The Habersham North Precinct at the Ruby Fulbright Aquatic Center in Clarkesville is one of six county precincts that will be open to voters on Nov. 8, 2022. (nowhabersham.com)
When the clock struck 7 o’clock Tuesday morning, polls opened in all six Habersham County voting precincts.
Throughout early voting only one precinct was open – Habersham North at the Ruby Fulbright Aquatic Center in Clarkesville. Voters from all over the county were able to cast their ballots there. On Election Day, voters will be required to cast ballots at their pre-assigned precincts.
Those who are unsure of where their precinct is located should check the My Voter Page on the Secretary of State’s website.
Polls are open until 7 p.m. on November 8th at the following locations:
Habersham North Precinct (Includes City of Clarkesville Precinct)
Ruby Fulbright Aquatic Center
120 Paul Franklin Road, Toccoa Hwy
Clarkesville, Ga 30523 706-839-0264
Habersham South Precinct (Includes City of Cornelia Precinct & City of Baldwin)
Cornelia Community House (TEMPORARY LOCATION)
601 Wyly Street
Cornelia, Ga. 30523
706-778-8585
Demorest Precinct (Includes City of Demorest Precinct)
Demorest Fire Department (TEMPORARY LOCATION)
125 Ivy Street (City Council Meeting Room) Demorest, Ga 30535
(706) 778-4202
Town of Mount Airy (CITY VOTERS ONLY)
City Hall, Old Schoolhouse 1231 Dicks Hill Parkway
Mount Airy, Ga 30563
706-778-6990
Mud Creek Precinct (Includes Town of Alto Precinct)
B. C. Grant Baptist Church
1405 B. C. Grant Rd (fellowship hall)
Alto, Ga 30510
706-778-5703
Amy’s Creek Precinct
Amy’s Creek Fire Department
6357 State Hwy. 17
Clarkesville, Ga. 30523
706-754-5913
Sen. Raphael Warnock, Herschel Walker, Gov. Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams. Riley Bunch/Georgia Public Broadcasting, (Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)
(GA Recorder) — Whether you kept your eyes on the skies, the road or the screen Monday, there’s a good chance you caught a peek of your favorite candidates as they crisscrossed the state in a last-minute bid for votes.
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s bus took him to Macon and Columbus, while his Republican rival Herschel Walker’s bus dropped him off in Kennesaw for a stop featuring South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost to Gov. Brian Kemp in 2018, campaigned on the campus of Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta and ahead of a get-out-the-vote “phone and text party” later in the evening. Kemp’s election eve itinerary included stops in Columbus, Macon, Albany, Savannah and Augusta and ended in a hangar at Cobb County International Airport in Kennesaw, a stone’s throw away from Walker’s rally.
Walker predicted an outright win Wednesday, even though polls suggest a likely runoff. The outcome of Georgia’s Senate race could help decide which party controls Congress.
“When we leave tomorrow night, we’re leaving as winners, not runoffs,” he said. “It’s time to get this country back together, and the only way we can do it is to get together ourselves.”
Herschel Walker. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
If no candidate earns the majority of the vote Tuesday, Georgians will be invited back to the polls for a Dec. 6 runoff.
A team effort?
As the full moon rose above the rally, a smattering of people with Kemp stickers made the short trek from the airport to Walker’s rally outside Governors Gun Club. Among them were state senators Tyler Harper, Bruce Thompson and Burt Jones, Republican candidates for agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner and lieutenant governor.
Warnock and fellow Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff helped cement Democratic control of Congress in a nail-biting 2021 runoff, and both parties have poured millions of dollars into this year’s race.
Kemp and Walker have run mostly independent campaigns, evidence of the lingering shadow cast by everyone’s favorite or least favorite recent GOP president. Walker entered the Senate race with the endorsement of former President Donald Trump.
“When the two top candidates at the top of the ticket don’t show up together, there’s got to be something going on, and of course that something is Trump,” said Daniel Paul Franklin, associate professor emeritus of political science at Georgia State. “I think if Herschel Walker appears with Kemp, he runs the risk of running afoul of his main sponsor, and that’s Donald Trump.”
Walker has been close with the former president since he played for the Trump-owned New Jersey Generals in the short-lived United States Football League. Trump’s endorsement and Walker’s fame helped the former running back handily win the GOP primary, but scandals have dogged his campaign. Recently, a second woman came forward to claim Walker, who has publicly expressed anti-abortion views, pressured her to have an abortion several years ago. Like Walker, Kemp too once counted himself among Trump’s friends, but the two Republicans have been on the outs since Kemp refused to support the former president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden in Georgia. The governor has nimbly navigated the aftermath of that falling out, easily trumping Trump’s hand-picked challenger in the GOP primary, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue.
Abrams and Warnock have also largely kept to their own separate campaign schedules with a few exceptions, including former president Barack Obama’s recent visit to Atlanta. The space seems to benefit Warnock, Franklin said.
“I think the real reason would be that she’s farther behind in the polls than he is, and there’s no benefit for him to show up.”
Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks with reporters. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder
Warnock has largely eschewed associating with other familiar Democrats with a national platform, especially the president, and pitched himself as a senator willing to work across the aisle, touting his cooperation with Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz to help build out a highway to connect military installations, which he says will boost jobs and shipping.
‘I’m leaving it all on the field’
Warnock spent election eve in Macon and Columbus in hopes of rallying supporters in left-leaning city centers outside of metro Atlanta to show up in a big way on the last day to cast a ballot in the nationally watched election.
In Macon, he took the stage with Ossoff in a scene reminiscent of the 2021 dual runoffs that swept them into office and flipped control of the Senate.
“The four most powerful words in a democracy are ‘the people have spoken.’ So I want you to know that I have every faith – I really do – in the people of Georgia, and I know that people of Georgia are going to get this right,” he said to the crowd of supporters and reporters packed into the patio of the Bearfoot Tavern in downtown Macon.
Warnock brushed aside questions about a likely runoff with Walker, saying he was focused on Tuesday.
“I’m leaving it all on the field, and I’m leaving it up to the people of Georgia,” he told reporters Monday. “I want the people of Georgia to ignore the pundits and focus on raising their own voice.”
He pushed back on criticism that Democrats have not focused enough on the economy, pointing to provisions capping the out-of-pocket cost of insulin and giving Medicare the ability to negotiate some prescription drug prices.
“Those are pocketbook issues,” he said.
And he condemned remarks made this weekend by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley who said at a rally for Walker in Hiram that “the only person we need to make sure we deport is Warnock” when talking about immigration.
“These are the levels to which we have sunk, unfortunately, in American politics. This is beyond the pale. This is the kind of ugly and divisive language that is not helpful to any of us – Democrats, Republicans, independents or moderates,” Warnock said.
“I’m saying to you that Herschel Walker is demonstrating to you what kind of senator he would be based on the company he is keeping,” he added.
Walker has also recently campaigned with conservative firebrand north Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The governor’s race
Gov. Brian Kemp at Cobb International Airport with members of the state GOP ticket and family. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder
Kemp, who is leading in the polls, touted his record and the strength of the state economy coming out of the pandemic, and he has pledged to support a one-time property tax grant for homeowners and another tax refund.
“We’ve held our own in early voting. I feel great about where we are, but we need to have a big turnout tomorrow,” Kemp said. “If we do, this whole ticket – this whole Republican ticket – is going to win, and y’all won’t be getting mailers and phone calls and watching commercials during Thanksgiving.”
As the sun rises on Election Day, polls put Kemp in an enviable position. The Real Clear Politics polling average puts him at an 8-point advantage over Abrams, while Walker leads Warnock by only .6 points – leaving them locked in a dead heat.
During Monday’s campus visit at Georgia State, Abrams said the election was a referendum on democracy as state leaders decide policy choices for more than 10 million Georgians, including the future of women’s abortion access and civil rights laws.
“My opponent has banned abortion, banned books and banned background checks,” Abrams said. “My mission is to restore our freedoms, invest in our communities and make certain that we have a future we can all benefit from.”
Abrams said she is optimistic despite polls showing she is behind Kemp and that she sees not only a runoff but an outright victory possible. Abrams said she believes the early voting turnout will prove to her advantage.
“We’re seeing record turnout across the metrics than what we saw in 2018 and we’re seeing galvanizing forces across the state that want more and want better. We believe that both the numbers speak to our success but also this is a moment where they want change in the state of Georgia,” she said.
Stacey Abrams poses for selfies at Georgia State University. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder
Polls are set to be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election Day voters must vote at their assigned precinct. You can find yours and check your registration status at the Secretary of State’s My Voter Page. Remember to bring your photo ID.
More than 2.5 million voters have cast an early ballot, an increase of 400,000 over 2018. Overall, 3.9 million Georgians voted four years ago.
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Georgia Recorder Senior Reporter Stanley Dunlap contributed to this report.
Nealeigh Broadwell -White County High Cross Country (photo via wrwh.com)
White County Senior Nealeigh Broadwell picked up a first-place win in the state Cross Country meet.
Lloyd Collins, White County High Athletic Director, said Broadwell won the state championship title in the class 3-A race in a time of 20 minutes 35 seconds. The meet was held at Carrollton High School this past Saturday, November 5th.
BLITZ Sports online also selected Broadwell as the Player of the Week, giving her fourth career POW award.
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School boys varsity soccer team poses with the trophy after winning their second straight state championship. (RGNS)
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School varsity boys soccer team made history for the second time on Saturday, October 29, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team won their second-straight state championship, making them the first team to win a back-to-back state championship in school history.
In a rematch of the last two state championship games, the Eagles defeated Carmel Christian 1-0 to clinch their second-consecutive North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association 4A state title. The Eagles dominated the game from start to finish. Jon Goedeke ‘25 scored the lone goal in the first half off of a corner kick by Rafa Castillo ‘23.
“Rafa played in a great ball on our corner kick, and Jon did a great job finding the ball to dispatch it into the net,” Head Coach Andrew Wiese said of the goal. “All the credit goes to the players. We talked about our game plan but they had to put it in motion. Their dedication to that is what made them successful at the end of the game. They showed incredible heart, and they justly got the result for which they worked so hard.”
Rabun Gap ended the season with an 18-2-2 record, winning their last seven games. The Eagles finished No. 3 in the state of North Carolina and are ranked as No. 28 in the country by Maxpreps.com. This was Rabun Gap’s fourth consecutive trip to the state finals, with state runner-up finishes in 2019 and 2020; and a state championship in 2021.
“No championship is ever won easily. All credit to the boys, culture changes when coaches change. But our strong leadership helped maintain not only the team work rate but also the team culture. I could empower our player-leaders to take charge on the field and they rose to the occasion,” said Wiese. “I couldn’t be prouder of this team. They persevered, worked, and truly were a team. We only got better as the season went on, and winning the Championship was the icing on the cake.”
The varsity soccer program represents nine countries and has eight players from local communities.
The team is led by Head Coach Andrew Weise and assistant coach Terry Klinect. The state championship team included the following players: Shaun Ayivor ’24 of Accra, Ghana; Jack Barta ’23 of Franklin, NC; Kyle Brako ‘23 of Accra, Ghana; Rafael Castillo ’23 of Monterrey, Mexico; Nolan Conrad ’24 of Rabun Gap, GA; Hugo Garcia Rodriguez ‘23 of Monterrey, Mexico; Jon Goedeke ‘25 of Hamburg, Germany; Marcelo Gonzalez ‘24 of Guadalupe, Mexico; Memo Haro ‘24 of Monterrey, Mexico; Davis Hill ’25 of Clarkesville, GA; Christopher Hohmann ‘25 of Frankfurt, Germany; Dawson Kirkland ‘24 of Franklin, NC; Cade Klimasewski ‘25 of Rabun Gap, GA; David Laguarda ‘26 of Madrid, Spain; Filip Matic ‘24 of Cacak, Serbia; Julian Mulholland ’25 of Franklin, NC; Theo Ochieng ‘24 of Herlev, Denmark; Ben Oeft ‘25 of Frankfurt, Germany; Emilio Roman Hinojosa ’23 of Monterrey, Mexico; Motiejus Samsonas ‘24 of Vilnius, Lithuania; Winfred Sarpong ’24 of Alliston, Canada; Diego Sisamon ‘24 of Zaragoza, Spain; Stonewall Strickland ‘26 of Waynesville, NC; Gus Williams ’25 of Demorest, GA; and Sean Zavala ’24 of Rabun Gap, GA.
“This is another historic moment for Rabun Gap and our growing soccer program,” said Head of School Jeff Miles. “I am so proud of our players and coaches for achieving their second consecutive state championship. Our student-athletes are outstanding young men, on and off the field.”
Canon Brooks, Jackson Shadburn (Austin Poffenberger)
Memorable teams are comprised of individuals who compete for more than just themselves. Though cross country in many ways is an individual sport, it most certainly is a team effort to achieve anything of significance.
The TFS varsity squads were mostly inexperienced runners at the varsity level. The expectations were still as high as usual under longtime coach Scott Neal, however. Nearly every runner throughout the course of the season put up new personal bests and/or course bests.
The season culminated with state meet appearances for both the boys and girls. It marked just the third time in school history that both teams ran at Carrollton together. Both finished inside the top 20, with the girls coming in 12th overall and the boys 17th. Both teams beat their virtual projected times going in.
Prior to state, it took a mindset of ‘every point matters’ in the region meet, which TFS hosted. In the Region 8-A DI Championship, both the boys and girls grabbed the fourth and final spots to earn state qualifications. Sophomore Timothy Beck placed 9th overall, while Ellesen Eubank led the girls at 11th. For the girls, all seven runners placed between 11th and 20th.
Throughout the season, the girls relied on the leadership of Miranda Chapa, who prior to some nagging injuries was almost always the top finisher for TFS. She was 14th in region. Eubank, Sara Bailey, Allison Bailey, Stasa Beratovic, Dani Prince, and Emma Jackson all were reliable as well in a given meet. The boys featured Beck as their top runner all season. Behind him, Jackson Shadburn and Canon Brooks often finished within seconds apart. Carter Miller, Blair Moore, Reilly Chatman, and Tizian Scheying also were varsity runners at region and state, as was Eli Damron at the latter meet.
With Moore and Eubank out for the state meet due to illness, Damron and Meredith Orr filled in as substitutes. Sara Bailey was the top TFS girl in Carrollton, coming in 55th. That was just two spots ahead of Chapa. Beck finished 58th to pace the boys.
For the Lady Indians, the 12th-place finish at state ties a program best, as the team did so previously in 2019. The boys meanwhile made their fourth consecutive trip to state as a team, marking the first time in school history that an entire team was represented there.
TFS has nine seniors that will move on from the program: Sandra Badia Cester, Beratovic, Chapa, Carol Kate Dunlap, Eubank, Lucia Fano Mateos, Jackson, Kate Trotter, and Brooks as the lone senior for the boys.
If you want to catch a total lunar eclipse this will be your last chance for a while. Tuesday morning, the last total lunar eclipse visible in North Georgia until 2025 will occur before sunrise.
This one will require rising very early, the opposite of the last one in May that required staying up quite late. The partial stages will begin at 4:09 a.m. when the moon is still quite high in the sky.
As the eclipse progresses the moon will be sinking quickly to the west, however. Totality will begin at 5:16 a.m. The moon will remain in totality for 85 minutes. During this time it will appear its deep coppery red color as light is refracted through the Earth’s atmosphere and onto the lunar surface.
The total part of the eclipse will end at 6:41 a.m. with moonset occurring shortly after at 7:09 a.m.
If you want to see this one, I highly recommend being out around 4:45 a.m. to catch the later stages of the partial phases and the beginning of totality. You will need a fairly good western horizon since the moon will only be around 10 degrees above the horizon by maximum eclipse.
I’ll be sharing some photos of the eclipse on Tuesday, so check back here for that. Better yet, get outside early Tuesday and enjoy it in real-time. The wait for the next one will be a while.
Rylee Wayne Higgins (Habersham County Sheriff's Office)
Authorities have arrested and charged a Cleveland man in connection with a wreck that killed the wife of a former Habersham County Commissioner.
Sandra Mulkey was a retired USDA research lab manager and active volunteer with the Habersham Community Theater. She was killed in a head-on collision on Jan. 31, 2022, on GA 105/Cannon Bridge Road.
State troopers say Rylee Higgins was behind the wheel of a Ford F-150 that struck Sandra Mulkey’s car head-on. The crash occurred on January 31, 2022, on GA 105/Cannon Bridge Road. The 77-year-old Demorest woman was the wife of former commissioner Lee Mulkey. She died at the scene.
Higgins, who was 19 years old at the time of the fatal wreck, told authorities he was reaching for something underneath his seat when the crash occurred.
On November 3, he was arrested and charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, violating Georgia’s hands-free law, and failure to maintain lane, according to jail records. All three counts are misdemeanors.
Higgins was booked at the Habersham County jail and released on a $4700 bond.
State Troopers say 19-year-old Rylee Higgins was driving this Ford F-150 when it collided head-on with Mulkey’s car. Sheriff’s officials say it appears to be a case of distracted driving.Sandra Mulkey, 77, of Demorest, was killed when a pickup truck struck her car head-on in a crash on Cannon Bridge Road on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022.
James Irvin Edwards, age 77 of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Cartersville, Georgia on August 31, 1945, James was the son of the late George C. and Mabel Wilson Edwards. James was a graduate of South Habersham High School and Piedmont College. He had an extensive career with Fieldale Farms, Inc. spanning more than 55 years of loyal and dedicated service. He last served as an internal auditor. James was extremely active both privately and professionally with many civic and charitable organizations. Many will remember him as an active Troop Leader with Boy Scouts of America. He was also a Volunteer Fireman with Clarkesville Fire Department when he was younger, and coached many little league teams. James never met a stranger and always had a welcoming smile for everyone. No doubt, his greatest accomplishment in life was his children and grandchildren who he greatly adored. James was an active member of Harvest Christian church where he was a past Sunday School teacher and he was also known to play the organ for communion. In his spare time, James could be found on the golf course, cheering on the Atlanta Braves, or possibly enjoying a NASCAR race.
In addition to his parents, James is preceded in death by sister Shirley Herrington.
Survivors include his wife Linda Holcomb Edwards of Cornelia, children Jim Edwards (Audra) of Braselton, Ken Duncan (Tammy) of Gainesville, Lisa Edwards of Largo, Florida, Allison Edwards Morrison (Mark) of Demorest, Holly Edwards Borrow (John) of Cornelia and Hope Senador (Chris) of Cornelia, brother Bobby Edwards of Covington, sisters Annette Medvec of Toccoa and Deborah Stover (Fred) of Buford, grandchildren Chase Wikle of Largo, Florida, Mason Edwards of Braselton, Clara Pence of Macon, Cody, Callie and Caris Morrison of Demorest, David, Judah, Jacob and Caroline Borrow of Cornelia, Christopher Senador and Nicholas Senador of Atlanta, Joshua Duncan of Alto and Andrew Duncan of Gainesville, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.
Funeral services will be held at Harvest Christian Church at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, with Rev. Mike Taylor officiating. Interment will follow the service in Hillside Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Linwood Smith officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
A 41-year-old Cleveland man was cited over the weekend for driving under the influence following an accident where the vehicle he was operating struck a house.
The White County Sheriff’s Office accident report states the vehicle was traveling north on Windy Acres Road approaching a cul-de-sac. The driver, identified as 41-year-old Robert J. Herron, lost control of the vehicle and traveled off the roadway into the front yard of 513 Windy Acres Road. The vehicle struck several fixed objects, and bushes before striking the front porch and coming to rest against the house.
The report states the vehicle and residence both sustained substantial damage.
Herron and two children, ages 9 and 5, who were in the vehicle with him were not injured.
In addition to DUI, deputies charged Herron with endangering a child, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, failure to maintain lane, failure to change his driver’s license address information, traveling too fast for conditions, and expired tag.
Test results are pending on the DUI charge. Herron was released from jail on a $4,000 bond.
Georgia voters exceeded expectations on Friday, shattering the 2.5 million mark for ballots cast prior to Election Day. Georgia’s record-breaking early turnout ended with 2,288,889 voters casting their ballot during early voting, with 231,063 showing up on Friday, November 4th.
Friday’s in-person total was 6% higher than the final day of early voting in the 2020 Presidential election.
Early Voting in this election far exceeded the total from 2018, which saw 1.8 million voters cast their ballots and was within striking distance of the 2.6 million who cast their ballot early in 2020 at the height of the pandemic.
Northeast Georgia voters contributed to the high turnout, with over 51% of the voters in Rabun and Towns counties casting ballots ahead of election day. Habersham County recorded a nearly 43% early voter turnout. Of the 167,365 votes cast in the below-listed counties, 91% (152,317) were cast in person. There were 15,408 absentee ballots returned and accepted.
In Georgia, voter turnout is based on the number of active registered voters.
(Data compiled by nowhabersham.com)(Data compiled by nowhabersham.com)
“Georgia voters came out in near Presidential-level numbers,” says Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “County election directors handled that demand with the utmost professionalism. They navigated a whole host of challenges and executed seamlessly. They deserve our highest praise.”
Despite the high early voter turnout, local election officials are now bracing for what is expected to be a very long and busy Election Day.
Polls across the state open at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will close at 7 p.m. Voters who received absentee mail-in ballots have until 7 p.m. on Election Day to return them to their county election office.
As of Friday, over 75% of the absentee ballots issued statewide had been returned. Voters should check the My Voter Page or their county website for information on in-person return options.
Voters who did not cast a ballot during early voting are encouraged to check the My Voter Page for the most up-to-date Election Day information.
Virginia Marie Cathey Carter, age 83 of Clarkesville, passed away on November 5, 2022.
Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on July 17, 1939, Mrs. Carter was the daughter of the late Hershel and Leatha Jones Cathey. Mrs. Carter was a homemaker and a member of Hollywood Baptist Church. She enjoyed collecting antiques and also enjoyed cross stitching, sewing, and other crafts Mrs. Carter was an excellent cook and she also enjoyed working in their yard. Above all, Mrs. Carter loved the Lord and she loved her family. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Carter is preceded in death by siblings Robert Cathey, Marvin Cathey, Odell Cathey, Mary Anderson, Edith Dark, Louise Dover, and Mildred Rayner.
Survivors include her husband Gene Carter of Clarkesville, sons Stanley Eugene Carter of Clarkesville, Charles Steven Carter of Clarkesville, grandson Dyllin Carter, great-grandchildren Grayson Carter and Cohen Carter, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family.
Funeral services will be held at Hillside Memorial Chapel at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 9, 2022 with Elder Charles Chapman, officiating. Interment will follow the service in Hillside Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 12 PM until the service hour.
Connie Reagin Sayer, age 75 of Clarkesville, Georgia took her heavenly flight home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 04, 2022, following a courageous battle with cancer.
Born in Elberton, Georgia on January 04, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Henry Coe, Sr. & Fannie Sue Brown Reagin. Connie worked in the banking industry for many years, was a former office manager with Otter Construction Company, and currently served as an accountant for First Commerce Bank with 15 years of dedicated service. In her spare time, she enjoyed trips to the beach. Most of all, Connie enjoyed precious time with her children, grandchildren, & friends. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Henry Coe Reagin, Jr. & Raymond F. Reagin; & sister, Blanche Reagin Adams.
Survivors include her children, Bradley & Tracy Sayer of Flowery Branch, GA; Laurie & Archie Blount of Lincoln, CA; grandchildren, Cody Sayer, Michael Sayer, Reagin Sayer, Allen Sayer, Travis Sayer, Cameron Sayer, Dante Root, Kylee Root, & Lauren Blount; former husband & father of her children, Stewart Sayer of Mount Airy, GA; several nieces, nephews, other relatives, & a host of friends.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 20, 2022, at Hillside Memorial Chapel with Rev. Chris Webb officiating. Interment will follow at the Hazel Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, and again on Sunday, November 20, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until the service hour.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that all donations be made to Antioch Baptist Church, 2175 Antioch Church Road, Mount Airy, Georgia 30563, or to Gideon’s International, c/o Habersham North Camp, P.O. Box 1855, Clarkesville, Georgia 30523.
