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•From Page 1A Angee have decided to hang up their bunny ears. Saturday marked the last hunt they plan to host at their Snellville home. “It’s not as easy as it used to be,” Tom Hunt said. “It’s just gotten to be a lot of work so, after 30 years, we decided that this year would be a good stopping point.” The last get-together was bittersweet for Angee Hunt. “This is a good group of people and it’s people we’ve known for years or who know someone who’s been here in the past,” she said. “Everybody’s had fun and everybody’s made friends here.” Over the years, the hunt has become a tradition for many families. People who once came to the annual event as kids have grown up and now bring their own children to enjoy the fun. They, in turn, got Angee Hunt to invite other friends. Business associates got invites, too. It just grew over the years. “It was a privilege to get an invitation,” said Tom Embry, Crystal Pierce’s father. “It’s not quite Studio 54, but it’s close.”
Riverside Elementary students and teachers signed a banner that listed names students and teachers remembered for the fight against cancer during a mini-Relay For Life event on Friday. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)
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The news that this year would be the last hurrah brought out the biggest crowd the Hunts have ever seen. There were about 200 people on the couple’s three acre property, including about 75 children who scavenged the grounds for 3,000 eggs. “We wouldn’t have missed this last one,” said Dahlonega resident Rebecca Jackson. “I’d drive from another
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sexually please him and then kicking her after pushing her to the home twice in January to the ground. She also noted in reference to domestic that the alleged incidents had disputes reported by Olivia become more frequent and Smith. severe. It wasn’t immediately “This is the most recent of clear Friday if the husband many incidents of violence,” had ever been charged with the wife wrote. abusing his wife. She went on to ask for In her protective order re- child support and custody quest dated Jan. 13, the wife of the son and daughter they accused him of forcing her to had together — given that
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Phillip Adams
Iris Conway
Phillip B. Adams of Belmont Village, Johns Creek, Ga passed away on April 1, 2015. Mr. Adams, a native of Cedartown, Ga was born on November 7, 1934. He was retired from AT&T after over 35 years of service. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Valerie Anne Adams and is survived by wife Betty Adams, Duluth, Ga, sons Michael Adams, Charlotte, NC, Phil Adams, Jr, of Suwanee, Ga, Ken Adams, Dacula, Ga, daughters Donna Curling, Roswell, Ga, Susan Jackson, Cumming, Ga and 13 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren A private service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations to Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia Chapter, 41 Perimeter Center East, Suite 550, Atlanta, GA 303461910. Condolences may be sent by visiting www. billheadfuneralhome.com. Bill Head Funeral Homes & Crematory Duluth Chapel (770)476-2535.
Iris Mae Conway, age 87, of Lilburn, GA, died Friday evening, April 3, 2015. Bill Head Funeral Home and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel. 770-564-2726.
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David Bagley David M. Bagley, 69, of Lawrenceville, GA died April 1, 2015. Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.
JEFFERSON
Wayne Eitner Mr. Wayne Richard Eitner, age 61, of Jefferson, Georgia who passed away Friday, April 3, 2015. PENDERGRASS
Lilly Evans Mrs. Lilly Murphy Evans, age 78 of Pendergrass, Georgia who entered into rest Friday, April 3, 2015. LAWRENCEVILLE
Martha Ingram Martha Ingram, age 75, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away April 1, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC “A Family Company,” Lawrenceville Chapel, 770-963-2411 www. wagesfuneralhome.com .
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Ricardo Ingram Ricardo Ingram of Lilburn, GA passed on March 31, 2015. Services are entrusted to Gregory B Levett & Sons Funeral Home Gwinnett Chapel. (770)338-5558 SUGAR HILL
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Dianne Bettie Ms. Dianne Bettie, age 56, of Hoschton died April 1, 2015.
helped organize the event, and said themed classroom efforts and thermometers to measure progress helped spur the fundraising efforts. state to get here,” her annual gathering end be- Students in her classroom husband, Todd Jackson, cause it has been a part of alone brought in $1,100. “Amazing community added. Easter for entire life. Despite the sentiments “I’ve been coming here support,” Franks said. Second-graders Nahanging in the air, one every year since I was than Chumley, who is a thing hadn’t changed: The born,” she said. “It’s a survivor from bone markids enjoyed themselves. tradition for us.” row cancer, and Victoria “I like finding the eggs Her mom, Matilda and eating the candy,” Coffey, said Easter won’t Choi, who overcame a blood disorder, carried a said Jeb Jackson, 5, as he be the same without the banner that listed names shook his collection of annual hunt. plastic eggs to see what “This Saturday was just of students and teachers he’d picked up. blacked out every year for remembered for the fight against cancer. Still, Loganville youth this event,” she said. “I Bagpipe music was Shelby Coffey, 10, said don’t know what we’ll do played as Nathan and she was sad to see the without it.” Victoria led the survivors’ walk. “I was thinking of when the husband would have I was sick, my parents The kids were with the visitation — along with other wife’s family Friday as an took care of me,” Victoria help, including the right to autopsy was being conducted said. “Right now, it’s a relive in their house. Later in ally big difference.” on their father, according to January, the wife won. She When teachers asked authorities. State family and got child support and rights students to raise their hand children services workers to the house, and the children had been notified of the situ- if they knew someone were to stay with her. Cory who has been diagnosed ation and were expected to Smith was able to see them determine the children’s final with cancer, many did. It Saturdays from noon to 4 wasn’t just Uncle Jimmy placement. p.m., documents show. and Aunt Ruth, but classGwinnett jail records That’s all become more mates, and teachers like showed Olivia Smith was complicated now. Melisa Jeffers, a survibeing held without bond.
Nashville resident Crystal Pierce, left, chats with her sister, Alyson Embry, while their children check eggs for prizes on Saturday after the 30th annual Easter Egg hunt hosted by Snellville residents Tom and Angee Hunt. Pierce and Embry have been attending the event since they were kids. This year was the final time it will be held. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)
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Connor Jackson Connor Jackson, age 21,
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of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Friday, April 3, 2015. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Diane Hosch Higgins and Frank and Juanita Wells Jackson. He is survived by his parents, Frankie and Tammy Higgins Jackson, Sugar Hill, GA; sister, Courtney Erin Jackson, Sugar Hill, GA; grandfather, Jerry Higgins, Sugar Hill, GA; uncles and aunt, Freddie Higgins, Buford, GA, Steve and Margaret Jackson, Sugar Hill, GA and Gene Jackson, Sugar Hill, GA; several great aunts, Dorothy Grace Higgins Morse, Cumming, GA, Joyce Higgins Cook, Sugar Hill, GA, Becky Higgins Born, Sugar Hill, GA, Kay Hosch Pugh, Buford, GA and Dottie Gail Hosch Bailey, Cleveland, GA; great uncle, Reggie Hosch, Buford, GA; and numerous cousins, other relatives and friends. Connor Jackson was born July 7, 1993 in Lawrenceville, GA. He received his education from North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, GA. He enjoyed riding his dirt bike and loved playing basketball. He was of the Baptist Faith. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Pirkle officiating. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770932-1133.
vor, said they now know someone. Principal Ben Pope is also a survivor. At age 15, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and for two years had radiation and other treatments. “I made it through, and am better for it,” he said. A video that featured survivors from Riverside provided an inspiration that resonated with students, Franks said. “We wanted something to help the kids understand what this is actually all about,” she said. The idea to put on the event came from staff at Harris Elementary in Duluth, which has previously put on a similar mini-Relay for Life event and shared that experience with Franks. “I said, ‘We want to do that,’ and it just built and built, and snowballed,” Franks said. “We live in this community where they are able, and they do.” Members from the Suwanee community also donated 3,000 gloves for the “happy dance,” and sand to fill bags for luminaries.
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Ronald Keller Ronald Keller, age 73, of Buford, GA, passed away on March 28, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, 300 Simonton Rd. SW Lawrenceville, GA 30045. 770-962-3100
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Beth Myers Beth McGehee Myers, age 75, of Buford, GA passed away on Friday, April 3, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, R.B. and Allie McGehee. She is survived by her children, Eva Rene Ridgeway, Kennesaw, GA and John and Karen Perry, Cumming, GA; two grandchildren, Michael Smallwood, Acworth, GA and Laney Perry, Cumming, GA; two great grandchildren, Jeffrey “J.T.” Smallwood and Austin Smallwood; sister, Clara McGehee Pillavant, Covington, GA; and three nieces. Ms. Myers was born September 14, 1939 in Stone Mountain, GA. She was a 1956 graduate of Dawsonville High School in Dawsonville, GA. She was retired from General Electric as a data entry clerk with over twenty-five years of service. She was a resident of Huntington Court in Buford for the past ten years and prior to Huntington Court, she had also lived in the metropolitan Atlanta area for a long time. She was of the Baptist Faith. She was a very kind, generous and loving soul and will be greatly missed by all. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday morning, A
April 9, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or www.stjude.org in memory of Beth Myers. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-9321133.
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Sharon Okunafua Sharon Okunafua of Lawrenceville, GA passed on March 25, 2015. Services are entrusted to Gregory B Levett & Sons Funeral Home Gwinnett Chapel. (770)338-5558 DULUTH
Stephen Ozard Stephen Ozard, age 94, of Duluth, GA died April 4, 2015. Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.
and a gathering in memory of his life will be held at the Reep’s home, 1170 Thurston Snow Rd, Good Hope, Ga at 4:00 on April 19th. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Bethel Baptist Church, 999 Bethel Church Rd, Monroe, Ga. 30655. LAWRENCEVILLE
Lawrence Scott Lawrence Roosevelt Scott, age 57, of Lawrenceville, GA, (passed away April 1, 2015. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133.
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Mary Treadwell Mary Treadwell, age 87, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away April 1, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC “A Family Company,” Lawrenceville Chapel, 770-963-2411 www. wagesfuneralhome.com .
LOGANVILLE GOOD HOPE
Teddy Reep Teddy Hugh Reep, age 82, of Good Hope, died on March 28, 2015. He was in the US Air Force and served in the Korean War and retired from Georgia State University. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Carolyn, two daughters, Lynne Gilbert (Dan) and Laura Reep Burgess and two sons, Jeff Reep (Vicki) and Doug Reep, seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren and a stepbrother Eddie Houghton (Lisa). Mr. Reep was cremated
Curtis Underwood Curtis Underwood, age 76, of Loganville, GA, passed away April 1, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 www.wagesfuneralhome. com
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