A memorial service will be held Saturday for a judge of the Mountain Judicial Circuit who died Tuesday. Judge Rusty Smith was 61.
The service for Smith, who lived in Tallullah Falls, will be held at 3:00 at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Toccoa.
Smith had served as a judge of the circuit since 2010. He was a former County Attorney for Stephens County.
His was the second death in a month of a person associated with the circuit, which includes Habersham, Stephens and Rabun counties. Former DA Mike Crawford, 77, died last month. EARLIER STORY. POSTED DEC. 17: Former Mountain Judicial Circuit DA Mike Crawford dies
The circuit will be losing another Superior Court Judge today with the already announced planned retirement of Judge B. Chan Caudell.