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Your guide to a long, busy 2020 election season
BY MEGAN REED
mreed@gainesvilletimes.com
With a presidential election and
fierce battles for U.S. Senate, the
2020 election season is busy and
long. Those aren’t the only races
on the ballot, though. We’ve col
lected all of the items that are set
to appear on ballots this year.
For information about your vot
ing status and sample ballots, visit
the Secretary of State’s My Voter
Page. Information is also available
at the Hall County website.
Presidential Preference
Primary and E-SPL0ST
In the presidential preference
primary, voters choose either a
Republican or Democrat ballot to
vote for their candidate of choice
for president. The Special Purpose
Local Option Sales Tax for Edu
cation and referendum on bonds
for local school systems will also
be on each ballot. The E-SPLOST
would put a penny toward local
schools for every dollar spent. Vot
ers can also choose a nonpartisan
ballot that will include just the
E-SPLOST.
When: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 24,
with early voting weekdays 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m. March 2-20 and Saturday,
March 14
Where: Early voting through
March 13 at the Hall County Gov
ernment Center, 2875 Browns
Bridge Road, Gainesville. Early
voting March 14,16-20 at the gov
ernment center as well as at East
Hall and North Hall community
centers and Spout Springs library
branch in South Hall
Republican ballot
■ Donald Trump
Democrat ballot
■ Michael Bennet
■ Joseph R. Biden
■ Michael R. Bloomberg
■ Pete Buttigieg
■ John K. Delaney
■ Tulsi Gabbard
■ AmyKlobuchar
■ Deval Patrick
■ Bernie Sanders
■ TomSteyer
■ Elizabeth Warren
■ Andrew Yang
General Primary
When: May 19, with early voting
weekdays April 27-May 15 and Sat
urday, May 9
Qualifying: Some candidates
have announced intentions to run.
The official qualifying period is 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. March 2-5 and until
noon March 6.
Seats:
■ Superior Court Judge
■ Superior Court Judge
■ State Court Judge
John Breakfield (incumbent)
■ State Court Judge
■ Probate Judge
■ Chief Magistrate
■ Clerk of Courts
Charles Baker (incumbent), R
Jennifer Gibbs, R
Bradford Rounds, R
■ Sheriff
Gerald Couch (incumbent), R
Kris Hall, R
Mitch Taylor, R
■ Tax Commissioner
Darla Eden, R (incumbent)
■ Coroner
■ Surveyor
■ Hall County Commissioner,
District 2
Billy Powell, R (incumbent)
■ Hall County Commissioner,
District 4
Jeff Stowe, R (incumbent)
■ Hall County Board of Com
missioners chairperson
Richard Higgins, R (incumbent)
Judy Sartain, R
■ Hall County Schools Board of
Education, Post 3
■ Hall County Schools Board of
Education, Post 4
■ U.S. House of Representa
tives, Georgia’s 9th District
Michael Boggus, R
Matt Gurtler, R
Kevin Tanner, R
Ethan Underwood, R
John Wilkinson, R
■ U.S. Senate
Maya Dillard Smith, D
Jon Ossoff, D
David Perdue, R (incumbent)
Sarah Riggs Amico, D
Teresa Tomlinson, D
■ Georgia House of Represen
tatives, District 27
■ Georgia House of Represen
tatives, District 29
■ Georgia House of Represen
tatives, District 30
Emory Dunahoo, R (incumbent)
Leigh Miller, D
■ Georgia House of Represen
tatives, District 103
■ Georgia Senate, District 49
■ Georgia Senate, District 50
Andy Garrison, R
Bo Hatchett, R
Stacy Hall, R
Tricia Hise, R
Lee Moore, R
General Election
When: Nov. 3, with early voting
weekdays Oct. 12-30 and Saturday,
Oct. 24
■ U.S. Senate
Doug Collins, R
Matt Lieberman, D
Kelly Loeffler,R
Ed Tarver, D
Raphael Warnock, D
The chosen candidates from the
May 19 primary for these positions:
■ U.S. Senate
■ U.S. House of Representa
tives, Georgia’s 9th District
■ Georgia House of Represen
tatives, District 27
■ Georgia House of Represen
tatives, District 29
■ Georgia House of Represen
tatives, District 30
■ Georgia House of Represen
tatives, District 103
■ Georgia Senate, District 49
■ Georgia Senate, District 50
■ Probate Judge
■ Chief Magistrate
■ Clerk of Courts
■ Sheriff
■ Tax Commissioner
■ Coroner
■ Surveyor
■ Hall County Commissioner,
District 2
■ Hall County Commissioner,
District 4
■ Hall County Board of Com
missioners chairperson
■ Hall County Schools Board of
Education, Post 3
■ Hall County Schools Board of
Education, Post 4
The Associated Press contributed.
Obituaries
Mary Louise Hulsey
March 31, 1927 -
February 18, 2020
On Tuesday, February
18, Gainesville bid
farewell to one of
its most respected
and devoted musical
matriarchs. After
92 years of sharing
her love of history
and singing with
generations of children
and adults, Mary Louise
Hulsey joined her
Lord Jesus Christ and
her beloved husband
John Burl Hulsey in
heaven on a Tuesday
evening. She passed at
her home, surrounded
by her children and
grandchildren. Mary
Louise, daughter of the
late Bertha Williams
and William ‘Fred’
Durrett, was born
March 31, 1927, and
raised in Asheville,
and later moved to
Savannah, where,
at age 17, she sang
as a paid soloist at
Bull Street Baptist
Church while studying
at Brewton Parker
College in Mount
Vernon, Georgia and
Savannah’s Draughton
Business College. In
1945, an impressed
Rev. Henry Stokes
of Gainesville’s
First Baptist Church
overheard Mary while
visiting Bull Street,
and welcomed her
to Gainesville as a
youth choir director
and secretary a week
later. She spent her
next 65 years serving
the church with her
vibrant spirit and
mezzo-soprano timbre
in Handel’s “Messiah,”
“Elijah,” Beethoven’s
“9th Symphony,” and
Haydn’s “The Seven
Last Words of Christ”
as the Children’s Choir
Director, Educational
Director and pianist
for the Angler’s
Sunday school class.
Mary Louise and her
faithful husband of
over 61 years, a Navy
pilot who pioneered
the first guided drone
technology during
World War II, also
met at First Baptist
Church. They raised
five children to make
a joyful noise in the
home John Burl built
on Blue Ridge Drive,
where they lived
together until 2009.
Mary would sing her
signature solo of “Ave
Maria” at over 12 family
weddings and baptisms
throughout the years.
Mary Louise’s voice
resounded far beyond
church walls as she
invested her boundless
energy into performing
arts programs across
Gainesville. During
the 50s and 60s, she
and long-time friend,
Martha Stratton,
serenaded listeners to
the Three Dreamers
radio show with
original numbers and
pop classics and later
performed together at
various venues across
Georgia. Throughout
her life, Mary never
failed to use her
talent to seed artistic
potential throughout
her community, serving
as the coordinator
of Lakeshore Mali’s
“Lighting of the
Tree” production,
charter member of the
Gainesville Chorale
and 20th Century Study
Club and a performer
in the Brewton Parker
Glee Club and College
Trio among other
organizations. In light
of her contributions to
Gainesville’s musical
legacy, she was also
appointed to a seat on
the town’s Arts Council.
Mary Louise’s love of
history, travel, and art
led her to countries
far afield, including
China, Canada, Spain,
France, and the United
Kingdom. Mary Louise
was preceded in death
by her husband, John
Burl, brother, William
“Bill” Durrett, Sr., and
daughter, Carolyn
Hulsey Fernandez. She
will be truly missed
by Carolyn’s husband
Segundo Fernandez
and second wife
Bobbie Fernandez of
Tallahassee, son, John
Jr. and wife, Cinda
Hulsey of Gainesville,
son, David Hulsey of
Tallahassee, daughter,
Beth and husband,
Gerald Carlson of
Lafayette, son, Wes
and wife, Kathy Hulsey
of Greenville, SC, 19
grandchildren and 18
great-grandchildren,
and Mehdi (Brenda)
Zariei, referred to
Mary Louise, as his
American Mom.
Celebration of Life
service will be held 3:30
pm Sunday, February
23, at The First Baptist
church of Gainesville.
Interment will be at
Alta Vista Cemetery,
prior to the service.
The family will receive
friends following the
service at the church.
In lieu of flowers
the family requests
donations be made
to the First Baptist
Church of Gainesville
Music Building Fund
751 Green Street
Gainesville. The family
would like to thank
the caregivers of the
Gardens of Gainesville
and Bright Star and
Hospice of Northeast
Georgia, for their
excellent care of Mary
Louise. Memorial Park
North Riverside Chapel
989 Riverside Drive
Gainesville, is in charge
of arrangements.
For online
condolences www.
memorialparkfuneralho
mes.com
MEMORIAL PARK
Funeral Homes & Cemeteries
Frances Virginia
Brown
July 22, 1933 -
February 9, 2020
Mrs. Frances Virginia
Brown, age 86 of
Gainesville, passed
away Sunday, February
9. A memorial to
celebrate her life will
be held on February
22, from 11:30 a.m.
until 4:00 p.m. at
5307 Raintree Trail,
Oakwood. There will be
a small service starting
at 12:00 pm. Family
and Friends are invited
to drop in to share this
time with the family.
Mrs.Brown was born
July 22nd, 1933 to Mr.
and Mrs. Wilburn Floyd
Williams of Clermont.
A member of Chicopee
Methodist Church
in Gainesville and
married her love, Bill
Brown, on Valentine’s
Day 1954. Mrs. Brown
is preceded in death
by her husband, Bill
Brown and son Greg
Brown. Also Jeanette
Brooks (sister), and
Harold Williams
(Brother) Mrs. Brown
is survived by her
sister Lucy Moore
of Gainesville; her
daughters, Joanna
Brown Crews of
Gainesville and Merri
Brown Briscoe of
Oakwood; son-in-
law, Jeff Briscoe;
granddaughters,
Ginny Osorio of Falls
Church, VA Caitlin
Crews of Gainesville,
and Macy Briscoe,
Oakwood; grandsons,
Drew Brown of
Hartwell, Joseph
Crews of Gainesville.
Arrangements
entrusted to Leaf
Cremation.
Death Notices
Charles Edward
Counts
Died February 16, 2020
Charles Edward
Counts, age 89 of
Cumming, died Sunday,
February 16. A veteran
of the United States
Marine Corps, Mr.
Counts was a recipient
of the Purple Heart. A
service remembering
the lives of Mr. and
Mrs. Counts will be
held Sunday, March
1, at 2:00 p.m. at the
Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel. Ingram Funeral
Home & Crematory,
Cumming, is in charge
of arrangements.
Ardavan Davani
Died February 15, 2020
Ardavan Davani, age
70 of Buford, died
Saturday, February 15.
A memorial service
will be held Saturday,
February 22, at 12:00
p.m. at Hamilton Mill
Memorial Chapel.
Arrangements are in
the care of Hamilton
Mill Memorial Chapel,
Buford.
Edna Lucille Chatham
Died February 18, 2020
Edna Lucille Chatham,
age 92 of Gainesville,
died Tuesday, February
18. Funeral services are
scheduled for Saturday,
February 22, at 2:00
p.m. in the Chapel of
Memorial Park Funeral
Home. Memorial
Park Funeral Home,
Gainesville, is in charge
of arrangements.
Grant Reed
Died February 15, 2020
Grant Reed, age 78
of Sky Valley, died
Saturday, February 15.
Funeral services will be
held Friday, February
21, at 11:00 a.m. at
Hamilton Mill Memorial
Chapel. Arrangements
have been entrusted to
Hamilton Mill Memorial
Chapel of Buford.
James Burton
Ingraham, Jr.
Died February 18, 2020
James Burton
Ingraham, Jr., age
91 of Hoschton, died
Tuesday, February 18.
Graveside Services
will be 2:00 p.m.,
Sunday, February
23, at Memorial Park
South Cemetery.
Memorial Park South
Funeral Home, Flowery
Branch, is in charge of
arrangements.
Janette Hodges
Died February 17, 2020
Janette Hodges, age
77, of Cleveland, died
Monday, February 17.
No services will be
held. Barrett Funeral
Home of Cleveland
is in charge of
arrangements.
Jeff “Tox” Collins
Died February 17, 2020
Jeff “Tox” Collins, age
50 of Auburn, died
Monday, February 17.
A memorial service will
be held on Thursday,
February 20, at 3:30
p.m. in the Chapel
of Flanigan Funeral
Home. Arrangements
entrusted to Flanigan
Funeral Home and
Crematory of Buford.
Jimmie Lou
(Hicks) Com
Died February 18, 2020
Jimmie Lou Hicks Corn,
age 81 of Gainesville,
died Tuesday, February
18. Funeral services
will be held 2:00 p.m.
Friday February 21, in
the Chapel of Ward’s
Funeral Home. Ward’s
Funeral Home of
Gainesville has care of
arrangements.
Jonathan Benjamin
Leahy
Died February 12, 2020
Jonathan Benjamin
Leahy, age 21 of
Fuquay Varina, NC,
died Friday, February
12. Graveside Services
will be 2:00 p.m.,
Saturday, February 22.
Memorial Park South
Funeral Home, Flowery
Branch, is in charge of
arrangements.
Kenneth Bryant
Died February 18, 2020
Kenneth Bryant, age
75 of Demorest, died
Tuesday, February 18.
Funeral services are
scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, February
20, in the Chapel of
McGahee-Griffin
& Stewart Funeral
Home. Arrangements
are in the care of
McGahee-Griffin &
Stewart Funeral Home,
Cornelia.
Roy Dalton Reynolds
Died February 17, 2020
Roy Dalton Reynolds,
age 65 of Cumming,
died Monday, February
17. A memorial service
will be held Thursday,
February 27, at 2:30
p.m. at Georgia
National Cemetery in
Canton. Ingram Funeral
Home & Crematory,
Cumming, is in charge
of arrangements.
Teddy Lee Millwood
Died February 16, 2020
Teddy Lee Millwood,
age 54 of Decatur, died
Sunday, February 16.
Memorial services will
be held Wednesday,
February 26, at 3:00
p.m. at the Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel.
Ingram Funeral
Home & Crematory,
Cumming, is in charge
of arrangements.
Thomas Vernon
Tomerlin, III
Died February 16, 2020
Thomas Vernon
Tomerlin, III, age 45
of Ball Ground, died
Sunday, February 16.
The family will receive
friends Saturday,
February 22, from
12:30 p.m. til 2:00 p.m.
at McDonald and Son
Funeral Home. Care
and trust placed in
McDonald and Son
Funeral Home and
Crematory, Cumming.
Terrance Eugene Allen
Died February 16, 2020
Terrance Eugene Allen,
age 49 of Gainesville,
died Sunday, February
16. Professional
Services Entrusted
to Wimberly Funeral
Home.
Toby Ryan Glenn
Died February 18, 2020
Toby Ryan Glenn, age
50 of Jefferson, died
Tuesday, February 18.
The Funeral Service will
be held on Saturday,
February 22, at 3:00
p.m. in the Chapel of
Evans Funeral Home.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, is in charge
of arrangements.
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