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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Sunday, April 4,2004
Deaths
Nancy Louise Drozynski
Nancy Louise Drozynski,
58. of Cumming died April 1,
2004. A native of Buffalo, N.Y.,
Mrs. Drozynski has lived in
Cumming since 1996, moving
here from Alpharetta. She
worked for Capitol
Administrators as a claims
adjuster.
Survivors include her hus
band. Jerry Drozynski of
Cumming; daughter. Jane
Drozynski of Alpharetta; son
and daughter-in-law. Michael
and Laura Drozynski of Sugar
Hill.
Memorial services will be
Sunday, April 4. at 4 p.m. at the
Pleasant Grove United
Methodist Church with the rev.
David Tinsley officiating. In
lieu of flowers, memorial con
tributions may be made to your
favorite charity.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home and Crematory was in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
April 4. 2004
Herbert Gilleland Jr.
Herbert "Junior" Gilleland
Jr., 67, of Dawsonville died
Friday, April 2, 2004. Bom in
Dawson County. Mr. Gilleland
lived a short
period in
Gwinnett and
Hall counties.
He lived in
Forsyth County
VETERAN
23 years before returning to
Dawson County. Instrumental
in the development of many
state highways and state parks
in Georgia, he owned Gilleland
& Son Inc. from 1968 until
1990. When he sold the compa
ny it was the fourth largest con
tracting company in Georgia.
Mr. Gilleland was a U.S. Army
veteran and was of the
Methodist faith. He was pre
ceded in death by his grandson.
Eric Conner; parents, Herbert
Sr. and Cleo Gilieland.
Survivors include his wife.
Harriet Bagwell Gilieland of
Dawsonville; daughters and
son-in-law. Samantha
Gilleland. Wendy and Jeff
Conner, all of Dawsonville; son
and daughter-in-law. James and
Faye Day of Dawsonville; sis
ter. Sue Mooney of Cumming;
grandchildren, Stephanie Frix,
Samuel and Jacquelyn
Conner. Jamie and Crystal
Day; great-grandchildren,
Chase and Chloe Wigley; and
a number of other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services will be
Sunday. April 4, at 2 p.m. at
the Bethel Baptist Church
with the Rev. Mike Owens
officiating. Interment will fol
low in the Duluth City
Cemetery.
Bearden Funeral Home in
Dawsonville is in charge of the
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
April 4, 2d04
Melody Mlzer
Melody Mizer, 44, of
Cumming died Thursday,
April 1, 2004. after a coura
geous battle with cancer.
Melody was a physical edu
cation teacher in the Forsyth
County School System for 15
years at Sawnee Elementary,
Daves Creek Elementary,
Mashburn Elementary and
was currently at Sharon
Elementary. She was an
active volunteer for many
local charities and especially
in the Forsyth County Relay
for Life.
Survivors include her
mother, Mary Ann Mizer of
Cumming; father. Glen Mizer
of Palmetto, Fla.; brothers
and sisters-in-law, Mountie
and Stacy Mizer of Swan
Pointe, Md., Glen and Paige
Mizer of Reno, Nev.; nieces
and nephews, Macie
McKenzie Mizer of Swan
Pointe, Md., Brodie Glen
Mizer of Reno, Nev.
Funeral services were
Saturday, April 3, at II a.m.
at the Coal Mountain Baptist
Cemetery. Donations may be
made to The Joshua Wallace
Benefit Fund, First Colony
Bank, 100 Colony Park,
Cumming, GA 30040.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrange
ments.
Forsyth County News
April 4, 2004
J.L. Turner
Mr. J.L. Turner, 79, of
Dawsonville died Wednesday,
March 31, 2004. Mr. Turner
was a member of Concord
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife
of 57 years. Hazel Garrett
Turner of Dawsonville; chil
dren, Shirley and Larry
Hamby, Harris and Rhonda
Turner, all of Dawsonville;
grandchildren. Ginger and
Kevin Bearden of Cumming,
Jason and Beth Hamby,
Nathan and Tiffany Turner,
Jarred Turner, all of
Dawsonville, Justin and Lynn
Turner of Sycamore; nine
great-grandchildren; brothers
and sisters-in-law, Kermit and
Annie Turner of Cumming,
Ivan and Nancy Turner of
Dawsonville; sisters and
brother-in-law. Allene and
Grady Dover of Buford, Doris
and James Hamby, Opal and
Lonald Holtzclaw, all of
Cumming. Stella and Edward
Dyer of Dawsonville; brother
and sister-in-law. Roy and
Doris Garrett of Cumming;
and a number of nieces,
nephews and other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday. April 3, at 2 p.m. at
the Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Ruel
Martin. Robert Martin and
Rueben Smith officiating.
Interment followed in the
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrange
ments.
Forsyth County News
April 4, 2004
Brice Wallace
Brice Wallace, 82, of
Dawsonville died Thursday.
April 1, 2004. A lifelong resi
dent of Dawson County, Mr.
Wallace was employed many
years by Barker Brothers
Paving Co. in Gainesville. He
owned and operated Wallace
Union’ 76 in Dawsonville for
27 years. He was a member of
Concord Baptist Church. He
was preceded in death by his
wife, Geneva “Winnie"
Wallace; parents, Charles and
Margaret Wallace; four broth
ers and three sisters.
Survivors include his chil
dren, Vickie and Robert Irvin
of Dahlonega, Kay and Jeff
Gearhart of Gainesville,
Karen and David Cox. Kathy
and Ricky Bennett, all of
Dawsonville; grandchildren,
Deedra and Glenn Anderson.
Amanda Irvin. Tonya and
Chuck Eberhart, Michael
Odum, Krystle Cox. Chelsea
Cox. Ryan Bennett, Abby
Bennett; six great-grandchil
dren; special friends, Alton
Grant, Clarence Barker; and a
number of other relatives also
survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday, April 3, at the Christ
Fellowship Church with
Pastor Ricky Stepp, the Revs.
A.J. Creel and Terry Cowart
officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the Concord Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Bearden Funeral Home in
Dawsonville was in charge of
the arrangements.
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Betty Wlezorek Hobbs
Betty Wiezorek Hobbs,
65, of Cumming died
Thursday, April 1, 2004. A
native of Des Moines, lowa,
Mrs. Hobbs had lived in
Cumming for the past 25
years, moving here from
Woodstock. A homemaker,
she was a 22 year volunteer
with the Northside Hospital
Forsyth Auxiliary and a
member of Fellowship
Baptist Church. Survivors
include her husband, Carlton
E. Hobbs of Cumming;
daughters, Jean Marie
McMurray of Granite Falls,
NC, Mary “Murri” Broer of
Dacula, Lisa Broer of
Dahlonega; sons, Robert
Broer, John Edward Broer,
all of Dahlonega; James
Broer, Chris Hobbs, all of
Cumming, James Hobbs of
Woodstock; sisters, Judith
Ann Wiezorek, Luana
Kitchens, Linda Chisolm, all
of Gainesville, 19 grandchil
dren; I great grandchild and
numerous nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be
Sunday. April 4, at
Fellowship Baptist Church
with Rev. Keith Lee officiat
ing. Interment will follow at
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens. In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions may
be made to Peachtree
Christian Hospice. 3430
Duluth Park Lane. Duluth,
GA 30096.
McDonald and Son
Funeral Home and Crematory
is in charge of the arrange
ments.
Forsyth County News
April 4. 2004
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teaching at Daves Creek.
Gamer said Mizer’s love for
children helped her endure her
ongoing battle with cancer.
“She has always loved kids
and she never wanted them to
see her suffer." said Gamer.
School Superintendent
Paula Gault had known Mizer’s
family for many years and had
attended church with them at
Coal Mountain Baptist Church.
“She was an inspiration to
all of her colleagues,” said
Gault, who said that the school
system staff is like a family.
“Today, we have lost one of our
family members.”
Mizer. who was diagnosed
with cancer five years ago, had
worked as an active volunteer in
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wife and three children ages 4,
7 and 10.
Lopez’s attorney, Peter
Hill, asked the judge to assign
the minimum sentence on
behalf of Lopez’s three chil
dren, who will be without a
father for the next 15 years.
“These children are going
to be hurt by this as much if
not perhaps more than the
alleged victim," Hill said.
The now 6-year-old victim
and her mother attended the
sentencing. As Partridge pre
sented her case for a 15-year
jail term, she read vivid
descriptions of the crime as
expressed by the law. The little
girl’s attention apparently was
diverted from the graphic
depiction of the crime com
mitted against her because a
member of the district attor
ney’s office whispered to her
about an impending family
beach trip.
“These offenses are horrif
ic... The best that you can
hope for [the victim] is that, at
her young age. she’ll forget,”
Partridge said.
District Attorney Penny
Penn said she was very
pleased with the verdict and
sentencing. "This is one of the
most serious types of crimes.
It’s paramount that we protect
the children of our community
and punish these offenders,”
Penn said.
Meanwhile, the child
molestation trial of Alfus H.
Seymour. 76. of Dawsonville
Highway is scheduled to begin
April 19.
Seymour was indicted on a
felony charge of child
molestation on May 8. 2003.
for allegedly committing an
“immoral and indecent act in
the presence of and with a
child under 16 years old."
the annual Relay for Life, a
benefit for the American Cancer
Society.
Her friends and colleagues
had been planning a road race
on April 17 at Windermere as a
benefit for Mizer, who had been
unable to work in recent
months.
Funeral services were held
yesterday at Coal Mountain
Baptist Church under the direc
tion of Ingram Funeral Home.
Her family is asking that
donations be made to the
Joshua Wallace Benefit Fund at
Main Street Bank. Wallace is an
elementary school student who
recently underwent a bone mar
row transplant for treatment of
leukemia.
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of lieutenant colonel. He
then earned a doctorate in
economic statistics and
taught for 16 years at North
Georgia College and -State
University before retiring in
1998. He was elected to the
Dahlonega City Council and
served one term before being
elected to the House.
Both Knox and Amerson
have endorsed each other and
have also been endorsed by
fellow House colleague
Murphy.
Knox also listed the
endorsement of Rep. Glenn
Richardson, the House
Minority Leader.
The General Assembly
recessed late Thursday and
will not reconvene until
Wednesday.
The break will give House
and Senate budget conferees
a chance to work out the vast
differences between the
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developments such as Home
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The county government
needs to stay focused on
important issues, such as fiscal
responsibility “and respecting
the rights of the property own
ers while we develop Forsyth
County,” Busse said. “I’m all
for well-planned, controlled
growth,” he said. "That’s
where this board needs to
come together on things.”
He would also like to
reschedule the board of com
missioners' monthly meeting
from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
giving the working public
more opportunity to interact
with the government.
"I would like the opportu
nity to represent the citizens of
Forsyth County.” Busse said.
"You've got to take me at face
value. I don't sugar coat
things."
Busse is a meat manager at
Publix, has been married for
16 years and has two daugh
ters. He will be running
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House and Senate versions of
the $16.5 billion state budget
for the fiscal year beginning
July 1.
At stake for Forsyth
County are planning funds
for Lanier Technical
College’s Forsyth Campus
and funds for expansion of
the Forsyth County Public
Library. The college funds
were approved by both hous
es, while the library funds
were a last minute addition in
the Senate’s version of the
budget.
Wednesday will be the
40th and final day of the reg
ular session of the
Legislature. If agreement
cannot be worked out on the
budget by midnight
Wednesday, Gov. Sonny
Perdue would be forced to
call lawmakers back into a
Special Session to approve
the budget.
partner of Outback
Steakhouse.
Pritchett is running for Tax
Commissioner this year.
Qualifying deadline for the
county commission position is
April 30. Primary elections are
scheduled for July 20 followed
by a runoff election, if needed,
three weeks later on Aug. 10.
The general election is Nov. 2.
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