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PAGE 2A Deaths Thomas Roy Bales Mr. Thomas Roy Bales, 94. of Cumniing died Saturday, May 1, 2004. He was a mem¬ ber of Pleasant View Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wives, Edna Hulsey Bales and Flora Rogers Bales and a son, Billy Bales. Survivors include daugh ters and sons-in-law, Katherine and Harold Major and Kathleen and B.J. O’Neal, all of Cumming; three grand¬ children; . two great-grandchil¬ dren; two great-great-grand¬ children; sisters-in-law, Sara Lanham of Lithia Springs, Dorothy Willis of Mableton, Mildred Bales of Alpharetta and Kathleen Rogers of Cumming; brothers-in-law. Amon Davis of Alpharetta and Tribble Hulsey of Cumming. Other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 4, at Pleasant View Baptist Church with Revs. Bud Sutton, Robert Martin, Jerry McCormick, and Davey Bales officiating. Interment followed in the Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery. Ingram Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News May 5, 2004 Janis Lind Carroll Mrs. Janis Lind Carroll, 49, of Cumming died Friday, April 30, 2004. Survivors include husband, Jim Carroll of Cumming; par¬ ents, Russell and Dorothy Lind of Gainesville; brother, Bruce Lind of Flowery Branch; nephews, Stephen. Michael, David and Daniel Lind, all of Flowery Branch; step-sons and daughters-in law, Randy and Linda Carroll, John and Kathy Carroll; step grandchildren, Heath Scharnhorst and Morgan Carroll; parents-in-law, James and Nell Carroll; brother-in law and sister-in-law, Larry and Nancy Carroll. Memorial services were held Tuesday, May 4 with Dr. Matt McGowan and Rev. Tony Smith officiating. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to make a contribu¬ tion in memory of Janis to her favorite charity, Zola Levitt Ministries Inc., Box 12268, Dallas, TX 75225-0268, or a charity of your choice. Ingram Funeral Home were in charge of the arrange¬ ments. 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Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 15, at 10 a.m. at the All Saints Chapel of St. Ann Elizabeth Seton Church in Whiting, N.J. with a reception immediately follow¬ ing at the Crestwood Village .One Clubhouse in Whiting, N.J. In Lieu of flowers, please send contributions to The National Institute of Mental Health Gift Fund, 6001 Executive Blvd., Room 8104, MSC 9655, Bethesda, MD 208-9655 (301) 443—3703, or to the Deborah Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 820, Browns Mill, N.J. 08015, (609) 893-3372. McDonald and Son Funeral Home and Crematory are in charge of the arrange¬ ments. Forsyth County News May 5, 2004 Sierra Ashley Dunford Sierra Ashley Dunford, infant daughter of Richard Wayne and Stephanie Thaxton Dunford of Cumming, died Friday April 30, 2004. She was preceded in death by grandfather Gerald Thaxton. Other survivors include sis¬ ter, Paige Thaxton; brother, Hunter Thaxton, both of Cumming; grandparents Connie Brock of Dawsonville, Ann Hall, Randy Dunford, both of Cumming; several aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives also survive. Services were held Monday, May 3, at the Alpharetta City Cemetery with the Rev. Jeremy W. Vance offi¬ ciating. Forsyth Counts' News May 5, 2004 ■\^o&Acn} EXPRESS® Present this coupon for a full 25% off our rack rates on all rooms. Exit 14 at GA 400 835 Buford Rd. Cumming, GA 30041 770-889-4600 Expires May 30th, 2004 Nettie Bell Estes Mrs. Nettie Bell Estes, 84, of Cumming died Sunday, May 2, 2004. She was a mem¬ ber of Friendship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chap Estes, and grandson, Thomas Bryan Estes. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law. Tommy and Brenda Estes of Cumming; grandchildren, Tony and Gina Estes, Ted and Joyce Estes, all of Cumming; great grand¬ daughter Rachel Estes; several other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 4, at Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jackie Stewart, Harold Bottoms, Ted Estes and Tony Estes officiating. Ingram Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Forsyth County News May 5, 2004 rour m to send local obituaries to the — SPENDING from 1A phone, which was compara¬ tively rare in 1994. She lav¬ ished gifts — an $1,100 pair of ostrich skin boots, a $500 leather jacket — on her Forsyth firefighter boyfriend, Randy Thompson. Meanwhile her Cobb police officer husband, Glenn Turner, worked several jobs, his friends testified. it t He works a lot. She spends a lot,”’ is how Glenn Turner explained the couple’s financial situation, his friend Cpl. David Dunkerton of Marietta said Monday. When Turner went shop¬ ping around Thanksgiving 1994 with Thompson's sister, Angie Bollinger of Cumming, she purchased ostrich skin boots for Thompson. Later that day. Turner purchased a camcorder and accessories at Circuit City in Marietta, Bollinger said. To pay the bill. Turner reportedly whipped out a stack of credit cards secured with a thick rubber band. "I was kind of taken aback because I’d never seen any body with that many credit cards,” Bollinger said, Turner told Bollinger that her money was inherited from a deceased grandmother, Bollinger said. Bollinger also FIRST CALL FORTH ELP 770-781-HELP ( 4357 ) Emergency help line for Forsyth County. 1 jHikr & A SERVICE OF UNITED WAY Forsyth J Your "Hometown CountyNews Paper" Since 1908 J ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE The Forsyth County News is currently seeking a goal oriented Account Executive to join our growing Advertising Department. Individual must have excellent organizational skills and possess prior outside sales experience, prefer¬ ably in advertising or related field. Must have ability to service existing accounts while focus¬ ing on new business development and work in a deadline oriented environment. FCN offers a pleasant work environment, excellent growth opportunity, competitive com¬ pensation and benefits. For consideration on this position, please fax resume to: Marti Barnes, Advertising Director, 770-844-9779 Or Mail To: 302 Veteran Memorial Blvd. Cumming, GA. 30040 or email to: marti@forsythnews.com No phone calls, please. EOE * )■ TURNER from 1A '“If you find me like that, it’s not suicide. If you find me like that, it’s Lynn,’” Fisher said Glenn Turner told him. At the time, Fisher said he did not take the comment very seriously, thinking that Glenn Turner was just blow ing off steam. The defense pointed out that Fisher did not mention that incident during a 2002 interview with Special Agent David King, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) lead detective in the Turner case. Other police officer friends of Glenn Turner testi fied Monday that he believed his wife would kill him. Two months before his death in March 1995, Glenn Turner reportedly told fellow motor patrolman Cpl. David Dunkerton during a serious conversation that Lynn Turner was capable of mur der. He told me if anything happened to him that I need ed to look at Lynn,” Dunkerton testified Monday before the jury. Dunkerton said he told Glenn Turner he was crazy to testified Lynn told her Glenn Turner died in the line of duty — before his actual death by poisoning in 1995. Turner spent the Christmas of 1994 with Thompson and his parents in Warner Robins, not far from where the current trial is being conducted, Thompson’s father, Perry Thompson, testified Monday that Turner, who he under stood to be divorced at the time, gave him and his wife Juanita Thompson a Kenwood stereo system for Christmas. "It’s not the kind of thing I could have bought. I couldn’t afford it,” Perry Thompson said. In September 1995, after Glenn Turner s death, Randy Thompson and Lynn moved into a $170,000 home in Forsyth County. Perr y Thompson said the house was furnished with a big screen tel¬ evision and leather furniture. “They were furnishings we were not used to,” Perry Thompson said. When Perry Thompson cleaned out his son’s apart¬ ment following his poisoning death in January 2001, the $1,000 cockatoo Turner pur¬ chased for Thompson was still in his cage at the residence, the father said. PQOL PARTS AND SUPPLIES Service Weekly 770 - 889-4779 think his wife would commit such a crime, even in the midst of hardship. The Turners had marital difficul¬ ties, as all friends of Glenn and Lynn Turner have testi fied. Three witnesses, all close friends of Glenn Turner, said Monday that Glenn Turner slept on the couch shortly after the couple married in August 1993. Glenn Turner reportedly told his friends, Cobb police man Mike Archer, personal friend Jeff Mack and Dunkerton, that he and his wife had sexual intercourse only twice since their nup tials. He said he was more her roommate than her husband,” Dunkerton said. Glenn Turner also told Dunkerton and others he planned to move out and file for divorce. He looked at me and said, 'A man can only take so much...I don’t think I can take this any more,’” Archer said on the witness stand. “He said he wanted to start going out and have fun again,” Archer said. Archer said he immedi- Voting precincts have changed, registrar says By Antonia Kertwig-Benson Staff Writer The Forsyth County voter registrar is advising residents to once again pay attention to their new voter registration cards because precinct boundaries have changed, again. As Forsyth County grows, its 68,000 registered voters have had to make changes as well, “Everything changes rapidly _ j t ’ s a challenge,” said Brant Meadows, Republican appointee to the board of elec¬ tions, about the recent changes. “The last five elections I voted in different precincts each time” he said Recently the board of elec tions amended the Johns Creek, Chestatee and Windermere precincts. According to election regis¬ trar Gary Smith, the main rea- IMAGINE A NEW BATHROOM IN IESS TIME FOR IESS MONET! Our acrylic liner is custom formed to fit over your existing tub, shower, or walls with no need for demolition. The high gloss easy cleaning surface adds warmth, beauty & comfort in just one day. 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When he called Archer at the precinct the night before his death, Glenn Turner reportedly said he was feel¬ ing a little better and might work the next day. A childhood friend of Lynn Turner, Stacy Hendrix Roaderick, testified Monday. Lynn told Roaderick she fed Glenn Turner green Jell-O, his favorite kind, the morn¬ ing of his death. Due to frequent vomiting and diarrhea, popsicles and Jell-0 were all Glenn Turner reportedly could keep down. When Lynn returned from running errands around 3:30 p.m., Glenn Turner was dead in his bed. son for the recent changes is to avoid “splits,” which occur when portions of precincts are in two different congressional, state Senate or House districts. “We tried to move sections to remove some of the splits we had,” Smith said. To avoid a split, the board of elections has increased the size of the Johns Creek precinct by adding a portion from the southeastern part of the South Forsyth precinct. “It should make it more convenient for those people,” Smith said. Not only has the board redrawn the precinct lines, it also moved the polling location. “We moved it [the locale] from the Lowe’s to Johns Creek Baptist Church,” he said. According to Smith, voters should expect their registration cards by the first of June.