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PAGE 2A FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, March 14,2004 Deaths Dixie Dyer Dobra Dixie Dyer Dobra, 61, of Sugar Hill died Thursday, March 11, 2004. Mrs. Dobra was a native of Alabama and lived in the area of the past 36 years. She was a member of Shadowbrook Baptist Church, served as pianist of Georgia Mountain CFO Christian Camps for several years and a member of Bosom Buddies. Survivors include her hus band, David Dobra of Sugar Hill; daughters and sons-in-law, Andrea (Dobra) and Tom Moore of Lawrenceville, Katherine (Dobra) and Brad Williams of Cumming; grand children, Kaitlin and Susannah Moore of Lawrenceville, Olivia and Ava Williams of Cumming; brothers and sisters-in-law, Leon and Clydene Dyer of Odenville, Ala., Douglas and Lynn Little of Birmingham, Ala., James 11 and Elaine Little of Pelham. Ala.; sister, Mary Ann Webb; nieces, nephews and cousins also survive. Funeral services will be Sunday. March 14, at 2 p.m. at the Shadowbrook Baptist Church in Suwanee with the Rev. Bobby Linkus officiating. Interment will follow in the Hamilton Mill Memorial Gardens in Buford. Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel and Gardens was in charge of the arrangements. Forsy th County News March 14. 2004 Royston J. Holtzclaw Mr. Royston J. Holtzclaw, 74, of Dawsonville died Thursday, March 11. 2004. Mr. Holtzclaw. a native of Forsyth County, was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife. Martha Holtzclaw; daughter, Patty Holtzclaw; son. Royston Holtzclaw Jr. Survivors include his chil dren. Gail Holtzclaw. Brenda Callahan. Barbara and Alvin Densmore, all of Dawsonville; seven grandchildren; five step grandchildren; three great grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Marcell Holtzclaw, Roselee Holtzclaw. both of Dawsonville; and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were Saturday. March 13. at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Carlton Coker, Edward Callahan. Albert Kyle and Tommy Picklesimer offici ating. Interment followed in the Coal Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery. Ingram Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsy th County News March 14. 2004 Betty Head Rutledge Mrs. Betty Head Rutledge, 67, of Cumming died Thursday, March 12,2004. Survivors include her chil dren. Stan and Carla Rutledge, Patty and Mike Miller, all of Cumming, Scott Rutledge of Buford; 14 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sisters, Vivian Payne of Atlanta, Dot Popham of Douglasville, Ruby Hancock of Rex, Beatrice Bailey of Jonesboro; brothers. Leßoy Head of Winder, Franklin Head of East Point, Bobby Head of Atlanta; nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services will be Sunday, March 14, at 3 p.m. at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with the Revs. Ricky Stepp, Thomas Terry, Glen Phillips and Bobby Pirkle officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church on Sunday at 1 p.m. until the time of serv ice. Ingram Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News March 14, 2004 Obituaries must be provided to the newspaper by a funeral home or similar organization I *< ns\ th C iiiiin\ News Robert Jinks Mr. Robert Jinks, 65, of Alpharetta died Thursday, March 11, 2004. Survivors include his daugh ters and son-in-law, Sherry Jinks of Simpsonville, S.C., Pam and Steve Trotter, Wanda Blackwell, all of Cumming; son, Scottie Jinks of Hampton; brothers. Clay Jinks of Smyrna, Leroy and Bobbie Jinks of Dawsonville; grandchildren, Bridget Marshall, Abby Chester, Matthew Trotter, Elijah and Erin Brown; nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services were Saturday. March 13, at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with the Revs. Bobby Payne and Danny Hyatt officiating. Burial followed in the Green Lawn Cemetery. Louie E. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News March 14. 2004 Johnny Alfred Pritchard 111 Mr. Johnny Alfred Pritchard 111, 60, of Dawsonville died Thursday. March 11. 2004. He was an avid hunter and fisher man. Survivors include his wife 40 years, Lois Pritchard of Dawsonville; children. Sherry and Gary Millholland. Tina Pritchard. John and Michelle Pritchard, all of Dawsonville; nine grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law. Donnie and Janet Pritchard. Randy and Sue Pritchard, all of Greensboro, Michael and Patty Pritchard of Conyers, sisters and brothers-in law. Beverly Queen. Barbara Futrail. Brenda and Ricky Beck. Connie Pritchard, all of Covington; and other relatives also survive. Memorial services were Saturday. March 13. at the Zion Temple Church of God with the Rev. Marvin Ellis officiating. Ingram Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsy th County News March 14. 2004 Why Not TODAY? If tomorrow is the day you've set aside to make funeral and cemetery' arrangements, we urge you to reconsider. The last thing your family needs is the emotional and financial stress of making decisions during a time of grief. We believe making funeral and cemetery arrangements now, should be a part of your life...today. Call us at 770-475-6554 We ll provide a FREE Family Estate Planning Kit to help record your wishes So that when the tune does come, your family won't have to worry about a thing LOUIE E. JONES Alpharetta Funeral Home 59 North Main Street, Alpharetta, GA - 30004 Mamhmci Al DIR WOODS MOV* Margie Atkinson Ray Mrs. Margie Atkinson Ray, 78. of Cumming died Thursday, March 11, 2004. Mrs. Ray was born in Hapeville on Jan. 8, 1926, and was a member ot Ben Hill Presbyterian Church. She attended Atlanta schools, and graduated from Crawford County High School in Roberta, returning to Atlanta to work in the accounting department at Southern Railway Company. Mrs. Ray was a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader for many years, and retired from the Marietta Eye Clinic in 1988, allowing her to follow her inter ests in gardening, crafts and writing and publishing poetry’. Survivors include her hus band of 57 years. Frank T. Ray Jr. of Cumming; daughter and son-in-law. Lisa and Manny Baeza of Cumming; grand daughters. April Holly Baeza. Melody Ray Baeza, both of Cumming; brothers, Glenn Atkinson of Locust Grove, J.R Atkinson of White Plains. Md.. C.V. Atkinson of Palm Desert. Calif.; brother- and sister-in law. Mr. and Mrs. Leon G. Ray of Stephen City. Va.; sisters-in law, Sara Anne Atkinson of Lawrenceville, Carolyn Atkinson of Lithia Springs; many nieces, nephew s and other relatives also survive. Funeral services will be Sunday. March 14, at 3 p.m. at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Albert E. Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in the Sawnee View Memorial Gardens. t Ingram Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Forsy th County News March 14. 2004 These Obituary Listings are provided as a community service at no charge by the Forsyth County News JURY from 1A Forsyth County Clerk of Courts Doug Sorrells said the grand jury made its decision after touring all of the county facilities. Presently, the clerk has records stored in the court house basement and attic, in a trailer on the courthouse lawn, in the former Stone Furniture Store building, and in a com mercial storage facility on Pilgrim Mill Road. “I would like to see it done immediately,” said Sorrells, when asked about the need for a task force. "If there is no action taken, 1 will probably have to go to the commissioners to see if they have some kind of perma nent or temporary solution.” Some of the county’s oldest court records are stored at TAX from 1A the following intersections: Buford Dam and Samples roads, McGinnis Ferry and Old Alpharetta roads, McGinnis Ferry and Christopher Robin roads, and a traffic signal at Hwy. 9 and Hwy. 306. While the special purpose sales tax funds have fallen short of projected amounts, the county government’s other 1-percent sales tax that funds maintenance and operational costs in the general fund is ahead of what was projected, Quesenberry said. County staff forecasted the amount each of the sales taxes was expected to generate almost a year apart. In March Shrimp recalled from Kroger Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin on Friday asked consumers to be on the lookout for some white shrimp sold by Kroger which may contain sulfites, an ingredi ent not listed on the label. “A routine sample taken by one of our inspectors was tested in our laboratory and revealed that the shrimp contained sul fites above tolerance levels and did not list sulfites on the pack- Pilgrim Mill Storage, a com mercial storage facility. Each record that has to be retrieved from the off-site facility results in a $5.00 charge per record. Sorrells said the charge has to be paid by the person or agency requesting the record. The clerk said that comput ers have lessened the amount of paperwork. “I have put in everything 1 can to eliminate paper copies,” he said. “1 can make a lot of documents available to the pub lic over both computer and over the Internet.” Sorrells said that state law requires him to maintain an original copy of most docu ments filed with his office. "They are supposed to be in 2003, voters approved the extension that’s projected to generate $l6O million through a span of five years for proj ects including road improve ments and parks and recre ation facilities. Projections for the other 1- percent sales tax that the state allows municipalities to col lect were calculated last fall as county administrators pre pared the 2004 budget which included a 2 mill property tax increase for homeowners. Quesenberry said the prop erty taxes are “right on sched ule" along with other sources of revenue including fines, forfeitures, licenses and per mits. age label.” said Irvin. The shrimp is Kroger White Shrimp, Raw-Headless-Shell- On, packaged in 16-ounce plas tic bags with a Use By Date of 121204 A31703C and a UPC code 11110-96600. The affected shrimp are lim ited to one production run which included one roll of packaging film that did not list the ingredi ents including sulfites. Kroger has voluntarily McDonald & Son ] •fiineraljlonic and Crematory EAny Funeral Home Can Offer Preplanning..... But Come By McDonald & Son and Let Us Show You What We Do That Distinguishes Us Lauren McDonald, 111 From the Others. “Because We Care” 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming. GA 30040 (770) 886-9899 www.mcaonaldandson.com Forsyth CountvNews •/ Your "Hometown Paper " Since 19OH * USPS 205-540 Veterans Memorial Blvd.. Cumming. Georgia 30044) Phone: 770-887-3126 Fax: 770-889-6017 Internet Address: www.forsythnews.com • Publisher DENNIS STOCKTON General Manager NORMAN BAGGS Editor TOM SPIGOLON Advertising Director MARTI BARNES Circulation Director PHIL JONES MKMMR Published Sunday. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday by the Forsyth County News Company. Veterans Memorial Blvd.. Cumming, Ga. Second Class Postage paid at Cumming. Ga. and additional offices. Subscription rate for Forsyth County. $52 per year. $35 for six months; other Georgia and out of state subscriptions are SBS per year Any unused portion of a subscription balance will be gladly refunded. However, all refunds due the subscriber are subject to a processing fee. which will be automatically deducted from the subscription balance refund. Advertising rates and deadlines available upon request Postmaster: Send address change to Forsyth County News/P.O, Box 210. Cumming. Ga. 30028. A Swartz-Morris Media Inc. publication Miss your paper? Call 887-3126 We deliver replacement papers within Forsyth County. If your newspaper is not delivered by 6:30 a.m.. please call the circulation department at 770-887-3126. 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For Thursday's paper classified line ads are due by noon Tuesday For Friday's paper classified line ads arc due by noon Wednesday. Legal advertising is due by Friday noon and runs only in Wednesday's paper. a controlled environment and fireproof vault of some kind.” Sheriff Ted Paxton said that his officers and administrators are spread out though 13 build ings in the county. “I haven’t seen the present ment yet,” said Paxton. “But I certainly welcome any positive help in addressing our space problem.” Paxton’s office spent more than $600,000 to house jail inmates in other counties during 2003. “Regardless of the vote, the need did not go away,” he said. In addition to the outsourc ing of inmates, Paxton said that his office paid approximately $65,000 for rental offices during the past year. “Everything else [except the sales tax extension] looks like it’s on track,” Quesenberry said. Impact fee collections have generated more than $550,000 for the county government since the beginning of the year, Quesenberry said. Those fees are paid by developers to fund specific capital needs of libraries, parks and recreation and pub lic safety departments that will support the growth in popula tion caused by new business and residential projects. “We’re now doing some evaluations on how to start using those dollars,” Quesenberry said. recalled the product. Other runs of this shrimp list all the ingredi ents and are unaffected by the recall. The shrimp was distrib uted to Kroger stores in Georgia. Sulfites are a preservative used in many products. However, people who have an allergy or sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume products contain ing them.