John Simonton Jr. passed away at home on Friday, November 25 after a yearlong battle with cancer. John is survived by wife Linda Simonton, daughter D. Stayton (Staci) Craig, son John S. Simonton III (Trey), granddaughters Nikki Craig and Callie Simonton, and grandson Christopher Kai Simonton. All are also residents of Lake Hiwassee.

A memorial service to celebrate John’s life will be held at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Omniplex Science Museum, 2100 NE 52nd Street, Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the John S. Simonton Memorial Fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, PO Box 1146, Oklahoma City 73101.

For those of you who didn't know John, he was a wonderfully eccentric inventor and a well-loved husband, father and grandfather. Click here to read a full obituary for John.

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A number of residents have asked if they could acquire a lakehiwassee.net email address. I'd be happy to provide an address to residents at 10MB space per account. Users can check their email through the Web or download using their favorite email client. Please email me for details if you'd like an account set up for you at techs@lakehiwassee.net. Please note that you must already have Internet access to be able to use the account.

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Can you guess the last year that the lake flooded so much that it almost went over the dam? Some of you guys actually could fish off of your porch!

Need a clue? The roads were resurfaced that year! Pretty much giving the dam a couple of extra inches! Submit your guess by clicking on the Comment link below.


Click here to see a larger picture.[Photo credit: Trey Simonton]

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