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Rebecca Nell 'Becky' Couch
June 20, 1960 — December 4, 2019
Forsyth — Rebecca Nell “Becky” Couch passed away
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. A Memorial Service was held
Saturday, Dec. 7 at Monroe County Memorial Chapel.
Burial was private. Dr. Reed Crumbliss officiated.
Becky, the daughter of the late Walter Bates and Edna
Ham Bates, was born June 20, 1960, in Forsyth. She was
a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Danny Couch of For-
syth; children, Kristy Swaney (Kevin) of Forsyth and
Dennis Couch (Mark Guce-Couch) of Warner Robins;
sister, Pat Fort (Robert) of Forsyth; brother, Riley Bates
(Brenda) of Barnesville; three grandchildren, Kayla
Statham, Paisley Statham and Ashlynn Swaney.
The family requests no flowers but suggests donations
to Save A Pet, Post Office Box 933, Forsyth, Ga 31029.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel
had charge of arrangements.
Arthur F. Tyde Jr.
/\/\ay 1, 1941 -December 8, 2019
Macon - Arthur Francis Tyde, Jr. passed away Sunday,
Dec. 8, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.,
Wednesday, Dec. 11 at Martha Bowman United Meth-
odist Church with burial in Monroe Hills Memorial
Gardens. Rev. Mark Magoni and Rev. Fran Magoni will
ofliciate.
Arthur, the son of the late Arthur Francis Tyde Sr. and
Elizabeth Marion Kelaher Tyde, was born May 1, 1941,
in Brooklyn, NY. His sister, Barbara Tyde Pavlides,
preceded him in death. He was a retired apparel sales-
man, a member of Martha Bowman United Methodist
Church and a member of Nan Freeman Sunday School
Class. He enjoyed being a member of the ROMEO
Club (retired old men eating out).
Arthur is survived by his wife, Dorothy Martin Tyde
of Macon; children, Arthur F. Tyde, III (Sherry Ann) of
Manila, Philippines, Angela Tyde of Charlotte, North
Carolina and Teresa Johnson (Gary) of Houston, Texas;
sister, Constance Rickert (Ted) of Columbus, Ohio;
brother, Steve Tyde (Cherry) of Wilmington, NC; six
grandchildren, Ashley Pierson, Paige Pierson, Christo-
pher George, Jupiter Tyde, Ella Rescar and Kylla Oroga;
several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to
Loaves & Fishes Ministries, 651 Martin Luther King,
Jr. Blvd, Macon, GA 31201 or to Pine Pointe Hospice,
6261 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31210.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel
has charge of arrangements.
Robert Wayne Bankston
March 15, 1944‘r December 5, 2019
Smarr - Robert Wayne Bankston passed away Thurs-
day, Dec. 5, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at
11 am, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church in Bolingbroke. Rev. Andy Oxford will officiate.
Burial will be private. v
Wayne, son of the late Curran Ellis Bankston and
Sarah Spiller Bankston, was born March 15, 1944, in
Macon. His beloved wife, Rita Bankston, son Robert
Ellis Bankston and brother, Howell Archie Bankston
preceded him in death. He was retired from the auto-
motive industry. He enjoyed the outdoors and spend-
ing time with his family.
Wayne is survived by his children, John Douglas
Bankston of Smarr, Georgia and Brandy Bankston-
Boynton (David) of Bolingbroke, Georgia; two grand—
children, Brayden Wayne Boynton and Mariella Rita
Boynton.
Peggy A. White Phillips
September 20, 1946 November 29, 2019
Peggy A. (White) Phillips went to be with her Lord
and Savior on Nov. 29, 2019 at the age of 73. A celebra-
tion of life is scheduled for 1:30 pm. on Dec. 15, 2019
at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Dr. Jay May
will lead the ceremony. All are welcome to attend and
celebrate Peggy’s life.
Peggy was born Sept. 20, 1946 in Valdosta. She
married Paul Phillips, the love of her life, in 1966, and
moved to Atlanta. She was a homemaker for over 20
years. After her husband passed, she went to work in
Dietary Management at a local nursing home. She
worked there until she retired and helped raise her
granddaughters. Peggy moved to Forsyth with her
daughter and granddaughter in 1994. She was always
in the kitchen coming up with new recipes to try and
making her “family-famous” biscuits and fried chicken.
She loved arts and crafts, music, being outdoors and
spending time with her family and friends.
Peggy is survived by her daughter Trisha Phillips
Hampton of Forsyth; granddaughters Nikki Phillips of
Atlanta, Grace Hoffman of Athens, Hanna Hampton
of Forsyth; sisters Mary (Jay) May of Boca Raton, FL,
Betty White of Valdosta; brother Louie Carratt and
numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her loving husband Paul
Phillips, parents J.B., Sr. and Deilia White, sisters Marie
Dominey, Garie Pierce Peeples, brothers Joe White, Sr.,
J.B. White Jr. and Jerry White, all of Valdosta.
MONROE COUNTY GOVERNMENT
County
By Richard Dumas
torsyth©mymcrnet
Monroe County Com-
missioners unanimously
approved on Tuesday, Dec.
3 a 2020 budget of just over
$37.7 million.
Monroe County finance
officer Lorri Robinson said
on Tuesday, Nov. 26 that
of the $37.7 million total,
just over $31.1 million is in
the county’s general fund.
And of the $31.1 million in
the general fund, just over
$26.9 million is in opera-
tions while the other $4.2
million includes transfers
to E-911 and landfill. Of
the $26.9 million in the
general fund, $9.9 million
is for general government,
$1.7 million is for judicial/
courts, $9.4 million is for
public safety/ jail, $3.1 mil—
OKs $38 million budget
lion is for public works, lion in contingency. Rob- The county held a
public
$1.1 million is for health/ inson added that proposed hearing for county
man-
welfare, $715,000 is for capital expenses are down ager Jim Hedges to
present
recreation, . the budget on
$645,000 is Contrary to what you might read Tuesday, Nov.
{fr blousing/t about in the newspaper, we like to 26» buitnodcig-
eve 0 men , zens a en e .
and $123,000 see a pretty tight budget up here. District 3
is for debt ' Commlssmner George Emaml commissioner
service. John Ambrose
Included in lauded on Nov.
those figures are a $900,000 about $800,000 in 2020 to a 14 the efforts of
Robinson
contribution to the Hos- total of $525,000. The most and Hedges in
producing
pital Authority of Monroe costly capital expense is in the 2020 budget.
Mean-
County and a $200,000 information technology, while, District 4 commis-
contribution to the De- where the county plans to sioner George Emami ‘
velopment Authority of spend $177,000 to update added, “Contrary to what
Monroe County. computers, servers, etc. The you might read about in
Robinson said projected county has also budgeted the newspaper, we like to
2020 revenues are up funds to hire 10 new em— see a pretty tight budget
about 3.8 percent from
2019 while projected 2020
expenses are down about
3.7 percent (about $1.1 mil-
lion), leaving an anticipated
total of just under $1.6 mil-
‘Y’all can’t charge me with cocaine’
Deputy: never said the bag had cocaine
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcrnet
A Kathleen man was
arrested and charged with
possession of cocaine with
intent to distribute after
he allegedly threw a bag of
cocaine out of his vehicle
window during a traffic
stop on I-75 South on Dec.
3.
Ezzard James Lowe, 34,
was taken to the Monroe
County Jail, where he was
also charged with obstruc-
tion and speeding.
According to the incident
report, at about 8:29 p.m.,
Cpl. Thomas Haskins of the
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Oflice saw a white Lexus
RX 300 traveling 84 mph in
a 70 mph zone and failing
to maintain its lane on I-75
South near mile marker
189. As Haskins tried to
stop the SUV, he saw a
black bag come out of the
driver side window before
the SUV stopped near mile
marker 187.
The male driver denied
BUILDING
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million.
Builder Warren Selby
of Warren and Associates
presented commission-
ers with an estimated cost
of just over $2.63 million
to construct the build-
ing, which will house the
district attorney and public
defender’s offices. The total
cost amount includes $1.9
million in building costs, .
$132,000 in design fees,
$350,000 in sitework and
utilities, $50,000 in land-
scaping and $200,000 in
contingency. Selby said the
building, designed by Bob
Brown of BTBB, Inc., will
be 11,820 square feet in
size, will have brick on the
full exterior and will have a
shingle roof.
Following Selby’s presen-
tation, District 1 commis-
sioner Larry Evans urged
throwing anything out
of the window, saying he
didn’t know what Haskins
was talking about. How—
ever, Sgt. John Thompson,
also of the Monroe County
Sheriff ’5 Office, found a
black plastic bag contain—
ing a large amount of
suspected cocaine in the
road on I-75 where the
bag was thrown out of the
window. When Haskins
then asked the driver why
he had thrown the bag out
of the window, the driver
replied, “Man, y’all can’t
charge me with cocaine. I
didn’t thrdw anything out
of the window.” Haskins
told the driver he had never
mentioned to him about
the bag containing cocaine.
The driver then put his
head down and didn’t say
anything.
Haskins, Thompson and
Dep. Jaleel Brown then
searched the SUV but did
not find anything illegal.
They later determined the
seized cocaine weighed 22
grams.
the builder to figure out
a way to cut costs, saying
the county only allocated
$850,000 in 2020 SPLOST
proceeds for the project.
Evans said he had no idea
the cost would come in
more than triple the allotted
funds. Evans noted that the
county’s administration
building, where the Dec. 3
meeting was held, cost $3.6
million to build in 2012 and
at 22,108 square feet is al-
most double the size of the
proposed judicial building.
Evans said, “This is a
costly situation.”
Selby replied that building
costs have risen dramatical-
ly since the administration
building was constructed.
He said, “I can assure'you
the way the building is de-
signed and the process we
went through is to keep it as
economical as we can.”
Selby said final plans and
cost amounts should be
available in January
SCHEDULE
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Nelson said he thinks
the 2020 schedule will be
tougher than 2019, when
the Bulldogs finished 6-6
after losing a very talented
senior class. Especially hard
will be road trips to new re-
gion foes and powerhouses
Peach and Crisp counties.
The Dogs will open
by hosting Westside on
Aug. 21 after talks to play
Fitzgerald at Mercer fell
through. Then MP will
play two more non-region
opponents before having a
week off on Sept. 11. The
Dogs will open region play
at Peach County on Sept.
18. MP will again have
two off weeks during the
season, Sept. 11 and Oct.
16. Now that Jackson once
again shares a region with
MP, that annual border
battle has moved from
early in the season to the
next-to-last game, Oct. 30.
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ployees in 2019, including
six in fire/ EMS, one each
in housekeeping, informa-
tion technology and public
works and two-part—time
in recreation.
up here. And we’re glad to
know we’re going in the
right direction in a lot of
our departments.”
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR THE CITY OF FORSYTH
Notice is hereby given that the proposed budget for the
City of Forsyth for the year 2020 will be submitted to the
Mayor and Council of the City of Forsyth at the December
16, 2019 City Council meeting at 6:00 PM, or as soon
thereafter as the matter may be reached, at Council
Chambers at Alderman Hall, 5 West Adams Street.
A copy of the proposed budget is on file in the office of
the Clerk of the City of Forsyth and may be examined and
inspected by the public at such place during regular
business hours.
On December 16, 2019, at 6:00 PM, or as soon thereaf-
ter as the matter may be reached, the Mayor and Council
of the City of Forsyth at Council Chambers at Alderman
Hall will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING at which time any
persons wishing to be heard on the budget may appear.
And on the 6th day of January, 2020 at 6:00 PM or as
soon thereafter as the matter may be reached, the Mayor
and Council of the City of Forsyth at Council Chambers at
Alderman Hall will consider the adoption of a resolution
enacting the operating budget for the City of Forsyth for
the year 2020.
This 5th day of December, 2019
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORSYTH
