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It’s that time of year again, Holiday and Tax time. Property taxes were due beginning yesterday, December 1st. WZQZ reached out to Tax Commisioner Joy Hampton about paying your property tax bill.
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King recognizes that Christmas trees and other holiday decorations present unique fire safety hazards and is calling on all Georgians to exercise caution while decorating this holiday season.
On November 23rd Chattooga County Sheriff Deputies were called to report a theft from a company vehicle.
A Rome man wound up in jail this week after he was arrested on Monday at McDonald’s on Shorter Avenue.
With the official close of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Georgia Power crews responded to more than 26 severe weather events that impacted Georgia, in a record-breaking hurricane season. The 2020 season ended with Iota, the 30th named storm of the 6-month season. This is only the second time National Hurricane Center forecasters have had to use the Greek alphabet for names, with the last time being 2005.
It seems that a motorist in Cloudland was trying to blaze a new roadway in people’s yards.
Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District free drive-up COVID-19 test sites in Bartow, Catoosa, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, and Walker counties will delay opening Wednesday, December 2, and Thursday, December 3, until 11 a.m.
Mrs. Patricia Ann “Pat” Verdin, age 72, of Hammond, LA (formerly of Douglasville, GA), died Saturday, November 28, 2020, at her residence.
Mrs. Verdin was born February 28, 1948, in Jamestown, AL, daughter of the late Howard A. Nicholson and Maudi Teems Watson. Prior to her retirement, she was employed with Ryder Trucking as a billing specialist.
Mrs. Verdin was preceded in death by a son, Donald Stancil; a daughter, Lisa Stancil; father, Howard Nicholson; mother and step-father, Maudi and Ollie Watson; brother, Leroy Nicholson; sisters, Charlotte Hegwood and Dorothy Hilyer.
Survivors include her husband, Louis Verdin; sons, Stanley (Annette) Stancil, Wayne (Shirley) Stancil; step-children, Maria (Craig) Kieff, Tommy (Deborah) Verdin, Judith (Holly) Verdin; sisters, Evelyn Jennings and Ellen Ray; special friend of the family, Suzanne Dunn; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Graveside services for Mrs. Verdin will be held at 12:00 Noon (E.S.T.) Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at Union Hill “Needmore” Cemetery with Bro. Freddy Waldrop officiating. Pallbearers will be Travis Stancil, Ryan Jackson, Logan Jackson, Nicholas Curren, Daniel Jackson, and Chandler Wheeler.
Visitation will be held privately for the family.
Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org).
The Verdin family along with the staff of Mason Funeral Home remind anyone in attendance to keep in mind the current guidelines and restrictions set forth by the C.D.C. as it pertains to social gatherings including social distancing, gathering limits, and face masks.