James Larry Ott, 62, passed away April 5, 2020. He was a kind and loving father and friend to all that knew him. Larry enjoyed fishing and was of the Church of God faith. He was preceded in death by his father, James Ott. He is survived by his sons, James Darrell Ott and Jason Ott; mother, Bernice Ott; sisters, Barbara Sumnter and Marsha Phillips; and a host of friends. ... (click for more)

Melba Jo Wooten passed away Friday, April 3rd, 2020. She was 79 years old. Mrs. Wooten moved to the area as a young girl with her family. Here, she met the love of her life, Bethel Wooten. They married in October of 1961 and lived happily until his passing in 1993. She never remarried, choosing instead to dedicate her life to her family and to Tiftonia Holiness church, where she ... (click for more)

Carol Timm Booker Serre, of Hixson, Tennessee, passed away peacefully April 4, 2020, with family by her side. Timm was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, James Dominick Serre and her parents, Steven Thomas Booker and Dorothy Schroeppel Booker. She is survived by her three children, Eric, Angela and Todd; two grandsons, Jeremiah Serre (Joanna) and Jacob Serre and ... (click for more)

Sarah Sanders Manning, 89, of Hixson, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Sarah was born on September 7, 1930, in Whiteside, Tn., to the late Charles Franklin and Ina Ginn Sanders. She retired from Bell South Corporation where she was a telephone operator. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Bennie Lamar Manning; sons, Steve Manning and his wife ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Wednesday that 294 people in the state have died of the coronavirus - 75 more than reported on Sunday morning. The cases have spiraled to 7,558 up from 7,314 on Sunday. Officials said 1,393 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus - up from 1,222 on Friday. Whitfield County has increased to 18 cases with one death. ... (click for more)

Tennessee now has 65 coronavirus deaths - up 21 since the Sunday report. Cases have gone up from 3,663 to 3,802. Hamilton County is now reporting nine coronavirus deaths. A 10th person died earlier in a Chattanooga hospital, but was from an area county. There have been 85 coronavirus cases within Hamilton County thus far, according to the latest report. Officials said ... (click for more)