Remembering the Old Courthouse
Part: XI
The Clay County Courthouse- My Family Connection
By: Jerry Padgett
My ancestors settled in Clay County where I was born one hundred years later in 1932. My parents had a small dairy farm a mile and half from Hayesville. Like most Clay County youngsters. my early years were spent attending school and [...]

REACH Fundraiser
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Reach is planning their annual Phone-a thon starting October 3rd through October 6th from 6 to 9 p.m. Volunteers will call Clay County community members to ask for pledges of support  for REACH – a local non-profit organization assisting victims of domestic violences and sexual abuse.
Why do [...]

Herbert Wilson

Date
September 19, 1929 – September 07, 2011

Obituary
Herbert C. Wilson, age 84 of Hayesville, NC passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at his residence.
Mr. Wilson was native of Lakeland, FL and was the son of the late Carl Scott and Lizzie Mae Germany Wilson. He was a veteran of the US Navy and retired from [...]

Shirley Lenoir Teems, 62, of Hayesville died Monday, September 5, 2011 in Union General Hospital. She was a native and lifetime resident of Clay County. She had worked for Levi Strauss and Gentex. Shirley was a member of the Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church.
She was the daughter of the late Tommy and Pearl Grooms Martin. She [...]

Esther Marie Morgan

Date
March 29, 1930 – August 31, 2011

Obituary
Esther Marie Hutchins Morgan, a Clay County resident, passed away peacefully August 31st, 2011, at the age of 81 in her home on Sawyer Cove Road.
Mrs. Morgan was born March 29th, 1930 in Flat Oak Bottoms, Rainbow Spring, NC to the late John and Eva Hutchins. She [...]

Clyde Ernest Ledford

Date
September 25, 1927 – September 08, 2011

Obituary
Clyde Ernest Ledford, age 83 of Hayesville, NC passed away Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, NC.
Mr. Ledford was a native and lifelong resident of Clay County, NC and a son of the late Paul and Rose Mary Pendergrass Ledford. He had worked [...]

Johnny Wayne Garrison, 70, of Hayesville passed away Saturday, September 3, 2011 at Clay County Care Center after an extended illness. He was a native and lifetime resident of Clay County. He was owner of his own construction business and was a member of Mission Hill Baptist Church.
He was the son of Esta Nichols Garrison [...]

Photo Credit: Bob Walters
Last Saturday at the Clay County Recreation Park, the George Lee American Legion Post #532 held a special ceremony–remembering 9/11. More than a hundred residents turned out to pay homage to firefighters, paramedics, law-enforcement officers, active service military and veterans. Post Commander Joe Buckner and Vice-Commander Phil Cantley oversaw the ceremony, which [...]

60 day moratorium on new solar farms
Commissioners to study issue before allowing approval of more applications
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
The squeaky wheel usually gets attention if not always the grease. That was the case at the Clay County Commissioners meeting last Thursday. After a public hearing in which a large number of residents spoke out against [...]

TCCC 9/11 Memorial Service Brings Back Memories
The American flag was proudly raised atop a Murphy Fire Department
ladder truck in Tri-County Community College’s (TCCC) parking lot on
Thursday at the college’s 9/11 memorial service. Ten years ago, the
scene was very different – millions of Americans watched in horror,
disbelief, and awe as the United States came under attack.
Larry [...]