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October 31, 2018
IN LOVING
Maverick C. Sundeen
September 18, 2016 - October 23, 2018
Maverick Christopher Sundeen, age 2, of Forsyth,
passed away Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018
at Monroe County Hospital. He was
born Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 in At-
lanta. He loved tractors and spend-
hag time outside. Maverick enjoyed
working in the yard with his dad.
He attended Eagles Landing Baptist
Church.
Maverick is survived by his par-
ents, Natalie and Chris Sundeen;
sister, Channing; brother, Dale; SUNDEDI
grandparents, Bill and Joyce Fears,
Debra and David Sundeen; great-grandparents, Renate
Bond, wife of the late Tom Bond, Sharon Moore, wife
of the late Dale Moore, Run and Annette Carlson,
Richard and Darlene Lewis; several aunts, uncles and
cousins.
A private funeral service was held. In lieu of flow-
ers, the family request making donations to the Eagles
Landing Baptist Church to benefit their pre-school
ministry, 2400 Hwy. 42 North McDonough, GA 30253
or the GoFundMe page on Natalie Sundeen Facebook
Thomas Oliver Tomberlin
April 2, 1928 - October 27, 2018
High Falls - Thomas Oliver Tomberlin passed away
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. A Memorial Service will be
held at 11:00 a.m Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at First Bap-
tist Church of High Falls, with a private burial in the
church cemetery. Rev. John Condra will officiate. The
family will greet friends following the service at the
church.
Mr. Tomberlin, the son of the late David L. Tomber-
lin and Kathleen Smith Tomberlin, was bom April
2, 1928, in Miami. His son, David Haden Tomber-
lin, preceded him in death. He was retired from the
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and was a member of High
Falls Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Louise Tomberlin;
children, Charles Thomas Tomberlin (Nancy) and
Donald J. Tomberlin of High Falls; sister, Margaret
Ann Condra of Alpharetta; six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
The family requests no flowers but suggests dona-
tions to First Baptist Church of High Falls, 4408 High
Falls Road, Jackson, Ga 30233.
Please visit www.monmecountymemorialchapel.
corn to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
rangements.
'Mike' Watson
March 18, 1958 - October 29, 2018
Monroe County - Richard Michael
"Mike" Watson passed away Monday,
Oct. 29, 2018. A Memorial Service
will be held at 11 a.m Saturday, No-
vember 3, 2018, at Monroe County
Memorial Chapel. The family
suggests casual attire for the service.
Burial will be private. Rev. Ricky
Niblett will officiate. The family will
greet friends following the service at
the funeral home.
Mike, the son of the late Robert Syn-
tell Watson and Mary Louise Hamlin
Watson, was born March 18, 1958, in Forsyth. His
sister, Elaine Johnston, and his nephew, Gene Watson,
preceded him in death. Mike retired from The Monroe
County Road Department as a heavy equipment op-
erator and was a Mason, Lodge # 133, in Ieffersonville.
Survivors include his brother, Buster Watson (Evelyn
Ann) of Monroe County; niece, Jennifer Mason (Shan-
non) of Macon; nephews, Derek Johnston (Brenda)
of Monroe County and Jay Watson (Stephanie) of
Forsyth; several great nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to
Maynard Baptist Church, Post Office Box 576, Forsyth,
GA 31029 orto St. Jude's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, TN 38105.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of ar-
rangements.
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her neighbors in the
yellow house, and then
talked about being sexually
abused all her life and fam-
ily issues7
Monroe County's dis-
patcher assured her they
would try to help her, but
Stiles didn't seem to be
listening, said Shackel-
ford. She also talked about
getting some guns, said
Shackelford.
Monroe County deputies
Nicholas Ortiz, lake Justice
and Thomas Haskins were
dispatched to her home at
149 Martha Way, a Wailer
in the back of a wooded
lot just offthe High Falls
exit ofi-75. They knocked
on the door but she didn't
answer; she only responded
verbally from within the
home. After some time
she quit communicating.
Finally deputies breached
the door and saw Stiles
holding what looked like a
.357 pointed toward them.
All three deputie. fi,-,A
Stiles, said Shackelford, and
she died on the scene.
The gun turned out to be
a CO2 gun that fires pellets.
"They make those guns
that look just like the real
thing," said Shackelford.
"It's tragic. You see the
threat and you don't have
time to do a whole lot of
thinking. That split second
you see that gun aimed
at you and you've got to
respond"
By policy, Ortiz, Justice
and Haskins are all limited
to office duty while the
GBI does an investiga-
tion. Lt. Michael Clay said
that Justice has been with
the sheriff's office about
6 years, and Ortiz and
Haskins about three years
each, all of them starting
in the jail before moving to
patrol.
A fourth deputy, Jeff
Wilson, was also on the
scene but was behind the
other three and didn't fire.
Wilson had been shot at
the 2014 call to the home
of Chris Calmer, who killed
deputy Michael Norris.
Monday's call was SOme-
kTh~t- ~'~.'1- . .1
Shackelford said he doesn't
think Stiles was trying to
provoke a "suicide by cop"
like Calmer did.
"I'm glad all of our depu-
ties were OK, said Shackel-
ford. He said sheriff's office
chaplain the Rev. Brian
Moore counseled with
deputies and with dispatch-
ers who responded to the
call.
He said an autopsy will
show if Stiles was on any
drugs or medications.
Monroe County depu-
ties have been dispatched
to Stiles' home a couple of
times since 2013, once for
a transport for a mental
evaluation, but never for
anything that led to an
arrest or even an incident
report.
Records at the Monroe
County courthouse show
Stiles' ex-husband Ronald
Roe and ex-sister-in-law
both reported she threat-
ened to kill them during a
custody in 2005.
Her ex-sister-in-law told
Henry County authorities
that Stiles called her a dead
"0--" and tried to run her
band told Jackson police
the same year that Stiles left
him a voice message that
she would kill him before
she let him have their kids.
Roe also said his ex-wife
told police in 2002 that her
then-husband had buried
someone under their house
and that people were com-
ing up through the floor
and watching her.
Stiles wound up with cus-
tody of her children, a girl
now 19 and a boy now 18,
because of reported drug
use and felony arrest of the
ex-husband.
Shackelford said he got
the call about the shooting
Monday while in the North
Carolina mountains, tak-
ing his first mini vacation
since taking office in April.
He said his staff told him
he could enjoy his break
but Shackelford said he
couldn't do it and returned
to Forsyth on Monday
"I wouldn't be able to
sleep or eat worried about
these guys" said Shackel-
ford. 'Tve been through
this, and it always haunts
you. It never gets easX'
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campaign disclosures, including
donations and expenses, to the
Georgia Government Transparency
and Campaign Finance Campaign by
Oct. 29 or face a $125 fee. That's the
requirement for candidates for special
elections this year. Anyone filing after
Oct. 29 faces a $125 fee, and after
Nov. 5 a $250 fee.
The disclosures had not been posted
on-line as of press time and election
supervisor Kaye Warren said she was
too busy handling early voting to pro-
vide them, although they are public
record by law. Nevertheless candi-
dates Lawson Bittick, Michael Bittick,
Brad Freeman and Troy Copelan
shared their financial information
with the Reporter as it went to press
for its last edition before the election.
Ronnie Evans and Stacey Penamon
didn't return phone calls or text mes-
sages before press time
Lawson Bittick reports raising
$36,586 Donors include Lee and An-
nie Caldwell ($500), interim sheriff
AI Shackelford ($I,000), the Com-
mittee to Re-Elect John Cary Bittick
($2,600), JP Rental of Forsyth ($500),
Mitchell Bunce of Forsyth, ($1,000),
Dr. Christopher Mann of Albany
($200), Norman & Linda Pitman of
Forsyth ($1000), Elrod & Macken-
zie Rosser ($1,200), Ann Stewart of
Forsyth ($2,000), Mercer fund-raiser
Hugh Sosebee Jr. of Forsyth ($1,000),
Macon attorney W. Carl Reynolds
($1000), BTV Systems of Macon
($800), Forsyth farmer Cody Ham
($250), Forsyth cattleman Phil Ham
($500), Monroe Investments ($1,000),
W E. and Brenda V'mson, ($200), Kay
Nelson ($200), Forsyth auto salesman
Randall Hammock ($250), Forsyth
physician Craig Caldwell ($200),
Forsyth chicken farmer Wesley
Ham ($401), Forsyth logger Danny
Davis, ($500), Forsyth attorney James
Vaughn ($750), Forsyth bank owner
Beth Vaughn ($300), Smarr banker
Joe Evans ($500), John C. Edwards
($200), Macon real estate CEO Roy
Fickling ($1,000), High Falls re-
tiree Chuck Matich ($500), Georgia
Sheriff's Association president Terry
Norris ($200), retired deputy Mercer
Bush ($400), Fors rth retiree Dennis
Smith ($400), Forsyth farmer W.M.
Dean ($500), Bill and Janice Veal of
Juliette ($200), Forsyth retiree David
and Wanda Bittick ($225), Forsyth
attorney Jay Patterson ($500), Forsyth
music minister Glenn Gregg ($250),
Forsyth cattleman Butch Copeland
($200), John W. Peach Jr. of Macon
($150), Williams Enterprises of Ju-
liette ($300), Forsyth farmer Thomas
Vaughn ($200), Forsyth attorney Wil-
liam Hawkins ($250), Ingrain Entities
($1,000), State Sen. John Kennedy
($500), Smarr retiree Gene Maddux
($500), Macon physician Kristina
Hawkins, ($500), retired teacher
Tommy Pilcher of Macon ($300),
Macon banker Ogden Persons III
($500), Kenneth Whitehead of
Juliette ($200), Todd Tolbert ($150),
Stockbridge retiree James C. Griswell
($500), David McCain ($250), George
Wilson ($200), Rocksprings pastor
Benny Tate ($200), BoVic Realty in
Bolingbroke ($150); Juliette propri-
etor Robert Williams ($200) and For-
syth's Ralph Foshee ($250). Lawoson
Bittick also reports in-kind contribu-
tions from Dennis Smith ($100 ad
for the Backlot Players), Kim Pitman
($832 in supplies for a mailer and for
campaign events) and Pam Bittick
($1,098 by 10/25 on supplies/food for
campaign events).
Lawson Bittick reports spending
$30,345 of that, leaving about $5,000
on hand. Top expenses were to Arena
Communications of Salt Lake City
($10,442 for 5,000 cards and three
mailers), Leading Pointe Strategies of
Atlanta ($4,000 for consulting), Sign
Station of Gray ($3,925 on yard signs)
and to Forsyth activist Jimmy Owens
($2,000 for grassmots campaigning,
phone bank and gas money).
Brad Freeman reports raising
$30,058 for his campaign, spending
$18,778 and having $11,142 on hand
for the final days of the race.
Freeman lists donors Forsyth broker
Brad Ederafield ($350), Chip Davis of
Bolingbroke ($500), Miriam Freeman
ofAsheville, N.C. ($1,200), Forsyth
retiree George Berry ($250), Phillip
& Holly Gore of Juliette ($150), Mark
& Barbara Dye of Forsyth ($250),
Bob Sanderson of Forsyth ($150),
Margaret Patterson of Atlanta ($600),
Dorothy Bazemore of Forsyth ($150),
Forsyth youth pastor Jody Barfield
($200), Forsyth billboard man Chris
Willingham ($200), Specialty Power
Windows of Forsyth ($250), Wil-
liam & Glenda Jenkins, Forsyth
($200), Gregor Jennings of Macon
($500), Loran NeSmith of Forsyth
($350), Jeff& Jody DeFore of Forsyth
($250), Lori Trull of Millersville,
Md. ($2,000), Juliette lawn company
owner Jim Bloodworth ($1,250),
Cutting Edge Landscaping of Juliette
($1,250), Vincent & Marsha Williams
of Forsyth ($200), Jeff& Keith White
of Forsyth ($250),
Steve & Teri Osborne of Forsyth
($500), Jim & Tricia Waite of For-
syth ($500), Rob & Anissa DeRieux
of Forsyth ($250), Freeman Rental
of Forsyth ($200), Betty Greene of
Forsyth ($200), George & Christa
Wilson of Forsyth ($200), Premier
Moving by Pam of Macon ($250),
Spencer & Cathy Barnes, Forsyth
($500) and Zach Brown of Forsyth
(in kind donation-S600). Freeman
has also loaned his campaign $7,500
in personal funds for his race.
Freeman reports his top expenses
went to Parlay Marketing of Athens
($9,426 for cards, mailers, T-shirts
and consulting), Majority Strate-
gies of Jacksonville, Fla. ($2,970 for
on-line campaign) and Hi Tech Signs
($2,765 for signs).
Michael Bittick reports raising
$7,020 in cash and in-kind contribu-
tions, while spending $5,801, leav-
ing about $1,218 in the bank for the
campaign's home stretch.
Candidates must identify donors
if they get more than $100. Donors
include Mac Brown of Forsyth, owner
of Interceptor ($250), Forsyth busi-
ness Sage & Sparrow ($150), Wilson
Collins of Macon ($150), District
4 Monroe County commissioner
George Emami of Forsyth ($250),
Lan Heath of Macon ($500), Buddy
and Anne Doyle of Macon ($200),
Todd Tolbert of Bolingbroke ($150),
incoming school board member Greg
Head of Forsyth ($300), Top Gun
Contracting of Bolingbroke ($500),
Calvin Pierce of Byron ($300), Jane
Pierce of Bryon ($300), American
Craftsman Homes ($1,500) and BJ
and Donna Fischer of Macon ($250).
Michael Bittick reported his top
expense was to Printing Trade Co. of
Norcross ($2,500).
Troy Copdan said he put $2,500 of
his own money into his campaign on
top of his $1,779 qualifying fee. He
said he didn't take donations and has
about $250 left in his campaign war
chest.
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the past four months training at the popular Piggly Wiggly
dell in Jackson to provide the same delirious food that has
made it successful there.
Breakfast optiom indude everything from fresh biscuits
to hand-cracked eggs from 6:30-10:30 a.m. Lunch of
fers fried chicken, baked chicken, mashed potatoes, collard
greens, flied okra and combread every day, plus rotating
specials. Those indude items like hamburger steak and sweet
potatoes on Wednesdays and flied pork chops and egg
rolls on Thursdays (see insert for more details). Along with
Moore, the deli staffindudes Anreda Smith, Cindy Tay-
lor, Loretta Lunsford, Ann Sapp, McKenna Purvis, Crystal
Brown, Austin Cook and Casey Bunn.
The dell also does catering for parties and events. Call 994-
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