Bond Firm Hired For Local Jail Expansion
Roger Murray of Murray, Barnes Finister LLP was hired by the Jasper County Public Facilities Authority (PFA) Tuesday evening in a 3-2 vote that employs him as the bond attorney for the Jasper County Jail expansion. Authority members discussed at length during last month’s meeting the jail expansion project which has been explored by the…
Read MoreLady Liberty Stood in the Shadow of the Twin Towers
Twenty years ago today, only a handful would know what was to come in two days. Our world, the United States of America, would change forever on September 11, 2001. Lady Liberty stood in the shadow of the World Trade Center as the towers fell to the ground. She has stood in the harbor since…
Read MoreJCSWA Cut-offs Are Imminent
The Jasper County Water & Sewer Authority (JCWSA) Tuesday discussed the fact they had added four customers in August, and system operator Jason Nord said they also did 10 connections in existing subdivisions. Those customers are not yet online, but it still generated revenue for the JCWSA. Mr. Nord said that the county is going…
Read MoreDaniel Todd Dailey
Daniel Todd Dailey, age 36, of Shady Dale, passed away Friday, August 27, 2021, at his residence. Todd Dailey was born in Covington, on October 5, 1984. His father was the late Glenn Rogers Williamson. He was raised in Monticello and graduated from Jasper County High School. Todd loved to fish, drag race and deer…
Read MoreFlorence McCord Pope
Florence McCord Pope, age 101, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021, at The Retreat Nursing Home. Florence Pope was born on July 18, 1920 in Danielsville, Ga. to the late Marvin O. McCord and Felicia Morrison McCord. She graduated from Jackson High School in Jackson and moved to Monticello after marrying the late James Lovic…
Read MoreMs. Antoinette Denise ‘Hootnanny’ Driskell
Lillian Renee Johnston-Ferguson
Lillian Renee Johnston-Ferguson of Monticello went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Thursday August 19, 2021. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lydia Johnston, her father, Clarence James Ferguson, and mother Mary Ruth Cleveland. She leaves behind her sister, Regina Elmore, her brother, C.J. Ferguson; daughters, Shelby Dunninger and Heather…
Read MoreMrs. Betty Stone Thurman
High School Film Students Participate in the Macon Film Festival
Twenty-nine film students from Jasper County High School (JCHS) attended the Macon Film Festival as an inspiring start to a new year of filmmaking. They watched eight short films ranging from two to 20 minutes produced by college student filmmakers from the United States and Germany. Following the screening, the students participated in a Q&A…
Read MoreRemembering Commissioner Carl Pennamon
Carl Pennamon Memorial Parkway at Georgia Pacific Road was dedicated in a ceremony Saturday attended by the late county commissioners family and many friends and associates. The program began with a welcome from County Commission Chairman Bruce Henry, then the invocation was given by Reginald E. Jacobs, pastor of St. James A.M.E. Church which Mr.…
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