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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
MARIE F. BARRETT
PERRY - Marie E Barrett, 57, died at
her residence on Tuesday, June 21, 2005.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m.
Friday at Watson-Hunt Funeral Home,
with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. The
Rev. George Durham officiated. Visitation
was 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
The family will be at 904 Evergreen St.,
Perry. The family suggests contributions to
Hospice of Houston County, 103 Westridge
Drive, Warner Robins, GA 31088.
Barrett was born in Wilcox County and was the daughter
of the late Lorce and Frances Fogarty. Sr. She was a home
maker, a lover of nature and avid gardener. She is survived
by her husband, Leonard Barrett Jr. of Perry; children,
Gayla Gibbs and Billy Barrett, both of Perry; mother-in
law, Lilli Ann Barrett of Perry; brothers and sisters,
Carolyn Wittington of Quincy, Fla., Larry Fogarty and Mary
Fogarty, both of Perry, and Lorce “Junior” Fogarty of
Marshallville. She was preceded in death by a sister, Lori
Thompson.
Please sign the online register at watsonhunt.com
KATIE GREEN
WARNER ROBINS - Katie Green, 80, of Warner Robins
died Thursday, June 23, 2005. Graveside funeral services
were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Parkway Memorial Gardens.
The Rev. Terry Hyman will officiate.
Green, a native of Alabama, was the daughter of the late
Andrew and Myrtice Cumbie Potts and the widow of E.Q.
Green. Her grandson, Lee Brooks, also preceded her in
death. She was a past Star Recorder of the College of
Regents in the Women of the Moose, and was a retired food
service manager with the AAFES at Robins Air Force Base.
Survivors include her daughter, Gwen (John) Brooks of
Warner Robins; granddaughter, Brandy Brooks Hall of
Summerville, S.C.; siblings, Thelma Russell of Selma, Ala.,
Greely Potts of Eufaula, Ala., and Earl Potts of Warner
Robins; and many nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends following services at the
cemetery.
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrange
ments.
CATHERINE A. LUPTON
PERRY - Catherine A. Lupton, 82, passed away on
Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at Summerhill. Graveside serv
ice will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2005, in
Bulloch Memorial Gardens in Statesboro, with the Rev. Joe
Eason officiating. Visitation was from 7 until 9 p.m. Friday,
June 24, 2005, at McCullough Funeral Home. Memorials
may be given to the American Cancer Society, 804 Cherry
St., Suite A, Macon, GA 31201.
Lupton was born in Luverne, Ala., and resided in
Statesboro many years prior to living in Centerville and
recently at Summerhill Nursing Facility in Perry. She was a
homemaker of the Baptist faith. Her husband, Shelton I.
Lupton; parents, James and Dora Anderson; preceded her
in death.
Survivors include her son, Jim Chancellor (Margaret) of
Kathleen; grandchildren, Darrin Chancellor (Sherry),
Darenda Chancellor Edwards (Matt) of Macon; great-grand
children, Dustin and Dylan Chancellor of Byron.
Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign the Online Registry
for the family. McCullough Funeral Home has charge of
arrangements.
THOMAS L. SIMMS SR.
WARNER ROBINS
Councilman Thomas L. Simms
Sr., 81, died Thursday, June
23, 2005, as results from an
auto accident on March 10,
2005.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Green Acres Baptist Church in
Warner Robins, with burial in the Parkway
Memorial Gardens. Visitation was from 7
until 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Ray Pruitt
will officiate.
Simms, born in Faulk, Miss., a native of Mobile, Ala., was
the son of the late Alvin C. and Irene Jordan Simms Sr. He
was also preceded in death by a brother, A.C. Simms. He
was a member of the Green Acres Baptist Church. Tom
Simms was currently serving a four-year term as the Sixth
District city councilman in Warner Robins. Simms was a
World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army’s Company
“B”, 806th Engineer Aviation Battalion. He and his late
wife, Dorothy Hudson, were married close to 50 years. They
both worked at Brookly Field in Mobile, Ala., for civil serv
ice, and transferred his family here in 1966, both retiring
from Robins Air Force Base. Simms was very patriotic and
loved his country. He was always very active in the Warner
Robins community and served the city in several ways. He
helped establish the first Cystic Fibrosis Warner Robins
Chapter and he was an active member/officer of the Spirit
of 76 CB Club where his handle was “The Governor.” He
was a dedicated father involved in the city’s recreation
department and active in the Northside High School
Booster Club. He saw a lot of potential for growth for
Warner Robins and always knew this town would grow the
way it has. As councilman, he served as spokesperson for
the Senior Citizens Committee in Warner Robins.
Councilman Simms was admired by many people, could
always be called upon to help his friends and neighbors and
had a special one-on-one rapport with everyone.
Survivors include his three children, son, Thomas L.
(Lisa) Simms Jr.; two daughters, Terry A. (Mark) Moore
and Jane E. Simms; two grandchildren, William (Bubba),
(Jessica) Bernard IV Stacie English from Perry; and one
great-granddaughter, Alyssa Nawrocki of Perry.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Older
American Council at 155 Maple St., Warner Robins, GA
31053.
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home is in charge arrange
ments.
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DISPUTE
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city will give them to
$887.19.
“This is not the right
thing to do. This is not the
ethical thing to do,” said
Joyce Emerson, who came to
the meeting to appeal the
decision and request the full
17-year amount. “We
deserve more than just a
quarter of our total pay
ments.”
The committee expressed
sympathy with the couple’s
plight, but was unwilling to
extend any payment past
the four-year cutoff.
“Based on what the city
attorney has told us, we
have no choice but to stay
with this decision,” said
committee Chairman Riley
Hunt, who is also a member
of the City Council.
Though the law only
requires the city to reim
burse up to four years of
payments, the city could
choose to refund the entire
amount, though in the past
it has not. The committee
did not want to change the
practice and open the city up
to more liability.
“This would be a bad
precedent to set,” said City
Manager Lee Gilmour.
Joyce Emerson was
unhappy with the decision,
and felt that the council
should have repaid the
entire amount, even if not
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re-evaluated on progress
every two weeks. Wagner
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legally required to do so.
“You are leaders of the
community. You should be
setting the example,” Joyce
Emerson told the Public
Works Committee Thursday.
“We don’t teach our children
to take things from other
people and not return
them.”
“We are very sorry you
feel that way,” said Hunt.
“But we must abide by the
precedent.”
Thought the committee
chose not to award a full
refund to the Emersons,
they did decide to refund the
fees charged for not being
connected to the sewer -
meaning the Emersons will
receive $1,141.49.
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The Emersons have decid
ed to appeal the committee’s
decision to the full City
Council.
In other business, the
committee:
• Voted to approve a con
tract change negotiated with
Georgia Power to transfer
the responsibility for paying
for moving power lines due
to a public road project from
the city to Georgia Power.
• Recommended that the
council add sidewalk proj
ects on Duncan Avenue,
Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard and Tucker Road
to the capital projects list.
• Recommended that the
council not purchase 437
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