2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, August 17,2022
OBITS
Obituaries
George Brice Slaton
January 11,1927-July 31, 2022
George Brice Slaton, 95, of
Dawsonville passed away Sunday
July 31, 2022 at his residence fol
lowing a period of declining
health.
Born January 11, 1927 to the
late Jack and Myrtie Slaton, he
was a lifelong resident of
Dawson County. George was an
extremely hard-working man and
was very talented at many trades.
He was a skilled welder, roofer,
poultry and cattle farmer. He was
an avid NASCAR fan from the
very beginning of the sport. Mr.
Slaton was a U. S. Navy veteran
of WW II where he served on the
USS Yorktown. He was a mem
ber of Concord Baptist Church
and had enjoyed attending Camp
Meeting at Lumpkin
Campground since his childhood.
George leaves behind many
friends and loved his family and
grandchildren most of all. Also
preceding him in death was his
first wife, Aline Thurmond Slaton
and 15 siblings.
Surviving are his wife, Colleen
Pendley Slaton, Dawsonville;
children, Philip and Dell
O’Shields, Joe Hill, Carolyn and
Reggie Stowers, all of
Dawsonville; grandchildren,
Kelly and Adam Pruett,
Dawsonville, Kassie and T. J.
Byrd, Dawsonville, Leah
Stowers, Cumming, Seth and
Becca Stowers, Dawsonville;
great grandchildren, Khloe,
Parker, Blaine, Kate and Slaton;
sisters in law, Dorothy Singleton,
Dawsonville, Naomi Baldwin,
Ballground, Brenda Pendley,
Dawsonville; several nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11
a.m. at Bearden Funeral Home
Chapel. Rev. Tommy Panter,
Rev. Dennis Bottoms and Rev.
Tyler Goode will officiate.
Interment will follow in the
Dawsonville City Cemetery with
military honors.
The family will receive friends
Tuesday from 4 until 8 at the
funeral home.
Condolences may be
expressed at www.beardenfuner-
alhome.com.
Bearden Funeral Home,
Dawsonville, GA
Jacqueline Elaine
Fowler
September 14,1952 - August
8, 2022
Jacqueline Elaine Fowler, 69,
was born September 14,1952 in
Atlanta, GA and died August 8,
2022 in Atlanta, GA after a
short illness with cancer.
She was proceeded in death
by her parents. Jack & Vaudell
Fowler, maternal grandparents,
Paul Burt and Eula Gooch
Mincey of Dawsonville, GA and,
paternal grandparents, Ed and
Leona Fowler of Atlanta.
She is survived by her hus
band, James G. Holloway, his
daughter & son in law, Jamie &
Rick Freeman & their children,
Jacob Cohen & Sophia Freeman.
She also had a large family of
cousins, nieces, nephews, sister-
in-laws and brother in-laws.
She was a lifelong Atlanta
resident, a graduate of
Oglethorpe University, and was
well known in the Atlanta Real
estate & interior design indus
tries. She loved the beach life,
traveling the world but most
importantly she loved spending
time with family, friends & her
beloved 15- year old cat, Tippy.
She led several businesses
(United Oil, Jack D Fowler
Builders, Fantasy Homes &
Lionheart Legend). These busi
nesses allowed her to continue
her father's legacy of building
luxury estate homes, to display
her talents with interior design
as well as assisting her husband
with his energy recycling &
environmental business.
In 1989, she built & sold the
largest and most expensive
“spec" home in Atlanta and was
recognized often by local and
national media outlets. She also
opened her personal homes to
host a variety of charitable
events to include the Atlanta
Christmas Show House.
The family received friends
on Friday, August 12, 2022 from
11:30am until 1:00pm at H.M.
Patterson & Son - Oglethorpe
Hill, 4550 Peachtree Road NE
Brookhaven, Georgia 30319. A
funeral service to remember
Jacqueline was held in the cha
pel of Oglethorpe Hill at
1:00pm. Jacqueline was laid to
rest immediately following at
Crest Lawn Memorial Park. In
lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to the Georgia Cancer
Society or the Atlanta Humane
Society.
Death Notices
Stafford Elbert Bice II
July 31,2022
Stafford Elbert Bice II, of
Cumming entered into rest
Sunday, July 31, 2022. In lieu
of flowers, please make dona
tions to Whispering Hope
Women’s Resource &
Pregnancy Center, 133
Samaritan Drive, Suite 306;
Cumming, GA 30040.
William Rider
August 12, 2022
William “Willie" Rider, 56,
of Dawsonville, GA passed
away on Friday, August 12.
Funeral Services will be held
on Tuesday, August 16, 2022,
at 12:00 p.m. at the Bearden
Funeral Home Chapel.
Interment will follow the
funeral at Trinity Baptist
Church Cemetery,
Dawsonville, GA.
Willis F. “Frank”
McCurdy
August 9, 2022
Willis F. “Frank” McCurdy,
87, of Dawsonville died
Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
Funeral services, Saturday,
August 13, 2022, 11 o'clock,
Liberty Baptist Church.
Bearden Funeral Home,
Dawsonville, GA.
FROM 1A
Hoenie
Julia Fechter Dawson County News
Three of Hoenie's family members gather with ceremony
organizers after being given displays honoring the late
officer. From left, Sheriff Jeff Johnson; one of Hoenie's
daughters, Jessica Jones and Jones' son, Evan; and
retired GPD and DCSO Capt. Chad White.
Gainesville Police Department
and the Hall County Sheriff’s
Office attended the roadway
dedication ceremony.
“When it comes time to
help someone in need, there is
no boundary,” said retired
GPD and DCSO Capt. Chad
White. “There’s no city limits.
There’s no county line, and
that’s exactly what happened
here 24 years ago, on March
20, 1998, when Bobbie ful
filled her oath.”
State representative Lee
Hawkins, who sponsored the
road renaming resolution
along with three others, also
attended.
“It’s not often enough we
remember law enforcement,”
Hawkins said. “Over time, I
think it’s become a much
more important thing to
remember the people that pro
tect us [with] things that are
done everyday out of the kind
ness of their hearts.”
Hoenie has also been added
to the list of names on the
National Law Enforcement
Officers Memorial Wall in
Washington D.C. as well as
the Officer Down Memorial
Page.
Officer Steven Swofford,
who relieved Hoenie of her
DCSO job so she could com
mute to Hall County the
morning of the tornado, was at
the remembrance event.
Swofford described Hoenie
as “just a down-to-earth, good
person.”
“She’d give you the shirt off
of her back if you needed it,”
he said. “She was good as
gold.”
FROM 1A
Yonah
of these two outstanding Soldiers and send our
heartfelt condolences to their families,”
Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort
Benning Commanding General Maj. Gen.
Curtis A. Buzzard said in a statement. “They
are in our thoughts and prayers.”
Fitzgibbon was an infantry officer assigned
to the Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course
and the 199th Leader Brigade at Fort Benning.
Taber was a Special Forces medical sergeant
at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
“Those who volunteer to attend Ranger
School represent the very best of our military,”
Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade
Commander Col. Christopher C. Hammonds
said in a statement. “This loss resonates across
our Army and across our nation.”
The Army conducts training on Yonah
Mountain including the Ranger School’s
Mountain Phase. Soldiers who train on the
mountain typically will report out of Camp
Merrill in the northern part of the state.
This is the second deadly incident involving
soldiers stationed in Georgia in the past month.
In late July, Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Clark
was killed by a lightning strike at Fort Gordon
Bill Murphy DCN regional staff
Yonah Mountain is located in White
County.
near Augusta. Nine other soldiers were also
injured in the incident.
The Associated Press contributed to this arti
cle. DCN is a sister publication to the
Gainesville Times and Forsyth County News.
FROM 1A
Chase
occupants complied with dep
uties’ commands and were
taken into custody, according
to the incident report.
Stephens was identified as
the driver, with Heard as the
front seat passenger. Thomas
was identified as the rear driv
er-side passenger, with Canty
to the right of her.
Canty and Thomas were
taken to one patrol car, while
Stephens and Heard were
placed in another.
A search conducted of the
car yielded multiple items
from the Marc Jacobs store
located on the front passenger
floorboard and in the rear pas
senger area with tags on them
that appeared to be new,
according to the incident
report.
A Marc Jacobs shopping
basket was also found. And in
the driver’s door compartment,
a small, clear plastic bag con
taining marijuana was found.
Stephens allegedly said the
drug was hers.
A search of Thomas’ purse
revealed she allegedly had
$700 in counterfeit U.S. bills.
When Canty’s license check
showed that she had a warrant
out of Gwinnett County for
allegedly hijacking a motor
vehicle.
Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office took custody of Canty
and Heard, and Stephens and
Thomas were taken into custo
dy by Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office.
Canty remains in custody on
a $1,300 bond, while Heard
was released on a bond of the
same amount on Aug. 8.
Stephens remains in Forsyth
County custody on a $8,915
bond, while Thomas remains
in custody on a $4,420 bond.
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protagonist
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wind
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