Pendergrass recall hearing set Friday at courthouse

A hearing has been set for Oct. 16 on the recall effort filed by a group of Pendergrass residents against the city council.

The hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, before Judge John Ott at the Jackson County Courthouse in Jefferson.

The hearing will be held on the petition filed by the mayor and council asking for a court review of the allegations.

The group of Pendergrass residents is seeking the recall of the mayor and city council because of alleged misuse of public funds. A petition with the signatures of 37 people, which is more than 10 percent of the registered voters in the small North Jackson town, has been submitted.

Monk Tolbert is the mayor. The council members include: Judy Stowe, John Pethel, Hilda Gee and Thomas Marlow.

For more on this story, see the Oct. 14 issue of The Jackson Herald.