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November 30 2016
^Reporter
IN MEMORY
Cherry Dukes Horne
November 22, 1942 - November 27, 2016
Cherry Dukes Horne, of Forsyth, passed away
Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at Paran Baptist Church
with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Baker
Earwood officiated.
Mrs. Horne, the daughter of the late James
William Dukes and Margaret Hill Collins, was born
Nov. 22, 1942, in Carrollton. She was a retired com
pliance officer with the banking industry and was a
member of Paran Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Lynn Horne of
Forsyth; children, Angela (Chris) O’Neal of Juliette,
Mike (Melanie) Horne of Jackson and Steven (Kim)
Horne of Opelika, Alabama; sisters, Dian (Zack)
Cooley of Forsyth and June Dukes of Tennessee;
brother, Ben (Pat) Dukes of Butler; and seven
grandchildren.
Flowers will be accepted or donations may be
made to donor’s charity of choice.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.
com to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of
arrangements.
Barbara Norris Meadows
February 24, 1954 - November 22, 2016
Barbara Jean Norris Meadows of Forsyth
passed away Tuesday, Nov. 22,
2016. Graveside services were held
Saturday, Nov. 26 at Monroe Hills
Memorial Gardens. Rev. Danny Parker
officiated.
Barbara, the daughter of the late
Davis Norris and Betty Jean Banks
Norris, was born Feb. 24, 1954, in
Forsyth. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her children, Kevin Bush, Jerry
Bush and Deana Meadows, all of Forsyth; brother,
Ronald (Barbara) Norris of Forsyth; and 10 grand
children.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.
com to express tributes.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations
to Circle of Care Thrift Shop, 52 W Adams Street,
Forsyth, GA 31029.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of
arrangements.
Bessie Kimbell Thomson
June 20, 1920 - November 23, 2016
Bessie Kimbell Thomson, of Columbus passed
away Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Graveside services
were held Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 at
Forsyth City Cemetery. Rev. Franklin
Etheridge officiated.
Mrs. Thomson, the daughter of the
late Hugh Lumpkin Kimbell and Rosa
Roquemore Kimbell, was born June
20, 1920, in Forsyth. Her husband,
Richard H. Thomson Jr., preceded her
in death. Mrs. Thomson assisted her
husband in his carburetor repair shop. She was
a cosmology graduate and was a volunteer for 24
years with the Medical Center of Columbus.
Survivors include her daughter, Betty (Chuck)
Cotton of Baconton; grandchildren, Trea (Alex)
Cotton of Deltona, Florida and Jenny (Terry) Gibson
of St. Marys, Georgia; son-in-law, Greg Potts of
Kingsland, Georgia; great grandchildren, Andrew
Potts, Paige Potts and Chase Cotton.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.
com to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of
arrangements.
Hattie Worthy
April 27, 1933 - November 22, 2016
Forsyth, GA- Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie
Pearl Worthy were held Monday, Nov. 28 at
Parker’s Chapel A.M.E. Church, Culloden. Burial
was in the Church Cemetery.
Survivors include her son, Bobby Williams;
brother, John W. “Jack” Bowden (Margaret); sisters,
Mary Davis (Johnny) and Marcia Harden (Ben), six
grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, five great-
great grandchildren and a host of other relatives
and friends.
The family may be contacted at 357 Brookwood
Drive, Forsyth.
Freeman Funeral Home was in charge of arrange
ments.
Patricia Monnet Maddux
September 29, 1924 - November 24, 2016
Patricia Monnet Maddux, 92, died peacefully on Nov.
24, 2016. Memorial services were held
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at Christ
Episcopal Church. Burial was private
at Riverside Cemetery. In lieu of flow
ers, the family has requested donations
be made to Christ Episcopal Church,
538 Walnut Street, Macon, GA 31201 or
the donor’s preferred charity.
The daughter of Eugene Orton
Monnet and Vera Darrough Monnet,
Patty was bom on Sept. 29, 1924 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She grew up with her siblings Burford Darrough
Monnet, Edward Orton Monnet, and Gloria Monnet
Nicholson, and survived the Great Depression with a
resourcefulness that continued throughout her life. She
attended Holland Hall and graduated from Central
High School in 1941. Patty pledged Kappa Alpha
Theta at University of Oklahoma in 1942, and gradu
ated from the University of Tulsa with a Bachelor’s
degree from the School of Arts and Sciences. Patty
worked at Stanland Oil Company and Amerada Oil
Company.
After World War II, when universities were pressed
for living quarters, a young Richard Henry Maddux
rented a room at the Monnet home while he attended
University of Tulsa. Richard grew to know them well
and was fondly considered part of the family. He soon
swept Patty off her feet after she broke off her previous
engagement.
On Nov. 13, 1948, the couple married in Tulsa and
moved to Macon after a honeymoon in New Orleans.
They maintained a loving, close relationship with
each of their three children, Richard Henry Maddux,
Jr. of Kinston, NC; Eugene Monnet Maddux and his
wife Valli McLemore Maddux of Smarr; and Melanie
Maddux of Tulsa, OK.
Patty was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in
Macon, and was a devoted member of the Episcopal
Church Women. She was active in the Junior League
of Macon, Hill and Dale Garden Club, and Idle Hour
Country Club. Always known to celebrate holidays
and meaningful occasions memorably, she especially
enjoyed hosting grand affairs, dinner parties, and
bridge club gatherings. Quite the organizer, Patty
enjoyed playing countless hands in her bridge club for
over 50 years. Her rug making group, the “Hookers”,
prided themselves on hooking rugs and sewing under
that title long before the name came to be used in a
different way.
Patty’s heart, swelled at the opportunity to give to
others. She knitted caps and weaved sleeping mats
for those in need. She delivered meals for Meals on
Wheels.
She loved to travel and saw countless beautiful and
exotic places, from which she often brought home
treasured finds, constantly adding to her collection of
memories from all over the world. Patty and Richard
particularly enjoyed London, where they rented a flat
every fall for more than 20 years.
Perhaps her greatest joy was doting on her four
grandchildren and one great granddaughter, Richard
Henry Maddux III and his wife Susannah Cox
Maddux and their daughter Katherine Jayne Maddux,
Julian Reid Maddux II and his wife Loren Weatherly
Maddux, Elizabeth Cooper Maddux, and Katherine
Monnet Maddux.
She was lovingly cared for by caregivers Sabrina
Davis, Nell Holmes, and Loretta Swint.
Register online at www.hartsmort.com.
Hart’s Mortuary at the Cupola has charge of
arrangements.
Willie H. Jordan
June 24, 1927 - November 18, 2016
Forsyth, GA- Funeral services for Mr. Willie H.
“Bill Hamm” Jordan, 89, were held Friday, Nov. 25,
time at St. Luke A.M.E. Church, Forsyth. Burial
was in Rest Haven Cemetery in Forsyth.
Survivors include five daughters, Barbara Jean
Banks, Patricia Hood, Carolyn Jordan, Gladys
Owens, and Mary Franklin (James); one son, Curtis
Jordan (Tesha) and a host of grand and great
grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
Freeman Funeral Home was in charge of arrange
ments.
CARD OF THANKS
O ur hearts are full of gratitude when we
say many thanks to family members,
friends and neighbors for all acts of
kindness and sympathy through food,
flowers, cards, visits, and kind words
spoken to our family regarding the recent passing
of our beloved sister, aunt, and friend Maybelene
“Tookie” Scandrett.
With Love,
Her family
Former Forsyth counselor indicted
A former Forsyth mental health
counselor is one of eight people
charged with bilking Medicare
recently.
Sharon Zellner, 58, of McDonough
formerly of Forsyth, was one of eight
charged with conspiracy to commit
health care fraud and conspiracy to
commit bribery. Zellner used to have
an office on Tift, College Drive across
from Ingles.
The indictment came after an
investigation conducted by the
Department of Justice (DOJ) and the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS). The agencies
announced an unprecedented nation
wide sweep led by the Medicare
Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal
districts, resulting in criminal and
civil charges against 301 individu
als, including 61 doctors, nurses and
other licensed medical profession
als, for their alleged participation in
health care fraud schemes involv
ing approximately $900 million in
false billings. Twenty-three state
Medicaid Fraud Control Units also
participated in the arrests. In addi
tion, the HHS Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) also sus
pended a number of providers using
its suspension authority provided in
the Affordable Care Act. This coordi
nated takedown is the largest, in the
history of the Medicare Fraud Strike
Force, both in terms of the number of
defendants charged and loss amount,.
According to U.S. Attorney Horn,
the indictment, and other informa
tion presented in court,: From on or
about, 2013 until 2015, Otis Shannon
was employed with the Georgia
Department, of Behavioral Health
and Developmental Disabilities. In
this position, Shannon was tasked
with reviewing mental health pro
vider applications to verify that.
prospective mental health provid
ers met, requisite minimum staffing
levels and had proper credentials
and licenses to provide proper care to
Georgia Medicaid beneficiaries.
According to the indictment,
Shannon solicited and accepted
bribes from applicants to accept, falsi
fied and forged documents. Matthew
Harrell, Denise Dixon, Geovon
Martin, Marion Simpson, Sharon
Zellner, Derrick McDow, and Cortim
Martin were owners, operators or
employees of health care providers
that, paid bribes to Otis Shannon
to gain approval to provide mental
health services to Georgia Medicaid
beneficiaries. These mental health
providers were approved to bill
Georgia Medicaid without, meeting
program requirements that, were
in place to ensure that, beneficiaries
were obtaining quality care.
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