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Farewell, Dan Pitts
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
Legendary Mary Persons
football coach Dan Pitts will be
laid to rest next to his late wife
on Friday at Forsyth City Cem
etery, within shouting distance
of the practice field where he
shaped and molded generations
of Monroe County boys into
men.
Pitts died at home early Tues
day morning at the age of 88.
His daughter Carolann Evans
said Pitts had been diagnosed
with stage 4 lung cancer in No
vember. He only smoked about
four years and quit in 1964, said
Evans. After two treatments, he
asked how much time the treat
ment would buy him. When
he was told about 3 months, he
opted to forego any more treat
ment, said Evans.
Pitts had retired in 1997
after coaching the Bulldogs for
39 years, from 1959 to 1997,
compiling a record of 346-
109-4. Pitts led the Bulldogs to
15 region titles and their only
state championship in 1980. He
was inducted into the Geor-
See PITTS. Page B4
Every year or two, the Reporter looks at how our tax dollars are used to pay top public servants with the Monroe
County school system, the Monroe County government and the city of Forsyth.The information was provided
under Georgia's open records act by the entities listed. None of these pay amounts include the cost of health
insurance, retirement, cell phone and other benefits.
MONROECOUNTY
Top county salaries/department heads 2020
Jim Hedges-county manager $114,937
Lorri Robinson -financial director $101,235
Brad Freeman - Sheriff $95,300
Robert Gerhardt - Chief Appraiser $92,212
David Fullmore — Battalion Chief MHH $87,452
Michael Hull -MCSO Chief Deputy $87,168
Audra Howard - Dir. of Information Technology $79,210
Matthew Jackson--EMS Chief $77,710
Ira"Junior"Watts -- Road Superintendent $77,694
Ricky Davis - MCSO Captain, Investigations $77,086
Ben Cook -- MCSO Captain, Jail $76,486
Mike Ogletree - MCSO Captain, Support Services $76,486
JeffThompson -- MCSO Captain, Patrol $76,486
Rhonda Seckinger -- Investigations Sgt. $72,968
Lindsay Taylor - Clerk of Court $69,929
Lori Andrews --Tax Commissioner $69,011
Donna Robins -- Probate Judge $66,685
Frank "Buck" Wilder IV--Magistrate Judge $65,243
Robert "Bob" Simmons Jr. -- Deputy Chief Appraiser $65,262
Jeff Corley-- Shop Foreman $53,531
Ray White -- Maintenance Supervisor $60,783
Landon Sparks -- Recreation Director $57,940
Dana Renaud -- Recycling Supervisor $49,072
Phyllis Jarrell - Purchasing Agent $48,956
Kaye Warren - Elections Supervisor $44,937
Kim Clayton - Librarian $44,021
Kelsey Fortner - Zoning Director $43,163
Becky Gifford - Animal Control Director $40,349
County Commissioners:
Greg Tapley — At-large chairman $21,301
Lamarcus Davis -- District 1 commissioner $20,333
Eddie Rowland -- District 2 county commissioner $20,634
John Ambrose -- District 3 commissioner $20,333
George Emami -- District 4 county commissioner $19,133
STATE JUDICIARY IN MONROE CO.
2020 salaries
JudgeTommy Wilson $134,790 +$898
Judge William Fears $134,790 + $5,823
District Attorney Jonathan Adams $ 128,442
Elizabeth Presley--Assistant District Attorney $113,635 +$299
Public Defender Doug Smith $107,223 + $254
CITY OF FORSYTH
2020 salaries (Top salaries.
Janice Hall -- City Manager
$104,196
Eddie Harris-Police Chief
$80,663
David Herndon - Fire Chief
$77,963
Michael Batchelor - Electric Supervisor
$76,184
Elom Garrison - Electric Department
$73,499
Regina Ivie - city clerk
$58,617
BOARD OF EDUCATION
1 Top 2020 salaries + travel (over $80,000 salary)
Mike Hickman -- Superintendent
$164,987+ $2,748
James M. Finch - Principal
$139,603+ $400
Jackson Daniel -- Assistant Supt.
$127,068+ $660
Alicia P. Elder-- Assistant Supt.
$122,473+ $1,403
Efrem Yarber-- Principal
$118,421
Richard Lee Bazemore -- Principal
$115,679+ $769
Valerie Mercer--Technology Dir.
$113,004+ $674
Sandy Ross Colwell -- Federal Programs Dir.
$108,894+ $1,796
John W. Johnston -- Principal
$108,894+ $52
Brian Nelson -- MP football coach/ISS
$110,033
Rebecca S. Brown -- Principal
$103,863+ $1,180
William Waldrep -- Vocational
$101,111 +$695
Gregory Nix -- MP teacher/coach
$99,287
Grady L. Caldwell -- Principal
$99,075+ $1,820
Tammy Marion -- Asst. Principal
$98,826 + $2301
Jenny S. Rooks -- Special Education Dir.
$97,958+ $958
Titus Brown -- Military Science
$94,732 + $229
Patricia Anne Napier -- Safety Director
$94,518+ $1,410
Kelly Van Wyck-Smith Speech Therapist
$89,842 +$56
Jason Morrow Instructional Sp./Football Coach $89,228
Lisa Budd -- Food Service Admin.
$88,680 + $484
Chris James Johnson -- Finance Manager
$88,680 + $707
Sarah Alford - MP Asst. Principal
$87,672+ $559
Mequanta McCord -- Asst. Principal
$85,314 + $121
Myra Boyd - MCMS Teacher
$85,217
Susan McMillan -- MCMSTeacher
$84,932
Donna Ayers --1 st Grade Teacher
$84,932
Betty King-HES teacher
$84,932
Jennifer Jorns-MPHS Teacher
$84,932 + $483
Michelle Collier - Elem. Asst. Principal
$84,063
Joanne Lee Binns - Elem. Asst. Principal
$83,652
Robert Lindsey - MPHS Asst. Principal/AD
$83,652 + 295
Charles Hernandez - MPHS chorale director
$82,852 + $905
Valerie Jackson -TGS counselor
$82,524 + $664
Sheronda Strode - MCMS asst, principal
$81,826
Christina Chapman - MCMS asst, principal
$81,616 + $559
Kip Burdette - PE teacher/football coach
$81,596
Charita Brown - instructional coach
$81,089+ $392
Jennifer Bond - MP teacher
$80,636
Teresa Roller - MP counselor
$80,591 + $424
Tasha Burston - MP counselor
$80,422
Jake Davis - Transportation Director
$71,607
Gwen Byrd - Social Worker
$70,855
Board members
$1,800
Steve Butler -- Maintenance Supervisor
$57,565
Tammie Pierson -- Econ Development Director
$53,664
Gilda Stanberry - Convention Visitors Bureau
$50,344
Eric Wilson -- Mayor
$12,500
Council Members
$10,046
Female jailer
hospitalized
after inmate
assaults her
By Steve Reece
stevereece@gmail.com
A female jailer was
hurt but was able to
fight off a Monroe
County Jail inmate and
with another female
jailer put him back
into his cell during an
outburst on Monday
morning.
Monroe County jailer
Hannah Hile had to go
the emergency room
at Monroe County
Hospital on Monday
morning after a fight
with inmate Kendrick
Dumas.
Hile was checking
inmates around 7:45
a.m. on Monday, April
19 while female jailer
Ariel Morgan and a
male trustee/inmate
passed out breakfast
trays to inmates on
lockdown. Here’s what
happened, according to Hiles report: while
assisting an inmate, Hile heard loud noises
coming from inside the block, and looked
up to see inmate Kendrick Dumas at the
top of the stairs on the top tier of the block
yelling and tensing his body up. Upon enter
ing the block, Hile realized that Dumas had
barricaded himself at the top of the stairs.
The male trustee said Dumas pushed him
down the stairs.
Hile asked Dumas to return to his cell, but
instead Dumas immediately shoved her.
Hile then pushed Dumas up the stairs and
back towards his cell. While trying to re
strain the inmate, Hile reached for her radio
and Dumas grabbed her throat and began
to squeeze; making her choke and unable to
communicate.
Hile was eventually able to break herself
away from the choke hold and got Dumas
closer to his holding cell. While adjusting
her grip on the inmate, Dumas struck Hile
with a closed fist to the left side of her head,
causing her head to be smashed into the
concrete wall. Hile and Morgan were able to
restrain Dumas and secure him in his hold
ing cell and Hile was immediately admitted
to the Monroe County Hospital. Sheriff
Brad Freeman said Hile suffered a mild
concussion and plans to return to work on
Friday. “They showed great resolve in doing
what they had to do to get him subdued,”
Freeman said of his female jailers. He said
Dumas has been a constant trouble maker
who spit in a deputy’s face two weeks ago.
DUMAS
Elderly pair in ICU after Hwy. 74 wreck
An elderly Monroe County couple is in ICU at
Navicent for a broken back and broken neck after
a harrowing head-on collision on Hwy. 74 at the
Monroe-Bibb county line on Monday morning.
Tucker Haught, 77, of Russellville and his girlfriend
Grace Daniel, 83, were going east on Hwy. 74 on
their way to physical therapy in Macon when Gabe
Gleaton of Dublin turned his Chevy Silverado, com
ing from the other direchon, in front of them into
the County Line Store, according to deputy Todd
Haskins. After a violent collision the couple’s Honda
CRV landed on its side. Macon-Bibb and Monroe
County firefighters took about half an hour using
Jaws of Life to extricate the couple and they were
rushed to the hospital. Sources say Haught suffered
a broken neck and punctured lung and that Daniel
suffered a broken back. Gleaton, 20, who was hauling
a load of tires, was not injured. Haskins cited Gleaton
for improper turn after a witness told him that’s what
happened. Allison Jenkins of Russellville said the
couple are sweet neighbors and friends in Russellville.
She said they hope and pray they will be OK.
