Chair honors Hartwell's fallen police officer

Sunshot by Drew Dotson — Eli Gomez, from left, Hart County Commissioner Ricky Carter, Hartwell Police Chief Anthony Davis, Royston police officer Rick Carter and Tony Capell pose for a photo with a chair donated by Gomez and Capell’s nonprofit, Saving a Hero’s Place.
Sunshot by Drew Dotson — Eli Gomez, from left, Hart County Commissioner Ricky Carter, Hartwell Police Chief Anthony Davis, Royston police officer Rick Carter and Tony Capell pose for a photo with a chair donated by Gomez and Capell’s nonprofit, Saving a Hero’s Place.

Royston Police Officer Rick Carter recently discovered that law enforcement ran in his family after researching the name of a fallen officer from Hartwell with no known family.

“I didn’t know about his…