Former rec department director, two-term Clayton councilman to take over role this year

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. New Clayton mayor Roy Quilliams (center) shares a laugh with Mayor Pro Tem Stacy Fountain at the conclusion of the Clayton City Council meeting on Sept. 9. The council voted in favor of Quilliams filling the unexpired term of former mayor Kurt Cannon, who resigned in June.

Clayton has a new mayor -- and earlier than originally expected.

Roy Quilliams, a former Rabun County Recreation Department director and two-term member of the Clayton city council, was the lone qualif…