad and Tara Spraggins; grandchildren, Ryan Headrick, Whitney and Wesley Dobbins, Sierra Campbell, and Jacob Spraggins; great grandchildren Ruby Dobbins and Rory Dobbins; sisters, Jane and Mike Floyd and Debbie and Arnold Kilgo; brothers, Dennis and Joan Ivey, Steve and Yvonne Ivey; special friend, John William Thomas; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 29th, at 2:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Dr. Kenneth Summey officiating, interment in Greenhills Memory Garden. Active Pallbearers Jacob Spraggins, Ryan Headrick, Wesley Dobbins, Steven Fountain, Mickey Floyd, Mark Floyd. Visitation will be Saturday from 12:00 noon until 2 :00 P.M. at the Funeral Home.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Carolyn A. Spraggins.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, October 26, 2022:
Mr. Randy “Smurf” Lingerfelt, age 53, of Cedartown, GA, died Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at Atrium Health Floyd.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will host a Free Application Week, Nov. 7-11, to help those who are seeking to enroll in the spring semester.
The City of Summerville is changing traffic flow on a city street. The move was approved by the Summerville City Council at their October meeting. The street is a small one that connects Hawkins Drive and Fourth Street, just off Highland Avenue. The council voted unanimously to make the street one way because the street is narrow and hard for cars to pass each other on. Travelers will be able to enter Broad Street off of Fourth Street and exit onto Hawkins Drive.
Four Chattooga County middle school students got a head start on their college education as the recipients of a $10,000 REACH Georgia Scholarship.