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> - FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, March 24,2004
Deaths
Bennet Nooe Aiken Sr.
Mr. Bennet Nooe Aiken Sr.
of Cumming died Saturday,
March 19, 2(X)4.
Mr. Aiken retired from
Eastern Airlines where he was
an airline pilot for more than
39 years. He later became
president of the Retired
Eastern Pilots Association and
stayed active for many years.
Survivors include wife.
Mrs. Jeanne Aiken of
Cumming; daughter and son
in-law. Kellie Aiken and Mark
Ward of Sugar Hill; sons and
daughters-in-law, Bennet Jr.
and Gail Aiken of Pender
grass. Donald and Jackie
Aiken of Duluth. David and
Sally Aiken of Memphis.
Tenn., Johnny and Nuala
Aiken of Grayson; brother,
Richard and Marion Aiken of
Elizabeth City, N.C.; 14
grandchildren; five nieces; one
nephew.
Funeral services were
Tuesday, March 23. at the
Chapel of Flanigan Funeral
Home with Rev. Michael
Martin officiating.
Flanigan Funeral Home
was in charge of the arrange
ments.
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March 24. 2004
Alice Geneva Heard
Mrs. Alice Geneva Heard.
79. of the Holbrook Camp
ground community, died
Saturday. March 20. 2004.
Mrs Heard was a member
of Hightower Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by
her husband. John Heard.
Survivors include daughter
and son-in-law, Becky and Ed
Cochran of Holbrook
Campground community; sons
and daughters-in-law, John
and Debbie Heard of
Lawrenceville. Thomas and
Donna Heard of Holbrook
Campground community;
grandchildren. Nathan and
Kim Cochran, Ben Cochran.
Jill and Leigh Heard. Kacey
and Kortnee Heard; sister.
Demetra Henderson of
Roswell; brother. T.G. Wilson
of Woodstock; brothers-in-law
and sisters-in-law, Mrs. Cleo
Milford. Mrs. Jessie Pruitt,
both of Freehome, Bud Heard
of Lathemtown. Mattie and
Bob Turner of Gwinnett
County. Arah Heard of
Canton; a number of nieces,
nephews and other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services were
Monday. March 22. at 2 p.m.
at Hightower Baptist Church
with the Revs. John Lummus,
Robert Martin and Gerral
Richards officiating.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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March 24. 2004
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Brenda Kay Kyle
Ms. Brenda Kay Kyle, 49,
of Cumming died Friday,
March 19. 2004.
Survivors include parents,
William and Bettye Kyle of
Ocala, Fla.; sister. Jan Kyle
Hunthausen of West Wood.
Kansas. In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made to
Small Dog Rescue, P.O. Box
888570, Atlanta. Georgia
30356.
Private memorial services
will be held.
McDonald & Son Funeral
Home is in charge of the
arrangements.
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March 24. 2004
Dora F. Parrish
Mrs. Dora F. Parrish. 69. of
Cumming died Saturday,
March 20. 2004.
Survivors include husband.
Calvin W. Parrish; son. Jason
A. Parrish of Cumming; sis
ters, Jean Korus of Poteet,
Texas. Brenda Shomette of
Kaufman. Texas; brother. Jack
Eller of Gastonie, N.C.; sever
al nieces and nephews.
Private memorial services
w ill be held at a later date.
L.W. McDonald & Son
Funeral Home is in charge of
the arrangements.
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March 24. 2004
Jack Richards
Mr. Jack Richards. 71. of
Alpharetta died Monday,
March 22. 2(X)4.
He was a member of
Longstreet Baptist Church.
Survivors include wife.
Jessie Martin Richards of
Alpharetta; daughter and son
in-law. Linda and Rev. Phil
Christopher of Cumming;
grandchildren. Todd and
Tonia Christopher of Canton.
Cory Christopher of Cum
ming; great-grandchildren.
Alex and Madison Chris
topher of Canton; sisters and
brother-in-law. Evelyn Stan
cil of Dawsonville. Allie and
Harold Williams of Clarks
ville; brother-in-law and sis
ters-in-law, Frances Bales of
Decatur. Ruth Woodall,
Jeanette Bartenfield. both of
Cumming. Winford Martin of
Alpharetta; nieces, nephews
and other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services are
Wednesday. March 24. at 2
p.m. at Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Pete
Martin and John Lummus offi
ciating. Interment will follow
at Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
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March 24, 2004
Gene Silver
Mr. Gene Silver, 70, of
Taylorsville died Friday,
March 19, 2(X)4.
Survivors include wife,
Helen Silver of Taylorsville;
son and daughter-in-law, Garry
and Beth Silver of Hiram;
daughter and son-in-law,
Sheila and Rick Waltrip of
Taylorsville; brother, Truman
Silver of Smyrna; five sisters,
Louis Taylor of Jasper. Annie
Goss of Marietta, Florence
Godfrey of Fairmont, Flora
Holland of Dallas, Eulene
Honea of Cumming; grand
child. Conner Silver.
Funeral services were
Sunday, March 21, at Ball
Creek Baptist Church with the
Revs. Clyde Boling, Vince
Alig and David Warriner offi
ciating.
Cagle Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth Counts News
March 24, 2004
ACTIVIST from A
mail document copies to the ethics
activist, attorney Ken Jarrard has said
Anderson may review the documents at
their office at any time at no charge.
The fee addressed in the letter includ
ed a $220 charge for previous work to
provide county records.
Jarrard said fees to compensate for
employees' time were waived.
The proposed fee also included a SIOO
charge for the removal and replacement
of records at an off-site private facility on
Pilgrim Mill Road.
Jarrard has said those records will not
be provided until the $ 1 (X) is paid because
that money should not come from county
taxpayers.
According to county records, com
bined fees totaling more than $20,000
from various county departments was
paid to the record storage center last year
the majority for rental costs.
In the letter from the state. Allen sug-
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locations the county govern
ment is investigating.
“One option would be to
build on a large vacant tract of
land directly adjacent to the
current fire station on
Settendown Road,” said
Bowman. The
other option
would be to
relocate Fire
Station 12
temporarily, as
well as fire
headquarters,
by tearing
down the old
structure and
rebuilding on
the same foot-
. I/Ue found mold in the roof
rafters and in some of the
sheet rock on the west side of
the building. You don't play
with mold.
print.”
Funding may come from a
variety of sources including
impact fees and fire depart
ment reserves. Bowman said.
Fire operations moved into
the current building in 1993.
The building itself. Bowman
said, dates back “at least to the
early 19605” and used to be an
The following is a list of various county departments and offices
and the amount they paid to a record storage facility on Pilgrim Mill
Road in 2003. The information was provided by the Finance
Department.
• Clerk of Courts - $6,030
• District Attorney - S6BO
• Planning and Administration - $5,720
• Sheriff’s Office- $3,120
•Tax Assessor’s Office- $2,880
• Finance Department - $2,098
• Engineering - $344
• Legal - $136
• Human Resources - $343
TOTAL $21,351
gests Anderson try and resolve his differ
ences with the law firm.
A spokesman for the Attorney
lation,” Rep. Tom Knox. R-
Cumtning, said Monday.
Under pressure that
Georgia was the only state in
the nation without a child
endangerment law. the
Legislature passed the bill
practically unopposed this ses
sion.
The law will go into effect
on July 1 after it is signed by
the governor.
egg processing plant.
The mold discovery put
plans to construct a new facili
ty on the “fast track”,
Bowman said.
“An independent contractor
gave me the report around the
Christmas holidays,” he said.
“Since that time, I have been
looking at the manner in
which the fire station crews
and administrative staff can be
relocated.”
About 20 people work at
the facility during the day, and
six at night. Bowman said.
To ensure the health and
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safety of firefighters and
administrative-staff at the
facility, Bowman said he may
temporarily relocate person
nel. “I’ve had at least three
individuals tell me that they
personally felt that a recurring
fighters and staff,” said
Bowman.
“I'm going to be proactive
on this issue,” the fire chief
said, adding staff might tem
porarily be housed in another
facility owned by the county.
“I think a decision on that
will be made over the next 30
days,” Bowman said.
General’s Office said Friday they had not
received additional correspondence from
Anderson.
cough and
some respira
tory distress
was suspected
to be present
as a result of
the mold,” he
said. “I am
going to liber
ally construe
the health
issue in favor
of the fire-