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- FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Wednesday, April 7.2004
Deaths
Jackey Dudley
Mr. Jackey “Jack” Dudley,
59, of Cumming died Friday,
April 2, 2004. A lifelong resi-
dent of Forsyth
County, he was
a veteran of the
U.S. Army and
served in the
VETERAN
Panama Canal Zone. He was
preceded in death by his first
wife, Brenda Barnett Dudley.
Survivors include his wife,
Sharon Marie Dudley of
Cumming; sons and daughter
in-law. Jason and Wendi
Dudley of Alpharetta.
Johnathan Ray Dudley of
Cumming; parents, John and
Bessie Dudley of Alpharetta;
brothers- and sisters-in-law,
Virginia Barnett. Beverly and
Melvin Stancil, Marge Tate,
Bill and Barbara Barnett, all
Os Cumming; lifelong friends.
Bob and Lois Jackson; and a
number of nieces, nephews
and other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services were
Monday. April 5, at the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Rev. Vernie Worley
officiating. Interment followed
in the Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
April 7. 2004
Clifford Marvin
Edwards 111
Mr. Clifford Marvin
Edwards 111. 55. of Cumming
died Sunday. April 4. 2004.
He was of the Baptist faith
and served as a police officer
with Doraville Police
Department for 26 years.
Survivors include his wife.
.Rena Edwards of Cumming;
■son and daughter-in-law,
Randy and Leigh Edwards of
Cumming; daughter. Lain
Edwards of Cumming; moth
er. Edith Edwards of
Doraville; brothers, Bobby
jEdwards of Waverly Hall,
Glenn Edwards of Doraville;
grandchildren. Cody and
Clarissa Edwards.
• Funeral services were
Tuesday. April 6. at the First
Baptist Church of Cumming
■with the Rev. Paul Carder offi
ciating. Interment followed in
•the Riverview Memorial Park
jn Smyrna. In lieu of flowers,
■donations may be made to
Relay for Life Fund of
•Forsyth County.
’ McDonald and Son
•Funeral Home was in charge
Jof the arrangements.
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Donald Lee Harmon
Donald Lee Harmon, 79, of
Cumming died Friday, April 2,
2004. A native of Machias, NY,
Mr. Harmon was a retired
Supervisor with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. He
moved here from Roswell in
2001 and was a Presbyterian.
Mr. Harmon was a member of
the Society of Former Special
Agents of the FBI. He was pre
ceded in death by his brother,
Stanley J. Harmon.
Survivors include his
daughter and son-in-law.
Sandra L. and Everett Kronic
of Cumming.
No services are planned. In
lieu of flowers, memorial con
tributions may be made to the
Alzheimer’s Association.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home and Crematory is in
charge of the arrangements.
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April 7, 2004
Leta Hawkins
Mrs. Leta Hawkins, 85, of
Cumming died Friday, April 2,
2004. Mrs. Hawkins, a native
and lifelong resident of
Forsyth County, was an active
member of Zion Hill Baptist
Church. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Sam
Hawkins; sister, Claudine
Loggins; brothers, W.J. “Bud”
Hood and Jack Hood.
Survivors include her
brother-in-law, Broughton
Loggins of Cumming; sister
in-law, Sarah Hood of
Cumming; three siblings; and
a number of nieces, nephews
and other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services were
Sunday. April 4, with the
Revs. Hughlen Cochran.
Harold Bottoms and Gary
Coffey officiating Interment
followed in the Sawnee View
Memorial Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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April 7. 2004
Patricia Ann McEntire
Mrs. Patricia Ann
McEntire. 66, of Cumming
died Friday. April 2, 2004.
Mrs. McEntire, a native of
Forsyth County, was a mem
ber of Cross Plains Baptist
Church. She was preceded in
death by her husband. Travis
McEntire.
Survivors include her chil
dren, Tony and Jeanine
Whitmire. Chris and Janice
McEntire, all of Marietta. Rita
Whitmire, Sandy Rogers, both
of Dallas, Roger McEntire of
Powder Springs, Tim and
Cindy McEntire of Cumming;
11 grandchildren; eight great
grandchildren; brothers and
sisters-in-law, Jerry and
Brenda Richards, Lamar
Richards, all of Cumming; sis
ter. Gwen Saunders of
Cumming; nieces, nephews
and other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services were
Monday. April 5. at the Cross
Plains Baptist Church with the
Revs. Sam Rickett and Johnny
Purcell officiating. Interment
followed in the Cross Plains
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
April 7. 2004
John Larry Overby
Lt. Col. John Larry Overby
(U.S. Army, retired), 65, of
Cumming died
Thursday, April
1, 2004. Born
at Ft. Benning,
Lt. Col. Overby
had lived in
VETERAN
Cumming since March of
2000, moving here from
Smyrna, Tenn. He was a.
Presbyterian and a member of
The Church of the Hills and
the American Legion in
Duluth.
Surviving are his wife,
Constance Overby of
Cumming; son, Larry W.
Overby of Cumming; daugh
ter and son-in-law, Linda K.
and Jim Cloyd of Lyles, Tenn.;
sisters and brothers-in-law,
Addie J. and Jim Alger of
Colorado, Betty T. Paul
Marcum of Waco, Texas;
granddaughters, Katherine
Cloyd, Andrea Cloyd and
Nichole Cloyd, all of Lyles,
Tenn.
Memorial services will be
held Tuesday evening. April 6,
at 7:30 at McDonald and Son
Funeral Home with Dr. Larry
W'ood Officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memori
al contributions may be made
to Girls and Boys Town, c/o
Fr. Vai J. Peter, Boys Town
Center. Boys Town, NE
68010.
McDonald and Sons
Funeral Home is in charge of
the arrangements.
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April 7, 2004
Eugenia Thompson
Mrs. Eugenia “Jeannie"
Thompson. 63. of Cumming
died Sunday. April 4, 2004.
Mrs. Thompson, a member of
Antioch Baptist Church, had
resided in Forsyth County
since 1992.
Survivors include her hus
band of 34 years, Mr. Robert
G. Thompson of Cumming;
daughter and son-in-law,
Hollie and Jeremy Biddy of
Cumming; grandchildren.
Kaitlin, Brittany and R.J.
Biddy; mother. Mrs. Hazel
White of Cumming; brothers
and sisters-in-law, Joe and
Bobbie White of Charlotte,
N.C., Bob and Cynthia White
of Griffin; mother-in-law, Mrs.
Emily Thompson of
Cumming; brother- and sister
in-law, Don and Avie
Thompson of Heflin. Ala.; and
a number of other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services were
Tuesday. April 6. at 3 p.m. at
the Antioch Baptist Church
with the Revs. Travis
Bridgeman. Mark Biddy and
Benny Biddy officiating.
Interment followed in the
Antioch Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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April 7, 2004
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FIRE from 1A
to block the fire between the
fifth and sixth house on
Deerborne Drive. The flames
licked the vinyl siding and
roofing of the sixth home,
address 3906, but did not
catch the entire structure on
fire.
Low humidity, gusting
winds up to 35 miles per
hour, the close proximity of
the homes and the flammabil
ity of the building materials
joined forces to create a fire
storm.
A fire storm. Bowman
said, is so hot that it creates
an atmosphere and wind of
its own. The windshield of a
fire engine was shattered
from the heat, which was
reportedly 2,000 degrees
Fahrenheit in the center of
the storm and 350 degrees
across the street.
“It would have totally
consumed the entire neigh
borhood had they not been
aggressive with their fire
fighting tactics,” Bowman
said of his department's men
and women.
The demolished houses
contained collapsed gas lines
that were emitting raw natu
ral gas into the air. another
worry for the fire chief.
Atlanta Gas Light monitored
the fire scene, and Sawnee
Electric Membership Corp,
was dispatched as well.
The fire department kept
watch through the night to
make sure hot spots in the
destruction did not reignite.
“I think the fire depart
ment did an exemplary job,”
said County Commissioner
A.J. Pritchett, who aided the
department on Sunday as a
volunteer firefighter.
By the time the fire inci
dent was declared over at
11:05 p.m.. seven engines, 40
firefighters, four chief fire
officers, the Forsyth County
Emergency Management
Agency, the Amateur Radio
Emergency Service and the
Forsyth County Disaster
Action Team of the American
Red Cross were on the scene.
Cherokee and Hall counties
and the city of Alpharetta
also dispatched engines and
fire personnel.
Andy Thompson, field
service director for the
Northeast Georgia Chapter of
the American Red Cross, said
his team provided more serv
ices to Sunday’s fire victims
than any other fire in his nine
years with the organization.
They served 122 meals
Sunday night and distributed
“comfort kits” of necessary
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Counseling is available
through the Red Cross to the
five families whose houses
burned.
“These people have lost
not only their houses but
their homes, and some their
pets,” said Nancy
Blankenship, president of the
Manchester Court homeown
ers association.
On Monday, residents
milled through the crumbling
frames of their houses and
the ashes of their posses
sions. Lynn Silverthorne of
3910 Deerborne Drive and
her husband, Ron, returned
from a trip to Florida to find
their home burned to the
ground. They moved into the
house a week ago.
Fortunately, Silverthorne was
able to find her mother-in
law’s set of silver flatware
and several photo albums
under a pile of debris. The
pictures were charred around
the edges but still recogniza
ble.
At 3914 Deerborne Drive,
the suspected site of the fire’s
origin, a car and mattress
springs in the garage were
welded together by the heat.
Oddly, a wooden fence about
45 feet away was untouched
by the fire, though the back
yard it once contained was
scorched.
The blackened corner of a
recipe blew down the street, a
generations-old document no
one would think to keep in a
fire-proof safe with the mort
gage papers. “Combine white
chocola...Cook, stirring con
stantly... spread mixture on a
wax...melted semi-sweet
ch0c01..."
Neighbors banded togeth
er during and after the crisis.
“The only reason our
house didn't bum is the wind
shifted," Blankenship said.
Her house is located
across the street from 3916
Deerborne Drive, which was
leveled by the fire. A filing
cabinet with unreadable files
and the hulls of a few large
appliances are all that remain
of the house.
From her patio in
Hutchenson Pointe. Rotton
said she could see smoke
from the fire billowing over
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the houses. She watched as
airborne, fiery pine straw
ignited small grass fires
around the neighboring sub
division. Rotton’s home
became the “animal sanctu
ary” for surviving pets.
About 80 neighbors, some
from Manchester Park, came
running with garden hoses to
douse homes and yards near
the fire, Blankenship said.
“It’s a very good commu
nity. We’ve had people com
ing out of the woodwork,”
she said.
Homeowners in the three
nearby subdivisions on
Hutchenson Road will meet at
Sharon Forks Library at 6:30
p.m. on Thursday. They will
talk with a catastrophic loss
consultant, a Forsyth fire offi
cial and hopefully a representa
tive for the city of Cumming.
“There clearly has to be
an answer to the community,"
Blankenship said.
A fund has been
established for the
five families who
lost everything in
Sunday’s fire.
Donations will be
used to help the
families get back on
their feet. Please
visit any Bank of
America branch
and give to the
Manchester Court
Fire Victims fund.
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