Downtown Summerville Adirondack Chair Project

Summerville Main Street recently completed a special Downtown Development project that involved the placement of Adirondack chairs at the Summerville Depot area, as well as downtown. The project was chaired by Board of Director members Connie Howard and Kathy Dillard. 

Citizens were given the opportunity to sponsor Adirondack Chairs in a variety of colors to honor an agency or individual, memorialize loved ones, or commemorate a special event. The chairs would be used as seating for locals and visitors that gather in and around the depot area and downtown. A total of 19 chairs were sponsored.

One of the chairs is in memory of Cody Hogue. The chair provides a place for his family to feel connected to him, “we still make time to go by to sit at these chairs just to enjoy our time with him watching down on us,” Jennifer Hogue said. “We love our community and so thankful we have this chair to represent him after all the hard work he did for our small town and Chattooga County.”

Jennifer, Katie & Gracie Hogue

The adirondack chairs were purchased by the city through sponsorship money and assembled by Chattooga High School students. Chattooga Printing constructed the plaques placed on each chair and City of Summerville staff was responsible for the installation of the chairs. 

Chairs were placed on the Summerville Depot deck that overlooks Town Creek, in front of the Montgomery Knitting Mill Courtyard, and around the Couey House area. Plaques are placed on each chair in honor of, or in remembrance of loved ones or members of our community. The public is encouraged to enjoy using the chairs and reading the plaques.

Those sponsoring chairs for the 2018 Adirondack Chair Project were as follows:

Chair Donated By Beth Cleveland Dunn, In Honor of Buddy & Martha Chisolm

Chair Donated By Jennifer, Katie & Gracie, In Loving Memory of Cody Hogue

Chair Donated By Connie & Larry Howard, In Loving Memory of Leatha & Jim Richie

Chair Donated By The Norton’s & McCollum’s, In Loving Memory of Mr. & Mrs. W.H. McCollum

Chair Donated By Jane Canada, Amy, Kevin, Justin, & Patrick , In Loving Memory of Lamar Canada 

Chair Donated By JoAnn Roach, Brad & Amber Dillard & Children, In Loving Memory of Dave L. Roach

Chair Donated By Kathy, Britt, Brad, & Family, In Loving Memory of Mike Dillard

Chair Donated By Tina, Tabitha, & Larry, In Loving Memory of Jordan Reynolds

Chair Donated By The Spivey Family, In Loving Memory of Herman Spivey Jr.MD

Chair Donated By Jeannie Chesley, In Loving Memory of David A. Chesley

Chair Donated By Cook & Connelly LLC, In Loving Memory of Bobby Lee Cook Jr.

Chair Donated By Cook & Connelly LLC, In Loving Memory of June Hays Cook

Chair Donated By Cook & Connelly LLC, In Loving Memory of Branch Connelly

Chair Donated By Linda Ballenger & The Family, In Loving Memory of Brad Merrell

Chair Donated By Cook & Connelly LLC, In Loving Memory of Bobby Lee Cook Jr.

Chair Donated By Lawra Leigh & Family, In Loving Memory of Denise McPhail

Chair Donated By Richard Lindsay, In Loving Memory ofAnne Allen Lindsay

Chair Donated By Family, In Loving Memory of Sandra Morrison

Chair Donated By Jennifer Hogue, In Loving Memory of Jason Galloway

Chair Donated By Guinn Hankins & Family, In Loving Memory of Barbara Hankins

Summerville Main Street/Downtown Development plans to offer a public seating project with opportunities to honor or remember individuals or agencies in the spring of 2019 for those individuals who may have missed out on the first round of sponsorships. Information and forms will be available beginning March 4, 2019.