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Mary Lisa Connally
Mary Lisa Connally, 52, passed away Sunday,
March 8, 2015. A private Celebration of her Life
o was held on Tuesday, March 10, at Snow's Memorial
Chapel. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery. Rev.
Craig Walden officiated.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers
that donations be made to Pine Pointe
Hospice, 6262 Peake Road, Macon
31210 or the Special Olympics
Georgia, 4000 DeKalb Technology
Parkway, Suite 400, Building 400,
Atlanta 30340.
Lisa was born in Lincoln, Neb., the
daughter of the late Mary Parker •Connally
and Hulon L. Connally. She was disabled, was of
the Methodist Faith, and was active withthe
Special Olympics.
Lisa is survived by her sisters, Maureen (John) C.
Swain of Bolingbroke; Kay Kennedy of Mississippi;
nieces, Jessica (Steve) Wilder of Chelsea, Ala. and
Heather-(Travis) Adams of Liberty, Mo.; nephews,
Justin (Kerri) C. Swain of McDonough and John
(Kacie) T. Swain Jr. of Milner; 10 great-nieces and
nephews.
Angel in the Sky
If you look way in the sky, there I'll be waving back
Hi/. Sometimes when you blink I'll be the thought
that made you think? The flowers on the ground,
don't worry for me. I'm around. The gentle breeze
that blows or the tickle on your nose. The sunrise of
morning to the new moon of glow. The sweet laugh
of a child or the warmth of a smile. Look close .... I'm
around. I am the gentle rain from spring and the
sweet songs the birds sing. I'm the butterflies that
you see, I'm the sound buzzzz from the bees, So if
your lost and your chins to the ground, pick it up
point it to the sky. Just wave .... I'm around/
Love, Justin
Visit www.snowsmacon.com to express tributes.
Snow's •Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation
Services, Cherry Street, had charge of arrange-
ments.
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In Memory
Roy Edward Watts Sr.
February 8, 1939- March 6, 2015
Roy Edward Watts Sr. of Forsyth passed away
Friday, March 6, 2015. Graveside services were held
Sunday, March 8, at Monroe Hills Memorial
Gardens. Rev. JWe-sley Privett officiated.
Mr. Watts, the son of the late Benjamin Franklin
Watts and Sarah Gossett Watts, was born Feb. 8,
1939, in Thomaston. His wife, Marian Jordan
Watts, preceded him in death. He was retired from
Greene's Propane Company.
Survivors include his children, Cathy (John)
Jenkins, Debbie Bush and Roy (Lynn) Watts Jr., all
of Forsyth; brothers. Ben Watts of Forsyth and
flames Watts of Warner Robins; sisters, Peggy
Whitehead of Bolingbroke, Betty Watts of Griffin
and Dorothy Watts of Warner Robins; five grand-'
children and eight great grandchildren.
The family may be contacted at the residence of
Roy and Lynn Watts, 888 Lee King Road, Forsyth,
Georgia 31029.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.
com to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial
Chapel had charge of arrangements.
Card of Thanks
he family Of Doris Barkley Crier acknowl-
edges with deep appreciation the kindness
shown to us during the loss of our loved
one. Your personal visits, prayers, calls and
gifts were very comforting. Thank you for
your thoughtfulness. May God keep and bless each of
you.
The family of the late Doris Barkley Crier
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Commissioners warn fire
chief on us.ing Bogulski
BY RICHARD DUMAS
forsyth@mymcr.net
Monroe County commissioners on
March 3 urged fire chief Donny Mercer
to keep local gadfly Scott Bogulski at
arm's length after a private citizen ques-
tioned Bogulski's role.
Monroe County resident Keith Scott
said he has been involved in an online
dispute with an unnamed person since
early last month. Though Scott never
mentioned the person by name, multiple
sources said he was refernng to
Bogulski. Scott said during the discus-
sion Bogulski admitted to being
convicted of stealing from the
county while being a county
employee. Despite this, Scott
said Bogulski remains part of
the fire department.
Scott said, "With the mentali-
ty and the history of this one
particular individual, again
why is he allowed to show up
on our fire scenes, our crime
scenes?"
District 3 commissioner John
Ambrose asked Scott where Bogulski
currently works.
Scott, who he said he didn't know
Bogulski until last month, answered,
"He doesn't work anywhere. He plays on
the computer all day from best I can
tell. I don't know if he has a job."
Bogulski owns and operates OnScene
Services, a crime scene cleanup busi-
ness.
Scott said a number of firefighters
have'asked Bogulski not to show up at
fires and had even asked police officers
to make the same request. He said some
officers had even made Complaints
about Bogulski, which had gone
"nowhere."
Ambrose then asked Scott if he had
talked to Monroe County fire chief
Donny Mercer about his concerns. Scott
said he had.
District 2 commissioner Jim Ham
then suggested going into closed session
to discuss county personnel with Mercer,
but county administrator Anita Cauthen
quickly pointed out that Bogulski is not
employed by the county, meaning com-
missioners had no right to close the
meeting.
Ham answered, "Well in that case, I'll
just go ahead and say it, the chief of
police (Keith Corley), when he saw him
(Bogulski), he was more concerned
about that guy. being on his property
than he was the fire or whatever it
was."
Scott asked if other members of the
public are allowed to go to crime scenes.
"It's just not open for the public, is it?"
Scott asked. "If I know there's a fire, I
mean I can't just go walk around a
crime scene. I can't go to someone dying
or a house fire and just walk around
like I'm part of the team, I fred that
very odd... Once I got to digging into
who this guy was. I mean this goes pret-
ty deep. He was let go from the county.
He was let go for stealing from the fire
department of which he was convicted.
He pled first offender, which hides that,
so when he was given a background
check, it didn't come up. But I have him
admitting it right here."
Scott then showed commissioners a
stack of papers which were printed
copies of online discussions with
Bogulski.
Ambrose then asked Mercer to
describe Bogulski's relationship with the
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fire department Mercer answered that
Bogulski is considered "support person-
nel." Ambrose said Mercer should be the
one •to handle the situation.
"My thing is I let him run the fire
department, and if he wants to let a
man show up, that's up•to him,"
Ambrose said.
Scott then asked commissioners and
Mercer if there is anything Bogulski
adds to the county's fire service.
Scott said, "Other than all the disar-
ray and the problems that he causes, is
there something that equals that he's
bringing to the plate here?"
Ambrose answered, "I think it
ought to be up to Mr. Mercer
back there to say if he's got the
record he's got, it's up to him to
say 'yea' or 'nay.' And with a
record like that, I'd hope he'd
say 'nay."'
Scott said, "I Would hope so
too."
Ham then asked Scott ff he'd
trust Bogulski to come onto his
property. Scott quickly answered
"no."
Scott said, "Until this event, I'd never
had any type of dealings witli him, but
two hours after asking him, 'Look, we
could settle all this. We could meet
down with some authorities and solve
this.' And he kept on and kept on and
kept on... It just shows you the
demeanor of this one character, and it
makes me think you know again, what
does he bring to the plate? Because I
started this on Feb. 5. I brought it to Mr.
Mercer within 48 hours of the initial...
I understand that he's a busy man.
There's been a lot of things going on.
But with the suspicion, I would think
myself that we would have said, 'Okay
buddy. You're a volunteer. Let's pump
the brakes a little bit and let me get all
this straightened out.' But he continues
to show up... There is a pattern here.
Is it being overlooked for a purpose? If
he brings something to the plate that's
worth all this headache, hey let's get it
out and find out what it is and make us
all feel better about this situation."
Ambrose then asked Mercer if he had
anything to add. Mercer said he'd talk•
to commissioners later about it before
Ambrose prodded him again to speak
publicly about it.
"Alright I'll tell y'a]] exactly what we
did do," Mercer said. "We did talk with
him (Bogu]ski) about all that stuff going •
on. And he (Scott) may be correct. On
his background checks, nothing shows
up. I talked to Mr. (District i commis-
sioner Larry) Evans. Mr. Evans said he
didn't know the fellow... But I have not
heard any complaint other than this guy
here about him. Chief Corley has not
talked to me one time, I talked to
(Forsyth Fire) Chief (David) Herndon
when we went to a fire scene on 83
South. Hernd0n said he had no problem
whatsoever with him."
Mercer said he was disappointed to
learn that county firefighters had
approached Scott with their concerns
about Bogulski instead of the chief him-
self.
Mercer said, "I don't know who he's
talking about, but I will get to the bot-
tom of that."
Ham then chimed in: "I'm going to tell
you for the record that I don't ever want
him (Bogulski) on my plac e. Any land I
own, if I see him on it, I'm going to have
him arrested. I don't trust him no more
than you can throw him. And he's sort
of a chunk, so I don't think you can
throw him."
Mercer said he wants concrete evi-
dence of any potential crimes Bogulski
is alleged to have committed before
making a decision on Bogulski's status.
Scott said he presented evidence printed
directly from the computer to Mercer.
Mercer answezed, 'rou're exactly
right, but still under the Title 25 code,
all I can go by is what his background
check shows... Now I understand what
you guys (commissioners) are saying, so
we may get into a good moral character
clause."
Ham then asked commission chair-
man Mike Bilderback, who was strug-
gling to talk with laryngitis all night, to
weigh in on the matter.
Bilderback cleared his throat and said
quietly, "I would concur with Mr. Ham."
When Evans suggested Mercer pursue
action under his department's employee
character clause, Mercer reminded com-
missioners that the county does not
have a formal policy for employees
• regarding behavior on social media.
Ham then spoke directly to Mercer.
"Right now, you've got things on the
move," Ham said. "You're going to let
people attach themselves and bring it
back down to this level because what
they do is a direct reflection of you and
what you do is a direct reflection of us."
Mercer said he would deal with the
issue before reminding commissioners
they had not yet approved his own fire
department employee policy handbook
that he first presented to commissioners
last year. Mercer said his own policy
does have regulations against social
media misconduct.
Bogulski was not present at Tuesday's
meeting.
County records indicate Bogulski
worked in the county tax assessor's
office from Jan. 8, 2003 to Feb. 27, 2003.
The county parted ways with Bogulski
during his probationary period after sev-
eral documented incidents.•
A source in county government said
Bogulski's termination letter wrote: "His
habits did not merit his continuance of
service."
The same source said Bogulski has
never officially been employed with the
Monroe County Fire Department.
The Reporter reached Bogulski, who
was aware of last hesday's discussion,
by e-mail on Monday.
Bogu]ski's e-mailed statement read:
"It's a shame that we live in a communi- ,
ty where two men can have a private
conversation that can be used later to
influence payback via the board of com-
missioners. It's also a shame that the
board wl] use a minimal event to
remove a trained volunteer lling to
risk his life for his neighbor because
that person won't relinquish his right to
criticize elected officials. The Fire Chief
requested paid personnel to cover the
area from Forsyth to Culloden, as fire
protection in the Brent community is
essentially non-existent and Culloden
has a 20 minute wait for help from
Forsyth. The Chief was refused the
additional personnel and was told to
grow his volunteer numbers. The Chief
knew my level of training and ability to
help in an area in drastic need. End of
the day, I can help this FD more from
the outside, and will enjoy Jim Ham's
choosing of me, to be his personal 300
pound enema."
March 11, 2015
Charles Vernon McMullan
October 7, 1943-March 7, 2015
Charles Vernon McMullan of Forsyth passed away
Saturday, March 7, 2015. Funeral services will be
held at 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, at Monroe
County Memorial Chapel. Rev. Mike McMullan will
officiate. Burial will be private.
Mr. McMullan, the son of the late Jeff Little
McMullan Sr. and Lillie Mac Driver McMullan, was
born Oct. 7, 1943, in Forsyth.
Survivors include his brothers, William Gordon
McMullan and Thomas Michael (Paula) McMullan
of Forsyth.
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corn to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial
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