Walter Mead ‘Boosie’ Carter
Funeral services for Walter Mead “Boosie” Carter, who died September 22, 2019, were held September 28, 2019 at St. James A.M.E. Church in Monticello. Evangelist Sharon Campbell officiated; burial was in Concord Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Walter Carter was born on Monday, Sept. 8, 1952 in Jasper County to the late Lewis Carter and Laura…
Read MoreLady Cougars Fall to Fullington
The Piedmont Academy varsity fast-pitch softball team suffered its biggest loss of the season at home Monday falling to Fullington 13-1. The visiting Lady Trojans set the tone early with five runs in the top of the first inning. Fullington then added four runs in both the second and third innings. The Lady Cougars did…
Read MoreMS Lady Cougars Earn More Big Wins
It was two more games and two more big wins for the Piedmont Academy Middle School softball team. The Lady Cougars posted a 14-0 victory against Gatewood last week. Piedmont jumped out to a lead right out of the gate with five runs in the first, four in the second and five more in the…
Read MorePiedmont Cougars Fall to Southwest Georgia
The Piedmont Academy football team faced one of its toughest opponents of the 2019 season last Friday and at times battled competitively. In the end the Southwest Georgia Academy Warriors were just too strong overall and earned a 62-30 win at Cougar Field. Piedmont compiled approximately 400 yards of total offense and had a standout…
Read MoreLady Canes Advance to Second Round of Region
A double win for the Lady Canes and a no-hitter for pitcher Bailey Jenkins. Playing in Elberton against Elbert County on Wednesday, September 25, the Lady Canes played back to back games, one at 4 p.m. and one at 6 p.m., winning both. The second game found the Lady Canes victorious with a score of…
Read MoreCanes Lose to Wildcats, Prepare for War Eagles
Playing at home last Friday, the Monticello Hurricanes dropped to 0-5 for the season with a 49-20 loss to the Rabun County Wildcats. The game kicked off with Rabun County receiving in Canes’ territory at the 18 yard line. After a fair catch, the Wildcats reached the end zone quickly on a 65 yard run…
Read MoreWord of the Week…Whistleblower
whistle-blower (noun) one who reveals something covert or who informs against another. Synonyms: betrayer, canary [slang], deep throat, fink, informant, informer, nark [British], rat, rat fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, talebearer, tattler, tattletale. The above is how Merriam-Webster defines the term that most of America and likely most of the international community is…
Read MoreI Was Jesus’ One
Back in August, the church where I pastor went through an emphasis called “Who’s Your One?” We asked God to put someone on our heart who does not know Jesus in a personal way that we would be praying for and talking to about the salvation that is available in Christ. We are still asking…
Read MoreWhere In The World?
Each week on the front page of The Monticello News is a picture of a person or family from Jasper County who is traveling anywhere from right down the road a piece to all the way around the world holding up our newspaper that they have carried to some place in the world. I look…
Read MorePolitical Loyalty Is Not Patriotic Or Wise in Any Way
I’ve never been a fan of blind loyalty. It breeds laziness and causes one to give up something that should be valued at a premium: the ability to think for one’s self. We have blind loyalty today in politics at both the national and state levels. It’s cringe-worthy and appears only to be getting worse…
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