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Governor announces easier way to pay
Drivers able to pay Ga. 400 toll bill, open cruise card accounts using online service
From Staff Reports
Gov. Sonny Perdue has
announced a new online pay¬
ment service for Ga. 400's
Cruise Card to make it easier
and more convenient for
commuters to pay their toll.
The new online service
will be available beginning
Monday, May 10, at www.
srta.georgia.gov.
Drivers will be able to pay
their toll bill, open new
cruise card accounts, review
their current balances, and
update account information
online.
PARENTS from 1A
three minutes to wake up Pruitt or he
would call 911.
Pruitt called back within the time
limit and took Randy to the hospital.
Perry and Nita Thompson drove up to
meet them in Cumming. Doctors pumped
Thompson’s stomach and released him
from the hospital.
Defense attorneys showed the jury
that, around the time of Thompson’s
death on Jan. 22, 2001, Thompson was in
financial trouble. Thompson’s vehicle
was in the process of repossession by the
mortgage company. Thompson’s court
ordered life insurance policy for his first
child reportedly lapsed due to missed
payments.
In addition, Thompson’s ex-wife was
suing Randy for child support of his first
son. A hearing was scheduled for
February 2001, according to defense
attorney Vic Reynolds. Within a few days
DREW from 1A
official on how the voting in
the schools program began
and about the low number of
voters in the 18- to 24-year
old age range.
Her arrival, which had
been kept secret until word of
the event leaked to media out¬
lets in Atlanta, set off a wave
Deaths
Alton William Johnson
VETERAN
was a pilot during
World War II with the 14th Air
Force Flying Tigers.
After the war he joined
Eastern Air Lines where he met
his wife.
He retired after 33 years and
became active in the 14th Air
Force Association where he
helped in the formation of the
14th Air Force museum in
Wamer-Robins Air Force Base.
Survivors include his wife,
Betty; daughter and son-in-law,
Julie and Julio Manguart of
Key Biscayne, Fla.; son, Steve
of Alpharetta; daughter, Holly
of Gainesville; sister, Shirley
Schiller of St. Paul, Minn.;
grandchildren Andrew and
Elizabeth of Key Biscayne, Fla.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday, May 8, at 2 p.m.
at Grace Chapel in Cumming.
In lieu of flowers, please
send donations to the 14th AFA
Historical Preservation Trust,
2885 Walden Rd„ Macon, GA
31206-7521 or to Odyssey
Hospice, 1140 Hammond Dr.,
Suite B-2100, Atlanta, GA
30328 in memory of Alton
Johnson.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home and Crematory is in
charge of the arrangements.
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS —Thursday, May 6, 2004
"Ga. 400 commuters will
find this new online resource
to manage their toll accounts
very customer friendly. It
should help bring more com¬
muters to the Cruise Card
system and improve conges¬
tion at the toll plazas," said
Perdue.
Drivers with a Cruise
Card can pass through a toll
lane and automatically have
their toll deducted from their
account, without stopping to
roll down their window, fum¬
ble for coins, or wait for
change from an attendant.
of media inquiries, according
to Jennifer Caracciolo, the
school system spokesperson.
When told that the Tuesday
event would be off limits, the
media decided to stay away.
However, one Atlanta radio
station, 99X, offered student
listeners free tickets to a rock
Mr. Alton
William
Johnson, 82, of
Gainesville died
April 29, 2004.
"We hope this new
method of payment will
encourage more Ga. 400
drivers to use the Cruise
Card, which can save them
time when passing through
toll booths," said Douglas
Hooker of the State Road
and Tollway Authority.
"The more people who
use the Cruise Card, the less
traffic will build up at the
toll booth lines, which ulti¬
mately can relieve conges¬
tion overall on Ga. 400, con¬
serve fuel and reduce emis¬
sions."
of his death, Thompson unexpectedly put
money in his ex-wife’s mailbox around 2
a.m., Reynolds said.
In spite of evidence that Thompson
was under stress, Nita Thompson still
testified, “There’s nothing that would
have caused him to commit suicide, not
the way that he died.”
Randy planned to get himself a small
home soon, Perry Thompson said.
Thompson’s sister, Kimberly Savage,
testified that her brother made plans to
celebrate his daughter’s birthday on Jan.
27. He died five days before his daughter
turned 5 years old.
death’, The day after Randy Thompson’s
Lynn Turner called Nita
Thompson, “to see if there were any
rumors of her taking Randy’s life,” Nita
Thompson testified Tuesday. Turner also
asked if Nita thought Lynn took Randy’s
life.
concert if they were able to get
Barrymore to speak with them
by cell phone. At last word,
there were no winners in the
contest. However, a number of
students participating in the
First Vote program received an
autograph and had their photo
made with Barrymore.
Judith Reagan
Murphey
Judith Reagan Murphey,
56, of Dawsonville died
Friday, April 30, 2004. She
was preceded in death by her
mother, Florence Patton
Reagan, and her two brothers,
Jimmie David Reagan and
Luther Benton Reagan.
Judith was a native of
Chattanooga, Tenn., but had
lived in Dawsonville since
1992.
She was very active in the
Dawsonville community. She
did volunteer work for the
schools, including being the
president of the Dawsonville
Middle School PTA, and
more recently reading to the
children at Kilough
Elementary School.
Survivors include hus¬
band, Patrick Kevin Murphey;
son, Justin Patrick Murphey;
sisters and brother-in-law,
Dene R. and Sonny
Rosenthal, Mary R.
Kuykendall, all of
Chattanooga; two nephews,
Keith Kuykendall, Erik
Reagan, both of Chattanooga.
Funeral services are
Monday, May 3, at 1 p.m. at
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Rev. J.W. Day.
Interment will follow at
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 6, 2004
State officials say that the
addition of online payment
should offer more value for
commuters, improve effi¬
ciency and continue to offer
the public innovative servic
es.
They called the move a
first step in a long-term
vision of Georgia transporta¬
tion officials, who would like
to see a single, monthly
transportation statement for
commuters which would
include toll, parking and
other transit systems in one
monthly online bill.
Cobb Superior Court Judge James G.
Bodiford allowed Thompson’s case to be
introduced in the trial of Glenn Turner’s
death as evidence of “similar transac¬
tions.”
In effect, the judge said, the state is
trying two murder cases on a one-count
bill of indictment. Defense attorney Vic
Reynolds objected to admission of testi¬
mony regarding Turner’s interactions
with the Thompson family. Special pros¬
ecutor Jack Mallard argued Tuesday that
evidence of any similar conduct, not just
method of murder, in the two crimes
should be allowed in the trial.
66 She enticed them into her web of
deceit and then murdered them,” Mallard
said.
“Her conduct is what proves it. Her
conduct before, during or after is admis¬
sible.”
The judge agreed.
Ira W. Cowart
Mr. Ira W. Cowart, 91, of
Canton died May 3, 2004. He
was a member of Hightower
Baptist Church where he
served as Choir Leader for
over 50 years. Mr. Cowart
had been married to his wife
Effie for 69 years.
Survivors include his
wife, Effie Hester Cowart of
Canton; brothers, Clay and
Everett Cowart, both of
Cumming; sisters, Inez
Howard of Alpharetta and
Dorothy Monroe of
Cumming.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, May 5, at
Hightower Baptist Church
with the Revs. Gerral
Richards, John Lummus, Clint
Smith and Robert Martin offi¬
ciating. Interment followed at
Cherokee Memorial Park.
Huey Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 6. 2004
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