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OBITUARIES
Mack Lowell Bailey Sr.
Mack Lowell Bailey St.. age 87, of
Cumming passed away Tuesday, June 21,
2016.
Mack began his career in fire service
with the Atlanta Fire Department in 1951
attaining the rank of assistant chief and
retired from the Fulton County Fite
Department as captain in 1983, While still
on active duty with the Atlanta Fire
Department, he was instrumental in laying
the groundwork for the Forsyth County
Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. in 1973
which is now the Forsyth County Fire
Department. Mack was a member of Coal
Mountain Baptist Church and Past Master
of Ducktown Lodge #572 F&AM.
He is preceded in death by his first wife,
Joyce Bailey: a son, Mack Lowell Bailey
Jr.: a daughter, Patricia Joyce Rivers; his
second wife, Eunice Bailey.
Survivors include his grandchildren,
Gretchen Bailey of Roswell, Melissa
(Tyler) Jones of Ranger, Stephany (Derek)
Cantrell of Gainesville, Jason (Robin)
Rivers of Cumming, Kevin (Caitlin) Bailey
of Lakeland. Fla., Bryan (Staci) Bailey of
Cumming: daughter-in-law, Phyllis Bailey
of Cumming: great-grandchildren, Katelyn
McAlister, Kelsey Garmon, Erynn Cantrell,
Bailey and Whitnie Rivers, Ryan and
Tucker Jones, Carley, Cayden and Kacen
Bailey. Ansley and Chase Bailey: great
great-granddaughter. Natalie Garmon; sev
eral nieces and nephews, Jeani Mobbs and
Noah Behel.
Funeral services will be held Friday, June
24. at 10 am. in the Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Danny Bennett offici
ating. Interment, with Masonic Rites, will
follow at Sawnee View Gardens.
The family will receive friends at the
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difficult, but we made it
through it, and people were
great and helpful”
Campbell said the county
is “definitely friendly
toward small business.” but
there was something he'd
like to see.
“What | think we lack
here is... we don't have a
‘buy local, support local’
business initiative as a coun
ty." he said. “That's some
thing 1 think we lack in
Forsyth County that I'd like
to see us really push toward
rekindling.”
Georgia nearly had
straight As, but earned a
B-plus for ease of hiring and
C-minus for training and
networking. Campbell
didn’t agree with the low
grade. '
“Actually our networking,
ulatory standpoint.” McCoy
said. “We are a particularly
business-friendly communi
ty. and there are some really
impressive networks of peo
ple out there that support
|businesses].”
Tim Campbell. of Big
Frog Custom T-Shirts and
More. has a store within the
city of Cumming and
recently opened a new loca
tion in south Forsyth. He
said the chamber was help
ful in dealing with some
aspects of the opening.
“What 1 didn’t realize
until we were out here, and |
was bound and determined
to stay in Forsyth County,
was | had to start over
because this is Forsyth
County. so it's a different
group of people.” he said.
“That made it a little more
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funeral home Friday the hour prior to the
service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to Ducktown Lodge #572 F&AM or
the WMU at Coal Mountain Baptist
Church.
Ingram Funeral Home and Crematory is
in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be made at www.
ingramfuneralhome.com.
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June 24, 2016
Claude |. Davis
Claude 1. Davis, age 88, of Alpharetta
passed away Wednesday. June 22, 2016.
He is preceded in death by his wife,
Annie Ruth Davis.
He is survived by his children, Lynn
(Jeff) Gribble of Alpharetta, Michael
(Datlene) Davis of Cumming, Irwin Davis,
and Daniel Davis both of Alpharetta:
grandchildren, Chelsa (Corey) Johnson,
and Michael “DC" Davis.
Funeral services will be held Saturday.
June 25, at 2 p.m. in the funeral home cha
pel. Interment will follow at Mt. Pisgah
United Methodist Church Cemetery. The
Davis family will receive friends, Friday
from 2-9 p.m. and Saturday, from |1 am.
until the time of service.
Notthside Chapel Funeral Directors is in
charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be made at www.
notthsidechapel.com.
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June 24, 2016
whether it's through the
chamber or other network
ing groups... is very
strong,” he said.
McCoy called the training
and networking grade sur
prising but said the network
ing side could possibly be
explained.
“It may be indicative of a
problem that we face a great
deal, and that is small busi
ness owners are incredibly
busy running their business,
and those are activities that
many may view as mote of
a luxury and less of necessi
ty,” McCoy said. “They
may have the perception
that those opportunities are
not there, when in reality
they don't have time to take
advantage of what is there.”
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Anti-LGBT marquee sign at
Buford church vandalized
—FCN regional staff
A Buford church’s sign, which read
in part “Satan made gays and trans
gender,” was covered in black paint
between Sunday night and Monday
morning, police said.
Gwinnett County Police responded
Monday morning to the vandalism
report at Back to the Bible Holiness
Church on New Street in Buford.
The original text on the sign read:
“God created man and woman. Satan
made gays and transgender. Gen 5:2.7
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The man was reportedly unconscious
when EMS personnel arrived. A medical
helicopter transported him to Atlanta
Medical Center after being initially
called to teports of critical injuries.
He has since gone through surgery for
serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The Volvo reportedly came to a rest
after hitting the side of the gas station
building. putting a hole in the wall and
shifting the front wall of the structure
about an inch.
According to the sheriff’s office. the
estimated cost of damage to the gas sta
tion is $20.000.
The driver of the Volvo reportedly told
deputies he passed out and did not
remember the crash.
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point.”
The lake's summer full
pool is 1,071 feet above
sea level. which is several
feet below the historical
median elevation, accord
ing to the corps. which
governs Lanier.
Lanier was at 1,068 feet
Tuesday afternoon.
Some relief may be on
the way. as the National
Weather Service's forecast
calls for a slight chance of
thunderstorms today
through Monday. But
those may be hit or miss
rains as the area settles into
a sweltering summer
weather pattern.
“We've got some warin
temps coming back at us.”
State Climatologist Bill
Murphey said.
All in all. it's a reversal
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tive from the church said the group
had not received any complaints
before the damage.
The passage in Genesis refers to
the creation of male and female peo
ple.
Anyone with information is asked
to call Gwinnett County Police’s
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He said he was on his way home from
work when he felt the left side of his
body go numb as he went through the
intersection and did not remember any
thing after that.
He was taken to Northside Hospital-
Forsyth to be evaluated for a medical
condition.
A crash investigation unit is determin
ing the cause of the crash, Rodtiguez
said.
Drugs and alcohol are not suspected in
this case. Charges have not yet been filed
and will depend on the outcome of the
investigation.
Online Editor Jim Dean contributed to
this report.
of weather conditions from
early winter, when wet
weather was the norm.
Lanier was at 1,075.48 feet
on Dec. 31. prompting
heavier releases at Buford
Dam and causing some
corps parks to close.
Then a drier-than-nor
mal spring in the Hall area
brought levels down.
“It was the fifth-driest
on record.” Murphey said.
noting that 6.77 inches of
water fell March through
May.
A blast of hot tempera
tures in late spring didn’t
help conditions.
“That really dried us out
in the short term and made
the soil moisture so low.”
Murphey said.
Michael Wheeler, Hall
County extension coordi
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nator for the University of
Georgia Cooperative
Extension office, said the
drought has taken its toll
particularly on pastures.
“The (hay) production
isn't there anymore,” he
said.
The Drought Monitor is
calling for above-normal
precipitation later this
summer, “so we are hope
ful that will help ease the
pressure on Lake Lanier,”
Cloud said.
Also, with hurricane
season running until Nov.
30, moisture conditions
can turn on a dime.
“| hate to have anything
like a hurricane,” Baggett
said, “but those things hap
pen in nature and you can
get a lot of rain dumped on
you at one time.”