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Wednesday, October 17,2018
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A
OBITUARIES
Winnifred "Winnie"
Estelle Stagl
Winifred “Winnie” Estelle
Stagl, 97, of Cumming, died
Oct. 10, 2018.
Bom in Boston, Mass, on July
9, 1921 to Roy and Evelyn
(Brown) McDonald, she lived in
Newton, Mass, during her youth
and attended Chandler
Secretarial School in Boston.
She enlisted in the Navy as a
WAVE during WWII, serving in
the secretarial pool, at Great
Lakes, Ill. After marriage to
Frank Michael Stagl she lived in
Dix Hills, N.Y. where she raised
her family. She served as a
Brownie leader and on the West
Suffolk Girl Scout Council
(Long Island) and was involved
in the PTA. She was a legal sec
retary for William Ahern
Agency in Kings Park, N.Y. and
retired from Toaz, Buck, Meyers
Agency in Huntington, N.Y.
In retirement she volunteered
at the local food bank and at the
V.A. Hospital in Northport, N.Y.
She was a member of the Dix
Hills Historical Society, a long
time member of Central
Presbyterian Church in
Huntington and attended The
Presbyterian Church of Sweet
Hollow in Melville, N.Y. She
enjoyed golf, theater, concerts
and museums. Her passion for
travel took her to many coun
tries around the world.
Her husband, Frank Michael
Stagl; grandaughter, Andrea
Leonhardt; and three siblings
preceded her in death.
Survivors include her chil
dren, Dianne (William)
Leonhardt of Dawsonville,
Kathryn Stagl of Emmaus, Pa.,
Peter Stagl of Morris Plains,
N.J., and Sharon (John) Doherty
of Huntington Beach, Calif.; sis
ter, Virginia McNiff of Wayland,
Mass.; grandchildren, Stacey
(Andrew Garbos) Leonhardt,
William (Amy) Leonhardt Jr.,
Marc (Andrew Uriarte) Parees,
Ben Parees, Jaime (Gilad)
Jacobs, Danielle (MaryAnn)
Santana, Carly Stagl; five great
grandchildren; various other rel
atives also survive.
She will be interred at Long
Island National Cemetery in
Melville, N.Y. A graveside ser
vice will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made to TurningPoint
Breast Cancer Rehabilitation
8010 Roswell Road Suite 120
Atlanta, Ga, 30350 or to the
Presbyterian Church of Sweet
Hollow, 95 Old Country Road
Melville, N.Y. 11747.
Bearden Funeral Home of
Dawsonville was in charge of
the arrangements
Dawson County News
October 17, 2018
Sandra J. Wright
Sandra J. Wright, 72 of
Dawsonville, formerly of
Jackson, died Oct. 13, 2018.
She was of the Baptist faith.
Sandra graduated from R. E.
Lee High School in 1964. She
was a diehard University of
Georgia fan (Dawg).
Survivors include her hus
band, Michael F. Wright; daugh
ters and sons-in-law, Laurie
Hice and Sanders Jeffcoat;
Dayna and Jeremy Patterson,
Maranda Wise; son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Scott and Chaunte
Hice; brother and sister-in-law,
Robby and Mary Zane
Swearingen; stepbrother and sis
ter-in-law, Ian and Katie Milloy;
seven grandchildren; four great
grandchildren; nephew, Jud
Swearingen; niece, Lisa Austin
and several cousins, aunts and
uncles; various other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Oct. 18 at in the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. Michael Smith offici
ating. The family will receive
friends at Ingram Funeral Home
from 4 until 6 p.m. Oct. 17 and
from noon until the hour of ser
vice on Oct. 18.
Ingram Funeral Home in
Cumming was in charge of
arrangements.
During our recent loss we were reminded of how much of
a legacy Vaudell left, not only for her family but also her
church and racing families, along with everyone else who
knew her. She lived life to the fullest and touched so many
special people along the way.
Words cannot begin to express our heartfelt thanks for the
visits, phone calls, food prepared, cards received, thoughts
and prayers of sympathy and support shown to us and by
the personal stories and memories shared with us.
Your thoughtfulness is appreciated more than you will ever
know. A special thank you to the North Georgia Assisted
Living Staff for their kindness and love, the Georgia Racing
Hall of Fame and Bearden Funeral Home for making her
celebration of life so special.
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FROM 1A
Talent
“You get all of these
amazing musicians that
really formed rock ‘n roll
as we know it,” Hughes
said.
The up-and-coming
musician has released
two albums, Hear My
Melody (2016) and
Restless (May 2018),
with The Hughes Taylor
Band, a blues/rock power
trio that infuses tradition
al blues roots with
upbeat and fast-paced
blues and classic rock.
Coming in second
place was 18-year-old
Cash Laws who belted
out “When You Say You
Love Me,” originally
performed by Josh
Groban.
Laws has been singing
for over 10 years and
performs at his church,
theatrical performances,
festivals, talent competi
tions and corporate and
community events. The
judges were impressed
with his pitch perfect
performance.
Third place went to a
Dahlonega celebrity,
Moses McKinzey, who
performed his unique
rendition of Johnny
Cash’s classic hit
“Folsom Prison Blues.”
Photos by Jessica Brown Dawson County News
Left: Dahlonega native and local celebrity Moses McKinzey sings a Southern rock rendition of Johnny
Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" at the North Georgia's Got Talent show Oct. 13. His interesting take on a
classic tuned earned him third place in the competition. Right: Elliott Prather received the People's
Choice Award for his country performance Oct. 13.
outreach program. The
organization has
responded to nearly
2,000 crisis calls in 2018
and has spent over
$90,000 in client assis
tance.
All services provided
by NOA are free and
confidential.
Rather than going for a
traditional cover,
McKinzey said he want
ed to make the song his
own by adding a
Southern rock twist. He
has had his music fea
tured in the Hallmark
movie “Christmas in
Homestead” as well as
the 2017 science fiction
film “Trailer Park
Shark.”
During the show’s two
intermissions, the audi
ence placed their votes
for the People’s Choice
Award that went to a
young country singer
from Ball Ground. Elliott
Prather, who is just 17
years old, began playing
guitar and singing when
he was 10. His perfor
mance of “She Used to
Be Mine” reminded the
judges of Nashville stars.
All of the winners will
be invited to perform at
Gold Rush in Dahlonega,
at the Mountain
Moonshine Festival in
Dawsonville and at
NOA’s annual Chili
Cook-Off in Hancock
Park on Veterans Day.
The proceeds from the
show will go to support
victims of domestic vio
lence and abuse, the core
function of NOA. Funds
were raised through con
testant audition and entry
fees, ticket sales and
sponsorships and will
help pay for shelter facil
ities and crisis interven
tion and ongoing support
programs, counseling
and legal advocacy to
families in crisis and
community awareness
programs.
As of Tuesday morn
ing, NOA is still finaliz
ing the numbers but said
the event raised approxi
mately $15,000.
As of the talent show,
Oct. 13, 80 clients have
been served in the shelter
and 16 clients have been
housed in local hotels
just this year. Support
services have been pro
vided to approximately
1,000 men, women and
children through NOA’s
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