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www.MyMCR.net Vol. 48 No. 24
4 Sections, 2A Pages Wednesday. June 12,2019
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
A High Falls man is
charged with misdemeanor
vehicular homicide after the
sheriff's office said he was
using his phone when he
caused, a fatal wreck on High
Falls Road on April 27.
Timothy"T.l? Turner
III, 24, was also cited for
failure to maintain lane and
distracted driving after turn-
ing himself in to authorities
on June 9. Monroe County
Sgt. Kevin W'dliams told the
Reporter that the sheriff's
office has a program that
tells them the operations
being used on a phone at
certain times and dates. That
evidence led to the citation
for using a cell phone during
the fatal wreck. Wdliams
would not say whether
Turner was texting or on a
phone call at the time of the
wreck. Williams said Turner
only admitted to using the
phone after the wreck, but
said the evidence showed
otherwise. But he said Turn-
er has been cooperative.
Nancy Skinner, 68, of
High Falls, was on her
way to her nursing job at
Monroe County Hospital
when her Nissar sedan was
struck head-on by a Jeep
Cherokee driven by Turner
at about 6:40 a.m. on April
27. Turner told paramedics
on scene that he had gotten
something in his eye and
when he looked up he saw
headlights coming
at him. Williams
determined that-
Turner had crossed
over the center line
and hit Skinners
car. Skinner was
pronounced dead
at the scene while
Turner was taken
to the hospital with TURNER
minor injuries.
Williams said they have
retumed Turner's phone to
him. Turner was released on
Sunday on a $5,000
bond. Georgi s law
against cell phone
use while driving
went into effect
about one year
ago, July 1, 2018.
Lashuna Ussery of
the sheriff's office
said deputies have
issued 91 citations
for texting and
driving in Monroe County
so far in 2019.
Quinton Calloway, Monroe County's Father of the Year, shown with his wife
layah and TJ. (Photo/Will Davis)
When doctors told Quinton Calloway will receive dad-sized
Calloway of Forsyth that he and gift certificates to Minori's Italian
his wife La Toya may never be Ristorante on the Forsyth Square,
able to have kids of their own, El Tejado Mexican Restaurant
that didn't stop him from coaching and Walmart. Here's the winning
T-ball and being a father figure nomination
to kids around Monroe County.
So when he found out in January man I have chosen to
2011 that he was going to be a nominate for Monroe
daddy after all, he cried tears of County's Father of the
joy. Eight years later, the Callo- Year is none other than
ways have two children now and my wonderful husband, Quinton
Mrs. Calloway's nomination for Calloway (Also known as Coach
her husband as Father of the Year Q to our community children).
won him that honor. He's a dad Words cannot begin to describe
not only to his two children, but to the love and pride he has for not
many more in Forsyth. "I always only our children, but our "com-
hear him say that it is his goal to munity children" as well.
make sure every child knows that I love seeing the joy in my
they can succeed in whatever they children's eyes when they hear
decide to do," wrote Mrs. Calloway. the turn of the key in the door,
LaToya and their children Ma-
as they wait to see their hero
standing on the other side. With
loud screams and open arms,
they yell, "Daddy! Daddy!" as he
scoops them up and gives them
the biggest hugs and kisses he can
muster up.
You see, their hero doesn't rear
a cape, (although sometimes I
think he should), but works tire-
lessly to make sure he can make
all their dreams come true.
My husband and I were friends
many years before we even start-
ing dating, so I've always known
he had a heart for children. But I
think his heart grew even bigger
in January ot"2011. It was the year
we found out that we were going
See FATHER Page 7A
il
II
By' Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.nef
The GDOT ordered Forsyth last
week to dose the railroad crossing
at Indian Springs Drive despite
city council's efforts to keep it
open. After the city heard from
citizens who wanted the crossing
to stay open, it denied Norfolk
Southern's petition to close the
crossing on Feb. 5. But Norfolk
Southern appealed to GDOT.
GDOT evaluated the crossing
and "determines that it is reason-
ably necessary to eliminate the
crossing in the interest of public
safety and hereby orders the clo-
sure and the physical removal of
See CROSSING Page 7A
This 2014 wreck at the Indian
Springs Drive crossing led to a
lawsuit. The DOT has now ordered
the crossing closed. (File photo)
By Diane Olidewell ter held its Grand Opening All went perfectly for
news@mymcr.net in December 2018. Noelani's mother, Ebony
The ObGyne Birth Center Maddox, and father,
Forsyth had its first " for Natural Deliveries was Quinton Brown. They ar-
[!!![! II1!!!!!! I] planned delivery in over only the third birth center rived at the Birth Center at
30 years at 1:42 p.m. on in Georgia when it opened; 10:20 a.m. and were guided
Wednesday, June 5 as little the others are in Savannah through labor by midwife
Noelani Brown enteredand Atlanta. Its deliveries Ashley Marshall, assistant
the world at the ObGyne are by midwife, and it only Kimberly Holderfield and
][J[JJ!!!J!JJJ[[i [1! Ill j[6 accepts low riskpregnan- doula Chelsea Oan etree.
6 Birth Center, across from
Monroe County Hospitalcies. It provides a relaxed, They praised the way mom
Ebony Maddox and Quinton Brown with their new baby on Martin Luther King Jr. pleasant atmosphere where handled labor d delivery
Noelani Ja-Lia LaShay Brown, the first planned birth in Drive. The new Birth Cen- family members can be
, . 3 Forsyth in 30 years. (Photo/Diane Glidewell) nearby during delivery. See .BABY Page 7A
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