"Bear" at work at Red Clay Press

A 47-year-old Calhoun man Larry "Bear" Kerby of Mt. Zion is in surgery today (Tuesday, September 3) receiving a heart transplant. Kerby was placed in surgical preparation at 3 a.m.

The surgery was expected to last eight to nine hours.

Kerby has been at the Cleveland Clinic since the last of June, waiting on a new heart. During that period his mother Carol Joann Kerby passed away.

A new mailing address for "Bear" will be posted.