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PAGE 2A FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Sunday, April 25,2004 Deaths Winifred Amelia Ackley Winifred Amelia Ackley, 83, of Dawsonville died Friday, April 23, 2004. A native of Pittsfield, Mass., Mrs. Ackley had resided in Dawsonville for the past 20 years, moving here from Albuquerque, N.M. She was a retired licensed practical nurse and a member of Deer Creek Shores Presbyterian Church. Survivors include sons, Douglas Ackley of Peru, Mass., Bruce Ackley of Roswell; daughters. Coralie Ingraham of Dalton. Mass.. Maxine Tatrow of Dalton, Mass., Wendy Fox of Woodstock. Robin Marauszwski of Dawsonville; 17 grandchil dren; 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial services are Monday. April 26, at 7 p in. at Deer Creek Shores Presbyterian Church with the Revs. James H. Kelso and John Tarrant officiat ing. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Georgia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, 1925 Century Blvd.. N.E.. Ste. 10. Atlanta,’GA 30345-3315. McDonald & Son Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements. Forsvth County News April 25. 2004 James Chester Avery James Chester Avery , 73. of Glenwood died Thursday, April 22.2004. Mr. Avery was the son of the late Chester A. and Ellen Avery and was a retired iron worker. He has served in the U.S. Navy. Survivors include sons. Tim Avery of Cumming. Ricky Avery of Glenwood; sis ters. Betty VETERAN Couey. Joan Westbrook, both of Glenwood; grandson. Tobey Avery. Graveside services are Monday, April 26. at 11 am. at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Wheeler County . The family will receive friends at Sammons Funeral Home. Soperton Sunday from 7-9 p.m. Sammons Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Forsvth Counts News April 25, 2004 Joyce Mitchell Baker Mrs. Joyce Mitchell Baker. 74, of Rome, formerly of Adairsville, died Wednesday, April 21.2004. She was a mem ber of Adairsville Baptist Church. She retired after 30 years of service from the med ical practice of Doctors Gray Dickinson, and Rutledge in Rome. She was preceded in death by her husband. Paul E. Baker; brothers. Richard and albert Mitchell: and sister. Edna Mitchell Dyer. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Ed and Anita Baker of Rome, John and Candy Baker of Cumming, and Michael and Melanie Baker of Rome; one brother. Horton Mitchell of Adairsville; X grand children; one great-grandchild; nieces and nephews also sur vive. Funeral services were Saturday at Adairsville Baptist Church with the Revs. Tai Roberts, Mark Sargent and Allen Fuller officiating. Interment followed in Eastview Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Adairsville Baptist Church or Heyman Hospice Care of Rome/Floyd County. R. Dudley Barton and Son Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsy th County News April 25, 2004 Mary Lou (Myrt) Donaldson Miss Mary Lou (Myrt) Donaldson, 92, of Cumming, died Wednesday. April 21. 2004. Miss Donaldson had been a longtime resident of Chestnut Ridge Nursing Center. Survivors include several nieces, nephews and other rela tives. Funeral services were Friday at Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tom Burdette officiat ing. Ingram Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News April 25. 2004 Lota Hawkins Leta Hawkins, 85, of Cumming died Friday, April 2, 2004. Mrs. Hawkins was a native and life long resident of Forsyth County and was an active member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. She was pre ceded in death by her husband, Sam Hawkins; sister, Claudine Loggins; brothers, W.J. (Bud) Hood and Jack Hood. Survivors include sisters, Wanda Cowart of Canton; brothers and sisters-in-law, Pat and Nellie Hood of Cumming, Arnold and Jean Hood of Dawsonville; a number of nieces, nephews and other rel atives also survive. Funeral services were Sunday, April 4, at Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Hughlen Cochran, Harold Bottoms, Gary Coffey officiating. Ingram Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News April 25, 2004 service of ’Forsyth County | '——————- ■■■ I ph 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 We ll provide a FREE Family Estate Planning Kit to help record your wishes. So that when the lime does your family won't have to worry about a thing LOUIE E. JONES Alpharetta Funeral Home 59 North Main Street, Alpharetta, GA - 30004 Atottwooos Sheila Gay Nalley Mrs. Sheila Gay Nalley, 46, of Cumming died Thursday. April 22, 2004. A native of Dade County, Fla., she had lived in Cumming since 1987. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her father, James Tomes; sister, Carol Tomes; and broth er, Tommy Tomes. Survivors include her hus band, George Nalley of Cumming; son and daughter in-law, David and Amy Nalley of Milton, Fla.; mother. Pauline Blanton of Cumming; sister. Deborah Tomes of Cumming; brothers and sis ters-in-law. Phillip and Janet Tomes of Cumming, Todd and Lisa Blanton of Dawsonville; aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 26. at 2 p.m. at McDonald and Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Gaines officiating. Interment will be at Sawnee View Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. at McDonald and Son Funeral Home and Crematory. McDonald & Son Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements. Forsvth County News April 25. 2004 Myrtle “Dale" Spires Mrs. Myrte “Dale” Spires. 61, of Concord died Thursday, April 22. 2004. She was a mem ber of the Concord Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her son, Ronnie Spires, and her parents, Taz and Dorris Pair. Survivors include her hus band of 41 years, Clois Spires; son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Michele Spires of Concord; brothers and sisters-in-law, Doyle and JoAnn Pair of Columbus, Henry and Carolyn Pair of Cumming; sister and brother-in-law. Winnie and Eugene Allen of Conyers; grandchildren, Victoria, Ronnie, Brianna and Danielle. Funeral services will be con ducted Sunday. April 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home with the Rev. Doug Ledford officiating. A committal service will follow at 4:30 p.m. in the Sawnee View Gardens in Cumming. Moody Funeral Home in Zebulon is in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth Counts News April 25, 2004 Grace Wanlck Steck Grace Wanick Steck of Cumming, formerly of Lilburn, died Thursday, April 22, 2004. Grace was a registered nurse and worked in pediatrics in Columbus, Ohio, before moving to Georgia in 1947. She returned to nursing many years later and worked at the director of nursing at Elks Aidmore Hospital before retiring. She was preceded in death by her husband. George; daugh ter. Bonnie ; sons. Jack and Jay. Survivors include son. Bob and his wife Pat of Cumming; nine grandchildren; four great-grand children; A memorial senice will be Monday, April 26, at 2 p.m. at Ingram Funeral Home with the Rev. Phil Connell officiating. Ingram Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Forsvth Counts News April 25. 2004 INGRAM from A experienced phenomenal growth in the past decade. He said that as the growth contin ues, the firm will add addition al personnel. Allen also said that he might consider opening a sec ond facility within the county in years to come. For Ingram and Allen, the funeral home transaction is a culmination of a friendship that began shortly after Royston Ingram, Sr. opened his funeral business in 1928. “My dad received a call to pick up a body at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta. In those days, the road to Atlanta was dirt for most of the way. We had been through a tremendous rain and by the PINSON from 1A has enabled it to attract top educators and become one of the leading public school sys tems in the state, according to Pinson. "It is my desire to serve the citizens of Forsyth County by continuing to improve upon the standards of excellence within our school system,” said Pinson. Before making his decision to run, Pinson said he researched the time and com mitment involved in becoming a school board member. “I spoke with Paul Kreager and other members of the Byars Funeral Home “Comforting Your Family " fcX 3 I mml ..—-. • Serving All Faiths HKsIBI , • Complete Funeral Marty l Byars Service - $3,895.00 Funeral Director • Cremation - $795.00 678-455-5815 155 Professional Park Drive, Cumming, GA 30040 r McDonald Son JimcralJlonic and Crematory Any Funeral Home Can j Offer Preplanning ■ ' ' But Come By McDonald & Son and Let Us Show You What We Do That BLXjBI Distinguishes Us Lauren McDonald, ill From the Others. “Because We Care” 150 Sawnee Drive. Cumming, GA 30040 (770) 886-9899 V www.mcdonaldandson.com 2 Forsyth Count vNews J Your Hometown Paper ' Since 1908 J USPS 205-540 Veterans Manorial Blvd., Cumming. Georgia .MKUO Phone: 770-887-3126 Fax: 770-889-6017 Internet Address: www.forsvthncws.com e Publisher DENNIS STOCKTON , (General Manager NORMAN BAGGS Editor TOM SPIGOLON Advertising Director MARTI BARNES Circulation Director PHIL JONES MEMBER Published Sunday. Wednesday. Tltursday and Fnday 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 he automatically deducted from the subscription balance refund. Advertising rates and deadlines available upon request Postmaster: Send address change to Forsyth i County News/P.O. Box 210. Cumming. Ga. 30028. A Swartz-Morris Media Inc. publication Miss your paper? 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Classified Line Advertising Deadlines (Help wanted, garage sales, rentals, etc ) For Sunday’s paper classified line ads are due by noon Friday. For Wednesday's paper classified line ads are due by noon Monday. For Thursday's paper classified line ads are due by n<x>n Tuesday For Friday's paper classified line ads are due by txxtn Wednesday I>egal advertising is due by f nday mx>n and ntns only in Wednesday's paper time he reached Atlanta the hearse was covered in mud. When he came out of the hos pital. a man was standing there with his foot on the bumper of the hearse. The man was H.M. Patterson," said George Ingram. He said that Patterson ridiculed his father for operat ing such a dirty hearse. When the senior Ingram explained that he drove the car through ruts to get to the city, the two men became the best of friends. Today, 76 years later, the great-grandson of Patterson becomes the owner of the funeral home started by the man with the mud-coated hearse. school board to discuss run ning for the position and the time involved,” he said. Pinson will be running as a Republican. He plans to be visible at school functions, meetings and work with the county in areas of redistricting concerns. “I feel the experience of seeing the changes within our school system over the years has further clarified my vision for the future of our children and it is my hope with the citizen’s support that we can make this vision a reality.”