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IN LOVING
Mary Marie Amerson Freeman
May 14, 1950 - August 27, 2019
Forsyth - Mary Marie Amerson Freeman passed away
Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Graveside services were held
Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, at Monroe Memorial Gardens.
Rev. Mark Goolsby officiated.
Mary, the daughter of the late William Melton Am-
erson Sr. and Willie B. Hensley Amerson, was born
May 14, 1950, in Macon. Her brother, William Melton
Amerson Jr preceded her in death. She was a retired
Administrator and CEO.
Survivors include her children, Andy Walton of St.
Augustine, Fla Sara Garnto of Forsyth, sisters, Shirley
Ann Wilday of Macon, Marsha Elaine Hubbard of
Gray and Kathy Louise Griffin (Ricky) of Macon; seven
grandchildren; one great grandchild; many nieces and
n phews.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of ar-
rangements.
Paulyne Elizabeth O'Hara Stokes
January 27, 1930 - August 28, 2019
Forsyth - Paulyne Elizabeth
O'Hara Stokes died Wednesday,
Aug. 28, 2019. Graveside services
were held Aug. 31, 2019, at Forsyth
City Cemetery. Rev. George Pabst
of Guyton officiated.
:Born in Newnan on Jan. 27, 1930
and raised in Birmingham, Ala
she was the only child of Leila
Maude Goggans O'Hara, formerly
of Forsyth, and Thomas Houston
O'Hara, formerly of Montgomery,
Ala.
She graduated from Woodlawn High School and was
a member of the Juniorettes Club and attended Massey
Business College. She worked for Elton B. Stephens and
ssociates in Birmingham.
iOn Aug. 10, 1952 she married Harold Wayne Stokes
and moved to Forsyth. He died Aug. 9, 2004, the day
before their 52nd wedding anniversary.
She loved God, her family, being a homemaker, mu-
sic, playing the piano, flowers, animals, hummingbirds
and butterflies, genealogy, cross stitching, history, and
scrapbooking.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, the Merry
Hearts seniors, a lifetime member of The Backlot Play-
ers of The Rose Theater and AARP. She was a former
member of the Joy Filled Souls, seniors of The Second
Baptist Church, Pathway Pines Garden Club and
NARFE.
iSurvivors include her children, Stephen Wayne Stokes
and Terfi Hickman Stokes of Buford, Sidney Houston
Stokes and Judy Beasley Stokes of Quinton, Okla
Sheryl EWayne Stokes Floyd and Keith Edward Floyd
of Bloomingdale, Ga Eddie Hickman of Forsyth.
Grandchildren: Zachary Robert Floyd, Macy Elizabeth
Floyd, and Abigail Marie Floyd of Bloomingdale and
Ldla Rose Stokes of Buford. Longtime friend Capt.
~ett Spencer McMurray, Ret. USPHS of Juliette.
fin lieu of flowers donations may be made to the do-
nor's favorite charity.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of ar-
rangements.
John Alfred Roquemore
J6ne 18, 1938 - Sept. 1, 2019
John Alfred Roquemore passed away Monday, Sept.
1, 2019. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m
Thursda5 Sept. 5 at Forsyth City Cemetery. If it's rain-
ing, the graveside service will move to Monroe County
Memorial Chapel. Rev. Mark Goolsby will officiate.
"1he family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m Wednesday,
Sept. 4 at Monroe County Memorial Chapel.
Mr. Roquemore, the son of the late Franklin "Frank"
Liffayette Roquemore and Rose Earlene Rogers Roque-
more, was born June 18, 1938, in Forsyth. His wife,
Charleen Patty Nichols Roquemore, and his brother,
Thomas Lucian Roquemore, preceded him in death. He
was a graduate of Mary Persons High School and was a
beef and dairy farmer
Survivors include his children, Lynn Marshall (Hugh)
of Denton, Texas, Dean Roquemore of Forsyth and Jim
Roquemore (Jodie) of Forsyth; seven grandchildren;
and four great grandchildren.
The family requests no flowers but suggests dona-
tions to Mary Persons High School, Future Farmers of
America, 300 Montpelier Ave. Forsyth, Ga 31029.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
rangements.
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By Richard Dumas woman was later identified
forsyth@mymcr.net as Kayla Renee Hunter, 31,
of Goshen, Ind.
An Indiana Davis found
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woman is accused Hunter sitting on
of taking offher Hewett's lawn-
dothes, putting on a mower beside his
deputy's jacket and home. Hunter
urinating in the back told Davis she
of a Monroe County J was waiting for
patrol car after she her boyfriend,
was arrested for Dustin Harrell,
but Hewett said
breaking into a
Westbrooks Road Hunter had tried
home on Aug. 26. to enter his home as well
According to a sheriff's as his shed, camper and
report, at about 12:30 a.m. several vehicles. Hewett
on Aug. 26, Justin Hewett said he told Hunter to leave
of Westbrooks Road told his property, but she had
Monroe County Dep. refused.
Jacob Davis that there was Davis then handcuffed
a woman on his property Hunter and put her in his
without his permission. The patrol car. While Davis was
still talking to Hewett, he
heard Hunter hitting the
side of his patrol car and
screaming. Hewett told
Davis he was inside his
home about 10 minutes
earlier and heard Hunter hit
his window with the grate
of his grill. Hewett said he
grabbed his pellet gun and
went out to confront Hunt-
er, who told him she was
waiting for her boyfriend.
Hunter refused to leave and
threatened to throw the
grill grate at Hewett.
Hewett's wife, Martha,
then showed Davis surveil-
lance video of Hunter try-
ing to to enter their home,
shed, camper and vehides.
The video also showed
Hunter taking a small grill
from the back porch and
carrying pieces of it around.
When Davis returned
to his patrol car, he found !
Hunter had removed one;
of her handcuffs, bent the
cage that separates the front
seat from the rear seat of his
patrol car and was wearing
his deputy patrol jacket. He
then discovered Hunter had
taken offher clothes and
had urinated in the back of
his patrol car. Davis then
re-handcuffed Hunter and
took her to the Monroe
County Jail.
Hunter was charged with
criminal trespass, damage
to government property,
obstruction, criminal at-
tempt to commit burglary
and disorderly conduct.
while county firerighter fire investigators finish After meeting with wit-
Continued from Front Doug Adams sprayed the their normal probe into the nesses and some commis-
area with a hose. They cause of the fire, he wel- sioners to review the facts
dispatcher, describing mini found the Adairs lying on comes an internal review of the case, county man-
explosions in the fire. "Oh the floor of the bedroom into the county's handling ager Jim Hedges reportedly
and Hammond and Mays of the situation, discussed hiring Anderson
my God. We can dearly see brought them out at 10:07 "We take them all seri- and Associates of Fitzger-
it from our house."
The 911 dispatch report p.m 14 minutes after the ously, but this is one where aid to analyze the county's
first firefighters had ar- we had two folks pass response.
shows that firefighters rived. A witness, who asked away" Perry said. "We all District 4 commissioner
began arriving at 9:54 p.m. not to be identified, said it want to know why." George Emami said com-
and Perry radioed at that only took 30 seconds to get Nevertheless, Perry said missioners have been made
time that it was a working
fire. the Adairs out once they he thinks Monroe County aware of some things that
County firefighters have kicked in the door. firefighters handled the have been of concern and
For his part, Perry Strickland Loop fire "well" they feel the need to further
said they were familiar with said that it's department noting county firefighters evaluate the circumstances
the Adairs because of mul-
tiple medical calls to the protocol to wait until were already out fighting around the fire.
home, and the bed-ridden help has arrived to try to a separate fire on Lee King "There's nothing defmi-
enter a home. Perry said Road when the call came five that shows any fault"
wife stayed in a bedroom firefighters would never in. said Emami, "but we are
on the front right corner enter a home by them- "Three guys (Adams, investigating the events
of the one-story home, selves or without proper Mays and Hammond) did surrounding the fire."
furthest from the fire that
was ravaging the back left gear and said although he an unbelievable job" Perry The state fire marshal
comer of the home near approached the bedroom said, estimating it took 45 reported he could not
the garage, window, he did not see the seconds to remove the two definitively say what caused
couple in the room due to victims from the home. the fire.
At one point a firefighter thick smoke. Perry said by
is heard asking his com- the time he and Mays had
mand: "Is it possible to
send some guys in there?" finished a peripheral check
of the home, two other
Finally city firefight- firefighters were suited up
ers Justin Hammond and ready to go in. Perry said
Michael Cobb and county once the state marshal's of-
firerighter Steven Mays rice, the family's insurance
kicked in the front door
and entered the home company and two county
Continued from Front
Now the Bulldogs will
take on AAAAAA Mor-
row in what is expected
to be MP's most winnable
contest of the year. MP
walloped the Mustangs
62-12 in 2018, scoring
touchdowns on all but one
possession.
MP's star running back,
Harden, is off to a blaz-
ing start in 2019, having
eclipsed 200 total yards in
each of his first two games
while scoring a total of five
touchdowns. Harden could
be in line for another huge
night against the Mustangs,
having scored a pair of long
rushing touchdowns on
his only two carries in last
year's blowout win.
Morrow has struggled
mightily in recent years,
but the Mustangs are
coming off of one of their
biggest wins in a while,
thumping AAAAAA
rival Forest Park 35-0 on
Friday. The Mustangs were
pounded 55-13 by Class A
superpower Eagles Landing
Christian in their season
opener on Aug. 23. Mor-
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season, having compiled an
11-21 record.
Morrows top player is
senior running back/re-
ceiver Jimmy Callowa); a
5'11", 166-pound three-star
recruit who is committed
to Tennessee. Calloway
rushed for a pair of touch-
downs in the Mustangs'
shutout of Forest Park.
Over the past 20 seasons,
the hapless Mustangs have
a 39-161 record and have
had eight head coaches
during that span. Mor-
rows greatest success came
in 1987 under coach Bud
Theodocion when the
Mustangs, led by future
NFL receiver Andre Hast-
ings, captured the AAAA
championship with a 14-1
record.
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