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OBITUARIES A2 Fayette County News Wednesday, March 8,2023 Bobby Ray Holcomb Bobby Ray Holcomb, age 71, of Fayetteville, passed away Feb. 27, 2023. He was born Oct. 21, 1951, in Fort Payne, Ala., to the late Ralph and Mild red Holcomb. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Lynn Adams. Bobby is survived by his loving wife, Peggy Hol comb; daughter, Angela Holcomb; grandchild, Aiden Ray Hancock; as well as extended family and friends. His family is thankful Bobby was able to be an organ donor and give the gift of life to several other people. Funeral services were held Sunday, March 5, at the chapel of Mowell Fu neral Home in Peachtree City. The family received friends prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please consider making a dona tion to the ALS Association of Georgia or LifeLink. We welcome you to provide your condolences, thoughts, and memories on our Tribute Wall. Mow ell Funeral Home & Cre mation Service, Peachtree City, mowells.com. Mr. Herbert Wayne Waddell Mr. Herbert Wayne Waddell, age 85, of Peach tree City, died Thursday, March 2, 2023, at his res idence. Mr. Waddell was born Sept. 3, 1937, in Thomas- ton, to the late Newton Waddell and the late Jewel Poteat Waddell. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served during Korea and the Cuban Missile Cri sis. He also worked as a printer at Allstate Packag ing and was a member of St. Paul's Methodist Church in Gulf Breeze, Fla. He was preceded in death by his parents, along with his son, William "Billy" Herbert Waddell; son-in-law, Robert Brian Valimont; brother, Mi chael Waddell; grandson, Elijah Jackson Valimont; and granddaughter, Toni Nicole Voss. Survivors include his wife, Frances Owens Wad dell of Peachtree City; daughters, Traci Lynn (Rick) Voss, Brenda Faye (Johnny) Niemann, Wendi Gillespie (Keith) Olive, MOWELL F U N E RA L HOME Cremation Service 180 N, Jeff Davis Drive Fayetteville* ga 30214 770-46 1-764 1 • Fax:770-460-1 003 FYTOFFICE@MOWELLS.COM 200 Robinson Road PEACHTREE CITY* GA 30269 770-487-3959 • Fax:770-487-5959 PTCOFFICE@MOWELLS.COM VOTE YES! FAYETTE CAN SPECIAL ELECTION TUESDAY, MARCH 21 Ways We Benefit From E-Splost Funds: Reduce traffic congestion Repair and replace aging roads Provide new and updated recreation amenities Enhance public safety resources Enhance connectivity of multi-use paths PAID FOR BY FAYETTE CIVIC ACTION NETWORK The E-SPLOST is up for renewal again vote early now until March 17th. Election Day, March 21,2023. www.fayettecan.org Gay Gillespie Valimont; brothers, Kenneth (Mary) Waddell, Ronnie (Kay) Waddell; grandchildren, Jennifer Olive, Dana (Tyler) Griffin, Abby (Remington) Garcia, Hunter Yarbrough, Anna Niemann, Kristen Voss; and great-grandchildren, Avery Griffin, Brayden Griffin, Hunter Hohen- stein, and Gunner Tevenal. A graveside memorial service will be held at Upson Memorial Gardens in Thomaston, Saturday, March 11, at 2:30 p.m. You may sign the online guest book and share your own special thoughts with Mr. Waddell’s family by visiting the Coggins Fu neral Home website at cogginsfuneralhome. com. Coggins Funeral Home in Thomaston had the privi lege of being entrusted with arrangements. Fayetteville Planning Commission Approves QTS Site Plan, Elevations Sydney Spencer News Reporter sspencer@fayette-news.net Consideration for a conceptual site plan and schematic building el evations for the proposed project, Excalibur Data Center, near Highway 54, bordered by Flat Creek Trail and Tyrone Road, was discussed and ap proved at the Feb. 28 meeting of the Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Com mission. QTS delivers secure, compliant data center in frastructure, robust con nectivity, and real-time access to DCIM data through its API customer portal, according to com pany officials. They have obtained a 615-plus-acre tract of land and plan to place a data center at the location. Community and Eco nomic Development Direc tor David Rast presented on behalf of the applicant and told the commission how annexation and zon ing were approved before the site plan was sub mitted. “This particular project, we’ve looked at this as a part of the annexation and zoning of the property sev eral months ago. Once the annexation and zoning were approved, the con ceptual site plan was sub mitted and that initiated as the development of re gional impact by the At lanta Regional Commission and the Geor gia Regional Transporta tion Authority,” Rast said. “That process is initi ated so that surrounding jurisdictions can have an opportunity to review a plan and to see what po tential impacts it might have on their infrastruc ture, roadways, sewers, things such as that,” he ex plained. Rast detailed the DRI process and who was in volved in deliberating ap proval of the site plan. “We have gone through the DRI process that was probably five to six months of going back and forth. We had meetings. Those meetings consisted of Georgia Department of Transportation, Fayette County, representatives from a couple other counties that were in there, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. Just several agencies were rep resented on those. Each of them had an opportunity to provide comments. Those were considered as a part of the deliberations by ARC and GRTA, the re gional transportation au thority,” Rast explained. The notice of decision was recently sent to Rast and staff from GRTA, in forming them that the pro posal of the site plan and building elevations cooper ated with state guidelines. “The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority found that the proposal was in the best interest of the state,” Rast said. “There were a number of transportation enhance ments that were concluded as a part of that rec ommendation. The city cannot take any action on the application until the notice of decision is re ceived from GRTA. They allowed us to move for ward with the annexation and zoning because that was not related to a specific site plan.” Rast ended the presen tation by requesting that the conceptual site plan and schematic building el evations be approved. City Council Retreat Set March 14-15 The Fayetteville Mayor and City Council and staff will meet for their annual retreat Tuesday, March 14 through Wednesday, March 15 at ROAM Trilith, located at 210 Trilith Parkway in Fayetteville. FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS P.O. Box 96, Fayetteville, Ga. 30214 ■ Phone: 770-461-6317 Fax: 770-460-8172 ■ fayette-news.net Award-winning member of the Georgia Press Association and the National Newspaper association. The Staff Leah Banks Investigative reporter • leah@fayette-news.net Sydney Spencer News Reporter • sspencer@fayette-news.net Jennifer Lyons Legals Editor, Classifieds • legals@fayette-news.net Luke Haney Editor, Digital Media Coordinator • support@fayette-news.net Debbie McClain Publisher, Co-owner Bridge Turner Managing Editor, Co-owner Fayette County News (USPS 188-420) is published Wednesdays for in county rates of $40 yearly. Georgia out-of-county is $50, and out-of-state is $60. Published by Upson Newspapers, Inc., 219 Thomas Street, Thomaston, GA 30286. Periodicals postage at Fayetteville, GA, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Fayette County News, P.O. Box 96, Fayetteville, GA. 30214. Our Goal: Fayette County News is proudly published for the citizens of Fayette County and East Coweta by Upson Newspapers, Inc., owned and operated by Debbie McClain and Bridge Turner. 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The Meeting Place Fayette County Board of Edu cation meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Fayette County Commission meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Fayette County Planning Com mission meets the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Fayetteville City Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Fayetteville Planning Commis sion meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. Fayetteville Work Session meeting on the last Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. at Fay etteville City Hall. Peachtree City Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Peachtree City Planning Com mission meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Town Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Planning Commission meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Downtown Devel opment Authority meets at 9 a.m. on the second Monday of the month. Brooks Town Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m.
