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I FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, December 17,2003
Deaths
Ivan E. Fowler
Mr. Ivan E. Fowler, 69, of
Cumming died Friday, Dec.
12, 2003.
Survivors include his sis
ter, Lorene Fowler of
Cumming; brother-in-law,
Bobby Eubanks of
Cumming; four nieces and
three nephews and other rela
tives also survive.
Funeral services were
Monday, Dec. 15, at the
Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Edward
Callahan officiating.
Interment followed in the
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home
was in charge of the arrange
ments.
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December 17, 2003
Betty Ruth Hlnesley
Mrs. Betty Ruth Hinesley,
72, of Dawsonville died
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003.
Mrs. Hinesley was a native
of Atlanta who had lived in
Lumpkin County since 1997.
She was a former longtime
resident of Chamblee and
had also lived in Cumming
for a short time. She was pre
ceded in death by her par
ents, Richard Wesley and
Gladys Mae Lovell Ivey.
Survivors include her hus
band, Wilbur Lee Hinesley of
Dawsonville; daughters and
son-in-law, Karen and Carey
Woodall, Pam Hinesley, all
of Dawsonville; sisters,
Frances Martin of
Alpharetta, Linda Fleming of
Cumming; brothers. Howard
Ivey of Woodstock, Paul Ivey
of Winston, Charles Ivey of
Douglasville, William Ivey
of Greenville; grandchildren,
Carey Michael Woodall,
Lindsay Ann Woodall,
Brittany Woodall; and a
number of other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services were
Friday, Dec. 12, at the
Banister Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Randy
Smith and Scott Moore offici
ating. Entombment followed
in the Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens Mausoleum in
Cumming.
Banister Funeral Home in
Dahlonega was in charge of
the arrangements.
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December 17, 2003
Alice Holcombe
Mrs. Alice Holcombe, 90,
of Alpharetta died Sunday,
Dec. 14,2003.
Survivors include her
daughters and sons-in-law,
Martha Wise of Plains, Betty
and Square Ferguson of
Alpharetta, Barbara Sanders
of Lake City, Fla., Dianne
and Bob Tidwell of
Dawsonville; sons and
daughters-in-law, Charles
and Marjorie Holcombe,
Billy and Barbara Holcombe,
Bobby and Betty Sue
Holcombe, all of Roswell,
Roger and Mildred
Holcombe of Gainesville; 23
grandchildren; 37 great
grandchildren; nine great
great-grandchildren; nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral services were
Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the
Bethany Baptist Church with
the Revs. Dexter Gravitt,
Bud Sutton, Danny Bennett,
Ricky Byrd, James McGaha
and Horace Richards officiat
ing. Burial followed in the
Green Lawn Cemetery.
Louie E. Jones Funeral
Home in Alpharetta was in
charge of the arrangements.
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December 17, 2003
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Mary Ruth Barnes
Powell
Mrs. Mary Ruth Barnes
Powell, 65, of Cumming died
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003. A
native of North Carolina, she
had resided in Cumming for
the past two years. Mrs.
Powell was of the Baptist
faith. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Larry
Powell.
Survivors include her
brothers and sisters-in-law,
John and Marie Barnes of
Cumming, Fred Barnes,
Ward Barnes, both of Ohio,
Scott and Betty Barnes of
Virginia; niece and nephew,
Donnie and Jewell Jones,
Lonnie W. Jones II; sisters
and brothers-in-law, Mary
Ann P. Wagstaff, Aubrey P.
and Leßay Worley; and sev
eral other nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were
Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the
Baptist Center Church in
Clayton, N.C. Interment fol
lowed in the church ceme
tery.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the local arrange
ments.
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December 17, 2003
Grady Pugh
Mr. Grady Pugh, 70, of
Cumming died Friday, Dec.
12, 2003.
Survivors include his
wife, Vivian Mull Pugh of
Cumming; stepchildren,
Teresa Ross of South
Carolina, Randall and
Christy Cabe of Cumming,
James and Lisa Cooley of
Ball Ground, Robert Cabe of
Conyers; grandchildren,
Breanna Mae Cabe, Shian
Marie Cooley; mother-in
law, Leola Mull of
Cumming; sister, Lily Jett of
Cumming; brother, William
Pugh of Murrayville; several
nieces, nephews and other
relatives also survive.
Graveside services were
Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home is
in charge of the arrange
ments.
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December 17, 2003
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While impact fees were con
sidered to help fund construc
tion of a new jail, Pritchett did
not include the jail in his
motion. He said he did not do so
because of the pending bond
referendum that will be put
before voters in March. The
bond referendum includes a
new courthouse and new jail.
“We’d sure like to see the
outcome of that before we
implement an impact fee,” he
said.
Pritchett also did not include
functions of the sheriff’s office.
Deleting the jail and the
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Jimmy Roberts
Mr. Jimmy Roberts, 61, of
Gainesville died Saturday,
Dec. 13, 2003.
Survivors include his wife,
Peggy Roberts of Gainesville;
daughters, Charlene Roberts,
Judy Roberts, both of
Eatonton; sons and daughters
in-law, Jimmy and Linda
Roberts of Dawsonville, Scott
and Christie Roberts of
Gainesville; sisters, Margaret
Almon of Dahlonega, Gail
Serrio of Flowery Branch,
Linda Hudgins of Cumming,
Barbara Jean Boles of Buford;
brothers, Miles Roberts,
Charles Roberts, both of
Cumming; grandchildren, Jay,
Chris, Matthew and Chandler
Roberts; nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral services were
Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the funer
al home chapel with the Rev.
Billy Higgins officiating.
Burial followed in the Green
Lawn Cemetery.
Louie E. Jones Funeral
Home in Alpharetta was in
charge of the arrangements.
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December 17, 2003
Morris A. Tailant
Mr. Morris A. Tailant, 94,
of Cumming died Sunday,
Dec. 14, 2003. Mr. Tailant was
a native and lifelong resident
of Forsyth County. He was a
member of Friendship Baptist
Church and a justice of the
peace in Forsyth County for
more than 40 years. He was
preceded in death by his great
grandson, Chris Anthony
Tailant.
Survivors include his wife
of 70 years, Wynell
Smallwood Tallant of
Cumming; sons and daugh
ters-in-law, Rade and Faye
Tallant, Anderson and Josey
Tallant, all of Cumming; seven
grandchildren; 10 great-grand
children; two great-great
grandchildren; sister, Elvira
Mcßrayer of Cumming; and a
number of other relatives also
survive.
Funeral services were
Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 11 a.m. at
the Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Jackie
Stewart and Randy Roper offi
ciating. Interment followed in
the Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the local arrange
ments.
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December 17, 2003
sheriff’s office from the fees
decreases the cost that will be
charged per square foot of heat
ed floor space in a home or
business.
Business impact fees will
only be used to pay for fire and
rescue improvements.
Originally, Pritchett had
made a motion to charge new
houses a flat rate regardless of
the size of the home.
Conway, however, moved to
amend Pritchett’s motion and
base the new home impact fees
on the size of the residence.
“1 think it would be more
fair if we did it on a square foot
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effects similar to PCP or keta
mine. DXM and other “club
drugs” increase heart rate and
blood pressure when taken in
excess, according a report by
the National Institute of Drug
Abuse. Signs of abuse include
slurred speech, slowed motor
skills and dilated pupils.
The two students in posses
sion and under the influence of
the drug have been suspended
and await a tribunal within 10
school days, said David Adams,
director of school safety and
management for Forsyth
County Schools.
A tribunal of three adminis
trators from other schools will
hear evidence, decide guilt or
innocence and determine disci
plinary action for the students.
“Disciplinary action is being
taken on all involved, including
those that were aware of the
misuse of the pills and were not
forthcoming with information to
the administration,” Principal
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But, at that point, Mann
decided to withdraw his guilty
plea for the 1996 offense and
proceed to trial on both kidnap
ping accusations.
After the trial, he received
two life sentences for the kid
nappings.
The Court of Appeals on
Thursday said the Gwinnett
County authorities made a mis
take when they permitted
Mann to withdraw his guilty
plea. The proper means for
withdrawing the plea would
have been a habeas corpus
hearing, the justices wrote.
Typically, a habeas corpus
hearing involves bringing
defendants before the court to
decide whether their imprison
ment is legal.
With the conviction vacat
ed, Jones said the case reverts
back to the point at which
Mann pleaded guilty.
Jones said Mann most like
ly will be brought back before
a judge in Gwinnett County
and receive a new sentence for
the 1996 kidnapping.
A judge already had ban
ished Mann from Forsyth
County in the same year.
He was living in a trailer in
the 700 block of Canton
Highway on the premises of
his business, M&M Recycling.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested
Mann after finding him in pos
session of a handgun and a
shotgun. Mann’s status as a
convicted felon precluded him
from having any firearms in his
basis,” Conway said.
Pritchett seconded
Conway’s motion and it passed
3-0.
In other business during the
public hearings, the board post
poned until Jan. 26 a public
hearing on revisions to the
county’s Unified Development
Code that will prohibit private
ownership of new sewage plants
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Kenny Foxx said.
Students who knew about
the presence of Coricidin D, fal
sified and hid information from
the administration and face in
school suspension, Caracciolo
said.
No arrests had been made as
of Monday afternoon, she said.
Though the intentional
abuse of non-prescription med
ication at Forsyth Central is not
illegal, it does violate the school
system code of conduct, offi
cials said.
“It makes a difference in the
eyes of the law, but there’s no
difference to us [whether a mis
used drug is prescription or
non-prescription],” Adams said.
“I can’t tell you what’s
going to happen in the end at
Forsyth Central, but I can tell
you that there would have been
an immediate arrest if it had
been an illegal drug,” he said.
Meanwhile, six Vickery
Creek Middle School students
will be charged with possession
possession.
According to court docu
ments, Mann’s criminal record
stretches back to the 19705,
including a 1977 conviction in
Forsyth County for an incident
at West Bank Park where Mann
used a knife to attack a man
and fired three shots at a car.
In 1996, he pleaded guilty
to the Forsyth County weapons
charges and received a sen
tence of 10 years on probation
and a $2,000 fine in addition to
the banishment.
At that time, Mann had
been facing more charges in
Forsyth County, including
aggravated assault, aggravated
battery and false imprisonment
for another incident involving
his wife as the victim.
But, those charges were
dropped after Mann pleaded
guilty to the firearms offenses
and the Gwinnett County kid
napping.
Even after the 1996 kidnap
ping incident, Mann continued
to see Smith and the relation
ship ultimately put him behind
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U.S. Attorney’s Office.
However, Beck fabricated
the amount of receivables owed
to Advanced Rehab in order to
maximize the available credit
line.
In May 2000, Advanced
Rehab claimed about $4,8 mil
lion in outstanding receivables
but federal authorities say that
amount was “grossly inflated”
and led to Healthcare Business
Credit Corp, losing at least sl.l
million.
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of a controlled substance, a pre
scription drug called Adderall
used to treat Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder, accord
ing to the Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office.
The six students at Vickery
Creek Middle also await a tribu
nal hearing.
Vickery Creek Middle
administrators sent a letter
home to parents on Monday
with details of Friday’s incident.
The principal, Connie McCrary,
said the school resource officer
and a registered nurse within the
school building were contacted
immediately when the adminis
tration learned that the students
took Adderall. School officials
later called 911 “[a]s a precau
tionary measure,” McCrary said
in the letter.
“We would like to stress that
the students were all examined
by an RN [registered nurse] and
three were taken to the hospital
as a precautionary measure,”
Caracciolo said.
bars with a life sentence.
Court documents say that
on April 30, 1998, Mann and
Smith were at their home in
Gwinnett County when Mann
told his wife that he was going
to Forsyth County to fix one of
his trucks.
Smith said she did not want
to go but Mann, who threat
ened his wife with a knife in a
fit of jealousy the previous day,
told her she was going anyway.
He asked his wife to give
him the pistol that was in her
purse. She did and, according
to court documents, Mann put
the weapon in his back pocket
and ordered Smith to get in his
truck.
After driving a few minutes,
Mann pulled the truck onto the
side of the road and grabbed
Smith by the throat.
“I’m taking you up the
road here and I’m killing you,”
he said, according to court doc
uments.
Mann started driving again
but Smith leaped from the
moving truck.
The federal investigation
revealed that Advanced
Rehab’s double billing of the
Medicaid program continued
even after the bankruptcy fil
ing.
In addition, the U.S.
Attorney’s office said “a sub
stantial amount” of money was
received by Advanced Rehab
and used by Beck for personal
purposes. As a result, federal
authorities charged her with an
additional offense of tax fraud
through undeclared income.