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Leamon Eugene Miller
Mr. Leamon
Mill*r fi, 77 M* n f 8
passed n ,_ * t away May is 15, 'inns ~UU8.
He was preceded in death by
his mother, Beulah Miller;
L brother at nf r ’ imr W'fimm i Lacey me m Miller, i.
stepfather, David H. Clark.
acc °mplistiments
include. Gold Key tor out
standing scholastic achieve
n^ntiv* nently IS on n^th the F Scholastic
T e a r S dte
of r Angola, o Indiana | n r selected
tor inclusion in the 1956-1957
edition of “Who’s Who
U^velft^fnd Universities and 1 Colleges
,
held the post ot Student
Director; Chairman of the
Prom Favor Committee;
served as vice president of
Skull and Bones, honorary
society for leaders in campus
affairs; vice president and sec¬
retary of Alpha Beta Alpha,
scholastic honorary society for
commerce students; President
of the student council;
President of his fraternity,
Alpha Sigma Phi: President of
Sigma Epsilon; society for
commerce students and of the
Tri-State Chapter. Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Miller also served as
managing editor of the Tri
Angle, and as a member of the
business staff of the 1956
Modulus. During his freshman
vear at Tri-State, he was treas
urer of the freshman class.
Survivors include his wife,
Wynette Streetman Alvis
Miller of Cumming; sister and
brother-in-law, Virginia and
John T. Beverly: 3 sister-in-law,
Dorothy Miller, nieces and
nephews, Alana Bolin, Pam
Phillips, David Miller, Bill
Miller and Ann Miller; a num¬
ber of great-nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, May 17, at 2 p.m. in
the Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. Danny Orr
and Rev. Larry Vaughn offici¬
ating. Interment followed at
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens
Ingram Funeral Home and
Crematory is in charge of
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
Thomas Franklin Moss
Thomas Franklin Moss,
69, of Cumming, passed
away at North East Georgia
Medical Center in
Gainesville. He lived most of
his life in Conyers, until
moving to the Cumming
area. Mr. Moss served in the
U.S. Army with the Judge
Advocate Generals office and
retired from the U.S. Postal
service. He loved the out
doors, and gardening. One of
his favorite activities was
hiking up Sawnee Mountain.
He is survived by his lov
ing wife, Katheleen Moss of
Cumming; son and daughter
in-law, Richard and Elaine
Moss of Conyers; daughter
and son-in-law, Karen and
Kerry Singley of Cumming;
sisters, Ada Jean Archer of
Loganville, Patricia Areoleda
of Covington; grandchildren,
Melissa and Madison Bird of
Covington, Richard Moss of
Conyers, Joni Moss of
Conyers, and Derek Singley
of Cumming; great-grandson,
Hudson Bird of Covington.
Funeral services were
held Saturday, May 17, at 11
a.m. at McDonald and Son
Chapel in Cumming with the
Dr. Jim Dwiggins officiating,
with a reception to follow.
Condolences may be
expressed online at
www.mcdonaldandson.com.
McDonald and Son
Funeral * Home and
Crematory is in charge of
arrangement.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Sunday, May 18,2008
Dorothy _ „ C. _ _ Ponder
Mrs, Dorothy C. Ponder, age
82, ot Forsyth County passed
away Friday, May 16, 2008, fol
lowing an extended illness. Mrs.
Ponder was a retired teacher hav
ing taught in numerous school
systems for more than 30 years.
Survivors include her hus
band since Feb. 28, 1947,
James Ponder Sr.; children,
Jimmy and Penni Ponder,
Denny Ponder and Pat and Pam
Po " der; grandchildren, Jennifer
and Davld Ro,hns and Jamie
Ponder; brothers and sisters-m
law , Bobby and Ann Cochran
and j ack and Evelyn Cochran;
sister, Joeita Pearson; numerous
nieces, nephews and other rela
tives also survive.
Funeral services will be held
Monday, May 19, at 11 a.m. in
tbe i ngr am Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. Jeff Jackson
officiating. Interment will fol
IoW at Sawnee View Memonal
Gardens. The family will
receive friends Sunday, May
18, from 5-8 p.m.
Ingram FUnera ' HOme
Crematory is in charge of
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
Cora Wylene Tallant
Mrs. Cora Wylene “Ma
Cora” Tallant, age 91, of
Cumming, passed away May
15, 2008. She was preceded in
death by husbands, Tom Tallant
, . T Barrett; dau hte Bett
“.and son Jim 8 my ^ y
’
Mr s ‘ J a ' ,aat was a u homemaker
and , of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include her daugh
*5. rs ’ Paail1e L 0 82 ins and Edona
Elz fY botb ol Cum mmg; sons
‘ n - ,aw ’ James Elze y and
Kenneth u Smith, u both ot .
Cumming, sister-in-law, Grace
Eva " s of Cumming; 15 grand
children, 18 great-grandchil
dre " ; and a host of nieces and
ne Ph ews also survive.
Funeral services were held
tbe ^nurduy. In ,S ram May Funeral 17, at 4 p.m. Home in
Chapel with Rev. Craig
Richards and Rev. Robert Cox
officiating. Interment followed
at Cumming City Cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home and
Crematory is in charge of
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
Gladys Lance
Gladys Lance, 87, of
Cumming passed away May 18,
2008.
Byars Funeral Home and
Cremation Services is in charge
of arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
Jeromine M. Vassil
Mrs. Jeromine M. Vassil,
72, of Cumming passed away
May 16,2008.
Byars Funeral Home and
Cremation Services is in
charge of arrangements,
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
Mary Spyropoulos
Mrs. Mary Spyropoulos,
age 75, of Cumming passed
away May 16, 2008.
Ingram Funeral Home and
Crematory is in charge of
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
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.. Mrs. John H. (Frederica) ,
Vickers Jr.
Mrs. John H. (Frederica)
Vickers Jr., age 97, passed
away Thursday, May 15, 2008.
She was a member of Midway
United Methodist Church and
preceded in death by her hus
band, John H. Vickers Jr.
Survivors include John H.
(Bettie) Vickers III of
Cumming, and Fred C. (Ann)
Vickers of Tucker; six grand
children; eight great-grandchil
dren l four great-great grand
children; and other relatives
also survtve.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, May 17, at 11 a.m.
Midway United Methodist
Church with Rev. Calvin
Haney officiating. Interment
followed at Arlington
Memorial Park in Sandy
Springs.
Ingram Funeral Home and
Crematory is in charge of
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
Ma > 18 ’ 2008
Sarah Christine
Henderson
Sarah Christine Henderson,
68, of Cumming passed away
Thursday, May 15, 2008.
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home and Crematory is in
charge of arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
Dennis KilbOlirne
Dennis Kilbourne, 52, of
Atlanta passed away May 16,
2008.
Byars Funeral Home and
Cremation Services is in
charge of arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
John Harry Tait
John Harry Tait, . 5, of
Atlanta passed away May 13,
2008.
Byars Funeral Home and
Cremation Services is in
charge of arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
Robert E. Thomas
Robert E. Thomas, 47, of
Atlanta passed away May 13,
2008.
Byars Funeral Home and
Cremation Services is in
charge of arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
Louis Phillip Padovano
Mr. Louis Phillip
Padovano, age 67, of Cherokee
County, passed away Friday,
May 16, 2008.
Ingram Funeral Home and
Crematory is in charge of
arrangements.
Forsyth County News
May 18, 2008
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the little four hours that we * got
t0 s , r Gi5son said - And c
would sleep and we would
wake up and we would practice
some more”
Though they battled a bit of
stage fright, both Gibson and
Collins said that practice paid
off.
“Can You Duet?” perform¬
ances are judged by country
superstar Naomi Judd, award
winning songwriter Aimee
Mayo and acclaimed vocal
coach Brett Manning. The final
eight competitors also perform
j n front of a “live” audience at
Nashville’s famed Wildhorse
Saloon
“You would have like an
hour to pick a song that you
would have to sing,” Collins
said. “In front of Naomi Judd,
On TV.”
Besides a deep love for
songwriting and for country
music, the Wild Honey girls
also share family ties and rural
roots. And they both began
' sineine “vfctoria at about the aee of 3
has been saying
from the time she COuld
she was going to be a famous
singer,” said her mother,
DeLynn Gibson. “She never had
any other ambition.... It’s amaz
j n g to watch it come to pass.”
Though Gibson’s father
Jerry taught her to play guitar, it
W as her mother who came up
with the idea of the girls calling
HONOR from IA
in the process was to get more
exposure for the
Congressional Medal of
Honor foundation (www.cmo
hfoundation.org).
The National Museum of
Patriotism contacted the
school system, said third
grade teacher Asheley Croy,
and offered to send three
speakers.
Croy thought having real
veterans answer inquiries
about war was a good idea,
“We think it’s really impor
tant for them to see the posi _
five side of that,” she said.
Before Baker found him
self in Vietnam, at age 21, he
was training for the Olympics
as a gymnast. Part of his train¬
ing entailed running laps
around tracks with a tackling
dummy on each shoulder.
The skill came in handy
later during an ambush.
During combat, Baker said he
weighed about 105 pounds,
which is why he was the “tun
nel rat,” or the first person
down a tunnel in combat.
There were 256 men in
our unit,” said Baker, recalling
a particular raid. When it was
all over, “there were only 27
left standing.”
He carried out eight of the
injured, hoisting two on his
shoulders and running.
Correction
A point of negotiation
in the Cumming-Forsyth
County 1 -cent sales tax
discussion was misstated
in Wednesday and Friday’s
Forsyth County News. It
should have read:
City - Wants clarity that
the city will receive its cut
on a monthly basis. The
city also wants to specify
its cut should be from the
total money collected, and
not after the county pays
bond debt.
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themselves Wild Honey.
“Victoria is just as wild as a
buck in her dedication and
everything she does. Ruth is
just as sweet as pie and easy
going, so it just suited them all
the way around.
Like Gibson and Collins,
their family members, many of
whom were present when
episodes were recorded, are
limited in what they can say.
Jerry Gibson, whose rock
cover band Matrix played
around Forsyth County in the
late 1970s and early ‘80s, said
he is amazed at how his daugh
ter has developed as a musician,
“She’s playing chords I
never played before,” he said,
“I’m almost kind of jealous.
He’s done plenty of other
daddy duties as well, which
includes everything from giving
career advice to offering some
financial assistance while his
daughter has worked to make it.
“Some people would look at
Victoria and say she just caught
a break, the stars aligned or she
The recipients’ presenta
tions were more of a question
and-answer forum than a
speech. Students asked ques
tions that were as bold as they
were innocent.
“I think it’s a healing
process for Vietnam veterans,”
said fellow Vietnam veteran
Steve Presser, a Marine Corps
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Victoria
Gibson, left,
and Ruth
Collins per¬
form on
“Can You
Duet?”
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must know somebody. I don’t
think it’s any of that. This is the
result of determination, self
confidence and hard work.”
And with the passing of
each Friday night as episodes
of “Can You Duet?” continue to
air, the excitement among Wild
Honey families, friends and
fans builds,
On Friday, even though
Victoria Gibson already knows
how the show goes, she sound
ed ready to take on anything,
I’m ready for Wild Honey
to blow up. I’m ready for us to
be the next girl duo in country
music,” she said.
It’s been really crazy, real
ly exciting. At the same time,
scary I guess a little bit. But it
seems like every day we find
out something that was better
than the day before and it just
continues to be incredible,
We’re just really blessed, really
happy with everything.
E-mail Ben Holcombe at
henholcombe@forsythnews.
com.
rifleman, who escorted Baker
around the school.
Said Baker: “The only
thing that I hope and pray for
is that the guys that come back
from Iraq are not treated like
the guys that came back from
Vietnam.”
E-mail Lara Moore at
laramoore@forsythnews.com.
Publisher JOHN HALL
Editor KEVIN R. ATW1LL
General Manager NORMAN BAGGS
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