In this file photo, Sequatchie County commissioner Will Zimmerman, right, listens to a presentation on jail staffing needs along with commissioners Randall Johnson and Michael Griffith.Longtime Sequatchie County Commissioner Will Zimmerman announced Monday night that he’s resigning from the county panel to move into his dream home.
“I went to my last meeting last night,” Zimmerman said Tuesday. The three-term commissioner’s resignation is effective Oct. 1.
Zimmerman and his wife, Kitty, have lived in Sequatchie County since 1987. But that was before a recent turn of good fortune.
Back in the spring, Kitty Zimmerman bought a $100 ticket for a chance to win the top prize in the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway — a 2,768-square-foot home in Hixson. She was notified she was the winner in July.
“The St. Jude house was a bolt out of the blue,” said Zimmerman, 79. “It created some opportunities for us.