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> FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, April 28,2004
Deaths
Lewis Earl Corder Jr.
Lewis Earl Corder Jr., 55.
of Buford passed away April
25. 2004.
Mr. Corder was born in
Florence. S.C. He was a
member of
New Prospect
United
Methodist
Church, was
VETERAN
owner of a dental lab and was
a U.S. Navy veteran of
Vietnam. He was an active
member of American Legion
Post #127. where he served
as a board member and as
manager of the baseball
team.
Mr. Corder was preceded
in death by his son.
Christopher Ryan Simmons.
Survivors include his wife,
Deborah C. Corder of
Buford; daughters Jessica E.
Corder of Buford and Carrie
Waltzman of Denver. Co.;
son Lewis Earl Corder 111 of
Columbia. S.C.; grandsons
Noah Waltzman and Matthew
Corder; parents. Lewis Earl
Corder Sr. and Ethel S.
Corder of Florence. S.C.; sis
ters Carol Lane and Anne
Sheppard of Florence, S.C.;
brother Andrew Corder of
Florence. S.C.; and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
held today at 2 p.m. in the
chapel of Tapp Funeral Home
in Buford with the Revs.
Charles Walls and Tommy
Jordan officiating. Burial will
be in Sawnee View Memorial
iardens in Cumming.
In lieu of flowers, memo
rial gifts may be made to the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Attn: Communications
Dept.. 6931 Arlington Rd..
Bethesda. Mary. 20814 or to
New Prospect United
Methodist Church. 2018
fuford Dam Rd., Buford. Ga.
UJSIB or to American Legion
Post #127 Baseball Team.
P.O. Box 377. Buford. Ga.
30515.
Tapp Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Forsyth County News
April 28. 2004
Susie Langston
Garmon
Mrs. Susie Langston
Garmon. 92. of Cumming
died Saturday. April 24.
2004.
Mrs. Garmon was a mem
ber of Harrell Grove Baptist
Church and was preceded in
death by her husband,
Howard Garmon, daughter
Diane Garmon and sons
Theron and James Garmon.
Survivors include daugh
ter and son-in-law, Louise
and Elbert Cruse of
Cumming; sons and daugh
ters-in law. Bobby and
Virginia Garmon of
Lawrenceville. Charles and
Ethel Garmon of Statham,
and Betty Garmon of
Clarkesville. Other survivors
include 14 grandchildren. 24
great-grandchildren, four
great-great-grandchildren,
sister-in-law Bea Langston of
Duluth and other relatives.
Funeral services were
Tuesday. April 27 at 1 p.m. at
Ingram Funeral Home chapel
in Cumming with the Rev.
Gary Coffey officiating.
Interment was at Harrell
Grove Baptist Church.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
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April 28, 2004
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Aubrey Lawson
Mr. Aubrey Lawson. 73,
of Doraville died Friday,
April 23, 2004. He was pre
ceded in death by his wife,
Bobbie Lawson.
Survivors include daugh
ter and son-in-law, Peggy and
Don Mikulenka of Doraville;
sons and daughters-in-law,
David and Sylvia Lawson of
San Antonio, Texas, Wayne
and Sherry Lawson of
Auburn; sister and brother-in
law. Carolyn and Gene Fouts
of Cumming; brother and sis
ter-in-law, Gene and JoAnne
Lawson of Atlanta; grand
children, Stacy Mikulenka,
Keely Mobley, Brian
Lawson, Stephen Lawson.
Ariel Lawson, Lauren
Lawson; great-grandchildren.
Kelsey DeMarcus. Presley
Allen and Preston Mobley;
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were
Monday, April 26, at 1 p.m.
in the chapel with Rev.
Murphy L. Petty officiating.
Louie E. Jones Funeral
Home was in charge of the
arrangements.
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April 28. 2004
Barbara H. Moore
Barbara H. Moore, for
merly of Clarkston, passed
away Sunday. April 25. 2004.
She is survived by her
four children. Chuck Pittman
of Hiawassee; Randy Moore
of Young Harris; Pam
Fulwood and Cherie Moore,
both of Cumming; sisters
Beverly Gilstrap. Betty Jo
Hooks and brother Mike
Hooks.
She also is survived by 10
grandchildren, Kevin
Pittman. Amber. Jason and
Ryan Fulwood. Shane and
Ashley Goode. Ruane and
Joel Moore. Chris Adams and
Danielle Many.
She was preceded in death
by husband George C.
Moore. Husband Tom Gray
survives.
The family received
friends on Tuesday. April 27.
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
Ingram Funeral Home in
Cumming. The funeral serv
ice will be held Wednesday,
April 28, at 11 a.m. Ingram
Funeral Home.
Ingram Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
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April 28. 2004
Malcolm Phillips
Mr. Malcolm Phillips. 31.
of Atlanta died Friday. April
23. 2004.
Survivors include mother.
Sue Phillips of Ball Ground,
father. Cecil Phillips of
Cumming; sister and brother
in-law, Valerie and Ray Jones
of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; aunts
and uncles. Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Blackston of Butler.
Mr. and Mrs John Waroff of
Walnut. Calif.; cousin.
Christie Blackston, Seattle.
Wash.; several other aunts,
uncles and other relatives
also survive.
Memorial services were
Monday, April 26, at 11 am.
at Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Mark
Coffman officiating.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrange
ments.
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April 28. 2004
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Lloyd Mayes Randolph
Mr. Lloyd Mayes
Randolph, 71. of Cumming
died Sunday, April 25, 2004.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Mary Alice
Randolph.
Survivors include chil
dren. Pam and Todd Mitchell
of Buford, Sherry and Hoyt
Jordan, Ricky and Rhonda
Randolph, all of Cumming,
Gail and Dan Sansom of
Ala.; grandchildren, Maranda
Caine of Cumming, Trinity
Randolph of Dawsonville,
T.J. Mitchell, Tiffany
Mitchell, both of Buford,
Jennifer Mitchell of
Dawsonville. Zach Jordan of
Wyo., Brad Sansom of Ala.;
great-grandchild. Mason
Caine of Cumming; several
nieces, nephews and other
relatives also survive.
Funeral services were
Tuesday, April 27, at 11 a.m.
at Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Revs. Eddie
Caine and Willard Croft offi
ciating.
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April 28. 2004
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me in the Republican pri
mary,” he said.
Knox said that a number of
state GOP officials had been
in contact with Pickering and
asked him not to run.
"Glenn Richardson, the
House minority leader, and
several members have asked
him not to run." said Knox.
"The state party’s candidate
recruiter called and asked him
not to run.”
Knox, w ho had $32,286 on
hand in campaign funds on
March 31. said that he would
run a full-scale campaign
against Pickering.
Knox, who will be listed as
the incumbent on the July 20
ballot, isn’t viewed in that
light by his opponent.
"I don't consider him an
incumbent," said Pickering.
“He has never represented
these people and has never
been elected by these people.”
Knox countered that dur
ing the past four years, he has
represented almost the entire
county. "I live in the district
that the courts have drawn and
have for the lant several •
years."
Pickering, who had been
active in the campaigns of
Commissioner Charles
Laughinghouse and Sheriff
Ted Paxton, said that his pri
mary focus would be on issues
of funding for education and
funding of state roads.
An independent real estate
investor, Pickering has been
married for almost 15 years.
He has three children, ages 13.
11, and 3.
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would not extend the same
courtesy to the state if the
defense called witnesses, judg
ing from Berry’s failure to pro
vide Head with a defense wit
ness list. “It’s difficult to main
tain a level playing field when
it hasn’t started out that way,”
Head told Bodiford.
Berry said in court he would
provide Head with similar
notice if the defense calls any
witnesses. The judge advised
Head to comply with Berry’s
request. Bodiford hopes to
expedite the trial for the sake of
the jurors and the Houston
County Courthouse staff who
gave up their courtroom for at
least a month. Court will be in
session from 8:30 a.m. to 6
p.m. weekdays and 8:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. Saturdays.
Head told Bodiford Monday
he expects the entire trial to last
three weeks. Berry estimated
the trial would take a month,
which may indicate that the
defense will call witnesses.
Houston County Superior
Court Clerk Carolyn Sullivan
summoned 275 jurors because
the high profile trial has
received some media attention
in Houston County already.
state House district, a
Democratic candidate from
Forsyth County has qualified
for the first time since 1996
Jonathan Flack, 28, will
run in the Democratic Primary
to face off against Rep. Jack
Murphy, (R-Cumming).
Murphy, who qualified
Monday at the Capitol, does
not have any announced oppo
nent from his ow n party.
Flack admits his task is not
easy. "There are no illusions
about the uphill struggle that
I've got our there." said Flack.
“I’m not afraid to say that I'm
proud to be a Democrat in this
county."
Flack is a senior manager
in the Information Technology
department at Cox Enterpris
es. He has lived in Forsyth
County for three years and in
Georgia for six. He and his
wife have three children ages.
12. 4. and 18 months.
The last Democrat to seek
a state House seat from
Forsyth County was Linda
Worley, who made an unsuc
cessful bid against
Republican state Rep. Mike
Evans.
Also qualifying for the
House on Monday, the first
day to register for the elec
tions, was Rep. Amos
Amerson, (R-Dahlonega). He
is a candidate for re-election
from the 9th district, which
includes portions of north
Forsyth, Dawson and
Lumpkin counties.
In state Senate races, a
Baptist minister who ran for
the state Senate in 2002 and a
candidate from the Southern
After weeding out undeliver
able summons and legal
exemptions, Cobb Court
Administrator Skip Chesshire
said 167 jurors were scheduled
to appear in court on Tuesday
morning. Chesshire doubted
more than 100 would show, he
said.
As in February, the
painstaking jury selection
process will be conducted in
shifts due to the large number
of potential jurors. The attor
neys will question 40 individu
als per day to find 12 unbiased
jurors and three alternates.
They will begin by asking a
series of four questions
designed to uncover any biases
a potential juror may have
formed as to the guilt of the
defendant.
“I anticipate we certainly
won’t have as many people
here who’ve heard about the
case, but we will have some,"
'defense attorney Jimmy Berry
said in court Monday.
Bodiford said the jury will
not be sequestered. The jury
selection will end once the
court has chosen the necessary
number of qualified jurors.
Head and Berry estimated
Party of Georgia are the two
newest challengers in the race
for the District 51 Senate
Race.
The Rev. John T.
Callaham. a Cleveland
Republican who ran against
Sen. Carol Jackson, (D-
Cleveland) in 2002, qualified
Monday for the July 20 pri
mary. He will face Forsyth
County businessman Chip
Pearson, a resident of
Dawson County. Pearson was
also among the candidates
signing up on Monday.
Callaham , in a statement
released by his campaign,
said that he had been con
ducting a “listening tour" of
the district meeting with vot
ers in several counties in the
district. “I'm not just going
to campaign here and then
leave,” said Callaham in a
prepared statement. “I'll be
accessible to the people of
the 51st district."
Meanwhile, a Morganton
man has announced his plan
to run as the candidate from
the Southern Party of
Georgia for the same state
Senate seat.
Mike Crane has signed
documents which indicates
an intent to solicit signatures
as candidates in these races.
Qualifying begins for inde
pendent and minor party can
didates on June 28 and ends
on July 2. but they have until
July 13 to submit petitions to
formally qualify as candi
dates for the General
Election in November. If the
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they will have a jury by the end
of the week.
Turner, 35, is accused of
poisoning her husband with
ethylene glycol, the primary
ingredient in antifreeze, in
1995. She is also the prime sus
pect in a second poisoning
death, that of Forsyth County
firefighter Randy Thompson, in
2001.
The sudden death of
Turner’s lover at first ruled
to be natural causes and the
similarity between the two
men’s symptoms in their final
days prompted an investigation
into both deaths.
Turner has not been charged
in Thompson’s death, but evi
dence from his investigation
will be admitted in the current
trial. Thompson is buried in
Houston County at Parkway
Memorial Gardens. His parents
live in Warner Robins.
Lynn Turner formerly
worked in the Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office, District
Attorney’s office and State
Court.
She resides under house
arrest with her mother in
Cumming, along with her two
children fathered by Thompson.
candidate meets the qualifi
cation he or she would be on
the ballot against the
Democratic and Republican
nominees.
“Politically correct attacks
on Southern Heritage must
end." said Crane in a state
ment released by his cam
paign. "It is impossible to
understand our founding
principles without an under
standing of Southern her
itage. The immediate test for
Georgia is a fair vote on the
state flag and the referendum
in November on the natural
union of a man and a woman
in marriage. I strongly support
both our Christian and
Southern heritage.”
Jackson, who was drawn
into the heavily Republican dis
trict. announced last week that
she would not seek re-election
to the Senate from the 51st
District.
The district includes all of
Dawson, Lumpkin. Fannin,
Gilmer, Pickens, Lumpkin,
Union and portions of White
and Forsyth Counties.
In the Senate race affecting
the most Forsyth County resi
dents. Republican candidate
Lauren "Bubba" McDonald Jr.
qualified to run for the 27th
District seat on Monday.
State Sen. Bill Stephens,
(R-Canton) has announced
that he would be seeking re
election to the Senate from the
new district, but did not quali
fy Monday, according to infor
mation released by the State
GOP.