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OBITUARIES
Jerry Harrison
Forrester
May 14, 1946-
Oct. 29, 2018
Jerry Harrison Forrester,
72, of Gainesville passed
away Monday, Oct. 29,
2018, following an extended
illness.
Funeral
services
will be held
at 2 p.m. on
Wednes
day, Oct.
31,2018, in
the chapel
of Memo
rial Park Funeral Home
with Frank Hooper, Chad
White and the Rev. Jack
Sanders officiating. Inter
ment will follow in Memo
rial Park Cemetery. The
family will receive friends
at the funeral home on Tues
day, Oct. 30, 2018, from 2
p.m. until 4 p.m. and from 6
p.m. until 8 p.m.
Born on May 14, 1946, in
Gainesville, he was the son
of the late B.D. and Hazel
Savage Forrester. Mr. For
rester was retired from the
City of Gainesville Police
Department where he
served as captain and the
police chief. He attended
the FBI Academy. Mr. For
rester was a veteran of the
U.S. Marines and of the Bap
tist faith.
In addition to his parents,
Mr. Forrester is preceded
in death by his wife, Emma
Jane Barnes Forrester;
sisters, Sharon Gresham,
Vickie Rice; and brother,
Sandy Forrester.
Mr. Forrester is survived
by his son and daughter-
in-law, Mark Andrew and
Teresa D. Forrester of
Hoschton; son, Jerry Scott
Forrester of Gainesville;
granddaughter, Kayla
Brooke Forrester of Lula;
sister and brother-in-law,
Shirley and John Buffing
ton of Gillsville; brothers
and sisters-in-law, Sammy
and Charlotte Forrester of
Gainesville, Phil and Vickie
Forrester of Gainesville;
brothers, Edd Forrester
of Lula, Ben Forrester of
Gainesville; and a number
of other relatives.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville
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Oct. 30, 2018
Doris Ladd Simmons
March 19, 1921-
Oct. 28, 2018
Doris Ladd Simmons, 97,
of Gainesville passed away
Sunday, Oct. 28,2018.
A lifelong resident of Hall
County, Mrs. Simmons was
retired from Goforth Elec
tric Company and was a
lifelong member of Sardis
Baptist Church.
Survivors include her
sister, Margaret Selmon;
niece, Tami Wood; nephews,
Russell Ladd, Buddy Davis,
Steve Seabolt.
Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 31, 2018, in the cha
pel of Little & Davenport
Funeral Home. The Rev.
Philip McQueen will offici
ate. A private family burial
will be held at Memorial
Park Cemetery. The fam
ily will receive friends at
the funeral home Wednes
day from 10 a.m. until the
funeral hour.
In lieu of flowers the fam
ily has asked that memo
rial contributions be made
to Sardis Baptist Church in
memory of Mrs. Simmons.
Little & Davenport
Funeral Home and Crema
tory, Gainesville
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Oct. 30, 2018
Barbara Faye Worley
Died Oct. 27, 2018
Barbara Faye Worley, 81,
of Cumming passed away
Saturday, Oct. 27,2018.
She was a member of
Grace Baptist Church. Bar
bara was a former school
teacher and retired from
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Company. She was a loving
wife of 59 years.
Survivors include her hus
band, Marion Lee Worley of
Cumming; children, Kevin
Lee Worley of Cumming,
Connie Worley Vaughan of
Cumming, Amy Denise Wor
ley of Cumming; brother,
Don Hughes of Dallas, Ga.;
sister, Betty Kimmons of Jef
ferson, Ga.; grandchildren,
Nathan and Katie Vaughan,
Kyle Vaughan, Dalton Clay
and Hannah Munday, Devin
Lee Worley; great-grand
daughter, Blakely Kate
Vaughan.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday, Nov. 1, at
1 p.m. at Ingram Funeral
Home Chapel with Dr.
Randy Smith officiating.
Interment will follow in
Sawnee View Memorial
Gardens. The family will
receive friends at Ingram
Funeral Home on Tuesday
from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. and
Wednesday from 11 a.m.
until 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. until
9 p.m. and Thursday from
10 a.m. until hour of the
service.
Condolences may be
made at www.ingramfuner-
alhome.com.
Ingram Funeral Home &
Crematory, Cumming
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Oct. 30, 2018
DEATH
NOTICES
Lydia Henderson Balls
April 5, 1935-
Oct. 25, 2018
Lydia Henderson Balls,
83, of Flowery Branch died
Oct. 25. Funeral service, 2
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, Oak-
wood Baptist Church. Fla
nigan Funeral Home and
Crematory, Buford.
Cody Wayne Chambers
March 10, 1964-
Oct. 25, 2018
Cody Wayne Chambers,
54, of Jefferson died Oct. 25.
Memorial service, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 1, Dacula
United Methodist Church.
Flanigan Funeral Home and
Crematory, Buford.
David
Michael Culley
Died Oct. 27, 2018
David Michael Culley, 56,
of Cumming died Saturday.
Memorial service, 1 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 2, funeral home
chapel. McDonald and Son
Funeral Home, Cumming.
Kathryn Frix
March 14, 1926-
Oct. 29, 2018
Kathryn “Rene” Frix,
92, of Cumming died Mon
day. Funeral service, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 31, Mount
Pisgah Baptist Church.
Ingram Funeral Home &
Crematory, Cumming.
Anthony D. Logan
April 11, 1961-
Oct. 27, 2018
Anthony D. Logan, 57,
of Atlanta died Saturday.
Private memorial service,
4 p.m. Nov. 5, Lutheran
Church of Nativity, Austell.
Flanigan Funeral Home and
Crematory, Buford.
Steven Brent Parker
July 12, 1979-
Oct. 16,2018
Steven Brent Parker, 39,
died Oct. 16. Memorial ser
vice, 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2,
funeral home chapel. Flani
gan Funeral Home and Cre
matory, Buford.
Peggy Marie Elmore
Robertson
Died Oct. 26, 2018
Peggy Marie Elmore Rob
ertson, 59, of Auburn died
Oct. 26. Funeral service, 11
a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, Pleas
ant Grove Baptist Church,
Lawrenceville. Lawson
Funeral Home, Hoschton.
Angela Cavuoto Shallis
Dec. 10, 1955-
Oct. 28, 2018
Angela Cavuoto Shallis,
62, of Suwanee died Sun
day. A Funeral Mass and
interment will be held at
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
in Bronx, N.Y. Flanigan
Funeral Home and Crema
tory, Buford.
Chad Emory Taylor
March 31, 1988-
Oct. 23, 2018
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.
Chad Emory Taylor, 30, of
Whiteman Air Force Base,
Mo., died Oct. 23. Funeral
service, 2 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 30, Level Grove Baptist
Church. McGahee-Griffin
& Stewart Funeral Home,
Cornelia.
John Buford Ward
April 22, 1924-
Oct. 29, 2018
John Buford Ward, 94, of
Mount Airy died Monday.
Funeral service, 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 31, funeral
home chapel. McGahee-
Griffin & Stewart Funeral
Home, Cornelia.
Harold E. Williams
July 15, 1928-
Oct. 24, 2018
Harold E. Williams, 90,
of Jefferson died Oct. 24.
Memorial service, 5 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 1, Dacula
United Methodist Church.
Flanigan Funeral Home and
Crematory, Buford.
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Jimmy Carter wades into
Georgia governor’s race
BY BILL BARROW
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy
Carter is wading into the contentious Geor
gia governor’s race with a personal appeal
to Republican candidate Brian
Kemp: Resign as secretary of state
to avoid damaging public confi
dence in the outcome of his hotly
contested matchup with Democrat
Stacey Abrams.
The 94-year-old Carter’s request,
made in an Oct. 22 letter obtained
by The Associated Press, is the lat
est turn in a campaign whose closing
month is being defined by charges
of attempted voter suppression and coun
tercharges of attempted voter fraud.
Kemp has thus far dismissed Demo
cratic demands that he step aside as Geor
gia’s chief elections officer. But Carter
attempted to approach the matter less as
a partisan who has endorsed Abrams and
more as the former president who’s spent
the decades since he left the Oval Office
monitoring elections around the world.
“One of the key requirements for a fair
and trusted process is that there be a nonbi-
ased supervision of the electoral process,”
Carter wrote, adding that stepping aside
“would be a sign that you recognize the
importance of this key democratic prin
ciple and want to ensure the confidence of
our citizens in the outcome.”
It was not immediately clear whether
Kemp has read the letter or responded. A
spokeswoman in Kemp’s office, where the
letter was addressed, referred questions to
Kemp’s campaign, which did not immedi
ately respond to a request for comment.
Addressing calls for his resignation dur
ing a recent debate with Abrams, Kemp
noted that bipartisan panels of local offi
cials run much of the elections process. He
also noted that one of his Democratic pre
decessors ran for governor without resign
ing, although Cathy Cox failed to win the
Democratic nomination in 2006.
Disclosure of Carter’s letter comes with
Kemp under scrutiny from multiple fronts,
chief among them 53,000 voter registrations
being held up by Kemp’s office. Under the
state’s strict election laws, mail-in registra
tions must match exactly a voter’s
records on file with the Social
Security Administration or Geor
gia’s driver’s license agency.
Kemp insists he’s fairly apply
ing Georgia law and that those
would-be voters can cast ballots
if they present acceptable iden
tification — like any other Geor
gia voter — that clears up any
questions. But Abrams and voting
rights advocates have assailed the move —
and sued — as part of a pattern Democrats
say is intended to make it harder for minor
ities and other Democratic constituencies
to vote.
Republicans have returned fire, with
Kemp alleging that Abrams and her back
ers want to give ballots to immigrants who
are in the country illegally. That attack also
is featured in a Republican ad being broad
cast statewide.
Carter sidestepped that back-and-forth
in his letter, mentioning only “the undeni
able racial discrimination of the past” and
a federal court’s recent criticism of the
touchscreen voting machines used in some
Georgia counties.
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg in
September cited “a mounting tide of evi
dence of the inadequacy and security
risks” involved in Georgia’s system. She
agreed with voting integrity advocates who
sued last year and argued that the touch
screen voting machines Georgia has used
since 2002 are vulnerable to hacking and
provide no way to confirm that votes have
been recorded correctly because there’s no
paper trail.
But she sided with Kemp in denying the
advocates’ request to force the statewide
use of paper ballots for the 2018 midterms.
Carter
MARIETTA
Authorities: Deputy hit, injured by vehicle
while attempting to stop car break-in
Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy has been hit and injured by a vehicle while trying to
stop two people breaking into a car in metro Atlanta.
Marietta police spokesman Officer Chuck McPhilamy tells news outlets the Cobb
County Sheriff’s deputy was struck Monday morning near the county courthouse. The
deputy was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening.
McPhilamy says the deputy was monitoring security video when he saw what he
thought were two people breaking into a parked car. He says one person ran away when
the deputy confronted them outside, while the other got back inside their own vehicle and
hit the deputy.
The deputy fired his gun toward the vehicle. It’s unclear if the shots hit the fleeing car.
Associated Press
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