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DEATH NOTICES
Taylor Nichole Adkins
Died Dec. 10,2018
Taylor Nichole Adkins, 16, of Daw-
sonville died Monday. Funeral ser
vice, 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, funeral
home chapel. McDonald and Son
Funeral Home, Cumming.
Betty Borders
Died Dec. 9, 2018
Betty Borders of Commerce died
Sunday. Wimberly & White Funeral
Home, Commerce.
Melissa Simpson Cahill
Died Dec. 10,2018
Melissa Simpson Cahill, 61, of Johns
Creek died Monday. Memorial ser
vice, 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, funeral
home chapel. McDonald and Son
Funeral Home, Cumming.
Walter Thomas Carry
Died Dec. 7, 2018
Walter Thomas Carry, 88, of Cum
ming died Dec. 7. Ingram Funeral
Home & Crematory, Cumming.
Jane Cox
Oct. 2, 1950-Dec. 10,2018
Jane Cox, 68, of Dawsonville died
Monday. Funeral service, 11 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 13, Coal Mountain
Baptist Church, Cumming. Ingram
Funeral Home & Crematory,
Cumming.
Pamela Denise Davenport
March 31, 1959-Dec. 9, 2018
Pamela Denise Davenport, 59, of
Gainesville died Sunday. Memorial
service, 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15,
Rock Hill Congregational Holiness
Church. Little & Davenport Funeral
Home and Crematory, Gainesville.
Jordan Earls
Died Dec. 4, 2018
Jordan Earls, 27, died Dec. 4.
Funeral service, 11 a.m. Thurs
day, Dec. 13, Hickory Grove CME
Church. Wimberly Funeral Home,
Gainesville.
Penithia Hamer
Died Dec. 3, 2018
Penithia “Star” Hamer died Dec.
3. Funeral service, 11 a.m. Wednes
day, Dec. 12, Hunter Hill First Baptist
Church, Atlanta. Wimberly Funeral
Home, Gainesville.
Freddie James Knight
Died Dec. 10,2018
Freddie James Knight, 73, of
Winder died Monday. Memorial ser
vice, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, funeral
home chapel. Lawson Funeral Home,
Hoschton.
Leroy Littlejohn
Died Dec. 6, 2018
Leroy Littlejohn, 70, died Dec. 6.
Visitation, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 12, funeral home chapel. Dexter
T. Sims Mortuary, Gainesville.
William Jonathan Looney
Sept. 6, 1957-Dec. 9, 2018
William Jonathan “Jon” Looney,
61, of Cornelia died Sunday. Funeral
service, 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15,
funeral home chapel. McGahee-
Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home,
Cornelia.
John Wesley Samuels
Died Dec. 9, 2018
John Wesley Samuels of Gaines
ville died Sunday. Wimberly Funeral
Home, Gainesville.
Janett Shreffler
Jan. 10, 1935-Dec. 11, 2018
Janett Shreffler, 83, of Dahlonega
died Tuesday. Funeral service, 2 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 13, funeral home cha
pel. Anderson-Underwood Funeral
Home, Dahlonega.
Julius 0. Thomas Jr.
Died Dec. 10,2018
Julius O. Thomas Jr., 89, of Gaines
ville died Monday. Memorial Park
Funeral Home, Gainesville.
Danny Lloyd Umberhant
Died Dec. 10,2018
Danny Lloyd Umberhant, 64, of
Commerce died Monday. McGahee-
Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home,
Cornelia.
Lois Mae Hill Walls
Died Dec. 10,2018
Lois Mae Hill Walls, 86, of Clarkes-
ville died Monday. Graveside service,
2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, Habersham
Cemetery. McGahee-Griffin & Stew
art Funeral Home, Cornelia.
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Developer can return in January
with Oakwood townhomes plan
BY JEFF GILL
jgill@gainesvilletimes.com
A new year might ring in a dif
ferent result for a developer who
has stalled in two separate efforts
to get Oakwood’s OK to build
townhomes between McEver,
Flat Creek and Oakwood roads.
The Oakwood City Council
voted Monday, Dec. 10, to table
two plans by Buford-based MB
Endeavors — one involving 120
townhomes between Flat Creek
and McEver Roads and one
involving 107 townhomes and
some commercial development
between McEver and Flat Creek.
The delay was to give MB
Endeavors the opportunity to
propose a single plan to the city
in January.
After Councilwoman Sheri
Millwood’s made the motion,
Mayor Lamar Scroggs asked
John Purcell of MB Endeavors,
“Is that satisfactory with you?”
“Yes, sir,” Purcell said.
B.R. White, the city’s com
munity development director,
had told the Oakwood Planning
Commission on Nov. 19 that MB
Endeavors was looking to fuse
the 120-townhome development
with the multi-use development
off McEver Road.
White said the blending might
reduce overall residential density
of the project and add single-fam
ily homes and some commercial
development.
“The layout will change,”
White told the planning board.
MB Endeavors has been try
ing for a couple of months to get
residential housing approved
between McEver, Flat Creek and
Oakwood roads.
A 12-acre site featuring resi
dential and commercial compo
nents off McEver and Flat Creek
roads, was rejected in November
by the City Council.
And MB Endeavors had tried
Oct. 8 to get a 107-unit townhome
project between Flat Creek and
Oakwood roads approved. Coun
cil voted down that proposal.
Several residents spoke at that
meeting opposing the project.
Concerns included that it might
infringe on the privacy of neigh
boring residents and increase
crime.
One resident spoke about
how the development would be
another example of “rapid, ram
pant development” that’s turning
the area into “another Gwinnett
County.”
Jimmy Grant of Oakwood reg
istered his opposition Monday
night.
“Y’all turned it down a month
ago,” he told the council. “What
are they doing? Keep coming
back and see if they can change
something every time to get this
thing approved?”
Grant said he was concerned
about traffic impacts from the
development.
“This is not right,” he said.
“We’ve got too much right now in
Oakwood to deal with.”
Oakwood modifies
alcohol ordinance
Oakwood City Council tweaked
its alcohol ordinance Monday
night to reflect voters’ Nov. 6 OK
of earlier Sunday alcohol sales at
restaurants.
Voters in Hall County, Gaines
ville, Flowery Branch and Oak-
wood approved allowing sales to
begin at 11 a.m. instead of 12:30
p.m.
Moving forward, the cities and
county “are looking at the imple
mentation date” of Feb. 3, City
Manager Stan Brown told the
council at its Dec. 10 meeting.
“We’re just trying to eliminate
confusion between different
jurisdictions,” he said.
Ordinances must be amended
by the governments to reflect the
change before restaurants can
start serving.
Church can move on
construction plans
Christ Lutheran Church at 3612
Old Oakwood Road will be able to
move forward with construction
plans, including a new sanctuary.
The church, which is off
Mundy Mill Road, was given Oak-
wood City Council’s OK Monday
night to reduce a setback require
ment, enabling the project.
“Like most churches, includ
ing the one I attend, you do a
long-range plan and you work out
the phases of construction and
then, as the money comes in, you
build in phases,” said B.R. White,
Oakwood’s community develop
ment director, during the Dec. 10
meeting.
The new sanctuary is the third
phase of Christ Lutheran’s plans.
“We’re ready to move for
ward,” church member Alan
Overcash told the council. “Obvi
ously, we want to get it built
yesterday.”
Photo courtesy DAWSON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES
Two men were killed in a head-on collision Tuesday on Ga. 400.
Fatal wreck on Ga. 400 leaves 2 dead
BY ALLIE DEAN
Dawson County News
A Dawsonville man and Dahlonega man
were killed on Ga. 400 Monday when a
southbound vehicle crossed the median of
the highway into the northbound lanes and
struck the other vehicle.
Troopers responded to the two-vehicle
wreck at 1:24 p.m. Dec. 10 near Henry
Grady Highway in Dawson County.
Both drivers were pronounced dead on
the scene, according to a press release from
the Georgia State Patrol.
There were no other passengers in either
vehicle.
Tony Ray Chastain, 56, of Dawsonville,
was driving a 2003 Lincoln Town Car south
on Ga. 400 in the left lane. Colquitt Juanez
Thompson, 63, of Dahlonega, was driving a
2015 Chevrolet Silverado north on Ga. 400 in
the right lane, according to the state patrol.
Chastain’s car left the roadway, crossed
the median, traveled into the northbound
lanes and collided head-on with Thompson’s
truck.
Distracted driving does not appear to be
a factor in the wreck. Drugs and alcohol are
also not suspected. Both drivers were wear
ing seatbelts.
Despite rainy conditions, the release
states that wet roadways do not appear to be
a factor, either.
The northbound lanes of Ga. 400 were
closed until 3:30 p.m. for investigation and
cleanup.
Norfolk Southern’s relocation
to Atlanta to be made official
AMY DAVIS I Tribune News Service
A Norfolk-Southern train transporting crude oil travels through
Port Deposit, Md., on Dec. 17, 2014.
Tribune News Service
Gov. Nathan Deal and
Atlanta Mayor Keisha
Lance Bottoms are expected
Wednesday to formally
announce a completed deal
to relocate the headquar
ters of railroad giant Nor
folk Southern to Atlanta,
two people told The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.
Deal has called a 2 p.m.
press conference at the State
Capitol in what will mark the
culmination of years of work
to recruit the Fortune 500
railroad away from its home
in Norfolk, Va.
Spokespeople with the city
and state Department of Eco
nomic Development declined
to comment. A Norfolk South
ern representative did not
immediately return a mes
sage seeking comment. The
people who spoke to the AJC
about Wednesday’s press con
ference were not authorized
to comment publicly.
Norfolk Southern joins
PulteGroup, NCR and Mer
cedes-Benz among global and
North American headquar
ters recruited by the state
over the past 10 years.
The announcement has
been expected. The Nor
folk Southern recruitment
became one of the most pub
lic under Deal after it was
learned the railroad wanted
to sell its land in downtown
Atlanta’s Gulch to fund a
potential move to Midtown.
The Gulch land, mean
while, forms the core of
what developer CIM Group
wanted to buy to build a
mammoth 40-acre mix of
apartments, offices, hotels
and retail between the Five
Points MARTA station and
Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Norfolk Southern’s pro
posed relocation became
almost a footnote amid a
tense months-long debate
over whether the Atlanta
City Council would support
an unprecedented incentive
package for CIM to redevelop
the stretch of downtown park
ing lots and rail beds.
In late October, as the
debate over a nearly $2 bil
lion public financing package
for the up to $5 billion Gulch
development hung in the
balance, Norfolk Southern
CEO James Squires leveled
a threat, saying his company
wouldn’t move to Atlanta if
the Gulch deal fell through.
“I would hate to see this slip
away,” Squires told Atlanta
Business Chronicle days
before the council approved
the package. “But if it does,
we will move on.”
Last week, the city of Atlan
ta’s development arm, Invest
Atlanta, approved $23.6 mil
lion in tax breaks for Norfolk
Southern’s future headquar
ters at West Peachtree Street
and Ponce de Leon Avenue.
State tax credits for newly
created jobs could increase
the value of the incentives by
millions.
Norfolk Southern plans
a 750,000-square-foot tower
totaling about $575 million,
according to an Invest Atlanta
document. The company is
expected to relocate or create
850 jobs and retain more than
2,000 jobs currently located in
Midtown near the Woodruff
Arts Center.
MCDONOUGH
Man dies in shooting
at birthday party
A man has died after he was shot at a
weekend birthday party at a bar southeast
of Atlanta.
News outlets reported that police in
McDonough said 31-year-old Decoby Bar-
low of Flovilla was caught in the crossfire
when three men opened fire in the parking
lot of a bar early Sunday. Investigators say
Barlow was going to his car when he was
shot in the back.
Twenty-eight-year-old Jalon Edwards
has been arrested and charged with Bar
low’s death. It was not known if he has an
attorney yet to talk about the charges.
Police are looking for the two others
involved in the shooting.
DULUTH
Police shoot woman accused
of stabbing her wife to death
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation
says authorities shot and wounded a
woman accused of fatally stabbing her
wife.
Conyers police Capt. Jackie Dunn tells
WALB-TV that police responded to a report
of a disturbance at an area motel Monday
and found a conscious woman with about
30 stab wounds. Dunn says the woman told
police her wife attacked her. She was later
pronounced dead.
Dunn says authorities learned the sus
pect was headed south on Interstate 75.
GBI Special Agent in Charge J.T. Ricket-
son says the woman was stopped follow
ing a car chase and shot at deputies. He
says deputies then shot the woman several
times. Her condition is unclear.
The GBI is investigating. Authorities
haven’t released the women’s identities.
Dunn says the couple has a history of
domestic violence.
Associated Press
