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IN LOVING
Oscar Marvin Coile
January 29, 1927- December 30, 2018
Macon - Oscar Marvin Coile passed away Sunday,
Dec. 30, 2018.' Services and burial will be private.
Mr. Coile, the son of the late W'flliam McKinley
Coile and Hattie Jewel Hickman Coile, was born Jan.
29; 1927, in Forsyth. His wife, Helen Virginia Gilmore
Coile, preceded him in death. He was retired from
Robins Air Force Base and was a veteran of the United
States Army serving during World War II.
Survivors include his son, Jerry Keith Coile of Warner
Robins; and sister, Catherine Gore of Byron.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
rangements.
Inez Sims Griswell
Inez Sims Griswell, 99, met her Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ on Dec. 25, 2018. After a short illness she passed
away at Hospice.
Inez donated her body to science at the University of
Mississippi.
She was born in Dacula, in Gwinnett County, to Lola
Ethridge and Herman Sims.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband
Ernest Griswell and grandson Riclo/Cowan.
She is survived by two daughters Alice Tidwell
(Larry) and Sherry Cowan (Richard); grandchildren
Robyn Smith and Wesley Cowan; four great grandchil-
dren and three great great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at Wages Funeral
Home in Stone Mountain on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 at
1:30 pm.
James Edmond Long
April 15, 1926 - January 4, 2019
Forsyth - James Edmond Long passed away Friday,
January 4, 2019. Funeral services were held Sunday,
Jan. 6, 2019, at Fairview United Methodist Church with
burial in Forsyth City Cemetery. Rev. Stanley Harrell
officiated.
Mr. Long, the son of the late David Tillman Long and
Mary Lizzie Cbleman Long, was born April 15, 1926,
in Jacksonville, Florida. He was retired from Georgia
Power Company with 38 years of service. Mr. Long
was a veteran of the United States Navy and Seabees,
a member, deacon and treasurer with Fairview United
Methodist Church and a former commissioner for
Monroe County. Survivors include his wife of 70
years, Mary Jackson Long; daughters, Sandra Waldrep
(Jimmy) and Susan Pearce (Gerral); grandson; Brian
Todd Smith (Mary Kay); triplet great grandchildren,
Benjamin, Matthew and Mary Margaret Smith; and
several nieces and nephews.
The family suggests donations to Fairview United
Methodist Church, 137 Fairview Church Road, For-
syth, Ga 31029.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.
com to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of ar-
rangements.
JoAnn Moore
November 14, 1938 - December 31, 2018
Forsyth - Homegoing Services were held Saturday,
Jan. 5, 2019 at Union Hill Baptist Church. Rev. Rufus
J. Whatley officiated. Burial was in Rest Haven Cem-
etery.
Survivors include children, Regina Clements, DeAu-
tra Ponder and Willie Moore (Shanda); 9 grandchil-
dren,; 2 sisters, Eleanor Battle and Mae Fannie Battle
and a host of other relatives and friends.
Freeman Funeral Home of Forsyth was in charge of
arrangements.
By Richard Dumas two recorded years, 2006
forsyth@mymcr.net and 2007 remain the top
two years for new homes
The number of new with 301 and 254, respec-
homes in Monroe Countytively. After the 2008 hous-
increased by just under 5 ing crisis, the number of
percent in 2018. new homes fell all the way
According to statistics to as few as 47 in 2011 and
provided by the Monroe 2012 before slowly rising
County Building Depart- back up to where it is now.
ment, there were 135 new Meanwhile, the total
homes reported in Monroe number of building per-
County in 2018, up from mits issued in 2018 was
129 in 2017. The 2018 total 453, up from 435 in 2017.
of 135 marks the third-best The total number of mobile
single year for new homes homes built was 22, the
since the city and county total square footage of new
combined building permit buildings was 454,166, and
offices in 2005. The first the total construction value
was $54,746,997, which
again m
includes a total residen-
tial construction value of
Welcome Food Mart vows
to rebuild after Sunday fire
The Welcome Food Mart is likely a total loss after fire swept through
the Jackson Street convenience store popular for its chicken wings on
Sunday. Fire chief David Herndon said the fire may have started as an
electrical blaze on the kitchen side, to the left. The store was closed
due to illness on Sunday. Store owner Ashu Raina said they planned to
rebuild and maybe even add gas pumps. (Photo/Will Davis)
Monroe County teachers
will receive, on average, a
$1,600 supplement to their
base salary next Tuesday,
Jan. 15 as the school system
pays out what's become
a regular January lump
increase for three years
running.
The school system pays
out the 3 percent supple-
ment each January when
teachers have the longest
time between monthly
paychecks. The schools pay
teachers the last workday
before Christmas, and
the next paycheck doesn't
come until Jan. 31.
Gov. Nathan Deal gave
teachers the 3 percent
supplement three years ago,
but didn't add it to teachers'
base salary.-Deal encour-
RAINFALL
Continued from Front
Ridge Road and 60.2 inches
at Hubbard.
The driest part of Mon-
roe County in 2018 was
Culloden with 66 inches
of rain. Shi Road had
71 inches, and Cabaniss
had 71.4 inches. In 2017,
Culloden was one of the
wetter spots with 58.2
inches, while Cabaniss has
only 42.8 inches.
For 2018, the wettest
months were November
with 12.01 inches of rain
compared with only 2.12
inches in 2017 and May
with 11.86 inches of rainfall
versus 2.94 inches in 2017.
The driest months for
Monroe County this past
year were February (2.6
inches) and September
(2.84 inches).
The biggest deluges of
rain for a month were 25.3
inches at Pea Ridge Road in
November, 20.6 inches at
Hubbard in November and
15.4 inches at the Exten-
sion Office in November;
in May Pea Ridge Road
measured 20 inches of
rain, and Russell~Ue Road
measured 16.9 inches.
Each week the attendants
at the 12 recycling centers
give the totals from the rain
gauges to Dana Renaud,
who sends the informa-
tion to Extension secretary
Rachel Frisbie. She adds the
reading from the gauge at
the Extension Office and
sends the data to farmers,
landscapers, gardeners and
anyone who requests it.
At the end of each month,
averages are entered on the
annual rainfall chart. The
information can be found
at www.ugaextension.com/
monroe.
The collection points and
their 2018 totals are Boling-
broke (83.05), Brent (77.1),
Cabaniss (71.4), Cu[loden
(66), Dames Ferry (73.6),
English Road (78.4),
Extension Office, Mar-
$33,566,143.
aged school districts to par-
cd out the money over the
year as a raise, but Monroe
County has instead paid
it in a one-time lump the
past three years for fear the
funds may not be available
the following year, which
would then require a pay
cut.
The bump costs taxpay-
ers about $580,000 and will
mostly be funded by addi-
tional state funds, accord-
ing to assistant superinten-
dent Jackson Daniel.
The average Monroe
County teacher's salary is
about $55,035, according
to the state Department
of Education. Thus the
average bonus will be about
$1,651.
tin Luther King Jr. Drive
(81.6), High Falls (74.4),
Hubbard (114.6), Juliette
Road (75.9), Rea Ridge
Road (145.8), Russellville
Road (78.1), Shi Road (71),
Smarr.(85.7).
The 77.63 inches of rain
in 2009 was the wettest year
in Monroe County Exten-
sion records before 2018
topped it by over six inches.
Monroe County UGA
Extension agent Caitlin
Jackson said she has heard
local farmers comment on
the difficulty of maneuver-
ing in muddy fields as they*
t/~to put outh~ Ifal~egf6F~
livestock, but she did not
anticipate any long-term
adverse effects on local
farmers. She said there
could be 30-40 percent loss
of round hay bales if they
stand in wet areas but that
most local farmers have
facilities to cover their hay.
On the whole local gar-
deners were disappointed
with their production this
summer, but Jackson did
not attribute the poor re-
turns to the excess rain.
Atlanta meteorologists
&dared 2018 the second
wettest year since records
began in 1878. Average
rainfall for Atlanta is just
under 50 inches, but it
recorded a little over 70
inches in 2018, second to
71.45 inches in 1948.
Continued from Front
the raging river behind his home.
"He said 'I can't hold on" and was scream-
ing bloody murder" said Burnet.
Burnet encouraged the man, later identi-
fled as Vasser, not to scream but to save his
energy until he could get some help, but
Vasser was too terrified.
"He wouldn't quit screaming,' said
Burnet.
Burnet called 911 and Campfield showed
up within I0 minutes.
Campfield gave one of his flashlights to
Burnet to shine on the man while he drove
to the other side where Vasser was still
clinging to that tree root.
Campfidd had to drive back to High
Falls Road and then to Towaliga Trail,
whose homes back up to the other river
bank. Campfidd found Towaliga Trail
resident Jake Pressley, who led him to the
river in the dark fog and drizzle.
Pressley, who knew the woods best,
found Vasser in the river down a:4-foot
riverbank as Burnet shone the light on him
from the other side.
Campfield said it was very muddy and
wet, and Vasser, listed on his license as
6-foot-i, 175 pounds, had very little
strength left to help.
"He was so exhausted,' said Campfield.
Holding that flashlight, Burnet kept en-
couraging Vasser to hang in there and hold
on for just a few more moments.
Pressley propped one foot against a tree
and grabbed Vasser's hand and tried to
pull. When that didn't work, Campfield
took one hand and they both pulled, and
together they got him to the bank.
After about 30 minutes in the frigid
water, however, Vasser was extremely cold
and disoriented, and in fact was still asking
first responders to get him out of the water,
thinking he was still in danger.Monroe
County EMTs tended to him and found
his core body temperature had dropped to
88 degrees (normal is 98 degrees).
Campfield said he doesn't want to think
about what would've happened if Burnett
hadn't called 911, or if they hadn't been
able to get to Vasser.
"I wouldn't want to fathom what
would're happened if he let go,' said
Campfield. "But he was able to hang on,
and that's a lot better than the alternative"
Campfidd said he fell several times try-
ing to get down the riverbank to the river,
but said it was all worth it.
"I was bruised and battered, but it
worked for the good,' said Campfield. "In
a scenario like that, you don't look at the
bigger picture. You just have mnnd vision
and try to do the job:
Pressley said Vasser, a distant relative
who had been visiting his house, said he
was on a dock when he lost his footing and
fell in. Pressley said Vasser would not have
held on for much longer.
"It felt good to be able to help somebody,'
said Pressley.
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