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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, October 26,2022
Obituaries
James Dale
Browning
October 19, 2022
James Dale Browning
passed away on
Wednesday, October 19,
2022 at home after a long
battle with cancer. A
35-year resident of
Dawsonville, he is survived
by his wife Linda. Children,
Dale (Katie) Browning,
Park City, Utah; Debra
Browning of Key West,
Florida; Deedra (David)
Smith of Toano, Virginia;
Marcie (Freddy) Hughes of
Dawsonville. Sean (Stella)
Browning of Atlanta. 11
grandchildren and 4 great
grandchildren. He is prede
ceased by a son Bradley
Coots, a grandson Bradley
Seibler, and a great grand
son William Roy Trent, Jr.
Brothers Gerald Browning,
Jack (Judy) Browning, and
sister Carol White all of
Bluefield, Virginia. And
many other relatives and
friends. Jim was an avid
bass fisherman spending
many hours on the water.
He fished both local and
FLW tournaments for a
number of years and spent
hours fishing with the
DCHS fishing team.
Funeral Services will be
held on Friday, October 21,
2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the
Bearden Funeral Home
Chapel, with the Rev. Ricky
Mincey Officiating. The
family will receive friends
on Friday, from 4:00 p.m.
until service time at the
funeral home. In lieu of
flowers, the family has
requested donations in his
memory be made to the
Dawson County High
School Fishing Club %
Linda Browning.
Condolences may be left
online at www.beardenfu-
neralhome.com
Bearden Funeral Home,
Dawsonville, GA 30534
Mary J. Evans
September 21, 2022
Mary J. Evans, a beloved
wife, sister, aunt, and friend
to many passed away
peacefully surrounded by
her family on Wednesday,
September 21, 2022 at the
age of 82. Mary is preced
ed in death by her parents,
John and Julia Dolan, and
brothers, Tommy Dolan
and John Dolan. Survivors
include her husband of 57
years, Walter Evans of
Dawsonville; sister and
brother-in-law, Patricia and
James Sneddon of
Cumming; sister-in-law,
Frances Dolan of The
Villages, FI; sister-in-law,
Delores Bobkosky. Mary is
also survived by several
nieces and nephews. Scott
Sneddon (Christi) of
Gainesville; Thomas
Sneddon (Kristi) of
Dawsonville; Peggy
Bertolino (Vinnie) of East
Northport, NY; Heidi Dolan
of New York; Debbie, and
Lauren. Great nieces and
nephews include; Braxton,
Amanda, Eleanor,
Cameron, Kendall, and
Bentley. Mary was born in
New Zealand in 1940, her
family moved to Ireland
and later immigrated to
Chicago. Mary then moved
to New York, where she
met her husband, Walter,
whom she married in 1965.
She became a U.S. citizen
in 1966 and started her
career in telecommunica
tions. Through the years,
Mary and Walter have
enjoyed traveling all over
the world with family and
friends. Their travels have
taken them to New
Zealand, Costa Rica,
Mexico, Italy, and many
locations in the Caribbean.
Mary also enjoyed boating
and golfing. After retiring,
Mary and Walter pursued a
quieter life closer to her
family in Georgia. In 1998,
they moved to Dawsonville,
Ga. where they could both
be found on the Gold
Creek Golf Course daily
with neighborhood friends.
Mary also enjoyed being a
part of the neighborhood
Women’s Bunko and Bingo
group. Mary was a member
of the Crystal Falls Ladies
Golf Association for 15
Bowen Center to hold
‘Witches Tea’ brunch
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Saturday Oct. 29, the Bowen
Center for the Arts will host a “Witches
Tea” brunch event, providing a spooky
fun time for attendees just in time for
Halloween.
According to the event information
provided by the Bowen, the event will
run from 10 a.m. to noon, and doors will
open at 9:30 a.m. The event will feature
“ghoulishly wonderful brunch”,
“strange refreshments”, “unusual
games” and lots of prizes and surprises.
“Bring your witchy friends, wear your
favorite hat and fly on over to be
amongst the ghoulish frenzy of fun
fiends,” the event web page reads.
The cost for the brunch is $25 per per
son. To reserve a spot, attendees can
sign up online at https://www.bowen-
arts.org/events/witches-tea/, call the
Bowen at 706-216-2787 to pay by credit
card over the phone, or mail a check to
the Bowen at P.O. Box 849,
Dawsonville, 30534.
The Bowen Center for the Arts is
located at 334 Highway 9 North in
Photo courtesy Unsplash
Dawsonville and is open from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and
from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. For
more information about the Bowen, go
to https://www.bowenarts.org/.
FROM 1A
Moratorium
encompasses multiple
houses,” said Thurmond,
“because we’ve got some
single-housing people
caught up that need the
attention of the board just
to do their single mobile
home.”
“I don’t think that was
the intention of the board
when we did this. Those
are not the people that are
eating up our service deliv
ery,” Thurmond said, later
adding that it’s affecting
them the same way as
“people building 100
homes.”
District 1 Commissioner
Sharon Fausett called those
single applicants, multiple
of whom have also contact
ed her, “unintended vic
tims.”
“They’re dealing with
interest rates, too, killing
them,” said District 3
Commissioner Tim
Satterfield. “They can’t
lock in because we can’t
tell them anything.”
The board voted 3-1 in
favor of the extension, with
Satterfield opposing it.
The county’s pause on
acceptance of new residen
tial rezoning applications
was set to expire on Nov. 2.
However, county attorney
Angela Davis requested a
procedural extension
through Nov. 18 since the
measure was set to expire
before the board’s Nov. 3
meeting, and it could only
be extended so far without
a public hearing.
This extension would
encompass the BOC’s Nov.
17 meeting, at which time
there will be a public hear
ing “if we’re not prepared
to go forward at that time,”
Davis said.
“We expect that we prob
ably won’t, because once
you see all the revision to
the [land use] ordinance
and you see the impact fee
program, then we have to
go through their own set of
procedures to adopt those
items,” Davis added.
This vote about the mor
atorium follows the BOC’s
Aug. 4 decision to extend
the measure for three
months and their initial
July 7 vote to implement a
month-long emergency
moratorium on new resi
dential rezoning applica
tions.
Board members voted
unanimously for the
August extension in part to
allow for a majority of
work to be completed for
Dawson County’s updated
impact fee study.
The county’s impact fees
were last updated in 2018.
Also in August, the board
voted to retain a consultant
to conduct the study, with
Planning and Development
Director Sharon Farrell
predicting November
would be about when “the
true bulk of the work”
would be delivered.
District 4 Commissioner
and BOC Vice-Chairman
Emory Dooley suggested
that zonings like
Residential-Agricultural
and Residential Sub Rural
be excluded from the mora
torium, given that the mea
sure’s purpose was to pause
zonings for denser develop
ment.
“I think that’d be a posi
tive step if we narrow it,
now that we’ve done some
of our basic review,” Davis
added. “We know we don’t
need to impact the ordi
nance as to those proper
ties, so we’ll narrow it.”
Fausett asked if single
family applicants would be
caught up in the moratori
um until Nov. 18.
“Until then, they would
be. But after that, they
would not be, and they can
do what they needed to do
to file,” Thurmond said.
years. She held every
office and was the treasur
er for the last 10 years.
A Celebration of Life will be
held on October 30, 2022
from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at The
Crystal Falls Marina
Clubhouse, 210 Marina
Way, Dawsonville, Georgia
Donations can be made in
Mary’s memory to: Dawson
Feed the Hungry, 83 Wilder
Road, Dawsonville, Ga.
30534. Checks should be
made out to Scotty Seay .
Death Notices
Chad N. Bennett
October 11, 2022
A reflection of memories
will be held Wednesday,
October 26, 2022 at 7 p.m.
at Bearden Funeral Home,
Dawsonville, GA.
Dewayne Coleman
October 17, 2022
Funeral Service, Friday,
October 21, 2022, 1 p.m.,
Bearden Funeral Home
Chapel. Bearden Funeral
Home, Dawsonville, GA.
Helen Payne Harris
October 24, 2022
Helen Payne Harris, 72, of
Clarkesville, formerly of
Cumming passed away
Monday, October 24, 2022.
Graveside funeral services
will be held Wednesday,
October 26, at 2:00 p.m. at
Sawnee View Gardens.
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