Family and friends will say their final goodbyes to a Coweta County Fire battalion chief who served with the department for more than 24 years.

Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen was laid to rest on Tuesday, and a processional traveled through the county beforehand in tribute. Cauthen was with Coweta County Fire Rescue for over 24 years and was described as an "amazing,

A Coweta Fire Rescue Department firefighter died on Sunday after a man shot him and a driver who hit a deer in Alabama.

The Coweta County fire chief was shot to death over the weekend when he stopped to help a stranger who had hit a deer in Alabama, investigators say.