Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rhonda Lunsford announced her retirement from the City of Clayton after 14 years of service. Close friends, family members, colleagues and local officials congratulated her during a celebration at The Rock House in Clayton July 15. Below: Clayton City Manager Trudy Crunkleton, left, and Mayor Kurt Cannon, right, present Rhonda Lunsford with a gift and congratulate her on her retirement from the City of Clayton after 14 years during Tuesday’s city council meeting.
Photo courtesy of Melissa Elzey. In each home, volunteers welcomed visitors and shared details about the property during the Lake Burton Tour of Homes on June 22.
Submitted photo. Diane White (from left), Patricia Jones, Christy and Charles Martin, Lin Goen, and Elizabeth Darby are all smiles after an afternoon spent with award-winning New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Star football players Charlie Woerner, Gunner Stockton and Malaki Starks sit with Clayton Baptist Church Senior Pastor Joey Thompson on Ken Byrd Court in front of hundreds in the Rabun County High School gymnasium during last Sunday’s Night of Champions on July 14.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Chris and Carson Moletz, right, enjoy viewing the detailed work of Jim Craig with his handmade knives during the 2024 Painted Fern Art Festival July 13 and 14. Below: Submitted. At the 2024 Painted Fern Art Festival, Sean and Ebony Wilson (left) were the Producers’ Choice Award winners for Best Booth with their woodworking. Sharon Mumbi (right) was chosen by show visitors and awarded the Peoples’ Choice for Best in Show with her mixed fiber-leather, beads and fabric.
A GoFundMe page called “A Young Life Taken Too Soon” was set up for his family and it surpassed $65,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. The fundraiser can be found at https://rb.gy/wvj6rq.
