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.The Summerville News, September 4, 1986
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DEATHS
Olena Ledford
Mrs. Olena Rogers Ledford,
79, 16 Ridge St., frion. passed
away Monday morning in Oak
View Nursin%(l;lome.
She was born in DeKalb
County, Ala., Oct. 28, 1906,
daughter of the late John
Rogers and Ollie Scottll:e?ers. |
Mrs. Ledford was a retired tex
tile worker and a member of
Dry Valley Ba;\]ptist Church.
Her husband, James S. Led
ford, died Aug. 23, 1969, and a
stepson, William J. Ledford.
Surviving are one son, Ed
ward Holifen. Trion; two
brothers, Eugene RO%ers.
Henagar, Ala., and Dillard
Rogers, Rossville; one step
daughter, Mrs. Frances
Blalock, Mentone, Ala.; 10
grandchildren; nine great
grandchildren; one great-great
grandchild; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 1 i).m. Wednesday in the
chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home with the Revs. Carl
Kinsey, Jerry Pope and Junior
Noles officiating.
Interment was in West Hill
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Bennie Ray Guyton, Vernon
Cordell, Cylarence Ledwell,
Steve Ivey, Steve Willingham
and Michael Mason.
Honorary pallbearers were
staff and employees of Oak
View Nursing Home.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Harry Smithson
Harry Lee Smithson, 71,
Shannon, passed away at 6:30
a.m. Sunday in Redmond Park
Hospital.
Mr. Smithson was born
May 23, 1915 in Alabama City,
Ala., son of the late Harry F.
Smithson and Nellie Mae
Stokes Smithson. He was a
retired security guard of the
Roman Security Com%any. a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Shannon, a member
of the Shannon Masonic Lodge
number 100, the VFW, DAV
and the American Legion, all of
Shannon.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Ada C. Smithson, Shan
non; five brothers, Bob
Smithson, James Smithson,
L.D. Smithson, Roland
Smithson, Summerville, and
Billy Smithson, Algouquin, I1L.;
one sister, Mrs. Mary Ander
son, Summerville; several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel
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Masonic graveside services in
Trion Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were the
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onorar¥ g;llbearers were
members of Masonic Lodge
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Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
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Ralph Tomlin
Ralfi) Tomlin, 54, Teloga
Road, Trion, passed away Sun
day at 5:45 a.m.
Mr. Tomlin was born Aug.
8, 1932, in Chattooga County,
son of the late Arnold g
Tomlin and Mrs. Mossie Mae
Phipps Tomlin. He was a
retired employee of the Riegel
Textile Corp., data processing
department, a veteran of the
Korean conflict, having served
with the U. S. Navy, and the
U. S. Air Force, and a member
of the First Baptist Church of
Summerville. A son, Anthony
Tomlin, died earlier.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Hattie Ruth Woodall
Tomlin, Trion; one daughter,
Mrs. Sherri Hankins, %rion;
four sons, Ralph Tomlin, Jeff
Tomlin and Jlt))hnny Tomlin,
Trion and David Tomlin, U. S.
Air Force, Warner Robins; one
half brother, James Phipps,
Gadsden, Ala.; two grand
children; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel
of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with the Rev. Waydell Howell
officiating.
Interment was in Lyerly
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Buddy Helms, Allen Greene,
Johnny Ingle, Tim Thompson,
Jack Allen and Tommy
Thompson.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
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County’s Lifeline Unit Programmed
Personnel at Oak View Nursing Home and Chattooga
County Hospital have been briefed on operation of tlgxe
Lifeline base unit and the system is now in operation.
Shown looking over the base unit are (from lelf)t) Betty
Wolstein, executive director of Chattooga County
Hospital; Floyd Sullivan, field service engineer for
Lifeline Systems Inc.; and Registered Nurse Jackie Har
ris, who is serving as Lifeline coordinator. (Staff Photo).
Lawmen Probe
House Burglary
The Chattooga County
Sheriff's Office is investigating
a residential burglary in which
almost $1,700 worth of items
were stolen.
Dep. Richard Gifford said
thieves kicked open a rear door
at the home of Steve Scoggins,
Silver Hill community, Sum
merville Rte. 1, at midweek last
week.
Listed as taken were VHS
and Beta video cassette
recorders, an AM/FM cassette
stereo, a microwaver oven, elec
tronic bug killer, 40 VCR tapes,
tape cabinet, Golden Eagle
pocket knife, Parker Brothers
pocket knife, mantel clock and
a 50-foot drop cord.
Dep. Lydia Robertson said
Marcey Yancey, 101 S. Con
gress St., reported the theft of
eight cassette tapes from a
vehicle late last week.
A gas grill was also
reported stolen from the
Cloudland home of Thomas
Bradley, Decatur, last week,
said Sgt. Dan Young.
Someone took a pocketbook
containing $630 in cash, credit
cards and driver's license from
Sherry Parker, Alpine Street,
Lyerly, when she was in the
Red Food store late last week,
said Dep. Richard Gifford.
Pairs of large and small
clippers and blades, along with
a brush were stolen from a barn
owned by Mrs. Carolyn L. Lee,
Summerville Rte. 4, late last
week, said Dep. Lisa Anderson.
Dep. Randy Hill said so
meone vandalized a rental
house at 1202 Cherry St.,
Trion, over the weekend. It was
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Summerville Rte. 2, said
reports. A window was broken
out and the rear door kicked
open, he said.
Among the arrests made
last week %y the sheriff’s office
were:
— Jeffery L. Peterson, 21,
211 Smith St., Summerville,
who was charged Sunday with
theft by receiving and later
released on SSOO bond.
— Lena M. Clark, 30, Lyer
ly Rte. 1, was charged Sunday
with pointing a pistol at
another and released on SSOO
bond.
— Monroe Butler, 44, 18
Curran St., Summerville, was
charged Sunday with disorder
ly conduct by Summerville
Police and released on bond.
— Charles Timothy Fowler,
22, 101 Virginia Dr., Summer
ville, was charged with cruelty
to children last Saturday and
released on $15,000 bond.
— Jeffrey B. Hines, 25,
Summerville Rte. 1, was charg
ed Saturday with burglary and
released on $25,000 bond.
— Zelma L. Yancey, 25, and
Marcey W. Yancey, 17, both of
101 S. Congress St., Summer
ville, were each charged with
writing bad checks last Satur
day and released on SI,OOO
bond each.
— Terry Wayne Gentry, 21,
101 Third St., Summerville,
was charged Saturday with
possession of marijuana by
Summerville police and releas
ed that same day on bond.
— Tommy Lee Perry, 45,
405 N. Congress St., Summer-
HOW TO BREAK
A SUMMER FEVER,
Powell Won’t Pay Bill
On Sheriff’s Vehicle
from front page |
look at the car alone and said,
*‘l'm not sure that belonis to |
the county. How about ta in% j
a {)icture of it for me,’ and I |
toild him I didn't have a
camera. There was nothing |
said about not fixing it."” l
Powell said he had gone to |
talk to witnesses who had |
heard him tell Wesson not to |
repair the car and that they |
would testify for him if
necessary. He didn't identify |
the witnesses. |
BOUGHT BEFORE ,
“I've bought cars like that
before and Mr. Powell has paid |
for them before,’’ Sheriff
McConnell said, adding that he
didn't know whether the com- |
missioner had paid for the
vehicles or not. *I assume he |
has." |
. Jolhnnire)a Smith of the
urplus Property Agency,
Geol:gia Depall)rtmz’nt gs Afi- |
ministrative Services, told The
News Wednesday that the
county owes the state a total of
$4,500 for three vehicles
bought in May by Sheriff
McConnell. They include the
1983 patrol car involved in the
current dispute, as well as a
1980 Chevrolet sedan and
another 1983 Ford. The
Chevrolet cost SBOO and the se
cond Ford cost $2,500, she
said.
The county is considered
delinquent in payment, she
said. “We keep on sending
delin(fiuent statements for a
ridiculously long time,” she
said, and then a warning letter
is sent to the county. If, after
30 days from that point, the
bill is not paid, the county and
none of its departments will be
allowed to purchase any more
surplus items, she said. The
state usually does not take any
action beyond that point, Ms.
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Single-engine Plane
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Makes Forced Landing
A small plane bound from Sacramento, Ky., to Russell
Field near Rome made a forced landing in a pasture near
the Chattooga-Floyd County line at 4:30 p.m. last Satur
day, according to Chattooga Dep. Charlie Starkey. -
Roy Sheets, Sacramento, owner of the single-engine air
craft, said he had to land when the plane’s fuel line broke
loose from the fuel filter, Starkey reported.
Impact of the landing broke a wheel on the plane but
did not injure Sheets, who was enroute to Russefi Field to
obtain parts for repairs when law enforcement personnel
arrived, reports said.
Sheets made the necessary repairs and took off from
the pasture at 6 p.m., Starkey indicated.
ville, was charged with writing
a bad check last Friday and
released on bond.
— Robbie Baker Dooley, 32,
Summerville Gardens, was
charged with writing a bad
check last Friday and released
on SSOO bond.
— Jackie McCoy Blackmon,
33, 16 Sturdivant gt Summer
ville, was charged with
burglary last Friday and
released on SIO,OOO bond.
— Michael A. Dempsey, 29,
Pinewood Estates,
Chickamauga, was charged
with violating the Georgia (fi)n
trolled Substances Act and
with writing a bad check last
Thursday, Aug. 28. A bench
warrant had been issued for his
arrest.
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Smith indicated.
FIVE VEHICLES
McConnell said the pro
cedure for local governments
buf'ing surplus firoperty in
volves something like *‘putting
your name in a hat. rs your
name is picked out, you get to
decide if you want to buy
something." His department
has five vehicles, including the
one in question, purchased as
surplus, McConnell said.
“The commissioner ap
proves every purchase and
those were not approved
because I would not approve a
used car to catch speeders,”
Commissioner Powell said.
“They were in no condition to
have been bought . .. "
Referring to Wesson
holding the patrol car until the
bill is paid, Powell reasserted
his claim that he had told
Wesson not to repair the car
and added, *'As far as I'm con
cerned, he can keep it ...
“Any property we buy is
supposed to be bid and it was
not bid,” the commissioner
said, “‘and it was not suitable
to be put on the road — I have
proof from Administrative Ser
vices that it was in poor shape,
it was a used State Batrol car.”
CLAIM
Asked about a report that
Shropshire and Gugin Inc.,
Summerville, the county’s in
surance company, had already
paid a liability claim as a result
of the June 24 accident, Powell
said, ‘I don't know anything
about that."”
A Shropshire and Guffin
spokesman confirmed that an
unknown person telephoned
the insurance company office
on June 2 with the vehicle iden
tification numbers of the
vehicles and that they were in
sured as of that date.
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“The car does not belong t 0
Chattooga County because |
have not paid one genny on it,
as far as Fknow," owell said.
The commissioner said he
understood that the sheriff's
office was also driving two
other cars bought from the
Surplus Prglpert Agency (con
firmed by The Klews through
the state) but said he had not
received bills for them because
the sheriff ‘‘just turns bills
over when he gets ready.”
However, tfie state said it
had billed the county for the
three vehicles since they were
bought in May.
“All I'm trying to do is get
along and do the job at the
least cost to the public,”
McConnell said.
INSTIGATOR
Powell also claimed that the
sheriff's office had instigated a
probe of the car situation by
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The News. However, the fact is
that The News last week
overheard atton'\e{ Vines ex
plaining to Sheriff McConnell
near the courtroom why he
couldn't allow his client,
Wesson Bodg' Shop, to turn the
patrol car back over to the
sheriff's office until the repair
bill was paid.
The commissioner told
Editor Tommy Toles Tuesday
that he had started acting *‘like
that James Budd"' (past news
editor of The News) and that
don't have time to fool with
you.” He also criticized Toles
for coming to his office near
lunchtime.
Commissioner Powell also
claimed The News had mis
quoted him about the possibili
ty of putting the names of
delinquent taxpayers in the
newspapers (see related story
and a letter to the editor).
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