Demorest mayor honors late councilman John Popham, calls him ‘a lifelong servant of the city’ - Now Georgia

Demorest mayor honors late councilman John Popham, calls him ‘a lifelong servant of the city’ - Now Georgia

DEMOREST — Demorest Mayor Jerry Harkness is remembering longtime city councilman John Popham as a defining figure in the city’s modern history, crediting him with decades of leadership, infrastructure development and public service following his death at age 87. In a two-page letter provided to Now Georgia on May 19, Harkness described Popham as a man whose “fingerprints are found all across this city and far beyond it,” noting his 44 years of s…