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Newspaper Page Text2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, January 19,2022 OBITUARIES Allen Dobbs Allen Dobbs, 60, of Cumming, died Sunday, January 9, 2022. A graveside funeral service was held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 13, at Sawnee View Gardens. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 19, 2022 Mayme Pauline Gualtiere Mayme Pauline Gualtiere, 98, of Suwanee, died Wednesday, December 22, 2021. McDonald and Son Funeral Home of Cumming is in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 19, 2022 Scott M. Lowe Scott M. Lowe, 43, of Dawsonville, died Monday, January 10, 2022. A funeral service was held at 1:00 p.m., Friday January 14, at Bearden Funeral Home Chapel. Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 19, 2022 Benjamin Brinson "Ben" Overstreet Benjamin Brinson “Ben” Overstreet, 95, of Dawsonville, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Ben was born in Orlando, Florida on December 4, 1926, to the late Samuel Joseph and Annie Belle Brinson Overstreet. His family moved to Emanuel County when he was a young boy and he graduated from Emanuel County Institute in 1942. He attended North Georgia College in Dahlonega, when it was a two-year college. Upon gradua tion he enlisted in the U. S. Marines and ended his service on Chi Chi Jima in 1947. Returning to North Georgia College following the end of the war, he met Mary Joe Thompson. They were married after his graduation and moved to Dawsonville where he farmed from 1949 until 2016. In addition to farming corn, soybeans, and tall fescues, Ben raised cattle, hogs, and poultry on his property and neighboring land. In 1956, his land was producing 126 bushels of com per acre, and by 1973, he was the first farmer in Georgia to produce over 200 bushels of com per acre. During the years, he won over 200 awards from the state and national corn growers associations. He and his wife, Mary Joe, received the Centennial Family Farm Award from the Department of Natural Resources. This award is for family farms that have continuous opera tion for more than 100 years. Ben was an avid conservationist of his FROM 1A Dimdung A DCSO warrant from January 2021 alleged that between Aug. 13, 2018 and Feb. 11, 2019, Dimdung contacted the victim, a Dawsonville resident over 65 years old, and convinced the person that their bank account had been hacked. He allegedly represented himself as offering services from a company called “Encore Connect” to help the person. Over the course of two occasions, Dimdung allegedly asked the victim to wire him an amount totaling over $60,000 to another account for safekeep ing. The warrant states that he then trans ferred the funds into his Bank of America account as a business investment. A grand jury indicted Dimdung on the exploiting an elder charge in March 2021. At the end of that month, DCSO issued an order for his arrest. Later that spring, Dimdung was stopped at Virginia’s Dulles International Airport and arrested while trying to travel land and the greater Etowah Valley. He served as a Soil Conservation Supervisor for more than 40 years and was honored to be inducted into the GACDS Hall of Fame in 2005. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and spent cherished time at his beloved cabin in Canoochee. He loved to host his friends and family there on hunting and fishing trips. He especially enjoyed teach ing his grandchildren the art of hunting and fishing. He and Mary Joe loved to travel and visit many of the states as well as the world abroad. Besides his time spent in farming, Mr. Overstreet was a char ter member of the Dawson County Lions Club, served as a director of the Dawson County Bank and con tinued after it was acquired by United Community Bank, founding member and vice chairman of the Etowah Water and Sewer Authority, vice chairman of the Dawson County Farm Bureau, served as a member of the Dawson County Board of Education and was a member of the Gainesville Junior College Board of Directors when it was founded. Ben was a 50 year member of the Etowah Lodge #222 F & AM. He and Mary Joe were members of the First Baptist Church of Dawsonville. Ben was also preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Mary Joe, and two brothers, Samuel Joseph Overstreet, Jr., and Robert Lane Overstreet. Ben is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Jo Ann and Ragin Hause, and Jane and Jerry Smith, both of Dawsonville; grandchil dren, Jeffrey and Liza Hause, Henrico, VA, Heather and Chris Albro, LaGrange, KY, Ben Hause, Dawsonville, GA, Jason and Amy Smith, Kennesaw, GA; great grand children, Jacob, Ryan, and Lily Albro; Brin, Andrews and Wylie Hause; Catelyn and Chandler Lord and Mary Elizabeth Smith; sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Jim Neal, Milledgeville; and numerous nieces and nephews. A funeral ser vice was held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 15, at Bearden Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Russell Burt officiated. Interment services was held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 18, in the Brinson Cemetery in Swainsboro. The fami ly received friends from 5:00 p.m., to 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 14, at Bearden Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the First Baptist Church of Dawsonville, 900 Highway 9 North, Dawsonville, GA 30534, or to the Brinson Cemetery Association, c/o Martha Wells, 209 Long View Lane, Pickens, SC 29671. The family respectfully requested everyone wear a mask, practice social distancing and fol low all COVID-19 guidelines. to Nepal to see family, according to a motion for bond on Jan. 3, 2022. He was taken into custody in Virginia and brought before a Loudoun District Court judge to address possible extradi tion to Georgia for the pending charges. The judge granted Dimdung a $10,000 signature bond so he could come to Georgia to address the accusations against him without interstate extradition measures having to be implemented. Emails between his counsel and the pros ecution confirmed those plans. In a motion for bond in Dawson County, Dimdung’s attorney argued that his client has strong ties to Virginia, such as supporting his family by working in the IT field and renting out three proper ties in the state. The Loudoun District Court has also taken Dimdung’s passport. After the motion was submitted, Superior Court Judge Clint Bearden granted a $15,000 bail for Dimdung. The defendant’s total bond has been listed at $16,700. DCN will continue to follow this story and provide updates. Condolences may be expressed at www.beardenfuneralhome.com Dawson County News January 19, 2022 Martha Virginia Waters Martha Virginia Waters, 87, of Murrayville, died Thursday, January 13, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, January 20, at the Bearden Funeral Home Chapel. Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville is in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 19, 2022 Louise Hamby Wilbanks Louise Hamby Wilbanks, 86, died January 15, 2022. A funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 18, at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 19, 2022 King Crossword ACROSS 38 Peer in a box 16 Possesses 1 Hula swivelers 40 The Emerald 20 Tic toe 5 Kvetch Isle 21 Sir's counter 9 Comedian 42 Branch part Margaret 43 Intermediary 22 Church sec 12 Inky stain 48 "Patience — tion 13 Stead virtue" 23 Peter Parker's 14 Bond rating 49 Thus alter ego 15 Sooner State 50 Corn recipe 24 Coin aperture native 51 PC linkup 26 Prudish 17 "TheA-Team" 52 Calendar 27 Takes too actor squares much, in med. 18 Trails 53 Fill up lingo 19 Rose parts 28 Skater Lipinski 21 Halloween dis DOWN 29 Faction guises 1 "Veep" airer 31 Fear-stricken 24 Rating unit 2 Sort 34 Big fuss 25 iPhone down 3 D.C. figure 35 Censors loads 4 Celery servings 37 Internet 26 Skunk relatives 5 Drain blockage address 30 "—wassaying 6 Intends 38 Hoosegow ii 7 Actor Stephen 39 Celestial bear 31 Passion 8 Groan- 40 Jittery 32 - tai inducing 41 Altar vows 33 Olympic win humorist 44 Roth svgs. ner 9 TV station plan 35 Poet of yore employee 45 Extinct bird 36 Dutch cheese 10 Injure 46 Picnic crasher 37 Arm bones 11 Feed-bag filler 47 Born 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 7 8 1 9 10 11 12 ,3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 1 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 1 50 51 52 53 3 1 V S 1 S A V a 3 N 0 d O d a 3 N V IAI 3 1 a a i IAI 3 id i 3 y 3 V N 1 a y V a] i V IAI s i V o d V s IAI 3 i 1 d IAI V V v 0 H 0 n id 1 1 0 1 a o id V s s o L V IAI 0 h 3 1 1 d V V I N V 1 v s 1 IAI d V 0 d n r a 3 V a 3 IAI i s V Is d d V >1 s V IAI 1 V 1 >1 0 -L 0 1 a ii d 1 H ^ Daws o n C o u nty N e ws A Metro Market Media Publication Established in 2015 by the merger of Dawson Community News and Dawson News and Advertiser 30 Shoal Creek Road i PUBLISHER | Stephanie Woody Dawsonville, GA 30534 PHONE (706) 265-3384 EDITOR | Erica Jones FAX (706) 265-3276 usps 018-876 | Updates online at DawsonNews rii Display advertising For Wednesday: Retail and Classified deadlines are 3 p.m. Friday Classified liners (help wanted, for sale, etc.) For Wednesday: Deadline is noon Monday Advertising rates available upon request. To subscribe in Dawson County: ONE YEAR | $45 TWO YEARS | $75 To subscribe elsewhere in Georgia: ONE YEAR | $65 To subscribe outside of Georgia: ONE YEAR | $65 Published Wednesdays by the Dawson County News Co., 30 Shoal Creek Road, Dawsonville, GA 30534. Second-class postage paid at Dawsonville, Ga., and additional offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Dawson County News, P.O. Box 1600, Dawsonville, GA 30534.