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. FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, March 17,2004
Deaths
Donald H. Baxter
Mr. Donald H. Baxter, 75,
of Cumming died March 14,
2004. A native
and longtime
resident of
Pittsburgh. Pa..
Mr. Baxter had
VETERAN
resided in Cumming for the
past 13 years. He was a U.S.
Army veteran, serving in
World War 11, a member of the
Lutheran church and was
retired as a factory worker
with the HJ. Heinz Co.-
Survivors include his wife,
Laura Baxter of Cumming;
sons, Michael Patrick and
Jayne Baxter of Pittsburgh,
Pa., Daniel William Baxter of
Cumming, James Timothy and
Charlene Baxter of Matt; sis
ter. Shirley Zube of Belleview,
Fla.; four grandchildren.
Graveside services will be
Wednesday, March 17, at 2
p.m. at the Sawnee View
Memorial Gardens with Pastor
Thomas B. Smith officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to
the charity of your choice.
McDonald and Son
Funeral Home and Crematory
in Cumming is in charge of
the arrangements.
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March 17. 2004
Gary Keith Beaver
Mr. Gary Keith Beaver of
Landis, N.C.. died Sunday.
March 14.
2004. Mr.
Beaver gradu
ated from
Landis High
VETERAN
School and
attended Rowan Tech. He
served two terms in the U.S.
Army and retired from
General Motors. Mr. Beaver
was a member of the Eureka
Masonic Lodge No. 283. the
Oasis Temple Shrine of
Charlotte and a member of
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
S.J., USA. He was mayor pro
tern two terms. Aiderman one
term for the town of Landis.
He was preceded in death by
his father, Harold Beaver; and
brother, Tony Beaver
Survivors include his wife.
Elsie Taylor Beaver; mother.
Lola Deadman Beaver of
Landis. N.C.; daughters and
son-in-law. Beth and Robbie
Pinkston of Landis. N.C.,
Nancy Beaver of Cumming;
brother and sister-in-law. Mike
and Sheila Beaver of Landis,
N.C.; grandchildren. Cody
Amanda McCurley and Sara
Paige McCurley. both of
Landis. N.C.
Funeral services will be
Wednesday. March 17. at 11
a m. at the Linn Honeycutt
Funeral Home Chapel in
Landis. N.C.. with the Revs.
R.J. Hammond and Gene
Beaver officiating. Burial will
follow in the Carolina
Memorial Park.
Linn Honeycutt Funeral
Home in Landis. N.C., is in
charge of the arrangements.
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March 17. 2004
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Freda Louise Newberry
Mrs. Freda Louise
Newberry, 80, of Cumming
died March 12. 2004. A native
of Methuen, Mass., Mrs.
Newberry was the daughter of
Fred and Isabella Perry
Bonacorsi. She was a home
maker and involved in Toys of
Tots, the Garden Club and
school activities. She was pre
ceded in death by her hus
band. Harold M. Newberry.
Survivors include her chil
dren, Joni and Randy Owens
of Cumming. Sean and Ashley
Newberry of Panama City
Beach, Fla., Rhonda James of
Pacifica. Calif., Sonny James
of Chicopee, Mass., Ronald
Aboud of Haverhill, Mass.;
brother and sister-in-law,
Robert and Janet Bonacorsi of
Hernando, Fla.; sisters, Betty
Stoodley of Salem. Mass.,
Anita Giles of Lovell, Mass;
seven grandchildren.
Memorial services for Mr.
and Mrs. Newberry were
Tuesday. March 16, at the
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev.
John Cromartie officiating. In
lieu of flowers, memorial con
tributions may be made to the
United Way of Forsyth
County, 520 Pirkle Ferry Rd..
Cumming. GA 31X140.
McDonald and Son
Funeral Home and Crematory
was in charge of the arrange
ments.
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March 17. 2004
Ray de St. Aubin
Mr. Ray de St. Aubin. 74.
of Cumming died Monday,
March 15, 2004. He was pre
ceded in death by his sister.
Mary Agna Norris.
Survivors include his wife
of 48 years. Rosemary de St.
Aubin; children. Thomas de
St. Aubin. Jeanmarie de St.
Aubin. William and Sandra de
S. Aubin. Kitty de St. Aubin,
Mary and Lou Blume. Edward
de St. Aubin. Michele de St.
Aubin; grandchildren. Michael
de St. Aubin. Joey de St.
Aubin. Timmy de St. Aubin,
Nicole Cowin, Maureen
Cowin. John Cowin, Patrick
Blume. Melanie Blume, Grant
Blume. Hannah Blume. Talbot
Rae de St. Aubin; siblings. Art
and Joan de St. Aubin. Cassie
Traxinger, Rita and Bob
Rensel. Ed and Jane de St.
Aubin; and numerous nieces
and nephews also survive.
Mass will be at St.
Brendan’s Catholic Church in
Cumming on Wednesday.
March 17. at 11 a.m.
Donations may be made to
The Place, 2450 The Place
Avenue. Cumming. GA
30040.
The National Cremation
Society is in charge of the
arrangements.
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March 17. 2004
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Betty Green Albright
Mrs. Betty Green Albright,
73, of Cumming died
Saturday. March 13, 2004.
Mrs. Albright retired from the
Avon Corp, after 35 years of
service. She attended New
Song Church.
Survivors include her hus
band of 57 years, George
Albright of Cumming; daugh
ter. Susan Albright Hayes of
Newnan; grandchildren. Tonya
and Michael Bridges, Tracy
and Chris Wakefield, all of
Cumming, Jason Allen Hayes
of Newnan; great-grandchil
dren, Tanner Wakefield. Brelin
Wakefield, both of Cumming;
brother and sisters-in-law,
Emory and Winona Green of
Hoschton, Nan Green White
of Pine Mountain; several
nieces, nephew s and other rel
atives also survive.
Funeral services were
Monday. March 15. at 2 p.m.
at the Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Steve
Jackson officiating.
Entombment followed in the
Sawnee View Gardens
Mausoleum.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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March 17. 2004
Delmer Holcomb
Mr. Delmer Holcomb. 64,
of Cumming died Sunday,
March 14. 2004. He was a
member of Cross Roads
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Elizabeth Wheeler Holcomb
of Cumming; children,
Richard and Tracey Holcomb.
Brian and LaDonna Holcomb,
Lynn and Donnie Adams, all
of Cumming, Tenna and
James Brockett of Gainesville;
10 grandchildren; and a num
ber of other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services were
Tuesday. March 16. at 2 p.m.
at the Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Ruel
Martin. Robert Martin. Gerald
Blackburn. Vemie Worley and
Robbie Mathis officiating.
Interment followed in the
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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March 17, 2004
LOTS from 1A
but would have to file sepa
rate zoning requests for the
commercial and residential
portions of their property.
However. District 4
Commissioner Marcie Kreager
said with PUDs and CUPs
being deleted, there should be
some provision for the com
missioners to address lot size
variances for areas which have
already been designated for
those categories.
Kreager suggested amend
ing the UDC to allow the
board to grant lot size vari
ances in the interim while the
code is being modified.
Miller said the board can
expect to see many such
requests if the board grants lot
size variances.
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TREE from 1A
said, “and no ordinances that
we ever pass satisfy every
one.”
“I think we have an ordi
nance that this county can live
with. 1 think we ought to adopt
it and put it in place and see
how it works,” he said, adding
he would not support any
changes.
Opponents- also said speci
men trees larger existing
trees on property that impose
stiffer fines on developers if
they are cleared should
have a 30-inch diameter
instead of the 18 inches as
written in the ordinance.
Patty Durand, a member of
the county tree board who
helped develop the original
code along with former county
REPS from 1A
on the new maps since she
resides within a few miles of
her former district.
"My home is not far from
the 50th District, which is my
old district and includes a por
tion of my former territory,"
said Jackson. "I would be more
than happy to represent the peo
ple of Forsyth County since
they have drawn me into the
49th District. I do have friends
in that area."
There are some legislators
that believe the new maps
would give the Republicans
control over the Georgia House
of Representatives. However,
several Democrats who have
reviewed the maps disagree.
Murphy said it was too early
for him to make a comment
about the new maps.
"I don't think they are final
yet," said Murphy. "We won't
DRUGS from 1A
Letters were being written
to the parents of the students
involved in the incident to
inform them of a school tri
bunal hearing which is
expected to be held within 10
days of the students being
suspended. The school sys
tem and the Forsyth County
Sheriff's Office sometimes
work together on incidents
occurring on school grounds.
However, the school system
only addresses the issue of
whether a student violated
Kreager said the board
would not accept lot size vari
ance requests that fall outside
the parameters of mixed use
properties.
“I don't think that's some
thing the board is going to
entertain," Kreager said.
District 1 Commissioner
Charlie Laughinghouse
opposed the amendment, but
said staff should add certain cri
teria to the UDC the variance
applications must meet before
they will be considered.
The amendment allows
commissioners to grant lot
size variances and the elimina
tion of PUDs and CUPs from
the UDC must undergo public
hearings before they will be
accepted.
arborist Van Moore, said they
worked for more than a year to
draft the ordinance. She said
the board destroyed the origi
nal intention of the ordinance.
“It’s a joke,” Durand told
commissioners.
She said the county now
has adopted an ordinance
that’s weaker than what was
proposed because it takes out
a provision that would have
required builders as well as
developers to adhere to the
tree ordinance.
“It’s weaker than what we
currently have," Durand said,
explaining that a new provi
sion allowing existing trees
that are retained to count
three times toward the
required tree volume means
know for sure until next
Monday."
Rep. Amos Amerson, R-
Dahlonega, who holds the third
House seat assigned to Forsyth
in the new map. said he thought
either Knox or Murphy should
run'against Stephens for the
Senate seat.
"You've got a good portion
of the population of that district
(Senate District 27) in Forsyth
and 1 think they could win,"
said Amerson.
Amerson, who lives in
Lumpkin County, said he often
felt Dawson and Lumpkin
should be paired in a House
seat. "I'm not as familiar with
this portion of Forsyth, but I
understand it covers a good por
tion of Lake Lanier," said
Amerson. "I'm a member of the
House Natural Resources and
Environmental Committee and
the system's code of ethics,
according to David Adams,
Forsyth County Schools safe
ty director.
A disciplinary tribunal
will be conducted by the
school system for the stu
dents involved in the drug
incident. Both the school sys
tem and the students' parents
will be allowed to present
evidence and witness testi
mony. A panel of three
administrators, which are not
associated with the school
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that less trees overall will be
left standing.
She said she plans to resign
from the tree board.
“I’m not going to waste my
time,” Durand said. “I’ve got
better things to do.”
Kreager said the original
ordinance as drafted was too
complicated, and suggested
Moore purposefully drafted it
that way.
“He resigned so he could
be a consultant,” Kreager said.
Durand called the charge
“ridiculous."
An additional amendment
by Laughinghouse passed
unanimously, excluding subdi
visions of six or less homes
from adhereing to the tree
ordinance.
have a section of the lake in my
current district."
Attorneys for the state and
legislators who filed a lawsuit
against the original 2001 map
have been given a time line of a
week to comment on the court
drawn maps. Murphy expects
attorneys to file some appeals.
Maps of senate and repre
sentative districts are deter
mined by the population cen
sus. The maps were redrawn in
2001 after the 2000 federal cen
sus figures became available.
Republicans filed a lawsuit stat
ing the lines were biased
toward a Democratic majority.
The judges who ruled
against the maps gave those
filing the lawsuit a deadline to
develop their own maps. When
legislators failed to redraw the
maps, the courts appointed
their own mapmaker.
involved, will listen to the
information presented and
decide a student's guilt or
innocence. If the student is
found guilty a second session
is conducted to decide disci
plinary action. Both the
school system and the parents
can make recommendations
at such a hearing.
School principals only
have the authority to suspend
students for a minimum of 10
days and then a tribunal must
be held, according to Adams.