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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, May 25,2022
OBITUARIES
Timothy R. "Bo" Dockery
Timothy R. “Bo” Dockery, 58, of
Dawsonville, died Thursday, May 12,
2022. A graveside service was held
Sunday, May 15, at Towee Fall Baptist
Church Cemetery, Tillico Plains, TN.
Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville
was in charge of the arrangements.
Dawson County News
May 25, 2022
Emma Lou Higgins
Emma Lou Higgins, 71, of
Dawsonville, died Thursday, May 19,
2022. A memorial visitation was held
from 4:00 p.m., to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday
May 24, at Bearden Funeral Home.
Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville
was in charge of the arrangements.
Dawson County News
May 25, 2022
George Allen
"Coach Mo" Moser
George Allen “Coach Mo” Moser,
67, of Dawsonville, died Monday, May
16, 2022. Services will be held at a
later date. Bearden Funeral Home of
Dawsonville is in charge of the
arrangements.
Dawson County News
May 25, 2022
Margaret Miller Webb
Margaret Miller Webb, 94, of
Dawsonville, passed away Sunday,
May 15, 2022, at her residence follow
ing a period of declining health. Born
August 6, 1927, Margaret had been a
resident of Dawson County since 1980,
coming from Dunwoody. A member of
Bethel United Methodist Church, she
loved gardening and being outdoors.
Alongside her husband, she enjoyed
dancing, playing team tennis, social
dinners, and time on Lake Lanier with
friends. Margaret was a devoted wife
who cared for her ill husband as he
fought multiple myeloma at home for
22 years and she also had a great love
for her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
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Fox Creek
between roadways and adjacent proper
ties. Also recommended were updated
traffic studies on an annual basis or
upon completion of each project “pod.”
If approved, the project’s stipulations
would dictate a 24-foot-wide access
easement from Savannah Trace into the
development. As of Thursday, the
developer and the HOA from that sub
division had come to an agreement
about the easement, which would allow
neighborhood residents to access
Etowah Bluffs with a key or code and
allow emergency vehicle access via a
gate and knock box.
There would be no access to Grant
Road from Etowah Bluffs.
Additionally, District 3
Commissioner Tim Satterfield clarified
that the private Etowah Water and
Sewer Authority, not Dawson County,
would be servicing the project if it is
approved.
Fox Creek will also be paying sever
al million dollars in impact fees up
front to extend the sewer infrastructure
north in and through the site, said an
engineer with the developer.
The line would stop near Grant Road
at a location beneficial to any future
development.
Of the public speakers during the
May 19 meeting, about an equal num
ber, several each, spoke for and against
a rezone for the proposed development.
In his comments, Evans elaborated
that industrial business is in “very big
demand” and something that Dawson
County wants, as there is minimal flex
space along Ga. 400 compared to the
demand and industrial presence in
every other Atlanta-area corridor.
Development Authority of Dawson
County chair Brian Trapnell spoke in
favor of Etowah Bluffs, saying the
county is a “diverse community with a
lot of room for growth without sacrific
ing quality of life.”
Trapnell cited new opportunities to
live and work locally as well as a
Georgia Tech commercial impact study
showing that an overall 500 jobs and
$23 million in income would be gener
ated over the next decade, apart from
the project’s residential aspects.
Fellow DADC board members Tony
Passarello and Carroll Turner also
pointed to the economic benefits and
how the proposed project aligns with
the county’s long-range plan and
DADC’s strategic plan for economic
growth.
Trapnell called the decision before
the board “one of great consequence.”
“Rejecting this decision demon
strates that we as a community are not
open to change and partnership with a
group that has clearly sought to engage
in good faith compromise on this
development,” Trapnell said. “That
kind of rejection only pushes such
development to nearby counties, while
still producing the traffic congestion
many fear and taking with it the jobs
and investment that could benefit the
residents of this community.”
Of the people speaking against the
Etowah Bluffs rezone, one of the more
prominent was BOC District 3 candi
date Deanna Dickinson. She showed
the commissioners pages with 894 sig
natures of people opposing Etowah
Bluffs and again invoked the idea of a
moratorium.
She expanded on her idea raised dur
ing the April BOC candidate forum,
adding that she thinks the county
should impose a six to 12-month mora
torium to allow the infrastructure and
emergency services to catch up to
development.
Following the candidate forum, DCN
contacted the county’s attorneys,
Jarrard and Davis, for comment regard
ing the legality of a moratorium.
The attorneys’ April 27 reply stated
that Dawson County has “effectively
utilized moratoriums in the past for
various purposes related to a specific
development issue or objective.”
This type of regulation must comply
with state law, and a moratorium’s time
and scope must be limited to ensure
that the county does not infringe upon
property owners’ rights.
“Based upon these legal constraints,”
stated the email, “the county could not
legally adopt a broad-based, full coun
ty moratorium for all development for
an extended period.”
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Roberts
$110,200 bond. He was released from
Dawson County Sheriff’s Office custody
on Dec. 23.
During a hearing earlier this spring,
Superior Court Chief Judge Kathlene
Gosselin predicted a late summer 2022
trial for Roberts.
Roberts’ change of venue motion asks
for his case to be moved to a county of
“similar population and diversity” since
the setting of trial, elaborating that the
setting of the trial would be prejudicial,
particularly when it would come to jury
selection.
The motion mentioned DCN’s 14 sepa
rate articles about Roberts’ 2021 case,
including Kaleb Duckworth’s obituary. It
also pointed to billboards about Kaleb
posted along heavily-trafficked portions
of Ga. 53 and Ga. 400, as well as consis
tent social media posts from family and
friends of the late teen.
Recently, Roberts’ defense attorneys
also filed a motion for the prosecution not
to use the word “murder” in a trial court
setting, calling the term “inflammatory
and prejudicial.”
That motion reasoned that even a judge
or district attorney’s instruction after the
word’s use would not negate or cure its
impact on the average juror.
Additionally, the prosecution filed a
May 12 motion saying that Kaleb’s par
ents, Amanda and Tommy Duckworth,
should be allowed to stay in the court
room for the duration of Roberts’ trial.
Duckworth’s parents would help the
state to provide in-life identification of
their son, a common aspect of a murder
trial.
The state’s motion argued that the late
teen’s parents shouldn’t be excluded since
they are just providing in-life identifica
tion and not any additional testimony.
“Because Tommy and Amanda
Duckworth are necessary and material
witnesses in this case and their presence
in the courtroom would not impair the
conduct of a fair trial,” said the motion,
“the State requests that the court grant
this motion to allow them to remain in the
courtroom for the entirety of the proceed
ings.”
DCN will continue to follow this case
and provide updates.
beloved husband, F. Tim Webb; son-in-
law, Bill Gable; siblings, Charles,
Vicky, Harry, and Betty. Surviving are
her daughters and sons-in-law, Debra
Gable of Murphy, NC, Dana and
Tommy Marshall of Atlanta, Nancy
and Rick Morris of Atlanta; grandchil
dren, Stacy and Philip Stanford of
Athens, Danny and Angela Marshall of
Birmingham, AL, Whitney and Andrew
Gast of Atlanta; six great-grandchil
dren; other relatives. The family is
planning memorial services to be held
at a later date.
Condolences may be expressed at
www.beardenfuneralhome.com
Dawson County News
May 25, 2022
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