A celebration of beloved traffic reporter Captain Herb Emory’s life will be held Saturday morning, April 19, at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, 955 Johnson Ferry Road, according to a report from WSB. The public is invited to the event, which be held from 10 a.m. to noon.

Emory, who had spent more than 40 years as a traffic reporter, suffered a heart attack while assisting motorists after an accident near his Douglas County home.

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.