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I FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday. March 7,2004
Deaths
William Jennings Brown
Mr. William Jennings
Brown. 82. of Dahlonega died
March 4. 2004.
A native of
Albany. Mr.
Brown was a
retired inspector
VETERAN
with the State of Georgia and a
member of the Dahlonega
United Methodist Church. He
served under Maj. “Pappy”
Boynton in the U.S. Marine
Corps’ Black Sheep Squadron
during World War 11.
Survivors include his wife.
Dot Brown of Dahlonega; sons.
Bill and Cheryl Brown of
Dahlonega. Steve and Debby
Brown of Ellijay. Ken and Kelly
Brow n of Atlanta; seven grand
children; six great-grandchil
dren.
Entombment services will
be Sunday. March 7. at 3 p.m.
at the Georgia Memorial Park
with the Rev. Jeff Ross officiat
ing.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home and Crematory is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
March 7, 2004
Joshua Evans
Joshua “Cody" Evans. 18. of
Cumming died March 4. 2004.
Cody graduated from North
Forsyth High School in 2003.
He was currently employed at
Billy Howell Ford.
Survivors include his par
ents. Michael and Sandra Evans
of Cumming. Gigi and Danny
Gubernath of Ball Ground;
stepsister. Whitney Southwood
of Cumming; stepbrother.
Robert Gubernath of Cumming;
grandparents. Leonard and Kate
Evans of Cumming. Earl and
Betty Jo Turpen of Ball
Ground; great-grandmother,
Mary Lee Turpen of
Turnerville, uncle and aunt. Jeff
and Sandi Turpen of
Dawsonville; and a number of
other relatives and friends also
survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday. March 6. at the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Gerald
Blackburn. Harold Evans and
Joey Mullinax officiating.
Interment followed in the
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, contribu
tions may be made to your
favorite charity in Cody's name.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth Counts News
March 7, 2004
Almond
allergy
sufferers
warned
ATLANTA Georgia
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tommy Irvin on Friday warned
those allergic to almonds that
some 8-ounce bags of Sunßidge
Farms All Natural Yogurt Raisins
may contain the nuts but not list
them.
People who have an allergy or
severe sensitivity to almonds run
the risk of serious or life-threat
ening allergic reaction if they
consume these products.
The Falcon Trading Co. Inc.
of Santa Cruz. Calif., is recalling
all of the zip-lock, 8-ounce bags
with the Julian date code
3240321, located on the back left
side of the package in black ink.
The product was distributed
nationwide.
“Our sanitarians are checking
retail and wholesale food stores
during normal activities to make
sure that the mislabeled product
has been removed from sale dis
play,” Irvin said. “Anyone who
had purchased this particular mis
labeled product should return it.”
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Buck Lewis
Mr. Buck Lewis, 89, of
Jackson died Wednesday,
March 3. 2004. Mr. Lewis was
born April 26, 1914, in
Cherokee County. Mr. Lewis
was a cattle farmer and was a
member of the Long Street
Baptist Church in Forsyth
County. He was preceded in
death by his parents, James F.
Lewis and Arline McCleskey
Lewis.
Survivors include his wife,
Elsie Hyde Lewis of Jackson;
sons and daughters-in-law,
Allen and Betty Lewis of
Jackson, Barry and Connie
Lewis of Cumming; three
grandsons. Rich and Ginger
Lewis, Michael and Lisa
Lewis, all of Jackson, Keith
Lewis of Cumming; grand
daughter. Megan Lewis of
Cumming; great-grandsons.
Walt and Lane Lewis of
Jackson; several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were
Friday, March 5. from the
Sherrell Memorial Chapel with
the Rev. Eddie Roland and
Rudy Mangham officiating.
Interment will follow in the
Towlaiga Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Sherrell. Wilson, Mangham
Funeral Home is in charge of
the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
March 7. 2004
John H. Pirkle
Mr. John H. Pirkle. 89. of
Cumming died Thursday,
March 4. 2004. Mr. Pirkle. a
native of Forsyth County, was
a retired lieutenant for the
Atlanta Fire Department. He
was a Mason. Shriner and a
farmer. He was preceded in
death by his wife. Dorothy
Robbs Pirkle.
Survivors include his chil
dren. Vivian Pirkle. Sue and
Ray Howell. Elaine Pirkle. all
of Cumming, Nancy and
Donald Murphey of
Jonesboro, John T. Pirkle of
Gainesville; grandchildren,
Leigh Murphey, Gregg and
Teresa Murphey, all of Atlanta.
Todd and Tina Edmond. Jacob
and Christina'Edmond, all of
Mobile, Ala.. Mark. Karen and
Michael Howell, all of
Cumming; great-grandchil
dren. Caleb. Megan and
Samuel Edmond, all of
Mobile, Ala.; special friend.
Mary Mosteller of Roswell;
sisters and brother-in-law.
Blanche and Jody Hill of
Marietta. Marie and Jim
Hammond of Atlanta; and a
number of other relatives also
survive.
Funeral services will be
Sunday, March 7. at 2 p.m. at
the Concord Baptist Church
with the Revs. Jimmy Orr and
Rubin Smith officiating.
Interment will follow in the
Concord Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
March 7. 2004
March 6,1986 - October 23,1997
In Loving Memory of Levi Frady,
Our Little Man.
We were blessed with his loving pres
ence for such a short time. Children
belong to Jesus. Their hearts are so
trusting.
Matthew 16 1-6:
1. At the time came the disciples unto
Jesus sauing ‘Who is the areatest
m the Kingdom of Heaven?'
2. And Jesus called a little child unto
him and set him in the midst of
them.
3. And said verily "I say unto you.
except ye he converted, and
become as little children, ye shall
not enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven."
4. Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, the same
is greatest in the Kingdom of
Heaven.
5. And whoso shall offend one of these
little ones which believe in me, it
were better for him that a
Millstone were hanged about his
were drowned m
thy death q( the sen.
Matthew 16-10: 'Take heed that ye despise
mt one of these little ones: for t say unto
you. that in Heaven their angels do always
behold the face of my Father which is in
ritrnNtn.
Whosoever hat taken the life of Levi Frady
shall be punished by the hands of Cod.
Love Nanny & Papa. Lamar » Sarah Frady
Helen B. Smith
Mrs. Helen B. Smith. 61, of
Cumming died March 4, 2(X)4.
A native of Walker County,
Ala., she had resided in
Cumming for the past 21
years. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Ray
Smith; sons. Dennis and
Jeffrey Smith; granddaughter.
Jessica Spears; grandson,
Brandon Young. She was a
member of Union Hill Baptist
Church in Alpharetta.
Survivors include daugh
ters and sons-in-law, Teresa
and Sammy Shirley, Carlette
and Benny Young all of
Cumming, Cheryl and Steve
Spears of Dawsonville; five
grandchildren; father and
mother, Robert and Zumer
Skinner. Dora, Ala.; sisters
and brothers-in-law, Janet and
Henry James, Roberta and
Max Gurley all of Warrior.
Ala., Wanda Files. Pam and
Keith Underwood all of Dora.
Ala.; brother and sister-in-law.
Bob and Lucy Skinner,
Coroner. Ala.; brother-in-law
and sister-in-law Calvin and
Marion Smith. Minnesota;
nieces, nephews and other rel
atives also survive.
Funeral services will be
held Tuesday. March 9. at 2
p.m. at Bell Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. J.D.
Parrish officiating. Interrfient
will follow at Morgan
Cemetery in Sumiton. Ala.
The family were to receive
friends at Ingram Funeral
Home on Saturday. March 6,
from noon - 6:00 p.m. Rev.
Tommy Lockhart and Bethae
Fielding w ill speak.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the local arrange
ments.
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March 7, 2004
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said. “I’m sure the board will
discuss it. 1 don’t know if
we’re going to do anything.”
Commissioners chose to
add the bond question to the
ballot after a recommenda
tion by the grand jury —a
court-appointed group of
county residents whose
charges include examining
county facilities.
The bond issue won a
majority in only 12 of the
county’s 31 precincts.
The vote split 50-50 in
five precincts: Big Creek,
Coal Mountain, Crossroads,
Lakeland and Old Atlanta.
The highest percentage of
voters supporting the bond
issue was in the Riverclub
and Vickery precincts, where
it received more than 62 per
cent of the vote in each. The
largest margin of defeat for
the measure came in the
Sharon Fork (67 percent) and
Windermere (58 percent)
precincts.
Roger Crow, a financial
business owner who chaired
a grand jury justice center
study committee and the
campaign committee that
worked to build support for
the bond issue, said he was
disappointed it failed.
“I feel we didn't do a
good enough job communi
cating to the people that it’s
going to cost substantially
TAM from 1A
needs to be upgraded and the
tax digest needs to be balanced.
"One of the things we
should look into getting is a
high quality hotel." Tam said.
“Currently, there's not a hotel
in this county with a |restau
rant].”
He said he wants to recruit
high quality businesses that
will balance the county's main
ly residential tax digest.
Tam’s involvement in local
politics includes co-chairing
last year's sales tax extension
campaign. He also served as
chairman of the Forsyth
County restaurant group that
asked the local governmental
entities in 2002 to hold a refer
endum on whether county
restaurants should be allowed
to sell alcoholic beverages on
Sundays.
Voters approved both the
sales tax extension and selling
alcohol on Sunday.
Tam said county zoning
more in taxes for rental
costs,” Crow said.
The board has discussed
separating the jail and court
house into different ques
tions, and letting residents
vote on each one. Conway
said it is possible that option
will continue to be investigat
ed.
“It didn’t fail by much
this time,” Conway said.
’’That might be an encourage
ment.”
According to the state
Attorney General’s office,
unlike sales tax elections,
there is not a required “cool
ing off’ period before anoth
er bond referendum could be
conducted.
While the item could be
placed on ballots again as
early as the July 20 general
primaries, or the November
general election, county
Chief Registrar Gary J. Smith
said his staff will need at
least 60 and preferably 90
days prior to the elections
to add the questions to the
ballot.
“From my perspective and
the amount of work we have
to do to get ready for an elec
tion it takes 90 days,”
Smith said.
Commissioner A.J.
Pritchett, who pushed for the
building projects to be sepa
rated initially, said he expects
a concern of many residents as
subdivisions impacting com
munities are built throughout
the county is not a “black
and white issue.”
While the effect on sur
rounding communities needs
to be taken into account, Tam
said other factors must also be
considered such as whether
the county’s infrastructure,
including school facilities, can
support the new development.
“If we don't have the
school built, where are we
going to put [the children]?”
Tam said.
He said he desires to
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those referendums to take
place. He said he wants not
only to separate the jail and
courthouse facilities in bond
referendums, but proposed
sheriff precincts in north and
south Forsyth and a parking
deck as well.
“I’m looking forward to
the county breaking up the
issue into the smaller parts,
rationalizing those parts and
getting a price and putting
it back before the voters,”
Pritchett said. “We’ve made
that commitment, I think.”
Until then, Sheriff Ted
Paxton has said inmates will
continue to be housed in
other counties when the jail
is full.
And Superior Court Judge
Jeffrey S. Bagley said the
court facilities will be exam
ined and additional space
leased or rented as needed.
“Over the next year and
ensuing years, we’re going to
have to be leasing space
and/or pulling in mobile units
on the square over the next
several years," Bagley said.
“We would have to get the
Board of Commissioners to
lease additional space around
the square, or purchase or
lease mobile homes.”
“I don't anticipate asking
for any of that in the next few
months." Bagley said.
remain involved in the commu
nity.
“I left my job inside the
perimeter because I wanted to
work in the community I live
in and be actively involved in
it," Tam said.
He will be running on the
Republican ticket.
Recent history suggests the
results of this year's local
county commission elections
will be decided in the July pri
maries.
Most commission candi
dates in Forsyth County choose
to run on the Republican ballot.