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Floy G. Shumake, age 93, formerly of Carrollton, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle, Georgia.Mrs. Shumake was born in Carrollton on November 19, 1925, the daughter of the late E. G. Gentry and Dewie Kilgore Gentry. Mrs. Shumake was a Registered Nurse where she worked for Dr. Roy Denney, Tanner Medical Center and later retiring from Pine Knoll Nursing Home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.Survivors include her daughter, Phyllis Mayfield of Conyers; son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Connie Shumake of Madison; four grandchildren; seven great grandchildren. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Elton Shumake; sister, Gerri Carpenter and a brother, Brigadier General Tracy Gentry.Funeral service was held Friday, January 18, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Almon Funeral Home with Dr. Steve Davis officiating.The family received friends at Almon Funeral Home Friday from 12:30 p.m. until the service time.Pallbearers were Brad Mayfield, Bryson Burke, John Moorhead, Daniel Greenwood, Bill Greenwood and John Greenwood.Interment was in Carroll Memory Gardens.Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, Legacy Campaign, 102 Dixie Street, Carrollton, GA 30117.Messages of condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.almonfuneralhome.com.Almon Funeral Home of Carrollton has charge of arrangements.Share this:...

The city council is now facing calls for a special task-force to be set up, drawn from several directorates including environment, housing and law, to tackle the issue head-on in several pockets of Mayfield. Rubbish dumped on the Tarry path between Avonmore park and Ballinderry park, Mayfield Picture: Eddie O'HareFG Cllr Joe Kavanagh said the lives of the “many decent people” living in the affected estates are being blighted by the “spiralling scourge of illegal dumping”.There are so many decent people living in these areas who are being adversely affected - their lives are being turned upside down by a small minority who are making life a misery for everybody else. This illegal dumping of rubbish on a daily basis has now reached epidemic proportions and is now completely out of control," he said.The worst affected areas are in estates off the North Ring Road, including Liffey Park and Ballinderry Park, and the so-called Tarry Path, which runs along open ground above Ballinderry Park and the rear of Avonmore Park and Mount Brosna.More than a dozen council workers spent a day last week removing vast quantities of illegally dumped material from this area. But there were signs in the area yesterday of repeat dumping.A huge mound of rubbish had been dumped against the wall of a gable-end house nearby.The council has arranged for a skip to be delivered to the estate today to remove that pile but locals said they expect more rubbish to be dumped in both areas within weeks.Residents, who declined to be named, said they have seen neighbours walking through the estates with wheelie bins to dump the contents on open ground.FG Cllr Joe KavanaghThe City Council said it has inspected the areas, that residents have been contacted in an attempt to gather information about those involved in illegal dumping, and that information about the proper disposal of waste has been circulated to homes in the area.Mr Kavanagh suggested the development of a public park along the Tarry Path to be called Mayfi...