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-FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Sunday, December 21,2003
Deaths
Thelma Margaret
Bradford
Mrs. Thelma Margaret
Bradford, 81, of Cumming
died Dec. 19, 2003. She was
preceded in death by her
daughter, Jeanette Pruitt.
Survivors include her
husband of 63 years, J.D.
Bradford of Cumming; chil
dren, Brenda and Russell
Brown, Janice and Robert
Shirley, all of Cumming,
Larry and Shirley Bradford
of Alpharetta; son-in-law,
Robert Pruitt of Cumming;
eight grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren; brothers
and sisters-in-law, John and
Frances Smith of Alpharetta,
Frank and Diana Smith of
Winston; several nieces,
nephews and other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Dec. 20, at the
Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Johnny
Purcell officiating. Interment
followed in the Greenlawn
Cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home
was in charge of the arrange
ments.
Forsyth County’ News
December 21. 2003
Donald A. Day
Mr. Donald A. Day, 58, of
Cumming died Thursday,
Dec. 18, 2003.
Survivors include his
wife, Dorothy McCoy Day of
Cumming; sons and daugh
ters-in-law, Scott and Kim
Day of Dawsonville, Randy
Day, Todd and Tammy Day
of Clarkesville; grandchil
dren, Jordan Day,
Christopher Jackson; brother,
Lee Day of Dawsonville; sis
ters and brothers-in-law,
Patricia and Ralph Parker of
Gainesville, Evelyn Oakley,
Thelma Land, Sandra Brown,
all of Dawsonville, Imogene
and Bill Bouleware of
Buckhead; nieces, nephews
and other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services will be
Sunday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. at
the Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Jackie
Martin and Ricky Stepp offi
ciating. Interment will follow
in the Sawnee View
Memorial Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home is
in charge of the arrange
ments.
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December 21, 2003
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Minnie Lou Echols
Minnie Lou Echols, 70,
of Marietta died Thursday,
Dec. 18, 2003.
Survivors include her
daughters and sons-in-law,
Evelyn and Bob Corbitt,
Glenda and Terry Gantt, all
of Marietta; sisters, Judy and
Mel Burger of Smyrna,
Dorothy and Tom Troy of
Douglasville; grandchildren,
Beth, Dorothy and Jeff
Gantt, Robbie, Jimmy and
Tina Corbitt; three great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Dec. 20, at the
funeral home chapel with the
Rev. A.B. Hatfield officiat
ing. Burial followed in the
Kennesaw Memorial Park.
Louie E. Jones Funeral
Home was in charge of the
arrangements.
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Betty G. Ingram
Mrs. Betty G. Ingram, 67, of
Cumming died Thursday, Dec.
18, 2003. She was a member of
First Baptist Church of
Cumming, where she was a
member of the Harmony
Sunday School class.
Survivors include her hus
band, George P. Ingram of
Cumming; daughters and sons
in-law, Rita and Earl
Castleberry, Lisa and Scott
Bennett, Phyllis Ingram
Morgan, all of Cumming;
grandchildren, Allye Morgan,
Hutch, Callan and Kendall
Bennett; mother, Mrs. Delores
Garner of Duluth; sister, Mrs.
Marie Barlow of Duluth; broth
er and sister-in-law, Van and
Elaine Gamer of Lilburn; broth
ers- and sisters-in-law, R.A.
Ingram Jr and Gloria Ingram,
Robert and Sandra Ingram,
Charles and Gail Ingram, Linda
Stafford, all of Cumming; and a
number of nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Dec. 20, at the First
Baptist Church of Cumming
with Dr. Bob Jolly officiating.
Entombment followed in the
Sawnee View Memorial Gar
dens.
In lieu of flowers, dona
tions may be made to the First
Baptist Church of Cumming,
1597 Sawnee Dr., Cumming,
GA 30040 or Cumming
Baptist Church, 115 Church
St., Cumming, GA 30040.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
December 21, 2003
Reba Miolen
Reba Miolen, 60, of
Suwanee died Friday, Dec. 19,
2003.
Funeral services will be
Sunday, Dec. 21, at 3 p.m. at the
funeral home chapel. Interment
will follow in the Warsaw
Cemetery in Duluth.
Survivors include her sons,
Mitchen Miolen of Suwanee,
Gary Miolen of Greensboro,
N.C., Ronnie Miolen of Ellen
wood, Donnie Miolen of Lima,
Ohio; daughter and son-in-law,
Pam and Ted Birtcil of
Nashville, Tenn.; grandchildren.
Tiffany, Ashley and Jay; sister,
Runelle Byers of Suwanee.
Bill Head Funeral Home,
Duluth Chapel, was in charge of
the arrangements.
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December 21, 2003
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Mark Daniel Nicolos!
Mr. Mark Daniel Nicolosi,
33, of Ellijay, died Thursday,
Nov. 27, 2003. Mr. Nicolosi
was a cook. He was preceded in
death by his father, Luke Joseph
Nicolosi Jr.
Survivors include his mother
and stepfather, Phyllis and
Keith Michalski of Dahlonega;
brothers and sisters-in-law,
Luke and Sharon Nicolosi 111 of
Alpharetta, Tony J. and Crystal
Nicolosi of Leonard, Texas; sis
ter and brother-in-law, Mary
and Ron Martin of Ellijay; three
nieces and four nephews.
Funeral services were
Thursday, Dec. 11, at the
Bernhardt Funeral Home Cha
pel with Father Chris Williams
officiating. Entombment fol
lowed at the Sawnee View
Memorial Gardens.
Bernhardt Funeral Home in
Ellijay was in charge of the
arrangements.
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December 21, 2003
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Harry Philip Paulk
Mr. Harry Philip Paulk, 76,
of Cumming died Wednesday,
Dec. 17, 2003.
Mr. Paulk, a na
tive of Atlanta,
was a veteran of
World War 11,
VETERAN
having received an honorable
discharge. He had retired from
the Army Corps of Engineers
after 30 years of service.
Survivors include his wife of
53 years, Mary Paulk of Cum
ming; daughter and son-in-law,
Dale and Alan Bridges of Al
pharetta; grandchildren, Al
exander and Jennifer Bridges of
Alpharetta; brothers and sisters
in-law, Dr. Vernon and Mariam
Paulk of McDonough, Dr. Ger
ald and Helen Paulk of Bams
well, S.C.; nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Dec. 20, at the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel.
Interment followed in the
Westview Cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
December 21, 2003
Lawrence D. Saggus
Mr. Lawrence D. Saggus,
83, of Tucker died Thursday,
Dec. 17, 2003.
He was a trans
portation spe
cialist in the
U.S. Air Force
VETERAN
and then a sales and service
manager for Norfolk Southern
Corp, and Illinois Central. Mr.
Saggus was a retired sales man
ager for Florida East Coast
Railway-Flagler System. Mr.
Saggus was a deacon officer
and trustee for Southside
Baptist Church of Savannah and
First Baptist Church of Tucker
and an officer and longtime
member of the Businessmen’s
Bible Class of Briarlake Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife of
51 years, Jean Jester Saggus;
daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie
and Toney Owenby; son, Law
rence D. Saggus Jr.; brothers and
sister-in-law, Wesley Vernon
Saggus of Decatur, Earl and
Bernice Saggus of Atlanta; sis
ter-in-law, Louise Hanis Saggus
of Sharon; three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
Sunday, Dec. 21, at the Briar
lake Baptist Church with Dr. J.
Hoffman Harris and the Rev.
Randy Driggers officiating.
Interment will follow in the
Floral Hills Memory Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the American
Heart Association or March to
Missions Fund, c/o Briarlake
Baptist Church.
A.S. Turner & Sons in
Decatur is in charge of the
arrangements.
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December 21, 2003
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Irene Tanner
Mrs. Irene Tanner of
Flowery Branch died Dec. 16,
2003. Mrs. Tanner was a retired
restaurant owner and worked at
Peachtree Windows and Doors
in the cafeteria. She was of the
Baptist faith.
Survivors include her
daughters and sons-in-law,
Linda and Brooks Owens of
Hartselle, Ala., Debbie and
Chris Adams of Cumming,
Sheila and Gary Day of
Flowery Branch, Quincey and
Mark Andersen of Kenosha,
Wis.; sons and daughters-in
law, Joey and Glenda Winbum
of Lawrenceville, Artie and
Donna Winburn of Flowery
Branch; 13 grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
Friday, Dec. 19, at the
Flanigan Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie
Puckett officiating. Burial fol
lowed in the Gwinnett
Memorial Park in Law
renceville.
Flanigan Funeral Home in
Buford was in charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
December 21, 2003
Rev. George Robert
Williams
Rev. George Robert
Williams, 89, of Cumming
died Friday, Dec. 19, 2003.
Rev. Williams owned Williams
Cabinet Shop and was a mem
ber of Tucker Masonic Lodge
42 F&AM for more than 50
years and a member of
Roanoke Baptist Church in
Cumming.
Survivors include his
daughters and sons-in-law,
Jane Thompson of Tucker,
Peggy and C.R. Chadwick of
Lawrenceville, Kathy and
Bruce McGee of Buford,
Anita and Danny Ethridge of
Cumming; sons and daugh
ters-in-law, Robert M. (Ken)
Williams of Norcross, Rev.
Ron and Sue Williams of
Auburndale, Fla.; sister, Jewell
Johnston of Lilburn; 18 grand
children; 21 great-grandchil
dren; one great-great-grand
child.
Funeral services will be
Sunday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. at the
Bill Head Funeral Home
Lilburn/Tucker Chapel.
Interment will follow in the
Lilburn First Baptist Church
Cemetery. The family received
friends on Saturday, Dec. 20,
from noon to 8 p.m. at the
funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Alzheimer’s
Association, 1841 Clifton Rd.,
NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-4049.
Bill Heard Funeral Home
Lilburn/Tucker Chapel is in
charge of the arrangements.
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FRIENDS from 1A
are there,” Deming said. “It’s
destroyed his life and Joanne’s
life. He can’t be with his
grandchildren at Christmas.”
Others have rallied to
defend Carl Sharp. A retired
special agent with the FBI,
James Pledger, who met Sharp
when he provided law enforce
ment products and services to
the FBI, described Sharp as “a
fine, Christian man of the
highest moral and ethical char
acter” in a Dec. 15 letter. A
former Atlanta Braves player
who attended high school with
Sharp in Indiana, Darrel
Chaney, stated in a Dec. 12
letter that Sharp has done
much charity work and is a
model family man.
The parents who entrusted
their children to Carl Sharp’s
wife, similarly, say they still
have no reservations about the
couple, even after learning of
the child molestation arrest,
according to five letters and
affidavits provided to the
newspaper by Joanne Sharp.
The parents of one infant
stated they selected the day
care center at the Sharps’
home after researching and
praying about the decision.
“Out of the several candi
dates that we interviewed,
Mrs. Sharp was the most qual
ified. We have no reservations
leaving our child in her care
and have never felt our child
was in harm’s way with her or
Mr. Sharp,” it states.
JUSTICE from 1A
bond in the referendum, the
renderings are subject to
change.
“These are conceptual.
They are not set in stone,”
Crow said.
The release of the render
ings marks the first step in an
aggressive campaign to inform
county residents about the
bond referendum. It will be an
effort spearheaded by two dis
tinct groups the county
itself and a political action
committee. The former, which
is barred from taking a posi
tion on the issue, will attempt
to arm voters with enough
information to enable them to
make an informed decision at
the polls. The latter will
attempt to persuade voters to
mark “yea” on the referendum,
Crow said.
Town hall meetings are
being planned by the task
force for February where
members of the county gov
ernment, sheriff’s office and
judicial branch will be invited
to discuss the bond vote with
the public. The political action
committee, meanwhile, plans
to launch a traditional cam
paign that will include bill-
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Joanne Sharp, meanwhile,
said she has stopped caring for
any children in her home and
has not moved the center to
another location. The Georgia
Department of Human
Resources said the center
apparently was moved to her
daughter’s house down the
street after Joanne Sharp vol
untarily surrendered her day
care license to the state on
Dec. 1. An inspector from
DHR and child welfare work
ers visited the new location
twice and warned those in the
home to stop running a day
care center without a license.
Joanne Sharp was not at the
house during the second
inspection, according to a
DHR official.
Joanne Sharp said DHR is
harassing her and neither she
nor her daughter is operating a
daycare center. An inspector
returned to the home Friday
afternoon but left after learn
ing only her grandchildren
were inside the home, she
said.
She said her primary con
cern is clearing her husband’s
name. The couple will pay for
Carl Sharp to take a polygraph
test administered by the FBI
and will turn over the results
to the district attorney’s office,
she said.
Carl Sharp, who has yet to
be indicted by prosecutors,
remains free on a $40,000
property bond.
These are
conceptual.
They are not
set in stone.
- Roger Crow
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boards and direct mailing to
voters. The committee also
will launch a Web site after the
first of the year to give resi
dents detailed information
about the proposed complex
and to allow them to ask any
questions, Crow said.
County commissioners
have indicated voters will
decide a single-ballot question
on whether to assume S6O mil
lion in debt for construction of
a four-story, 350-bed jail,
120,000-square-foot court
house, parking deck and other
structures related to the sher
iff’s office. It will be the third
time in four years that voters
will be asked to build a judi
cial and law enforcement cen
ter. They struck down similar
proposals in 2000 and 2001.