As one of Hart County’ s oldest businesses, Skelton-Morris Associates has been helping people insure their assets for more than 110 years. The business began in 1912 when A.C“ Gus” Skelton began writing insurance policies in Hartwell, calling his firm A.C. Skelton Insurance Agency. Skelton-Morris Associates was formed from the merger of A.C.
After six weeks of maternity leave nursing her third child, Hartwell resident Lauren Emmons got into bed at about 10 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 15 ready to return to work the next day. It should have been a return to normalcy for the nurse and her family of five. Soon the majority of the home at 87 Laurel Street was covered in city sewage.