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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, September 5,2018
OBITUARIES
Geraldine Moore
Geraldine Moore, 73, of
Flowery Branch, died Aug.
30, 2018.
Born July 12, 1945 to
the late Virgil and Ella Mae
Lemley, Geraldine had
been a resident of Flowery
Branch for over 20 years.
She was raised in
Dawsonville and a gradu
ate of Dawson County
High School. Miss Moore
was married in 1963 and
raised her two sons while
living in Doraville. She
worked as a commercial
insurance underwriter until
her retirement. She was a
loving and devoted wife,
mother and grandmother.
Her sisters, Louise Eller,
Fannie Patterson and
brothers, Jeffie Lemley,
Horace Lemley, preceded
her in death.
Survivors include her
husband of 53 years,
Robert “Bob” Moore of
Flowery Branch; sons,
Ronny Moore of
Gainesville, Jeff Moore of
Brookhaven; grandchil
dren, Jacob, Emily, Avery
and Siena Moore; sisters
and brothers-in-law, Irene
Collier of Dawsonville,
Annie Lou Pinion of
Dawsonville; Bessie and
Hoyt Cantrell of
Dahlonega, Leila and
Biddy Reece of
Dawsonville; a number of
nieces, nephews; various
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. Sept. 2 in the
Bearden Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. James
Lemley officiating.
Interment followed in the
Dawsonville City
Cemetery.
The family received
friends from 2 p.m. until 6
p.m. Sept. 1 at the funeral
home.
Bearden Funeral Home
of Dawsonville was in
charge of the arrange
ments.
Dawson County News
September 5, 2018
Steve Styles
Steve Styles, 80, of
Dawsonville, died Aug. 24,
2018.
His paternal grandpar
ents, Rev. William Asbury
and Dora Payne Styles;
maternal grandparents,
John Henry and Susan Jay
Stephens; parents E.E. and
Lucile Styles; infant sib
lings, Patricia, Dan, and
Roy Styles; and adult sis
ter, Betty Jean Styles, pre
ceded him in death.
Survivors include his sis
ter, Anne Styles of
Kennesaw; various other
relatives also survive.
Steve was paralyzed on
the left side from a trau
matic brain injury from an
automobile accident in
Saudi Arabia in 1984. No
one expected him to sur
vive as long as he did and
certainly not as successful
ly as he did. He said the
world was designed for
two handed people, and it
was very difficult for him
to exist in that world.
He survived the automo
bile accident thanks to
many people in Saudi
Arabia. A Saudi policeman
stopped a private automo
bile and commandeered
the driver to drive to King
Saud hospital while the
policeman held Steve’s
head and kept him alive on
the way to the hospital. At
the hospital there was a
visiting Canadian neuro
surgeon on a teaching
assignment. The surgeon
operated immediately to
remove blood clots, not
waiting to obtain permis
sions or to be delayed by
procedures.
After more than a month
in a coma, Steve was air
lifted on the King’s private
airplane from Riyadh to
Bahrain. From there he
was airlifted to Gatwick
airport in London where he
spent the night and was
then airlifted by British
Airways to Atlanta to
Emory Hospital. He could
not speak but he could
write. Some of the nurses
asked if he knew where he
was. He wrote “The Coca
Cola Hospital” referring to
Coke’s immense support of
Emory hospital. A lot of
people did not understand
his reference.
With tremendous dedica
tion and hard work, Steve
was able to basically live
an independent life for sev
eral years. He even was
able to pursue some of his
basic love of travel. Before
his accident in 1984, Steve
visited a tremendous num
ber of foreign countries
and made several “around
the world” flights where he
departed at points he
wished to see.
He was a graduate of
Dawson County High
School and the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
He was one of the most
loyal supporters of Tech’s
baseball, football and bas
ketball teams.
He was of the Methodist
faith, a member of
McKee’s Chapel United
Methodist Church, and was
a lifelong supporter of
Lumpkin Campground.
He spent three years in the
U.S. Army being stationed
in Munich, Germany.
To sum it up, he loved
people, loved travel and
loved life to its fullest
extent.
Steve was interred pri
vately in Bethel United
Methodist Church
Cemetery in the family
plot.
Memorial services were
held at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 30
in the Bearden Funeral
Home Chapel. Rev. Phil
DeMore officiated.
The family received
friends from 10 a.m. until
the hour of service Aug.
30.
Bearden Funeral Home
of Dawsonville was in
charge of the arrange
ments.
Dawson County News
September 5, 2018
Heather Turner
Heather Turner, MS,
LPC, 37, of Gainesville,
Ga., died Aug. 27, 2018.
Heather was born on
May 12, 1981 in
Gainesville. She was the
sweetest, kindest and most
gentle person in the world.
She loved the broken heart
ed, the homeless and those
suffering with addiction
and she had a special place
in her heart for her students
and clients at the
University of North
Georgia.
She is so sorry she had to
leave us, but she is now
resting with Jesus and free
from pain.
Her grandparents, Curtis
and Ruthel Heard, Roy and
Kathleen Caine, and
Barbara Turner preceded
her in death.
Survivors include her
parents, Joyce and Ricky
Caine of Dawsonville; boy
friend, Marshell Siver;
grandfather, Bobby Turner;
siblings, Vince and Leigh
Caine, Curtis and Tiffany
Hill, Travis Caine; nieces
and nephews, Kasen and
Lilah Hill, Ema Clair
Caine; special friends,
Nikki, Anne, Brent and
Roger; her very special
doggy, Ruffie; various
other relatives also survive.
A memorial graveside
service was held at 11 a.m.
Sept. 1 at Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church with Rev.
Harold Bottoms officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the
family request donations
be made in Heather’s name
to the National Suicide
Hotline at l-(800) 273-
8255.
Ingram Funeral Home in
Cumming was in charge of
arrangements.
Dawson County News
September5, 2018
FROM 1A
Choir
On Aug. 28, the chil
dren arrived in
Dawsonville and per
formed for a crowd of 50
people at Harmony
Baptist, many of which
were people who had
never heard the angelic
voices of the choir.
“It was emotional. It
was really sweet spirit, a
very sweet spirit with
them being back,” said
Brady. “We had a lot of
people who had never
heard them before and it
was really cool to hear
some of their responses
and to see them get
moved.”
The choir had a big day
last Wednesday that began
at Dawson Vision in the
morning where all 21 kids
received eye exams from
Dr. Karla Thomason and
Dr. Brian Burke who per
formed the exams at no
charge for the ministry.
Thomason learned that
the choir was in need of
eye examinations a few
months ago while at a
Braves game. She immedi
ately got in contact with
Love Him Love Them
founder Linda Gunter and
volunteered to perform the
exams.
Out of the 21 kids, only
five of them required lens
es, which were also donat
ed by Dawson Vision.
But after completing
their eye exams, one girl
from the choir required
medical attention for an
allergic reaction. Linda
Gunter took the child to
Scottish Rite in Atlanta
where she was moved to
intensive care in order to
monitor her symptoms.
Without a bus to take
them back to their host
homes, the rest of the choir
was stranded at Dawson
Vision until a familiar face
came to the rescue.
Brady’s husband, Kip,
coordinated to pick up the
children and took them
back to Harmony Baptist
Church where they played
basketball and soccer in
the gym before heading to
Photos by Jessica Brown
Dawson County News
Sebastien of the Love
Him Love Them orphan
children's choir plays
electric guitar while the
choir sings at Liberty
Baptist Church. Left,Tina
Brady, a member of
Harmony Baptist Church
which hosted the
Haitian choir Aug. 28,
plays with members of
the choir.
Liberty Baptist for a pot-
luck dinner and their final
concert in Dawsonville
before their next stop in
Madison.
The church was full
with excited community
members of all ages gath
ered together to hear the
children perform gospels
and hymns.
The choir, dressed in
colorful costumes depict
ing their Haitian culture,
joyously made their way
to the stage as the audi
ence applauded wildly.
Accompanying the
choir was the live band,
all self-taught musicians
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the following restaurant
inspection results printed
in the Aug. 29 edition.
The correct score is as
follows:
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from Haiti who hope to
attend college in the
United States after the
tour. Complete with elec
tric guitar, pianos, drums
and singing, the spirit of
the island echoed in the
pews.
This season’s tour is in
honor of 9-year-old choir
member Sonsay who died
earlier this year from
Typhoid fever.
For more information
about Love Him Love
Them ministry, contact
Gunter at (706) 599-7525
or Lisa M. LaFleur at
(508) 410-9318 or llaf-
leur @ lovehimlovethem.
org. For other dates and
locations of performances,
visit www.lovehimlovet-
hem.org.
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