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PAGE 2A > 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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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. Forsyth County News 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. Forsyth County News 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. Forsyth County News April 28. 2004 Obituaries must be provided to the newspaper by a funeral home or similar organization l <HS\ til ( '<Hlllt\ \CWS 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. Forsyth County News April 28. 2004 ELECTION from A 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. In the county’s other major f "“it- ' Parsons is (wsting an J exclusive in-store \ C signing event and \ c uour invited! \ C ■IWIWM f Call today and resettle your ? \ Three Sisters piece! You will \ also qualify for a chance to rtm a Three Sisters Tower of GOLD! (Plated that is) ( J© A J C C •> JM •> r /HARBOUR * p « CCI TCT-JTS Wi I “ you cannot attend the I k event, we will he happy to \ \ ship your signed piece. V 1 ,0 Ol^cr I C * f V Lakeland Plaza • GA4OO Exit 14 • 770-887-9991 V \ M-F 10-7 • Sat 10-6 \ "■'"J "“a "“j TURNER from 1A 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 Forsyth CountvNews •/ Your "Homrtown Paper Siner I9OK J USPS 205-540 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Cumming. (Georgia 30040 Phone: 770-887-3126 Fax: 770-889-6017 Internet Address: www.forsythnews.com e Publisher DENNIS STOCKTON General Manager NORMAN BAGGS Editor TOM SPIGOLON Advertising Director MARTI BARNES Circulation Director PHIL JONES MKMSKK Published Sunday. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday 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 he gladly refunded. However, all refunds due the subscriber are subject to a processing fee, which will be automatically deducted from the subscription balance refund. Advertising rates and deadlines available upon request. 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For Thursday's paper retail and classified display ads are due by noon Monday For Friday’s paper retail and classified display ads are due by noon Tuesday. 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 noon Tuesday. For Friday's paper classified line ads are due by noon Wednesday. I .egal advertising is due by Friday noon and runs only in Wednesday ’s paper. 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.