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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, December 14,2003
Minor injuries
Two people, including a
Forsyth Central High
School student, were
transported to Northside
Hospital Forsyth with
minor injuries after their
Ford Ranger overturned
Friday morning on
Wallace Tatum Road. An
investigation was contin
uing Friday, sheriff's
deputies said.
Photo/Audra Perry
Deaths
Alma Lucille Farmer
Alma Lucille Farmer, 80,
of Cumming died Dec. 10,
2003. Mrs. Farmer was a
homemaker.
Survivors include her sons,
Robert Farmer of Ila, Ralph
Farmer of Dawsonville, David
Farmer and Bill Farmer, both
of Locust Grove, Lannie
Farmer of Cumming; compan
ion, Robert Warren of
Cumming; eight grandchil
dren; numerous great-grand
children; and three great-great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Dec. 13, at the
Crowell Brothers Peachtree
Chapel Funeral Home in
Norcross. Interment followed
in the Peachtree Memorial
Park.
Crowell Brothers Peachtree
Chapel Funeral Home in
Norcross was in charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
December 14, 2003
Kathy Mae Hamby
Mrs. Kathy Mae Hamby,
44. died Dec. 11, 2003. Mrs.
Hamby was a member of
Corinth Baptist Church. She
was preceded in death by her
father, Ivory Dishroom and
granddaughter, Mary Madison
Garcia.
Survivors include her chil
dren, Lori Hamby, Tyler
Hamby, both of Dawsonville;
grandson Christian Garcia;
mother, Buunie Dishroom; sis
ters and brothers-in-law,
Lenora Pruitt, Jean and Rev.
Glendon Williams, Rachel and
Miles Roberts, Ann and
Charles Rollins, all of
Cumming, Janice and Danny
Rollins of Dawsonville; broth
er and sister-in-law, Dennis
and Francis Dishroom of
Cumming. Nieces, nephews
and other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services will be
held Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 at
2 p.m. with the Revs. Ruel
Martin, Cecil Pruitt and Clark
Watson officiating. Interment
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
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December 14, 2003
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James R. Stewart
Mr. James R. “Jeb” Stewart,
68, of Cumming died Dec. 9,
2003. Mr. Stewart was bom in
Atlanta and worked in the
motion picture industry for 25
years.
Survivors include his wife of
38 years, Joan “Joanie” Kall
Stewart of Ellijay; sons, Randy
Stewart of Ellijay, Dan Stewart
of Roswell; brothers, Alfred
Stewart of Buford, Fluker
Stewart of Valdosta.
Funeral services will be
Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 11 a.m. at
the McDonald and Son Chapel.
The Rev. Mickey Kirkindoll
will officiate. Interment will fol
low in the Greenwood
Cemetery in Atlanta. The family
will be receiving friends
Monday Dec. 15, from 2 to 4
p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the
funeral home.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home is in charge of the
arrangements.
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December 14, 2003
Eleuterio Velazquez Jr.
Mr. Eleute:' ■ Velazquez Jr.,
49, of Dawsonville died
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003.
Survivors include his wife,
Anna Velazquez of Dawson
ville.
Graveside services were
Friday, Dec. 12, at the Alta Vista
Cemetery in Gainesville with
the Rev. Juan Valencia officiat
ing-
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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December 14, 2003
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Incident reports
Editor’s note: The follow
ing items were taken from
reports on file with the Forsyth
County Sheriff’s Office.
Stolen motorcycle arrest:
A man driving a stolen motor
cycle was arrested Sunday
evening but not before crash
ing the bike between two
patrol cars and trying to run
away from law enforcement
officers.
Deputies from Forsyth and
Dawson counties were waiting
near the Smith Drive home of
35-year-old Trenton Jessie
Land Jr. when the suspect
came riding along on the
motorcycle which had been
reported stolen out of Dawson
County.
In a bid to elude capture,
Land tried to maneuver the
motorcycle between two patrol
cars but instead ended up
striking both law enforcement
vehicles.
Land jumped off the bike
and ran into the nearby woods
where deputies eventually cap
tured him and took him into
custody.
He now faces charges of
theft by receiving, driving
under the influence of alcohol,
driving without the proper
class of license, driving with
an altered/improper tag, driv
ing a motorcycle without a
helmet, obstruction of a law
enforcement officer and two
counts of interference with
government property.
As of Thursday afternoon,
Land remained in custody
with a bond set at $20,000.
Burglary; Someone broke
into the Burger King restau
rant in the 7100 block of
McGinnis Ferry Road some
time between Wednesday at 11
p.m. and Thursday at 5:30
a.m.
The would-be burglars
apparently gained entry to the
restaurant by forcing open a
drive-through window. The
safe looked like it had been
tampered with but not opened.
In addition, the burglars dam
aged computer equipment and
cash registers in the business.
However, no money was
reported missing.
Burglary: Several cartons
of cigarettes and an undis
closed amount of money were
taken from the Chevron gas
station located in the 7700
block of McGinnis Ferry Road
sometime on Thursday
between 4:24 a.m and 6:25
a.m.
A security camera video
tape obtained by deputies
showed two males going into
the business after breaking the
front window.
Correction
A story in the Friday edition
of the Forsyth County News
incorrectly identified the home
town of the driver of a tractor
trailer involved in a fatal wreck
on Ga. 400 Thursday, based on
information provided by the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.
The hometown should have
been listed as Childersburg, not
Childersboro, Ala., said Capt.
Frank Huggins of the sheriff’s
office.
It is the policy of the Forsyth
County News to correct errorts
of fact. Corrections appear on
page 2A.
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students is now facing charges
of possession of a controlled
substance with intent to distrib
ute and failure to keep drugs in
their original container,
Huggins added.
The 14-year-old who origi
nally supplied the pills to the
13-year-old will be charged
with possession of a controlled
substance with intent to distrib
ute, Huggins said.
The other four teenagers
who ingested the drugs will be
charged with possession of a
controlled substance, Huggins
said.
The principal at Vickery
Creek Middle, Connie
McCrary, declined to speak in
person with a reporter who
came to the school Friday but
she later released a statement
through the school system
spokesperson, Public
Information Specialist Jennifer
Caracciolo.
“Vickery Creek Middle
School does not intend to toler
ate the use of illegal prescrip
tion or nonprescription drugs.
Our first concern is the safety
of students,” Caracciolo said on
behalf of the principal.
Caracciolo said the princi
pal notified the school resource
officer about the incident short
ly after the school’s final bell
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five when a warrant was issued
for his arrest on Aug. 5.
He successfully dodged
authorities until his mug was
posted on the local television
station.
Now, Carnes can expect to
be brought back before a judge
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rang at 3:40 p.m. Ambulances
were dispatched to the south
Forsyth school at about 5 p.m.
Speaking on her own
behalf, Caracciolo said, “coun
selors will be at the schools on
Monday to talk to students
about the issues and a letter
will be sent home to parents.”
Caracciolo noted that
according to school system
policy, a parent must drop off
any student medication with
the school nurse.
All medications, prescrip
tion or non-prescription, must
be administered by the school
nurse.
Adderall is a prescription
medication commonly given to
children for treatment of
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder.
The drug is a type of
amphetamine, according to the
Yahoo! Health Web site.
“Amphetamines increase
attention and decrease restless
ness in patients who are over
active, unable to concentrate
for very long or are easily dis
tracted, and have unstable emo
tions,” the Web site said.
“These medicines are used as
part of a total treatment pro
gram that also includes social,
educational, and psychological
treatment.”
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