2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, April 6,2022
OBITUARIES
Randy Gober Allen
Randy Gober Allen, 57, of
Gainesville, died Tuesday, March 29,
2022. A memorial service was held at
4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 3, at Bearden
Funeral Home Chapel. Bearden Funeral
Home of Dawsonville was in charge of
the arrangements.
Dawson County News
April 6, 2022
Laura Mae Burt
Laura Mae Burt, 83, of Dawsonville,
died Wednesday, March 30, 2022. A
funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m.,
Sunday, April 3, at Juno Baptist Church.
Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville
was in charge of the arrangements.
Dawson County News
April 6, 2022
Nedra Laurelle Garrett Denman
Nedra Laurelle Garrett Denman, 86,
of St. Vincent, Arkansas, passed away
on March 31, 2022. She is survived by 4
children, 9 grandchildren, and 8 great
grandchildren. She was preceded in the
death by her husband of nearly 60 years,
Bill, and 2 grandchildren. Nedra was
born on March 2, 1936, in North
Georgia. She was the picture of a
southern lady, poised, charming,
charismatic, and a lover of all
people. She always made every
one feel welcomed and impor
tant. She had a strength of char
acter that was only exceeded by
her grace. She was a joy to be
around, always. She was a lady
of many firsts, one of the first
women to ever coach athletics in the
state of Georgia; the first to begin a spe
cial education curriculum for adaptive
physical education in the state of
Georgia; and the first to coin the phrase
“I love you, but” when she wanted to
tell you something you needed to hear.
She coached cheerleading, having both
the first black cheerleader and the first
male cheerleader in Georgia, as well as
the first pom-pom squad in the state.
Always an educator, she spent 42 years
as a teacher in both Georgia and
DR. ANDERSON
COVID cases drop in Georgia
By Larry Anderson
Anderson Family Medicine
Flu and Covid seem to be taking the
back seat to everything else now.
That does not mean it has gone away.
We, metro Atlanta, are at a level 1 for
influenza, meaning this is the lowest
level. This past week we have had
one death and eleven hospitalizations.
The need is still there for the vaccine
and a caution to stay away from sick
people.
Covid seems to be going away again.
For the last three weeks we have been
bumping the bottom of the chart near
zero for new cases. Don’t see much of
it on the news anymore. Most of the
Docs I know are not reordering vac
cines as their supplies dwindle. The
demand has gone away. Has Covid left
us? Not sure. Beginning to look like it,
but do not celebrate yet. Everything
can get a second wind.
Now for some more serious stuff.
The Ukraine. Not getting any better
over there. New reports are coming out
about mass civilian graves. But they are
finding executed civilians with their
hands tied. Not a good sign when look
ing at hidden executions and hidden
mass graves. Worst of all is the reports
of rape by the Russian soldiers. Rape
has been a weapon of war for thou
sands of years. There are too many
countries and not enough fingers to
point out the guilty, but I am going to
focus on Russia because that is what is
happening in the Ukraine. World War II
had the brutal rape of German women
by the advancing Russian army. We are
not going to talk about the Japanese
and Chinese in WW II. In the 1990’s,
there was the ethnic cleansing of
Yugoslavia by the Chetniks. The
Geneva Convention in 1949, 1977,
1993 and United Nations Human
Rights Council in 2006 said rape by
armed groups is a war crime and also
constituted genocide. This must be
stopped. When you become aware that
something wrong is being done, you
have a moral obligation to help stop it.
We must stop the killing of women,
children, babies, pregnant women and
stop destroying their homes, hospitals
and schools. I did not include men in
this list because what they are doing
now IS fighting to protect their families
and homes, wives and daughter. Many
women have taken up arms in the
Ukraine and are helping to defend
themselves.
Say prayers for the safety of the
Ukraine and for the Russians to go
home. Write/call your US Senators and
Representatives and the President. If
they do not hear from you they will
think you are okay with what they are
doing. Thanks for reading.
FROM 1A
Maze
she and all the other peo
ple who had put so much
hard work into making
the event happen were
pleased with its success
and encouraged to see
how many people and
organizations in the com
munity came together to
help provide the simula
tions and situations for
the students.
“I think it’s been a phe
nomenal success; not just
because of what the stu
dents are getting out of it
but because everybody at
all these stations was so
excited about doing it,”
Bliss said. “EMS did an
incredible job, and how
all these different agen
cies can come together is
impressive. I think it was
a great success.”
Photos by Erica Jones Dawson County News
Above: DCJHS ninth graders learn about alcohol and its effects using drunk
goggles during the April 1 "Teen Maze" event at the junior high school.
Below: Dawson County's Public Affairs Officer Laura Fulcher teaches a ninth
grader about electronic footprints online.
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Missouri. Many of her students
remained in touch with her until the day
she passed, a testament to both her capa
bility as an educator and her warmth as
a human. By now, Nedra would have
told me that she wanted me to
stop writing this obituary. She
was never one to “toot her own
horn”. Her humility was one of
her greatest traits. She was a
woman of wide and varied
accomplishment, and yet always
humble and down-to-earth. After
Bill’s passing, she moved to St.
Vincent to live with her daughter
and son-in-law. She loved the little
town, and it loved her. One of her favor
ite things to do was sit on the front
porch on a summer afternoon and watch
the world go by... knowing that in St.
Vincent, almost anything could happen.
And rarely did the town disappoint. She
wanted everyone in St. Vincent to know
how much she loved the place, them,
and how much she appreciated that they
gave her a home. She is suffering no
longer, and she is now with her husband
and her family in heaven. This makes
those she leaves behind the most happy.
Her life was celebrated with a rosary at
St. Mary Church in St. Vincent,
Arkansas Monday, April 4. The funeral
service was held at St. Mary Church as
well on Tuesday, April 5, with Father
Jim Burnie and Deacon Steve Mallett
officiating. She was buried next to her
best friend, Bill, in St. Mary Cemetery.
Funeral services were by Harris Funeral
Home in Morrilton, AR. Please send
donations to St. Mary CYM, St. Mary
Church. The money will be used to
repair the basketball court for the kids.
Always the competitor, this is what
Nedra wanted. Pallbearers were Sean
Pruett, Garrett Pruett, Tyler Denman,
Cody Denman, Billy Hill, Brent Hill,
and Dawson Stice. Honorary pallbearers
were Nicholas Martinez, Bentley Hill,
Jackson Hill, Henry Hill, Stetson
Newell, and Walker Newell. Online
Guestbook: www.harrisfuneralhomes.
net
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April 6, 2022
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