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Almon Hill
Almon Hill, 92, of
Cumming died Thursday, May
28, 1998, following an extend
ed illness. Hill joined
Friendship Baptist Church in
1921. He taught the young peo
ple Sunday School Class for 50
years, and served as the church
clerk and treasurer for 35
years. He was ordained as dea
cpn of Friendship Baptist
Church in 1958.
.Hill attended elementary
school and high school in
Forsyth County and graduated
in 1925. He received a bachelor
of arts degree in education
from Oglethorpe University in
1940, and a master’s degree in
administration from the
University of Georgia in 1962.
He began teaching at Ducktown
Elementary School in 1926 and
taught in elementary schools
through 1934. He was principal
at Friendship Junior High
School from 1934-1943. Hill
taught and coached basketball
and baseball at Cumming High
and Forsyth County High from
1943 until 1956.
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Almon Hill
Hill was “Coach of the
Year” in Georgia Class B
Basketball in 1953 and “Coach
of the Year” in Region 4
Basketball, Ninth District in
1954. His girl’s basketball team
played in the state tournaments
for seven consecutive years.
His boys basketball teams
played in the state tournament
for four years. Hill served on
the Board of Education for
eight years. He did substitute
teaching for 10 years.
Hill devoted his life to his
family, his church and the
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Survivors include his wife
of 57 years, Fairy Tribble-Hill
of Cumming; daughter and son
in-law, Lynda and Atwood
Ledbetter of Cumming; grand
children, Nina and Norris
Anglin, Bert and Wendy
Ledbetter, all of Cumming,
Dana and Mark Watkins of St.
Simons Island; great-grandchil
dren, Lucas and Wesley
Ledbetter and Wil Anglin of
Cumming, Haley and Hannah
Watkins of St. Simons Island;
brothers-in-law and sisters-in
law, P.W. and Matha Tribble of
Roswell, Newton Tribble and
Shirley Tribble, both of
Cumming, Lamar and Betty
Tribble of Canton, Fern Harris
of Lawrenceville, Miriam and
Bartie Bates of Atlanta and
Dorothy Pirkle of Dunwoody.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 3
p.m. at Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel. The Revs. Rudy
Tribble, Ronnie McCormick,
Bud Sutton and Danny Orr offi
ciated.
Interment was held at
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens,
Ingram Funeral Home of
Cumming had charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 31, 1998
Opal Darnall
Opal Darnall of Cumming
died Thursday, May 21, at
Northside Hospital. She had
been living at American
Transitional Care Nursing
Home for the past year. She
was born March 21, 1907, in
Barnard, Kan., the daughter of
Mr. Roscoe White and Mittle
Janet White.
Darnall was retired from the
federal government. She wrote
numerous letters to the editor
of the Atlanta Journal and the
Cumming newspaper on a vari
ety of subjects. In addition, she
was not hesitant to voice her
opinion to her state representa
tives, congressmen and U.S.
senators.
Survivors include her sons,
Jack H. Miller of Riverdale,
Ronald L. Miller of Atlanta,
John R. Darnall of Duluth; four
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Wages and Sons Funeral
Home of Stone Mountain had
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 31, 1998
Dewey Tidwell
Dewey Tidwell, 70, of
Cumming died Thursday, May
28, 1998, following an extend
ed illness. Tidwell was a mem
ber of New Light Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife of
47 years, Ella Payton Tidwell of
Cumming; children, Wayne J.
and Jamie Tidwell, Tony L. and
Sherry Tidwell, Linda and
Tommy Baker, all of Cumming,
Marie and Michael Evans, of
Dawsonville; eight grandchil
dren; brothers and sisters-in
law, Cecil and Hilda Tidwell of
Cumming, Grady Tidwell and
Odell Tidwell, both of Acworth,
Bobby and Diane Tidwell of
Lithia Springs, Darrell Tidwell
of Cartersville, Jerry and
Tammy Tidwell of Talmo; sis
ters and brothers-in-law, Donnie
and Johnny Bennett, Judy and
Donnie Morgan, all of Acworth;
several brothers-in-law, sisters
in-law, nieces, nephews and
other relatives.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 2 p.m.
at New Light Baptist Church.
The Revs. J.W. Watson, Tim
Biddy and Glenn Phillips will
officiate.
Interment will be held at
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home of
Cumming had charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 31, 1998
Gladys Velmar Parson
Gladys Velmar Parson, 83, of
Comer, Ga., formerly of Homer,
died Thursday, May 28, 1998, at
Athens Regional Medical
Center.
Parson was born April 10,
1915, in Hiawassee to Robert
and Naomi (Loyd) Spivey.
Survivors include her sons,
Billy S. Parson of Cumming and
Luthanel (Luke) Parson of
Homer; daughters, Mrs. Willis
(Carleen) Welborn of Comer;
sisters, Opal Allen of Dalton;
six grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 3 p.m.
at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.
The Revs. Ralph Smith and
Curtis Hammonds will offici
ate.
Interment will be held at
Banks County Memorial
Gardens in Homer.
Ivie Funeral Home of
Commerce had charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 31, 1998
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Sheriff’s Office incident report summary
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
Emergency personnel responded
to a 911 call on May 24 in time to
watch a Atlanta Highway resident
and his son-in-law finish putting
out a gas fire with a lawn hose.
According to the Sheriff’s office
incident report, the home’s resi
dent was awakened about 8:45
a.m. to a rushing sound.
He went downstairs and saw his
gas meter on fire.
The resident called 911 and his
son-in-law, who helped extinguish
the flames.
About 20 feet of aluminum sid
ing was melted as a result of the
fire, states the report. No one was
injured.
The cause of the fire is
unknown, but it was determined
that the gas was leaking from a
connection joint.
Other incidents reported to the
Sheriff’s office include:
• A SSO set of tent poles was
stolen from a Roper Road address
on May 22. They were being
stored on the front porch of the
residence, states the report.
• Someone stole a purse, make
up case and a bag containing a
change of clothing from a Burruss
Mill Road address between May
26-27. Entry was gained through
a side door, states the report.
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - »und»y, May 31,1W1 -
• About S3OO worth of pots,
pans and children’s toys were
destroyed and someone dumped
SBOO worth of commercial safety
blue paint on the ground of a
Burrus Mill Road address
between May 21-26. The home
owners were in the process of
moving into the residence when
the damage occurred, states the
report.
• A fishing tackle box was stolen
out of the bed of a Toyota truck
parked at a Heard Drive address
on May 25. It is valued at $350.
• More than $1,700 worth of
stereo equipment and gardening
tools were stolen from a Pilgrim
Mill Circle address between May
20-22. Entry to the residence was
gained through a rear, sliding
glass door.
• The county water department
building and maintenance build
ing on Tolbert Street were illegal
ly entered between May 23-26. A
side door to the water department
building was damaged during the
burglary. Entry to the mainte
nance building was gained by
forcing open a fan. Nothing was
missing from either location, state
the reports.
• Someone stole a cash register
containing SSO and caused about
SI,OOO damage to the county
transfer station on Tolbert Street
during a robbery between May
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• A Toshiba compact disc chang
er was stolen off a Bass Tracker
pontoon boat docked at a private
dock on Barberry Hill Place
between May 17-22. Wires were
cut to remove the item.
• Someone stole a Hooper, flat
bed trailer from the Sawnee
Mountain Park maintenance
building between May 19-20.
• Three nail guns and a circular
saw were stolen out of a work
truck parked at a Pickelsimer
Road address between May 25-
36. The tools are valued at
$1,150.
• Someone spray painted a
Forsyth County Sheriff’s office
patrol car parked at Precinct 1
between May 24-25. The blue
paint was on the driver’s side door
and window, states the report.
• Someone poured blue ink on
two vehicles parked in the North
Forsyth High School parking lot
on May 20. A broken, blue pen
was found near the vehicles.
• Someone smashed the driver’s
side window of a vehicle parked
in the South Forsyth High School
parking lot on May 18. Nothing
was missing from the vehicle.
• An Evinrude trolling motor
and a depth finder were stolen
from a boat docked at a Lakeridge
Drive address between May 20-
25. The items are valued at S9OO.
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