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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, November 10,2021 OBITUARIES Donna Suzanne Weaver Aldea Donna Suzanne Weaver Aldea, 80, of Cumming, died November 4, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday November 13, in the cha pel of Ingram Funeral Home. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming is in charge of the arrange ments. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Judy Ann Holmes Alsop Judy Ann Holmes Alsop, 80, died Wednesday, November 3, 2021. A funer al service was held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 6, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of the arrange ments. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Dewey "Arnau" Bedingfield, Jr. Dewey “Amau” Bedingfield, Jr., 89, of Cumming, died November 2, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, November 13, at St. Brendan Catholic Church. McDonald and Son Funeral Home of Cumming is in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 James Clinton Collins James Clinton Collins, 83, of Dawsonville, died Thursday, November 4, 2021. A celebration of life service was held at 1:00 p.m., November 8, at Whispering Hope Baptist Church. McDonald and Son Funeral Home of Cumming was in charge of the arrange ments. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Jennifer Austin Follas Jennifer Austin Follas, 41, of Cumming, died November 5, 2021. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming is in charge of the arrange ments. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Helen Samples Garrett Helen Samples Garrett, 72, of Dawsonville, died Tuesday, November 2, 2021. A funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 4, at Silver City Baptist Church, Cumming. Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Flora Bailey Hughes Flora Bailey Hughes, 83, of Cumming, died Monday, November 1, 2021. A funeral service was held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, November 4, at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 James Timothy Kelly James Timothy Kelly, 60, of Dawsonville, died Sunday, October 31, 2021. A funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 6, at Etowah Church. Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Karen Lynn Kunkel Karen Lynn Kunkel, 66, of Dawsonville passed away Monday, November 1, 2021. The funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 5, in the chapel of McDonald and Son Funeral Home in Cumming. The fami ly received friends from 5:30 p.m., to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, November 4, and from 9:00 a.m., to 10:00 a.m., Friday November 5, at the funeral home. Interment followed at Westview Cemeteiy in Atlanta. Lynn Kunkel was born on October 18, 1955, in Ware Shoals South Carolina. Mrs. Kunkel was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Dawsonville, Georgia. She enjoyed spending time with her family and supporting her chil dren and grandchildren in all that they do. She loved spending time near any body of water and being in tine sun. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Erskine Cooper and Betty Cobb Cooper (living), and sister to Samuel Jr. and the late Nannette Cooper, and Shane and Tonia Cooper. She is survived by her husband, Lrank Kunkel Jr.; children, Carmen and Clay Cunningham, Christi and Shawn Harris, Lrank III and Heather Kunkel, Carly and Josh Elrod; grandchildren, Chandler Kunkel, Cydney Cunningham, McKenzie Kunkel, Conner Lranklin, Carter Cunningham, Calee Kunkel, Kelsey Harris, and Zack Harris. Lynn Kunkel was an absolute joy to everyone that crossed her path. Her smile lit up the room and her personality made every one feel welcomed. She was a shining example of how to share her faith with others and is defined by her acts of lov ing-kindness and her generous heart. We all have peace in knowing that Lynn (Mamaw) is with our risen Lord. Our lives are forever better because of this amazing woman. If you would like to donate in lieu of flowers, please go to https://gofund.me/95505009 Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Lavon Dale Mashburn Lavon Dale Mashburn, 87, of FROM 1A French and polite campaign ran by his competitor. “I would start off thank ing the good Lord above for the victory, and I’d like to thank my supporters who have been exceedingly diligent,” French said. “I’d also like to thank Jamie McCracken too for running such a gentlemanly cam paign; sometimes politics can get really ugly and we were just both able to do our campaign as gentlemen and I appreciate that.” French works as an office manager for a local manufacturing company and has lived in Dawsonville for 12 years. He has served on the city council since he was elect ed into the role in 2017. He said he is excited to contin ue serving on the city coun cil for his next term. “I’m humbled to contin ue to be able to serve the citizens of Dawsonville and I look forward to the next four years of being up there and being their voice,” French said. “I’m just look ing forward to having this behind us and moving on to our next big challenge.” FROM 1A lllg counts in an election like this. “I would love to say thank you to everyone who came out and voted,” lllg said. “It is so important to vote in the city and local elections because that’s where you have the most control and before getting on city council I had no idea, now I can tell you firsthand that the best time to vote is local.” lllg works as an invest ment advisor and also as an associate pastor with Echo Ministries. He moved to Dawsonville in 2017, out of the city in 2019 and back into the city in 2020. He has served on the city council since he was appointed in May 2021. lllg said he’s excited to continue his service on the city council because he has a lot of good ideas he hopes to develop to help attract more people to the downtown area and help Dawsonville flourish. “I’m super excited; I’m glad it’s over,” lllg said. “I had ideas in my brain that I kind of put on hold momentarily cause it takes a lot of work to get that off the ground and if I’m just leaving it doesn’t make much sense to continue pursuing it, so I’m excited to keep doing it.” lllg said he could not have done it without the support and encourage ment from those who voted for him. “The whole election thing today was a little nerve-wracking,” lllg said, “but everybody was send ing me pictures of them voting with their voting sticker saying I voted for you and good luck; it was encouraging to get those along the way so that was nice.” Marietta, died Saturday, October 30, 2021. Ingram Luneral Home & Crematory of Cumming is in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Carol N. Vincent Carol N. Vincent, 84, of Cumming, died Thursday, October 21, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 14, at the Ingram Luneral Home Chapel. Ingram Luneral Home & Cremator of Cumming is in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News November 10, 2021 Austin "Doogs" Skylar Weinberg Austin “Doogs” Skylar Weinberg, 21, died November 4, 2021. A funeral ser vice was held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, November 8, at the Ingram Luneral Home Chapel. Ingram Luneral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. 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