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James Edward 'Jim' Bush 5r.
September 28, 1933 - October 23, 2019
Forsyth - James Edward "Jim" Bush Sr. passed away
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Funeral services will be
held at 11 a:m Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at Monroe
County Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at 2:30
p.m. in Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 2617
Vinson Hwy, MiUedgeville, GA 31061. Rev. Mike Mc-
Mullan will officiate.
Jim, the son of the late George Bush Sr. and Sara
Rutherford Bush, was born Sept. 28, 1933, in Colum-
bus. He was retired from the United States Air Force.
Jim was a member and former commander of VFW
Post 658, a member of Air Force Sergeants Association
and a member of The Retired Enlisted Association.
Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann Reaves Bush of
Forsyth; children, Karen Ryals (Joey) of Juliette, Pam
Stewart (Eddie) of Juliette and James Bush, Jr. (Niki) of
New Smyrna Beach, Florida; step-son, Randy Tay-
lor (Tina) of Forsyth; six grandchildren, Cory Bush
(Cassi), Ben Bush, Cody Bush of Orlando, Florida,
Hartee Stewart of Juliette, Chris Taylor and Abigail Tay-
lor of Forsyth; step-grandchild, Bryan Stewart (Sheila)
of Gray;and four great grandchildren.
The family may be contacted at the residence at 256
Hickman Road, Forsyth, GA 31029.
Flowers will be accepted or the family suggests dona-
tions to Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758516,
Topeka, Kansas 66675-8516.
: Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
rangements.
Regina Jackson
October 9, 1-971 - October 20, 2019
Forsyth - Homego'mg services for Ms. Regina Denise
Jackson, 48, were held Saturday, Oct. 26 at Union Hill
Missionary Baptist Church, Forsyth. Pastor Rufus J.
Whatley officiated. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial
Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter, Jasmine Walton;
mother, Dora Jackson and a host relatives and friends.
Freeman Funeral Home, Forsyth was in charge of
arrangements.
Ronald England
February 11, 1951 - October 27, 2019
Forsyth - Ronald England passed away at his resi-
dence Monday, Oct. 27, 2019. He was born Feb. 11,
1951 to Margie England Smith. A private memorial
service will be held at a later date.
His step-father, Sam Smith, and his brother, David
England, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Connie Eng-
land; daughter, Rhonda England; step-daughters,
April Arp and Angie Pustelak; step-son, Alan Bentley;
mother, Margie Smith; brothers, Donald England,
Morris Smith and Sammy Smith; sisters, Elaine Smith
and Sandra Pacchioli; aunt, Betty Lou Larsen; uncle,
Bill England; thirteen grandchildren; and four great
grandchildren.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapd.com
to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapd has charge of ar-
rangements.
Rebecca Gayle Rawlins
August Z 2017 - October 26, 2019
Macon - Rebecca Gayle Rawlins passed away peace-
fully in her sleep Saturday, Oct. 26,
2019. Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019,
at Maynard Baptist Church with
burial in Monroe Hills Memorial
Gardens. Rev. Matthew Bishop
will officiate. The family will greet
friends the day of the service from
10-11 a.m. at the church.
Rebecca was born Aug. 7, 2017 in I fll.ll
Macon.
Rebecca is survived by her parents, Kerry and Kasey
P, qawlins; sister, Lydia Rawlins; Grandparents, Gayle
Rawlins, Alan and Raine Hall Rawlins and Troy and
Becky McNeal; great-grandparents, Cindy Parker and
J.R. and Helen B. McNeal, Sr.; Aunts and Undes Chris
and Renee Rawlins and Stephen and Farrah Bell; and
many cousins.
Rebecca attended Montessori of Macon and truly
loved her classroom and school. In honor of Rebecca,
The Rebecca Rawlins Scholarship Fund has been
established and memorial contributions may be sent to
Montessori of Macon, 855 Tolliver Place, Macon, GA
31210. This scholarship fund will allow Rebecca's joy to
be shared with other children.
Please Visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express Tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapd has charge of the
arrangements.
Kelly Richa Joseph Jr.
September 18, 1965 - October 26, 2019
Forsyth - Kelly Richa Joseph, Jr. passed away Saturda)
[CLARK Since1898 Oct. 26, 2019. Funeral services were held Tuesday; Oct.
I 29, 2019, at Forsyth United Methodist Church with
burial in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Dr. Bill Britt
and Rev. Rick Maeser officiated.
Call your local Monroe County representative Kell was born Sept. 18, 1965, in Macon. He was
Scott Harrell owner and operator of Boneheads Taxidermy. Kell was
a graduate of Mary Persons High School and also at-
478-256-3586 tended South Georgia Technical College.
or toll free: 800-551-1102 Kell is survived by his wife, Lisa Huffman Joseph;
children, Kaleb Joseph, Emily Joseph, Michael Harrison
3250 Vineville Ave Macon, GA 31208 and Mitchell Harrison (Sidney); parents, Kelly and Nell
Joseph; sisters; Richa Hedges (Velton) and Jenna Joseph
(Tony Harris); brother, Jason Joseph (Missy); nephews,
Mi~-lrn~ ~o o~,~ v, Jack Joseph and Evan Joseph; nieces, Ella Kate Joseph,
C, eo~gia
Ashley Rucker (Hermann) and Kalen Hodges (Colin
I ~ Desigmers & Manufactures of
[ ~ t"-"~""~ ~, Marble, Granite & Bronze Wilkerson); grandson, Jet Harrison; and great niece,
I t|11 I ml,k, M ,orials since,:. 1908 & Chloe Rucker.
[ ~'~]{ I SULLIVAN [a~,~ Janice M( re. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the
Scottish Rite Children's Hospital, 1001 Johnson Ferry
TOLL FREE Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30342.
1.800.877 93411 The family may be contacted at the residence of Kelly
1-7 0-358-1470 and Nell Joseph, 100 Meadow Drive, Forsyth, GA
L 31029.
Railroad & Main St. Barnesville, GA Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapd had charge of ar-
rangements.
Monroe County is getting ready to cdebrate its
200th birthday, and such a big party needs a great
logo.
That's why the Monroe County Bicentennial Com-
mission has kicked off its Bicentennial Logo contest
with a $100 prize going to the winning artist. The
prize is courtesy of Reporter columnist Don Daniel.
The deadline to enter the logo contest is Friday, Nov.
1. Submit loges in electronic formats such as jpg or
PDF to publisher@mymcr.net on or before Nov. 1.
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I pork chop in brioche with lettuce, tomoto nd signature remoulade
October31 5:30PM-7:30PM
First Baptist Church of Forsyth
95 West Morse Street
*Inflatables *Games *Food *Music
*Hay Ride *Face Paint *Petting Zoo
October 30, 2019
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Monroe County voters will dedde on Tuesday; Nov. 5
whether to impose a local penny Transportation Spedal
Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) that would raise
local sales tax from 7 to 8 percent.
If approved, the TSPLOST would last five years begin-
ning on April 1, 2020 and would be capped at $17 million
for transportation needs. Monroe County would receive
about $14.1 million (83.2 percent of the proceeds), the City
of Forsyth would receive about $2.6 million (15 percent of
the proceeds) and the City of Culloden will receive about
$305,000 (1.8 percent of the proceeds.
County manager Jim Hedges and county road supervisor
Junior Watts came up with 152.49 miles of county roads (or
about 30 percent of total county road mileage) to be resur-
faced using TSPLOST, 2020 SPLOST and Local Maintenance
and Improvement Grant (LMIG) funds over the next six
years. The total project cost was estimated at about $19 mil-
lion. Of 152.49 miles slated for resurfacing, District 2 roads
would account for 52.43 miles, District 4 would account for
41.05 miles, District 3 would account for 39.86 miles and
District 1 would account for just 3.31 miles (many District 1
roads are maintained by the City of Forsyth).
Voters soundly rejected a regional TSPLOST twice in the
past seven years, When first introduced in 2012, the regional
TSPLOST failed by a 66-34 percent margin in Monroe
County and 56-44 percent across the Middle Georgia area.
Then, in 2018, the regional TSPLOST failed again, this time
by a 57-43 percent margin in Monroe County and a narrow
51-49 percent margin across Middle Georgia.
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the referendum would raise
Monroe County sales taxes
from 7 to 8 percent to fund
road improvements. See ad
on page 5A.
It will be the third time
the rivals have faced off.
Bflderback beat Tapley for
the District 3 commission
post in 2006, but Tapley
unseated Bilderback as
chairman in 2016.
For his part, Tapley said
Bilderback is welcome to
run for chairman but that
he disagrees on the sales tax.
"I beat him last time
because people understood
he wasn't what we needed
and wasn't the leader we
needed;' said Tapley. Tapley
said many people are much
happier with how things
offproperty taxpayers and
allows travelers coming
through the county to help
fund roads.
Thus far, only 371 out of
19,662 registered voters
have cast ballots in early
voting in the referendum,
said Monroe County elec-
tions superintendent Kaye
Warren. Also 115 absentee
ballots have been turned
in. Early voting ends this
Friday at 4:30 p.m. and final
voting will take place from
7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tuesday,
Nov. 5. Holding a county-
wide election for just one
ballot question at the
county's 14 precincts is cost-
ing taxpayers about $5,600,
Warren said.
Warren noted that the
number of registered voters
in Monroe County is up
by about 19 percent in the
are run and morale is much past two years, from about
hi er 16,000 to about l9,000, .
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And Taple- said the tax automatically automatically
)1 .
re sterm eo le to vote
is the best way to eet the ga g p p ,
county's roacls up o speed, when they get their driver s
"There's been a lot of license.
neglect of our roads for so
many years:' said Tapley,
"and the cost of repair-
ing and replacing roads is
exponentially higher than it
used to be? Tapley said the
sales tax takes the burden
City voters will elect two
council members, with
Walter Goodson challeng-
ing councilman John How-
ard on Post 1 and Rosemary
Walker challenging council-
man Melvin Lawrence for
Post 3.
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Monroe County Sgt. Kevin
Williams asked the woman,
identified as Jennifer Leigh
Costlow, to get offthe roof,
but she replied, "F--- you."
The homeowner, Peggy
Ussery, came to the door
and Williams told her
that there was a woman
on her roof. Ussery said
she would call Costlow's
sister. But when Costlow's
sister arrived, Costlow still
wouldn't come down. Cost-
low also cursed at deputies
and threw a flashlight off of
the roof, hitting Williams'
foot. Costlow then said she
was going to "burn this
(expletive) house to the
ground." Costlow then be-
gan running from the front
of the roof to the back, get-
ting very close to the edge
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and nearly falling twice.
The Forsyth Fire Depart-
ment brought a ladder
truck to the scene, and
Williams climbed the lad-
der onto the roof at which
point Costlow yelled non-
sensical things at him and
refused to follow his com-
mands. Monroe County
deputy Wade Kendrick
then climbed onto the roof
as well, and the deputies
grabbed Costlow, forcefully
putting her hands behind
her back and handcuffing
her. Deputies then car-
ried Costlow across the
roof and down the ladder,
where EMTs gave her a
sedative and took her to
the hospital. An EMT told
Williams that Costlow
admitted to buying weed
and said it must have been
some "bad s---."
Costlow was charged
with reckless conduct,
simple battery and obstruc-
tion.
The family of
~'eabe~a~
would like to thank
everyone for the cards,
calls, flowers, visits, and
other kind expressions of
sympathy shown during
our time of bereavement.
Your support at this
difficult time was very
much appreciated.
Please continue to keep
us in lifted in prayer.
