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Family safe after north Forsyth house fire
By Julie Arrington
Staff Writer
Annie Massey had been
gone less than an hour
Tuesday when a fire broke
out in her house on Estes
Drive in northern Forsyth
County.
Forsyth County Fire
Capt. Jason Shivers said
firefighters “conducted an
aggressive attack” on the
TAX from 1A
tax and allows it to fund more
municipal projects.
The proposal awaits coun¬
ty approval, which would
keep on schedule the sixth
round of the Special Purpose
Local Option Sales Tax, or
SPLOST VI . The tax would
take effect July 1.
The county likely will
make a final decision Friday,
following an executive ses¬
sion scheduled for 3 p.m.
County Attorney Ken Jarrard
said by then, he will “have
any of the kinks worked out.”
Charles Laughinghouse,
chairman of the county com¬
mission and a proponent of a
FLAG from 1A
May 2009, Hall said. Its mem¬
bers come from Gainesville,
Winder and Covington, among
other Georgia towns.
Some of the men landed,
with the flag, in a helicopter
in a field across the street
from the school. Other sol¬
diers guided the helicopter
with green smoke, took the
flag and drove it to the
school in a Hummer.
“This is just a good sense
of what Memorial Day is ...
and to honor those who have
fallen,” Hall said.
Deaths
Jimmy Guy Nations
Jimmy Guy Nations,
55, of Cuinming passed
Monday. May 19. 2008. at
home. A native of
County, Mr. Nations retired
a Lieutenant with the
County Sheriff's Office,
ing served 35 years in
enforcement. He is preceded
death by his parents. J.T.
Mildred Virginia Nations.
Survivors include his
Leah Nations of Cumming;
children, Kaiti Nations
Fayetteville. Tami and Allen
Funsten. both of
sisters, Jean and John Fischer,
Jane and Randy Riddell,
Huddleston; and a brother,
Tommy and Lynda Nations, all
of Fayettev ille.
Memorial services will
held Saturday, May 24, at 11
a.m. at the Ingram Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Larry
French officiating. The family
will receive friends the
prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, the fami¬
ly requests contributions to
help defray expenses.
Ingram Funeral Home and
Crematory is in charge
arrangements.
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Thursday, May 22, 2008
flames, which appear to
have started in Massey’s
attic.
Firefighters were able to
contain the fire to the sec¬
ond story of Massey’s
home. It appears the fire
did not destroy the entire
two-story house, which also
has a basement.
Shivers said furniture
and valuables inside the
house were covered with
sales tax compromise, could
not be reached for comment
Wednesday morning.
County approval would
end a long, heated battle over
the distribution of the sales
tax, a struggle that dates back
to the fall.
Tuesday’s agreement was
drafted by City Attorney
Dana Miles and sent to the
county Monday. It includes
proposals and conditions
both parties have made over
the past several weeks during
negotiations.
As with the previous
negotiations, the city’s draft
listed some clarifications to
The national holiday isn’t
all hot dogs and fireworks, he
said, it’s someone’s life cut
short.
“The kids will come right
up to you, at a ballgame in
uniform, and shake your
hand,” Hall said. “I can’t
hardly go anywhere in uni¬
form and buy my lunch.”
The presentation also was
emotional for Dave
Culpepper, the principal at
Chattahoochee.
“I served 28 years in the
Air Force Reserves and the
Fairis Bagwell McGeady
Fairis Bagwell McGeady,
daughter of Joseph Carl
Bagwell and Othella Green
Bagwell, formerly of Forsyth
County died May 20, 2008.
A memorial service will be
held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 23 ’
at Bill Head Funeral Home,
Duluth Chapel. Interment will
be in the Duluth Church
Cemetery at a later date.
Mrs. McGeady, a native of
Duluth for 94 years, was a grad¬
uate of Oglethorpe University
and earned her master’s from
Emory University. She was a
school teacher at Duluth High
School, taught elementary
school and was a librarian in the
Fulton County schools.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Oglethorpe
Alumni Fund.
The family will receive
friends Thursday from 5-8 p.m ;
at Bill Head Funeral Homes and
Crematory, Duluth Chapel.
Forsyth County News
May 22, 2008
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rubber tarps to protect
against further damage.
Massey said her hus¬
band was at work and she
was at a nearby park with
their dog and 3-year-old
son when the fire started.
Massey said a neighbor
called her to tell her about
the blaze.
She said she feels lucky
that no one was hurt.
“Just for the fact that my
the county’s most recent
offer. Among the points are
pushing back by a year, to
2011, the completion date for
the city’s aquatic center and
further specifying the lan¬
guage used to define an
aquatic-related features and
activities.
The city receives 15 per¬
cent of the current SPLOST
V, which expires June 30.
When voters approved that
tax, state law required gov¬
ernments to agree on a split
prior to putting it on the bal
lot.
State law has since
changed. Because an inter¬
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I think (troops)
fight for our free¬
dom and I think
they're cool.
- Chattahoochee
Elementary School
student MaryKate
Schwaemmle
flag can’t go up without you
getting a lump in your
throat,” he said. “That’s an
involuntary response. I think
this is really great.”
MaryKate Schwaemmle,
8, doesn’t understand war but
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armed with a small caliber
Derringer, which misfired
when he put it to Guevara’s
head and pulled the trigger.
David Smith of John
Thomas Homes said one of the
company’s builders was on the
other side of the community
Smith said the builder
heard something, but thought
it • air
was an compressor or a
nail gun because of construe
tion in the area. He later
learned it was a gunshot.
“Definitely, you wouldn’t
anticipate something like that
happening in that area,” he
said. “Not that one area is bet
ter than another, but especially
that Bethelview-Post Road
area.
Authorities said Cornutt
lived near where the incident
happened. Forsyth County
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mother-in-law is there a lot,
and for her not to be there,
and for us to have been out
of the house ... I couldn’t
have been gone an hour,”
she said.
Massey said she is not
sure what caused the fire,
but the attic was being used
for storage.
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governmental agreement
could not be reached in the
fall, the city stood to receive
a population-based cut of
4.29 percent from the antici¬
pated $275 million the tax
could bring in over five
years.
In February, voters over
whelmingly supported the
SPLOST VI referendum,
which directed the city to
spend its entire $11.7 million
cut on a municipal parking
deck, a top priority on the
city’s list of eight projects
presented to the county.
After the vote, the city
sued the county, following up
she understands what Blow,
Hall and Culpepper are
doing.
“I think (troops) fight for
our freedom and I think
they’re cool,” Schwaemmel
said. “They’re nice and I’m
really glad they fight for our
freedom.”
And from Blow’s point of
view, kids are just as much
soldiers as he is.
“Just because you don’t
war a uniform doesn’t mean
you aren’t a solider,” he said,
noting that supports troops
and respects the flag, he calls
his own.
“So in my eyes, every¬
body’s a soldier.”
E-mail Lara Moore at
laramoore @forsythnews.
com.
school system officials said he
is a 2007 graduate of South
Forsyth.
The shooting comes as the
school system is finishing the
2007-08 school year. Friday is
the last day of classes, and
South Forsyth High School’s
gn “‘ l S ion f s f‘ du ' ed for ]
p.m. May 27 at the Gwinnett
Civic Center.
Debbie Rondem, the school
system's director of student sup
port services, said counseling is
available for students who want
to talk about the incident.
“Other students may have
feelings of anger or guilt, fear
or shame, there are lots of dif
ferent feelings so we need to
address those reactions,”
Rondem said.
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on a prior laWsuit that had
unsuccessfully sought to pre¬
vent the referendum from
making the ballot.
The city was successful
during the second go-round
April 30, when visiting
f Superior Court Judge Hugh
W. Stone ruled the language
on the ballot didn’t allow the
city to best spend its portion
of the tax.
Instead of accepting the
ruling and rewriting the bal
lot language for a July or
November referendum, the
governments have been
working on the agreement. A
deal would negate the judge’s
HONOR from 1A
Leifeste’s father. Miller D.
Snapp, served 27 years corn
bined in the Army, Navy and
Air Force. He retired in 1959
as a master sergeant, and died
in 1965.
Leifeste and her husband,
Don, plan to attend the event
Friday.
It’s so important to attend
this,” Leifeste said. “If others
At a glance
Those receiving flags at
this year’s Veterans War
Memorial and Avenue of
Flags Dedication include:
• James “Jimmy” W.
Fuller, U.S. Marines, May
2, 1913-June 27, 1965
• Olen Lee Hamby, U.S.
Army, Feb. 1, 1930-Aug.
21,2002
• James E. Holbrook,
U.S. Army, May 14,1946
July 30, 1999
• Billy Max Horton, U.S.
Navy, March 28, 1932
March 23, 2007
• James O. Lamb, U.S.
Army, March 10, 1918
June 17 2006
• Theron James Lamb,
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Forsyth County
firefighters take
a break Tuesday
after stopping a
fire at a home in
north Forsyth
County.
Photo/Jim Dean
ruling and prevent a costly
gap in tax collections.
Both the city and county
have a self-imposed deadline
of Friday, which Jarrard said
is “a deadline the two parties
have come up with and
would be free to extend
between themselves.”
May 30, however, is the
actual court-imposed dead¬
line, at which time the judge
must either receive the inter¬
governmental agreement or a
consent order that the city
will accept his ruling.
E-mail Jennifer Sami at
jennifersami @forsythnews.
com.
had not fought and died, we
wouldn’t be here today living
like we are. The least we can
do is take time out and recog¬
nize that.”
The event includes a fly-by
ceremony, presentation of col¬
ors, musical performances and
a rifle salute.
E-mail Frank Reddy at
frankreddy@forsythnews. com.
U.S. Army, March 27,
1949-June 17, 2006
• C.W. Phillips, U.S.
Army, April 7, 1921 -April
13, 1994
• Samuel“Carter” Redd,
U.S. Army, June 16,
1927-June 15, 1970
• Moses Corbett
Satterfield, U.S. Army,
Feb. 8,1896-May 19,
1976
• Miller D. Snapp, U.S.
Air Force, Nov. 12,1901
Oct.28, 1965
• Jack Lafayette
McBride, U.S. Navy, May
22, 1922-Nov. 13, 1942
• Robert B. “Bobby”
Tallant Jr., U.S. Army,
June 20, 1924-April 20,
1996