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January 25, 2023
Joan Dykes Hencely
October 6, 1939 - January 21,2023
Joan Dykes Hencely of Forsyth passed away Saturday,
Jan. 21,2023. Graveside services were held, Tuesday, Jan.
24,2023 at Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Rev. Jim
Dykes officiated.
Mrs. Hencely was born Oct. 6,1939 in Ellenton, Ga.
to the late Jimmy Fountain Dykes and Jewell Avis Spear
Dykes. Her husband, William Maynard Hencely, and her
son, William Fountain Hencely, preceded her in death.
She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Hencely is survived by her son and daughter-in-
law, Stephen and Myrna Hencely of Forsyth; sister, Nancy
King (Jackie) of High Falls; half-brothers, Rev. Jim Dykes
(Eva) and Sam Dykes (Helen) of Alabama; two grandchil
dren; and two great grandchildren.
Please visit www.monroecoimtymemorialchapel.com to
express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of ar
rangements.
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Ollie Mae Moore Thornton
May 11,1943 - January 1 8, 2023
Graveside Services for Ollie Mae Moore
Thornton were held Monday, January 23,
2023 at Monroe Hill Memorial Gardens,
1010 W. Main Street, Forsyth, Georgia.
Reverend Eddie Elliott presided. Freeman
Funeral Home had charge of arrange
ments.
Lillie Mae Walton
August 14, 1940 - January 17, 2023
Graveside Services for Lillie Mae Walton
were held Monday, January 22,2023 at
Rest Haven Cemetery, 585 Hwy. 83 South,
Forsyth, Georgia. Reverend Antonio
Proctor officiated. Freeman Funeral
Home had charge of arrangements.
Georgia Chambliss
December 8, 1952 - January 16, 2023
A Homegoing Celebration for Georgia
Chambliss was held Saturday, January 21,
2023 at Union Hill Missionary Baptist
Church, 299 Union Hill Drive, Forsyth,
Georgia 31029. Pastor Rufus J. What
ley officiated. Burial was in Rest Haven
Cemetery, 585 Hwy. 83 South, Forsyth,
Georgia 31029. Freeman Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements.
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WATER
Continued from Front
Scherer. Soon thereafter
the Altamaha Riverkeep-
ers swept into town and
organized a series of com
munity meetings and did
well tests in the area. Some
wells tested for high levels
of hexavalent chromium, a
potentially cancer-causing
carcinogen. There’s been
debate about whether the
contamination was from
Plant Scherers ash ponds,
or naturally occurring in
the granite fall line that juts
underground in the area.
Commissioners debated
hiring a Duke University
professor who said his
testing could determine
whether the contamination
was from Plant Scherer
or naturally occurring.
Commissioners opted not
to hire the professor after
he refused to commit to
keeping his results private.
Commissioners didn’t want
them publicized in case
they were useful in a poten
tial lawsuit against Georgia
Power. Nevertheless, under
pressure, Monroe County
commissioners agreed to
take out the biggest loan in
county history, $20 million,
most of it to run water lines
to the area.
Three years later, the
county estimates that 279
homes have been added
around Plant Scherer.
Another 143 residents
have paid the tap on fee
but are waiting to receive
their water service. But
445 residents have appar
ently decided not to take
advantage of the county’s
discounted $500 tap-on fee
and sign up.
Commissioner John
Ambrose said he thinks
more residents will be
taking county water as they
progress. He said commis
sioners had no choice but
to do the project.
“It’s the best move we
made — to help those peo
ple,” said Ambrose.
Some have cited the ex
pense of running pipe from
the county source at the
road to their home as the
reason more people are not
taking advantage of county
water. But Ambrose said
as contractors keep adding
water lines down side
streets, he thinks more and
more will tap on. Ambrose
— who said he thinks the
well contamination is nat
urally occurring, and not
from Plant Scherer — said
the project is expensive but
will ensure residents have
safe drinking water.
“Can you put a price on
somebody’s health?” asked
Ambrose.
Gini Seitz of Wood
land Way had to watch
her daughter go through
childhood cancer and has
organized against Plant
Scherer. She said she has
paid her tap-on fee and
is just waiting to get her
meter to begin enjoying
county water.
“I’m very thankful to have
it,” said Seitz. Seitz also has
a lawsuit against Georgia
Power claiming that Plant
Scherer contaminated her
well and caused her family’s
serious health issues. She
noted that another nearby
neighbor’s child has also
recently been diagnosed
with childhood cancer.
Seitz said she’s hopeful that
a true cancer study will be
done in Monroe County
to determine what is going
on.
“I am 100 percent certain
that Georgia Power is re
sponsible for my daughter’s
sickness,” said Seitz.
Not all residents who are
taking the county water
have such serious family
health issues, but they too
say they’re thankful for the
service. Craig Craddock of
Jenkins Road said having
county water increases
the value of his home and
has also saved him on his
homeowners insurance.
Craddock, who owns two
Chick-fil-A franchises in
Macon, said his home is
pretty far from the road so
he had to spend $3,000 to
extend pipe to his home.
But he said having coun
ty water lowered his ISO
insurance rating from Class
10 to Class 7, cutting 40
percent off his insurance
biU.
“It gives us redundancy”
said Craddock, who still
uses his well to water the
grass. “It’s a no brainer.”
Pam Wolfe of Juliette
Road said she has paid
her tap-on fee but is still
waiting on a meter from
the county.
“I will be happy once it
gets here,” said Wolfe.
She said her well tested
very high for hexavalent
chromium and so she’s
been drinking and brush
ing her teeth with only
bottled water for 8 years.
Monroe County taxpay
ers will be paying for the
Juliette water project for a
while. The biggest payment
on the bonds so far, for $1.4
million, is due later this
year. While the county bor
rowed about $14 million
to do the water project, it
also secured $6 million in
grants that don’t have to be
repaid.
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