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April 20, 2022
EN LOVING
Tullye Burch Norton Ralph
November 16, 1943 - March 29, 2022
Tullye Burch Norton Ralph, 78, of For
syth passed away peacefully at her home
on Tuesday, March 29,2022.
Tullye was born on Nov. 16,1943, to the
late Dr. and Mrs. John B. Burch. She was
a graduate of Mary Persons High School
and attended Tift College and Georgia
Southern where she earned a Bachelor
of Education. She was a retired teacher
who taught English. She taught at several schools includ
ing Cook County High, Berrien County High, Heritage
High in Conyers and Mary Lee Clark Middle School in St.
Marys.
Tuilyes passion has always been music. She was an ac
complished pianist, composer, and director. She played in
local bands, conducted choirs and vocal ensembles. She
was the minister of music at Nashville United Methodist
Church when Nashville, Ga was her home. She was the
Church Pianist at Russellville Baptist Church in Forsyth
and was most recently the Church Pianist at First Bap
tist Church of Forsyth. Tullye was a dedicated member
to both the Amelia Community Theatre of Fernandina
Beach and most recently The Backlot Players of the Rose
Theater in Forsyth. Through the years she acted in, ac
companied, and directed many shows. Tullye also enjoyed
playing bridge with her friends, a good book, sipping cof
fee, and cuddling up next to a cat. However, she delighted
in her family most of all.
Tullye was preceded in death by her husband, Alan
Ralph, her husband, Jim (Norty) Norton, and her sister,
Glee Burch Bradley. She is survived by her daughter,
Dawn Norton Williams of Forsyth; her stepchildren, Au
brey Ralph and his spouse, Ginger Williamson of Madi
son, Wisconsin, Allison Ralph, her spouse, Tom Stephens,
and her daughter Maggie of Durham, N.C.; her grand
children, Stephen Swain and Hannah Williams of Forsyth;
her brother and his spouse, John (Johnny) B. Burch, Jr. &
Debra Burch of Fitzgerald; nieces & nephews, Stacy, Jan,
Chloe, & Bailey Wells of Screven; Jonathan, Melissa, &
Olivia Burch of Fitzgerald; Jimmy, Emily, Jadyn, Kerrigan,
and Kate Howell of Fitzgerald.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday
April 23 at First Baptist Church in Forsyth with Dr. H.
Darrell Watson officiating.
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Christine "Chris” Short
February 15. 1953 - April 14. 2022
Christine “Chris” Short of Forsyth passed away Thurs
day, April 14,2022. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m.,
Saturday, April 16 at Forsyth Apostolic Church with visita
tion one hour prior to the service. Interment followed in
Monroe Memorial Gardens. Rev. Jeremy Causey offici
ated.
Chris was born Feb. 15,1953 in Gallagher, West Virgin
ia. Her mother, Juanita Martha Hughes Hall preceded her
in death. She was a faithful member of Forsyth Apostolic
Church since 1977. Chris retired from Walmart as a
cashier after 30 years of service.
Chris is survived by her husband, Art Short of Forsyth;
children, Diana Short of Houston, Texas and Jason Short
(Kimberly) of Forsyth; father, Frank Hall of Forsyth;
grandchildren, Matthew Short and Andrew Short; sister,
Ruth Passmore (Billy) of Culloden.
Please visit www.mcmemorialchapel@bellsouth.net.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar
rangements.
Debra Ann Herndon
September 17, 1958 - April 15, 2022
Debra Ann Josey Herndon of Monroe County passed
away Friday, April 15,2022. A graveside service was held
at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19 at Monroe Memorial
Gardens with Rev. Larry Letson officiating. The family
greeted friends the day of the service from 12 p.m. until 1
p.m., at Monroe County Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Herndon was born Sept. 17,1958 in Macon to the
late Robert Josey and Inez Phillips Josey.
Mrs. Herndon is survived by her children, John Hern
don, Jr, (Brandy) of Sparta and Jennifer Mucher (Jesse
Welchel) of Monroe County; sister, Donna Harrell (Phil)
of Macon; brother, Curtis Josey (Betty) of Macon; grand
children, Samantha Taylor, Cody Whitehead, Gracelyn
Whitehead, Brayden Mucher, Declan Herndon, Collin
Herndon and Carly Herndon.
Please visit www.monroecoimtymemorialchapel.com to
express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar
rangements.
Beatrice Grier Webb
June 17, 1950 - April 14, 2022
Graveside Services for Mrs. Beatrice
Grier Webb were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday,
April 19,2022 at Greater Friendship
Baptist Church, 3242 Dames Ferry Road,
Forsyth, Georgia 31029. Pastor Cleveland
Jarrell officiated.
DUI in Bolingbroke train wreck
By Steve Reece
stevereece@gmail.com
A 2019 Honda CRV was struck by a
train in Bolingbroke around 3:45 p.m.
on April 12 and a 55-year-old Juliette
woman went to jail for DUI
after walking away from the
scene. According to the re
port released by the sheriff’s
office what happened was
that deputy Cody Maples
and Lt. J. Thompson were
dispatched to the accident
and found the wrecked
Honda and a Norfolk South
locomotive stopped at the
rail crossing in front of Country Oaks
Store. The vehicle was unoccupied.
Thompson told Maples to check the
Bolingbroke County Station for the
driver and the deputy found Mary
Johnson sitting at the store across
from the accident. He noticed her
eyes were red, puffy, and bloodshot as
she seemed confused as she used the
convenience stores phone. She then
placed the phone down on a chair
and told Maples she needed to call her
boyfriend. Her speech was slow and
slurred and her body movements were
erratic and exaggerated.
Maples asked Johnson about the
accident and why she thought it was
a good idea to try and rush in front
of the train. She replied she needed to
get to get to the bank to withdraw her
money from her boyfriends account.
She repeated herself several times
and then put her forearms in the air
and shouted, “He beats me!” She ap
peared as if she was going to become
emotional and then suddenly
appeared angry. Maples then
asked her if she could produce
her license and insurance for
the accident information and
after fumbling inside her purse
and picking up her license and
putting it back down several
times, she finally gave it to
him.
Maples asked Johnson to
walk back to his patrol vehicle which
was parked next door at the Country
Oaks Farm store. While walking across
the parking lot, Johnson was swaying
and unsteady on her feet and at one
point began walking diagonally as if
falling over. She repeated herself several
times about needing the bank and that
she needed to call her boyfriend. She
added that she needed to leave in a
hurry.
Once at his patrol vehicle, Maples
asked again about what happened at
the accident and she told him that she
just needed to get to the bank. Maples
noticed she had an overwhelming odor
of alcohol coming from her breath and
asked her how much she had to drink.
She replied she had only an ounce
of Evan Williams Whiskey and then
mentioned she had recently gotten a
DUI. She consented to a breath sample
and registered a high positive for alco
hol content.
Johnsons behavior continued chang
ing from emotional to angry and due
to her erratic behavior as well as the
unsafe and rocky terrain, Maples chose
not to perform field sobriety test and
handcuffed her behind her back.
Two witnesses who were traveling
south near Estes Road at the time of
the collision said they saw the train
hit the rear of Johnsons vehicle and
that they and several others stopped
to check on her. They said she kept
repeating about needing to go to the
bank. One witness said Johnson was
trying to leave the scene but was con
vinced to stay. Another witness said her
vehicle did not have the clearance to
move completely out of the trains way
due to another vehicle stopped at the
stop sign.
While in the back of the patrol car
Johnson began to cry and starting
shouting angrily at Maples while he
was trying to read the implied consent
notice to her. She was taken to the
Monroe County jail where she was
charged with DUI and cited for several
related traffic offenses.
JOHNSON
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much about it or it would
risk losing the project. She
said one source is telling
her that Monroe County is
in good shape to land the
prospect, while another
source said there are other
competing communities
trying to lure it.
“Its a big opportunity
for Monroe County” said
White. “It would be good
for the county if can get
this across the finish line.”
White said this particular
economic development
project is just the latest
in a number who have
been looking at Monroe
County this year. While
Monroe County’s zoning
office said the rezoning
for the 845-acre tract off
Hwy. 41 would likely be for
warehouses or distribution
centers, IDI chief operating
office Chris Wieters called
the Reporter after last
weeks story ran to say that’s
not necessarily the case.
He said it could be manu
facturing too. Wieters also
noted the county’s 2017
land use plan calls for his
property to be industrial.
Some area residents,
notably nearby property
owners Alan Gibbs, Jay
Sanders and Wes Cone,
are protesting the possible
rezoning. Project oppo
nents have begun weekly
meetings at Shiloh Baptist
Church (1530 Hwy 41,
Barnesville) to organize
opposition. More than 60
people attended this past
Monday night.
County officials, how
ever, have said the county
must attract new industry
to replace the likely loss of
revenue with the down
sizing of Plant Scherer.
Scherer has long paid
more than 40 percent of
county taxes. But its own
ers have announced plans
to downsize if not outright
close the coal-fired plant.
President Biden’s green en
ergy dictates have not been
friendly to coal and fossil
fuel facilities.
Call your focal Monroe County representative
Scott Harrell
478-256-3536
or toll free: 800-551-1102
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