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October 16, 2019
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John James Balga
john James Balga, 83, of Juliette, passed away Mon-
day, Oct. 14, 2019. Burial will be held Thursday, Oct. 17
at 1 p.m. at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery
in Milledgeville. In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu-
tions may be made to Jasper County Animal Control,
lg6 Mack TiUman Dr Monticello, GA 31064.
Son of the late John Joseph and Lila James Balga, Mr.
Bidga was a veteran of the United States Army. He re-
tired from American Woodmark in Jackson, and after
retirement, he volunteered for Habitat for Humanity.
l r. Balga is preceded in death by his wife, Loretta Rose
'l-~alne$.
Mr. Balga is survived by his daughter, Samantha
B[tker, and grandchildren, Morgan, Madison, and
Rlnathan Baker, all of Monticello.
l~lease visit www.hartsmort.com to express condo-
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l~ces.
tlart's on Cherry Street, Hart's Mortuary and Crema-
tion Center, 765 Cherry Street, Macon, GA 31201 has
dtarge of the arrangements.
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Charlton 'Pete' Ogburn
J ne 16, 1941 - October 13, 2019
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- Charlton Edward "Pete" Ogburn passed
aqvay Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Funeral services will be
heldat 3 p.m Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at First Baptist
Omrch of Forsyth with burial in Monroe Hills Memo-
rill Gardens. Dr. Hambric Brooks will officiate. The
family will greet friends the day of the service from 2-3
p~n. at the Church.
pete, the son of the late Bonnie Franklin Ogburn
a~d Delma CoxweU Ogburn, was born June 16, 1941.
I-~ was retired from Robins Air Force Base and was a
v~teran of the United States Air Force.
t~ete is survived by his wife, Jeanette Tompkins
Ggburn of Forsyth; children, Laura Vriezelaar (Daren)
of;Flower Mound, Texas and Kathy Bagwell (Mike) of
B~ Spring, Texas; step-children, Allen Tompkins (Fay)
aacl Felicia Brown Of Forsyth; sisters, Betty Sprayberry
o~DouglasviUe, GA, Lanora Hutchinson of Louisville,
artd Paula Johnson of Oceanside, CA; seven grandchil-
d~m; and one great grandchild.
~'lease visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
td express tributes.
lvlonroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
r gements.
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anette Tompkins Ogburn
I ovember 23, 1941 - October 14, 2019
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~orsyth - Jeanette Tompkins Ogburn passed away
Monday, Oct. 14, 2019.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m Thursday, Oct.
1 ~ at First Baptist Church of Forsyth with burial in
~me Hills Memorial Gardens. Dr. Hambric Brooks
officiate. The family will greet friends the day of the
s~ce from 2-3 p.m. at the Church.
|eanette, the daughter of the late John Burgamy and
~a Power Burgamy, was born Nov. 23, 1941, in
MiUeclgeville. She was preceded in death by her first
h~sband, Flanders Allen Tompkins and her current
h~band, Charlton Edward "Pete" Ogburn. She retired
frbm the Georgia Department of Labor as a secretary
~d was a member of First Baptist Church of Forsyth.
,~eanette is survived by her children; Allen Tompkins
(Fay) and Felicia Tompkins Brown of Forsyth; Step-
cl~ildren, Laura Vriezdaar (Daren) of Flower Mound,
Texas and Kathy Bagwell (Mike) of Big Spring, Texas;
g~ndchildren, Hannah Encinas, Alex Brown and Brit-
n#y Dollar; great grandchild, Raleigh Dollar.
~Please visit www'm nr ec untymem rialchapel'c m
td express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
ra~ngements.
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Mattie Hogan
J ly 2Z 1940- October 4, 2019
Lizella - Homegoing services for Mrs. Mattie Flor-
ence
Fuller Hogan, 79, were held Saturday, Oct. 12
a~Saint Luke A.M.E. Church, Forsyth. Burial was at
Blrown's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Juliette.
~Freeman Funeral Home, Forsyth was in charge of
arrangements.
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I?,atricia Gresham
February 18, 1956 - October 1, 2019
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~orsyth - Funeral services for Mrs. Patricia Ann
~'er Gresham, 63, were held Thursday, Oct. 10 in the
F[eeman Funeral Home Chapel, Forsyth. Burial was in
F0rsyth City Cemetery.
[Freeman Funeral Home, Forsyth was in charge of
afi'angements.
The Reporter plans to name
Monroe County's 2019 Business-
woman of the Year in October, and
we're looking for your nomina-
tions. The Businesswoman of the
Year award will be announced on
the cover of our special Women in
Business section to be published
in October. October is National
Women in Business Month, Send
a nomination of 500 words or less
to publisher@mymcr.net. The
deadline is noon on Wednesday,
Oct. 23.
and therefore there's some he still must determine board fired Napier last
Continued from Front "cloudiness" about what whether he can prove that Tuesday, Oct. 8. Superin-
happened. He said the taxpayers were bilked in tendent Dr. Mike Hickman
aided the scheme has also scheme has been going on the scheme, adding that said they wanted to go in
been fired, said Daniels. for about three years. He he met with the District a "new direction", adding
He would not name the said he'll be investigating Attorney's office on Friday that there were things they
employee, another week or two to try about the case. needed to improve upon in
Daniels said the scheme to collect more evidence While the criminal probe the bus shop whether there
was very well thought out and testimony. He said is ongoing, the school are criminal charges or not.
Continued from Front
exited 1-75 South again at
Exit 188, where it failed to
negotiate a right turn at the
end of the off ramp. The
car then slid across Collier
Road, narrowly missing
another vehicle. Its rear end
then made contact with the
ditch on the opposite side
of CoUier Road, causing it
to lose control and over-
turn.
Haskins then approached
the upside-down car with
his gun drawn and saw
Pippins with his hands
up sticking out of the car.
Haskins told Pippins to
crawl out and lay on the
ground, but Pippins instead
went to his knees before
standing back up and try-
ing to pull away. Sullivan,
Barkley and Haskins then
took Pippins back to the
ground and handcuffed
him while two female pas-
sengers, Diamond Greer
and Santana Jones, were
also handcuffed. Haskins
also discovered an unin-
jured three-year-old girl
who was safely extracted
from inside the wrecked
vehicle. Deputies discov-
ered Pippins' license was
suspended while Greer
was determined to be the
child's mother. They also
found the car's license plate
came back to a 2018 Honda
HR-V out of Brookhaven,
and the car's registration
and insurance information
were not found.
Haskins found inside
the car a Green FNH .45
caliber handgun reported
stolen out of Clayton
County with a fully loaded
magazine. He also found
a small book bag lying on
the car's roof that contained
marijuana, a grinder and a
digital scale. Both passen-
gers denied knowledge of
the gun or drugs. When
Haskins told Pippins of the
discovery, he first asked for
a lawyer before saying he
didn't want the passengers
to get in trouble. Despite
Pippins saying, 'Tll take
the charge" Haskins told
him his admission was
inadmissible because he
had already asked for an
attorney.
While none of the oc-
cupants appeared injured,
they all requested to be
taken to a hospital. The
passengers and the child
were taken to Macon's
Medical Center Navicent
Health while the driver
was taken to the Monroe
County Hospital. Both
Greer, 24, and Jones, 25,
will each be charged with
possession of marijuana,
possession of a firearm
during the commission of
a felony, theft by receiving
stolen property and posses-
sion of drug related objects.
Neither had been booked
into the Monroe County
Jail as of presstime.
Meanwhile, Pippins, 28,
was booked into the Mon-
roe County Jail on Oct. 10
and charged with felony
fleeing or attempting to
elude, possession of a fire-
arm during the commis-
sion of a felony; possession
of a firearm by a convicted
felon, theft by receiving
stolen property, possession
of marijuana, possession
of drug related objects,
reckless conduct, failure to
stop at a stop sign, failure
to maintain lane, driving in
the emergency lane, failure
to use due regard, following
too closely, failure to use a
turn signal when changing
lanes, driving while license
suspended, operation of an
unregistered vehicle, hav-
ing no insurance and use of
license plates to misrepre-
sent a vehicle.
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