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REVIEW from 1A
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
is reporting that temporary
housing is being provided to
approximately 12,369 dis¬
placed individuals in 5,378
hotel rooms statewide. The
number has been reduced by
4,701 and 2,044 rooms since a
previous November report,
according to Morris. FEMA
recently set a deadline of Jan.
7 for evacuees in Georgia to be
relocated from FEMA funded
hotel rooms to its rental assis¬
tance program.
Those seeking local assis¬
tance from The Place of
Forsyth County, a nonprofit
social service agency, are
mainly homeowner victims
from the hurricane region,
Deaths
R.L. Smith
Mr. R.L. “Red” Smith, 84,
of Buford died Dec. 1, 2005.
He was chief of security at
Western Electric from 1972 to
1988 and previously retired
ment, serving
21 years in the
Buford area as
chief of police,
sheriff of
Hill district and deputy sheriff
of Gwinnett County. A native
of Gwinnett County, Red lived
in Duluth for the last 30 years
until recently moving to his
home in Blairsville. A veteran
of World War II, he served in
Northern Africa, India, and the
Burma Trail receiving five
service medals.
Survivors include his wife,
Barbara Joyce Smith of
Blairsville; daughters, Maxine
Smith Little of Buford, Cheri
Smith Davis and son-in-law,
Dr. James G. Davis of Buford;
son, Harold Smith of Flowery
Branch; grandchildren, Susan
Wallace and Smith Wallace of
Buford; sister, Katherine
Parker and brother-in-law, Roy
Parker of Buford; brother,
Ralph Smith of Oakwood; and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Dec. 3, at 3:30 p.m.
at the Chapel of Flanigan
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Gerry M. Davis officiating.
Interment followed in the
Hillcrest Cemetery in Buford.
In lieu of flowers, dona
tions may be made to the
American Diabetes
Association, P.O. Box
1131,Fairfax, VA 22038-1131
or www.diabetes.org/dona
tions, or to the American Heart
Association.
Flanigan Funeral Home
and Crematory of Buford is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
November 4, 2005
Wayne Norwood
Mr. Wayne Norwood, 75,
of Cumming died Saturday,
Nov. 26, 2005. Born in
LaGrange, Mr. Norwood later
moved to Forsyth County
where he took over the family
business from his father and
became the operator of
Norwood Basket Co. He
served in the Masons and the
Forsyth County Lions Club.
He was a member of the
Cumming Baptist Church
where he served as a deacon
and was a member of the
Chapel Sunday school class.
Survivors include his wife
of 53 years, Barbara Norwood
of Cumming; daughter and
son-in-law, Debbie and Ernie
Fox of Lawrenceville; son and
daughter-in-law, Stan and
Sheree Norwood of Cumming;
brothers, Ken and Rosa
Norwood, Bill and Melba
Norwood, all of Cumming;
four grandchildren, Charles
and Brooke Fox of Myrtle
Beach, S.C., Lynn Fox of
Lawrenceville, Kristin and
Brett Norwood, both of
Cumming; great-grandchild,
Robyn Fox of Myrtle Beach,
S.C.
Services were Monday,
Nov. 28, at the Cumming
Baptist Church with the Revs.
Mark Harrison, Robert Martin
and Charles Fox officiating.
You may express condo¬
lences online at www.mcdon
aldandson.com.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home and Crematory is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
November 4, 2005
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Sunday, December 4,2005
VETERAN
according to Director Sandy
Beaver.
“We are seeing more
homeowners that are not get
ting FEMA assistance and
have to pay a mortgage on a
home that is not there anymore
but need to pay rent and utili
ties here,” said Beaver.
A total of 190 households
from the Gulf Region have
received services from The
Place. Many are returning to
their homes but there are oth
ers that have no homes to
return to, according to Beaver.
“We are now seeing the
post traumatic stress setting in
and there are those that are
having to get their lives back
in order while dealing with a
spouse that has cancer or is
_ E. Margery __ Peg Gough _ .
E. Margery “Peg” Gough,
91, of Cumming died
Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. Ms.
Gough moved to Atlanta in the
1950s from the United
Kingdom to further a career in
pediatric physical therapy. A
45-year resident of Georgia,
Ms. Gough retired as an
English pediatric physical
therapist.
Survivors include her
cousins in the United Kingdom
and her many friends in the
Atlanta area.
Memorial services will be
Friday, Dec. 16, at Good
Shepard Catholic Church with
Father Peter Rau officiating. In
lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to the National
Wildlife Federation, 11100
Wildlife Center Drive, Reston,
VA 20190-5362.
You may express condo
lences online at www.mcdon
aldandson.com.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home and Crematory is in
charge of the arrangements.
Forsyth County News
November 4, 2005
Evelyn Bell Shuman
Mrs. Evelyn Bell Shuman,
93, of Buckhead died Nov.
30, 2005. Mrs. Shuman grad
uated from Girls High in
Atlanta and was a member of
the Eastern Star. Decatur
Chapter. She was a member
of Peachtree Road
Presbyterian Church. She was
preceded in death by her hus
band, Donald Pierce Shuman
Sr.
Survivors include her
sons, Don and Betty Shuman
Jr. of Cumming, Jim and
Janet Shuman of Sandy
Springs, Steve Shuman of
Buckhead; six grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be
Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. at
the Arlington Memorial Park
with Dr. Billy Martin and the
Rev. James Kelso officiating.
You may express condo
lences online at www.mcdon
aldandsop.com.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home and Crematory is in
charge of the arrangements,
Forsyth County News
November 4, 2005
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Twelve children are now
enrolled in the Hands Across
Forsyth program from the hur¬
ricane region. The program
provides gifts to those less for
tunate during the holiday sea
son. Many of the hurricane
victims are having trouble
finding employment, said
Beaver,
“A lot of people are going
through a lot of tough stuff,”
she said,
\ The Place is continuing to
provide assistance through the
funding from the “boot funds”
that were collected locally by
Forsyth County firefighters,
Of the 114 children who
were once enrolled in Forsyth
County Schools during the
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later, Deputy Ron Tomblin,
acting on the car description
broadcast by dispatchers,
pulled the car over on
Windermere Parkway near
James Creek.
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search the car, Tomblin found
a driver’s license and debit
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as a digital camera, a digital
music player and about 60
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The three were initially
jailed on charges of loitering
and prowling when they
couldn’t explain what they
were doing in the apartment
complex.
The next day, five people
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area.
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achieved by using a screw
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remain active today. Beda
Roberts, Forsyth County
Schools homeless liaison, said
while she is sad to see the
children go, she is hopeful
they will find a sense of nor¬
malcy.
Those children remaining
are being offered counseling
through a grant program at
Cumming First United
Methodist Church. The church
also has a- peer support and
counseling program titled
Rainbows in which hurricane
victims’ children are enrolled,
according to Janet Walden,
coordinator of lay volunteer
services.
A representative from
Cumming First Baptist Church
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through the sheet metal
below the door lock, Neville
said. The thieves mostly tar
geted GM-manufactured
SUVs, including CheVy
Tahoes, Yukons and
Suburbans, as well as Ford
Expeditions.
Because of their tell-tale
method of entry, authorities
and the Houses for Hope pro¬
gram which provided volun¬
tary local housing to hurricane
victims, said the program suc¬
cessfully placed five house¬
holds in the community.
Georgia Highlands repre¬
sentative Dennis Ashley
reported that 60 hurricane vic¬
tims had sought medical assis¬
tance at the Cumming loca¬
tion. Three or four of those
patients are pregnant and oth¬
ers were in need of refills on
their daily medications.
“We saw people that had
no insulin in a week, those
needing blood pressure med¬
ication and stress relief med¬
ication,” said Ashley.
Both Ashley and Morris
said they could not stress
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enough the importance of indi¬
viduals and families having
disaster preparation kits which
contain daily needed medica¬
tions, food, change of seasonal
clothing and plenty of water.
“It’s important to be pre¬
pared, whether it is a hurricane
or a tornado or something
else,” said Morris.
Two months after Katrina
hit the Gulf Coast, the death
count stood at 1,289. While
many of the local agencies are
still totaling figures from relief
efforts, FEMA has said insur¬
ance claims are totaling some
$23 billion. Reconstruction
costs are estimated to be at
least $200 billion, making
Katrina the most expensive
storm in U.S. history.
are responsible for quite a
few of our entering autos,”
said sheriff’s Lt. Col. Gene
Moss. “We think it’s going to
put a dent in some of them.”
Moss said that in two
cases, the alarms for the cars
went off, though the screw¬
driver method is meant to
bypass the alarm. The would
be thieves ran and the car
owners came outside looking
for damage, but didn’t spot
the holes in their doors and
didn’t call authorities until
later.
The damage to one 2005
Chevy Tahoe was estimated
at $2,200, Neville said.
“People need to know that
if their alarm goes off, there
is a means to enter the vehi¬
cle other than breaking the
window,” Moss said.