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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, J«nu«ry 30,1988
■ Sheriff’s Incident report summary
■ t , By Michael Kurtz
' ’ Staff Writer
■
Sheriff’s Office personnel are
„• on the lookout for a Beefmaster
« cow that disappeared from a Bettis
Tribble Gap Road farm between
. Jan. 21-25.
>, According to the report, the
- . cow normally stays in the garage
- „or around the house at the resi
,\.’dence.
\ The cow is about 3 feet tall and
> weighs 300 pounds. It is brown
- » with a white, banana-shaped mark
on her face. There is a white tag in
• her 'left ear. The cow reportedly
answers to the name Daisy.
\ Other incidents reported to the
, , Sheriff’s Office include:
• A pressure washer and gener
ator were stolen from a Shiloh
...... Road residence between Jan. 16-
23. According to the report, the
-v equipment was in a shed on the
' property. The shed was not locked.
• Someone stole an Allstar
fishing rod with an Ambassador
Select reel and a Shimano fishing
rod with a Mitchell open-faced
. reel out of a boat between Jan. 12-
-22. The boat was in the front yard
of an Old Corinth Road address.
• All 66 windows of a Pruitt
• Road home were destroyed
between Jan. 24-25. According to
the report, 18 windows at the back
of the house and 48 in the front
were shattered from the inside.
The house, which is currently for
Deaths
JoAnn Anderson
JoAnn Cullens Anderson, 61,
of Dawsonville, died Wednesday,
Jan. 28, 1998, at her home follow
ing an extended illness.
She was a native of Johnson
County, but had lived most of her
life in the Decatur and Norcross
area before moving to
Dawsonville several months ago.
She was a real estate agent and a
member of the Baptist faith. She
was preceded in death by a son,,
Anthony Anderson, and her father,
Joe M. Cullens.
Survivors are husband, Gene
Anderson of Dawsonville; daugh
ter and son-in-law Jimmy and
Gena Nee of Pittsburgh, Penn.;
mother, Grace Cullens of Lilburn;
sisters and brothers-in-law
Carolyn and Lee Stringer and
Brenda and David Sikes, all of
Cumming; brother and sister-in
law, Jerry and Carol Cullens of
Lilburn; two grandchildren; and
several other relatives.
Funeral services are scheduled
for Friday, Jan. 30, at 3 p.m. in the
Bearden Funeral Home Chapel
with the Rev. Phillip Connell offi
ciating.
Interment will follow in the
Dawsonville Memorial Gardens.
Bearden Funeral Home of
Dawsonville had charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
January 30, 1998
Lawton Bannister
Lawton K. Bannister, 87, of
Cumming, died Wednesday, Jan.
28, 1998. A native of Forsyth
County, he was retired from the
U.S. Air Force, Lt. Colonel
Aerospace. Following retirement,
he taught mathematics for many
years at Forsyth Central High
School, where he also served as
the golf coach.
Survivors include his wife,
Rosalie Garner Bannister of
Cumming; children, Dr. Steve J.
Bannister of Plantation, Fla. and
Kay and Harvey Bell of
Birmingham, Mich.; grandchil
dren, Karen Bell and Albert Bell,
both of Birmingham, Mich.; sis
ters and brother-in-law, Lois B.
Heard of Cumming and Edith
and Lewis Cox of Cumming;
brother and sister-in-law, George
L. and Gloria Bannister of
Medford, Oregon; and sister-in
law, Ruth B. Bannister of
Cumming.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. with
the Rev. James Kelso officiating.
Interment will follow in
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
z Memorial donations may be
made to the Deer Creek Shores
Presbyterian Church, 7620
Lanier Drive, Cumming, Ga.
30041.
Ingram Funeral Home has
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
January 30, 1998
Grace Chumley
Grace Garron Chumley, 92,
of Cumming, died Monday, Jan.
sale, was not occupied at the time
of the incident.
• A Phonemate answering
machine, a Sharp fax machine, a
printer, a mini-refrigerator and a
rechargeable screwdriver were
stolen out of a construction trailer
in the Sharon Walk subdivision on
Jan. 24. The trailer’s door had
been pried open.
• More than $1,600 worth of
tools were stolen from an Echols
Road out building between Jan.
18-25. According to the report,
there were pry marks on the door,
possibly from a screwdriver or
crowbar.
• A two-ton dump truck con
taining SI,OOO worth of building
materials was stolen from a
Morning Dew Drive construction
lot between Jan. 25-26. The truck
is a green, 1969 Ford 600. It has
Ga. tag 891DZF.
• Several computer CDs valued
at $3,000 were stolen from
Continental Plastic, a Shiloh Road
company, between Jan. 14-16. The
office was unlocked at the time of
the theft, states the report.
• Two 15-inch wheels and two
Goodyear tires were stolen out of
a county Park and Recreation
Department vehicle parked at
Bennett Park between Jan. 23-26.
• Someone smashed the pump
room door of the pool house in the
Polo Fields subdivision between
Jan. 23-26. A pipe may have been
used. Nothing was stolen.
26, 1998. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Claud
Chumley.
Survivors include her son and
daughter-in-law, Ralph and
Louella Chumley of Cumming;
daughter and son-in-law, Berlene
and Grady Voyles of Cumming;
grandchildren, Calvin Chumley,
Dorothy Scott, Danny Lawson
and Martha Cowart; five great
grandchildren; two great-great
grandchildren; sisters, Marie
Payne and Etta Jackson, both of
Canton; nieces and nephews; and
other relatives.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel, with the
Revs. Elmer Stowe and Clyde
Boling officiating.
Interment followed in Sawnee
View Memorial Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home had
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
January 30, 1998
Gary Moss
Gary Moss, 50, of Cumming,
died Monday, Jan. 26, 1998. He
was preceded in death by a
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ARRESTS from 1A
Investigators are checking to
see if the cases are related.
During the past week, four
people wanted in a mail theft
forgery ring were arrested in
Forsyth and Dawson counties.
Steven , Anthony Mulkey,
Margaret Allison Harvester, James
“Jay” Strickland and Vickie Lee
Mulkey have each been charged
with forgery. They allegedly stole
SMOKE from 1A
Entrances to the building are clear
ly posted with signs indicating that
smoking is not allowed.
During the public hearing
Monday night, Commissioner
Julian Bowen maintained that at
least 10-12 people smoke regularly
in the building which has never
been smoke free since the day it
opened.
County employees will soon be
notified that smoking is prohibited
in the building. Those who smoke
could suffer disciplinary action or
lose their jobs.
Fifty-eight county employees
who work in the administration
building, smokers and non-smok
ers, signed a petition requesting
the commission keep the building
smoke free for health reasons.
Second-hand smoke has been
classified as a Group A carcinogen
- one of the most harmful cancer-
daughter, Leigh Moss and his
father, Paul Moss. He was an
active member of Concord
Baptist Church, the Forsyth
County Lions Club and was very
involved in the community. He
was an Allstate Insurance agent.
Survivors include his wife,
Beth Barrett Moss of Cumming;
children, Paul Moss and Lindsey
Moss, both of Cumming; mother,
Jessie Moss of Cumming; sister
and brother-in-law, Donna and
Bud Cloud of Cumming; brother
and sister-in-law, Mike and
Donna Moss of Columbus;
father-in-law and mother-in-law,
Bill and Betty Barrett of
Cumming; brother S-in-law and
sisters-in-law, David and Pat
Barrett of Alpharetta, Tim and
Jeannie Barrett of Panama City,
Fla., and Doug and Eleanor
Barrett of Cumming; nieces and
nephews; and other relatives.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Concord
Baptist Church, with Dr.. Jimmy
Orr officiating.
Interment followed in
Greenlawn Cemetery in Roswell.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
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checks and other mail from resi
dences in six counties and then
forged the checks in area stores.
Dawson County authorities
have consulted with the United
States Postal Inspectors office, but
it is not yet known whether federal
mail theft charges will be filed.
The foui are in custody in
Dawson County awaiting a
Superior Court bond hearing.
causing agents for humans,
according to a 1992 report by the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
A report published recently in
The Journal of the American
Medical Association listed second
hand smoke as the possible cause
of approximately 30,000 to 60,000
deaths in the United States each
year.
Assigning separate smoking
areas in the same air space can
reduce, but does not stop, passive
smoking, conclude reports by the
U.S. Surgeon General and the
Expert Committee on Passive
Smoking, National Academy of
Sciences’ National Research
Council.
The Occupational Safety and
Health Administration classifies
second-hand smoke as a “potential
carcinogen.”
donations may be made to the
Concord Baptist Church Building
Fund, 6905 Concord Road,
Cumming, Ga. 30040, or the
American Cancer Society.
Ingram Funeral Home had
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
January 30, 1998
Shana Patricia Smith
Shana Patricia Smith, 21, of
Cumming, died Tuesday, Jan. 27,
1998.
Survivors are her mother and
stepfather, Mary and Charles
'Rimer of Talking Rock; father and
stepmother, John and Linda Smith
of Roswell; brothers, Joshua and
Mark Smith of Talking Rock;
stepbrother, Charles Turner Jr., of
Talking Rock; boyfriend, Jason
Dolensek of Dunwoody; grand
mothers, Rachel Gunter of
Woodstock and Mary Bishop of
Roswell; great-grandparents, Ikey
and Louise Pittman of Roswell;
niece, Taylor Smith of Talking
Rock; and aunts, uncles, great
aunts, nephews and cousins.
Services will be held Friday,
Jan. 30, at 4 p.m. from the Ingram
PLANNERS from 1A
Deerlake subdivisions. Plans for
the Paddocks business complex
include five-story buildings with
660,000 square feet of office
space.
More than 100 residents
donned red T-shirts in protest of
the commercial project in June.
Review of the development has
been postponed several times to
resolve any conflicts between the
developer and nearby residents.
Members of five homeowners’
associations and residents left the
meeting disgruntled after the plan
ning commission postponed the
public hearing'for a day care cen
ter and an office on four acres on
Old Atlanta Road.
The yellow zoning signs were
not posted on the correct property
15 days before the public hearing
as required by state law.
If we approve this application
ISSUE from 1A
Then either the courts or ser
vice agencies take over.
“We usually try to get the
courts to drop the charges then get
the people into a hospital,” said
Thomas. “Jail is not the place for
them.”
Funeral Home Chapel with
Evangelist Mike Madden officiat
ing. ' Interment was in the
Providence Baptist Church
Cemetery in Alpharetta.
The family will receive friends
after 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Ingram Funeral Home had
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
January 30, 1998
Vera M. Yarbrough
Vera M. Yarbrough, 82, of
Cumming, died Wednesday, Jan.
14, 1998, at her residence. She
was the widow of William C.
Yarbrough.
Survivors are her children,
Floyd Lee and Billie Bittie and
William E. and Gloria Wade, all
of Cumming, Eddie R. Wade of
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without following procedures, res
idents can sue the county,
explained Chairman Dennis
Martin. If we deny the application,
the developer can sue.
A request for industrial zoning
by Hammond’s Crossing LLC on
77 acres on Hwy. 306 near
Shadburn Road was also post
poned by the planning commis
sion.
Residents, developers and their
attorneys were advised by the
planning commission to work out
any problems before the first pub
lic hearing. Posting of yellow
rezoning signs is the first alert for
a possible land use change.
“We’re trying to get the public
involved earlier in the zoning
process,” said Planning
Commissioner Charlie Hall, who
said he wants it to be standard
operating procedure in the county.
Edwards case will be turned
over to Lake Winds, a Gainesville
hospital for the treatment of the
mentally ill and alcoholics.
In the meantime, he remains in
custody of the jail. He is expected
to appear in court this week.
Plant City, Fla., Margaret Mills
of Commerce, Margie Lynn
Wade of Gainesville, Donnie
David and Linda Wade of
Pendergrass and Darrell J. and
Mildred Wade of Leesburg, Fla.;
23 grandchildren; and a number
of great-grandchildren.
Services were held Saturday,
Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. at Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel with the
Revs. Thomas Terry and Tony
Roughton officiating. Interment
was in the Holbrook
Campground Cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home of
Cumming had charge of the ser
vice.
Forsyth County News
January 30, 1998
This obituary reappears with
corrected date of death.