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June 13, 2018
IN LOVING
Ruth Z. Krysak
August 29,1935 - June 9, 2018
Macon - Ruth Z. Krysak passed away Saturday, June
9,2018. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 12,
2018, at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery,
2617 Vinson Hwy, Milledgeville, GA 31061. Larry
Letson officiated.
Mrs. Krysak, the daughter of the late Wilhelm
Hermann Zammert and Katharine Anna Elisabeth
Zammert, was born August 29,1935, in Germany.
Her husband, William Joseph Krysak preceded her in
death. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her children, Bill Krysak, Jr. (Susan)
of Columbus, John Krysak (Linda) of Columbus, James
Krysak (Debbie) of Juliette, Kathy Krysak of Waverly,
Judy Tew of Columbus and Diana Hall (Dudley) of
Forsyth; and six grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to
Heartland Hospice, 3312 Northside Drive, D250, Ma
con, Ga 31210.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel
had charge of arrangements.
Robert Lee Moore
August 15,1957 - May 30, 2018
Forsyth - Homegoing services for Robert Lee Moore were
held Friday, June 8 at St. Luke A.M.E. Church, Forsyth. Rev.
Charles Dumas officiated. Burial was in Monroe Hill Memo
rial Gardens.
Survivors include wife, Dolline Hogan Moore; children:
Lee Anthony, Brandon, Jazmine, Brittany, Derrick, Quentin
(Roselyn); brother Alvin (Barbara) Moore, nine grandchil
dren and a host of relatives and friends.
Freeman Funeral Home in Forsyth was in charge of ar
rangements.
Don Edwin Simpson
March 11,1943 - May 24, 2018
Forsyth - Don Edwin Simpson passed away Thurs
day, May 24,2018. Graveside services will be held at
11 a.m., Saturday, June 16,2018, at Monroe Memorial
Gardens. Rev. Doug Gilmer will officiate. The family
will greet friends following the service at the graveside.
Don, the son of the late Clarence and Geneva Simp
son, was born March 11,1943, in Cartersville, Ga. His
wife, Carol Adsit Simpson, preceded him in death. He
was a retired truck driver and a veteran of the United
States Army, serving during Vietnam.
Don is survived by his children, Dan Simpson (Patsy)
of Forsyth, Randy Simpson of Forsyth, Fred Simpson
(Christina) of Forsyth, Cathie Davis (David) of Milled
geville and Donna Simpson of Milledgeville; sister,
Angie Gilmer (Doug) of Cartersville; brother, Doug
Simpson (Angie) of White and Gary Simpson (Dar
lene) of Cartersville; 12 grandchildren and thirteen
great grandchildren.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel
has charge of arrangements.
Chad Allen Ryser
November 16,1980 - June 1, 2018
Juliette - Chad Allen Ryser passed away
Friday, June 1,2018. A private memo
rial service will be held June 30,2018 for
family and close friends.
Chad, the son of Leslie Deen and
David Ryser, was born Nov. 16,1980.
He attended Monroe County schools.
He was employed with Boone Trucking
Company.
Along with his mother and father Chad is survived
by his brother, Dave Ryser; step-mother, Lisa Ryser;
wife, Sally Ryser and daughter, Taylor Ryser.
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RYSER
Earnest Barkley Sr.
Feb. 25,1925 - June 5, 2018
Forsyth - Funeral services for Mr. Earnest Barkley
Sr. were Saturday, June 8 at Laodicea Baptist Church,
Forsyth. Burial was in the Church Cemetery.
The family may be contacted at 53 Westbrook Road,
Forsyth. Freeman Funeral Home in Forsyth was in
charge of arrangements.
Call your local Monroe County representative
Scott Harrell
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Ym moving, but still love
and will read my Reporter
To the Editor:
e have moved from
Forsyth to the Blue Ridge
Mountains, but will
continue to subscribe and
access the Reporter on-line. Thanks for
the outstanding reporting on local news.
I have felt “in the know” with the Monroe
County Reporter. We have downsized
and now live on the river in McCaysville,
Ga. The trout fishing is amazing here.
Keep doing what you do, Will. You’re
very talented. It’s such a joy to witness a
person operating in their giftedness. You,
have certainly found yours. May God
continue to bless you and your precious
family.
Gina-Dee Celestre
McCaysville
Enjoy MCR
To the Editor:
E njoy the Reporter
every week, I have
to tell you that
was a great article
about the essay written by
Rebekah Jenkins on inven
tor of Coca Cola.
I read many newspapers,
however, I especially enjoy
my weekly Reporter.
Cathy Gose Seymour
Warner Robins
Forsyth Cemetery tours were heavenly
To the Editor:
fter a couple of weeks of
rain, the Backlot Players,
the Monroe County His
torical Society, and the City
of Forsyth Convention & Visitors
Bureau decided the Living History
Cemetery tour (held May 19 as part
of a grant from the Georgia Humani
ties ) would be a “come rain or shine”
event. For the first hour or so the rain
stayed off, but that was not to be the
case in the end. For those caught in
the rain, they simply opened their
umbrellas. More than 65 visitors
toured the cemetery and heard stories
from 12 of our dearly departed.
There are not enough accolades for
the Backlot Players that day or since.
They truly exhibited the meaning
of “The show must go on!” A huge
thanks to those who brought our
history to life: Rachel Garza, Howell
Newton, Liam Spence, Wiley Crosby,
David Gault, Michael Bittick, Marc
Crandlemire, Matt
Robichaux, Bill Calhoun,
Kristi Calhoun, Judy Ja
cobs, and Dennis Smith.
Our great appreciation
goes to tour guides Hal
ey Thompson and Taylor
Jordan who added that
little something extra to
each tour, assuring it was
a unique and an enjoy
able experience for all.
Special thanks to Joy and
Dennis Smith, without
whom the tours would
not have been possible;
and to Ralph Bass for
his countless hours of
research and scriptwrit
ing.
What a generous and
amazing group of people
you are - thank you!
Gilda Stanbery
Forsyth
Gilda Stanbery is the director of the
Forsyth Convention & Visitors Bureau.
UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED
by Marilyn Langford
What will Republicans do?
K udos to Lt. Gov. Casey
Cagle for speaking so
forthrightly, candidly, and
honestly regarding why he
finally put his weight behind a piece
of legislation he and Sen. Lindsey
Tippins “had been beating to a pulp”
for two years. Seldom, if ever, do we
hear the real reason a bill is passed.
We never hear first-hand how politics
is the driving force behind bad legis
lation. Thanks to Casey Cagle, we got
a guided tour of the swamp we call
the Capitol Dome.
THE GUIDE for our swamp tour is
Juliette’s very own Clay Tippins, who
was a candidate for Governor and an
opponent of Casey Cagle in the Re
publican Primary. After the Primary,
Clay Tippins met with Cagle and
recorded their conversation using his
iPhone in his pocket. Clay was upset
because Cagle had betrayed his uncle,
State Senator Lindsey Tippins, Chair
of the Senate Education Committee,
by demanding that Senator Tippins
approve the bill in committee. Sena
tor Tippins, feeling hurt and betrayed,
resigned at the end of the session.
THE LEGISLATION in question
was the Student Scholarship Organi
zation’s (SSO) tax credit, which raised
the limit to $100 milkon dollars. This
tax subsidy, a fancy word for school
vouchers, is handed out to middle-
class and upper-class families chosen
by the schools., now law thanks to
Casey Cagle, has zero accountabil
ity, zero transparency; making this
voucher system ripe for fraud. Most
importantly, it takes away from Geor
gia’s public schools.
SO, CLAY Tippins met with Cagle
with his iPhone recording it all, and
it is appalling what Casey told him.
** I regret I cannot provide the entire
transcript here, but you can go on
line and google Casey Cagle Tape and
read the entire transcript for yourself.
Warning, it will make your stomach
churn if you are a Cagle supporter
and a Kemp hater.
CAGLE RELATED to Tippins
that there was a group getting ready
to give Hill $3 milkon and he had
to have the SSO bill. He went on to
explain that Hill was nearly out of
money in his campaign and $3 mil
lion would make him formidable.
Cagle: So, I just told
Lindsey point-blank. I
said, ‘Lindsey, the SSO
bill, I’ve got to have it.
Cagle: It was bad, it was
bad.
Tippins: Why? You
turned on him. And
there are reasons for that.
Why did you have to
have it?
Cagle: Exactly the
reason I told Lindsey,
that you need to ksten
to: It ain’t about pubkc
policy. It’s about (exple
tive) politics. There’s a group that was
getting ready to put $3 million behind
Hunter Hill. Mr. Pro-Choice. I mean,
Mr. Pro-Charters, Vouchers....
When questioned by Tippins what
was keeping the group (The Walton
Foundation) from giving money now
to Kemp, here is the killer answer:
Cagle: There’s just no way they
could back anybody else. No way. No
way. And again, because they wanted
that $100 million SSO (Student
Scholarship Organizations tax credit).
And, you know, and I was the only
guy standing in the way. Is it bad
public pokey? Between you and me, it
is. I can tell you how it is a thousand
different ways.
And, apparently justifying his
betrayal of his friend, Sen. Tippins, he
said the fokowing:
Cagle: And Lindsey, to his credit,
which I love and I value, is a man of
principle. And he’s at a place in his
life where, you know what, he doesn’t
give a (expletive), and he can go
home and he’ll be fine. He ain’t look
ing for another race.
That’s what my Mama would call a
“real scoundrel.”
LOOK FOR more to come out
about Casey Cagle, regarding “Me-
Too” situations. There have long
been rumors around
the Capitol about his
philandering. Even Erick
Erickson wrote an article
about this in 2009. In
fact, there’s lots of stories
on-line. My favorite
story is about the sec
retary who walked into
Cagle’s office and caught
Cagle and a staffer in an
awkward position. The
staffer claimed she was
“tying his shoes” under
his desk. It is also no
secret that Cagle likes
to live high on the hog
at taxpayer’s expense. Just call it the
Scott Pruitt Syndrome.
CASEY CAGLE is the choice of
Republicans in Monroe County.
Perhaps those 530 people who voted
for Kemp weren’t as crazy as some
thought. However, Kemp has stepped
on Monroe County for 3,061 days. He
is also incompetent. What ya gonna
do? If you can get past the fact that
Stacy Abrams is a woman, an African
American, and worse yet, a Demo
crat, you should take a look at her
policies. You might like what you see.
Marilyn Langford of High Falls
writes about current events from the
liberal perspective. Email her at mari-
lynlangford85@gmail.com.
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