The O’Kelley home on Cloudcrest Drive in Rossville is part of Battlefield Pilot Club’s Christmas Tour of Homes on Sunday.Two organizations in the region are presenting Christmas tours of homes this weekend.
In North Georgia, Battlefield Pilot Club will showcase houses in Rossville, Flintstone and Ringgold.
In Roane County, Tenn., the tour of homes is part of a larger Christmas in Rockwood celebration.
• North Georgia: Opening their doors for holiday tours are homeowners Robert and Clara O’Kelley, 136 Cloudcrest Drive, Rossville; Bill and Theresa Smith, 57 Zackry Trace, Flintstone; and Tony and Elizabeth Sturdivant, 34 Walker St., Ringgold.
Hours are 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 day of tour. Proceeds will go to club projects for brain-related disorders.
For more information, call Patricia Cooke at 423-309-9979 or Brenda Noblitt at 706-639-7001.
• Rockwood: The tour of homes, the largest fundraiser of community organization Rockwood 2000, will be offered 1-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6-7, at some of the town’s historic homes.
Tickets are available online at www.rockwood2000.com/home-tour.html and at two downtown businesses: Live & Let Live Drug Store, 225 W. Rockwood St., and O Those Were the Days Antique Mall, 224 W. Rockwood St. Tickets are $12 if purchased by today, Dec. 4; $15 afterward.
Other highlights include horse-and-carriage rides on Saturday, a gingerbread house display, Santa Claus, refreshments and caroling by the Roane State College Choir. Santa and the choir will make initial appearances at a Christmas tree lighting at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Homecoming Park. Events that night are free.
For more information, call 865-354-4315.