The Gibsons Celebrate 70 Years of Marriage
Retired Major and Mrs. Norman D. Gibson (better known as Doug and Louise) were honored recently by a surprise 70th wedding anniversary at Milazzo’s Restaurant in Covington. Their two sons and wives, Steve and Shiela Gibson of Peachtree City and Ernest and Missy Gibson of Lake Lanier hosted the event. All four grandchildren and all…
Read MoreMonticello Is Purple Heart City
The Monticello City Council was presented road signage from Otis Clark and other members of the American Legion Post 110 recognizing the City of Monticello as a Purple Heart City, during their business meeting Tuesday. Mr. Clark along with Legion Members Skip Davis, Bill Zaluska, Fred Paul, and Billy Johnson presented signs to Monticello Mayor…
Read MorePeople Are Sentenced on Motion Day
It was a long day in Jasper Superior Court last Tuesday as Judge E. Trenton Brown, III, presided over the motion day and arraignment calendar cases. Marilyn Ann Armstrong was sentenced to five years in confinement as a result of judgements on two separate criminal cases. For concealing a sexual offender, she was sentenced to…
Read MoreRoss Hays Qualifies
J. Ross Hays qualified to run for County Commission District 3 during the independent qualifying period last week. Mr. Hays is challenging incumbent Republican Commissioner Gene Trammell. They will face off in the November election. Mr. Hays filed the appropriate paperwork and the required number of signatures to be an independent candidate on the ballot.…
Read MoreGrand Jury Returns 32 Indictments
A Jasper County Grand Jury reconvened June 30 to review criminal presentments from the February 2016 term. A total of 34 bills of indictment were reviewed with 32 of those being true billed. The Grand Jury of 20 completed the following actions last Thursday: Gabriel Richards, indicted on 11 counts including reckless driving, failure to…
Read MoreHelping Others in Need
Recently, my pastor preached barefoot. A number of years back, another pastor of mine wore shorts to Sunday morning worship. To my recollection, which sometimes fails me, I’ve never preached barefoot or in shorts. There are reasons for this—I have chicken legs and extremely ugly toes. In light of this, I am not of the…
Read MoreArrests Are Made
Jasper County deputies were called to several reports of theft in the last week. On Tuesday, deputies responded to an address on Pitts Chapel Road in Newborn where someone entered an auto and took a chain saw, rope, climbing belt and climbing spikes. On Monday, deputies were called to a theft by taking on Dolly…
Read MoreHEART-TO-HEART RUNNERS
Many of you have seen John Braden running around Monticello over the last 10 years. Some of you may not know that he received a heart transplant on November 2, 2009. Both John and his wife Missy wrote letters thanking the donor’s family for their amazing gift of life, hoping for but not really expecting…
Read MoreWilliam Eugene Harding, Sr.
William Eugene Harding, Sr., age 71 of Monticello, Georgia passed away June 25, 2016. He was born in Peoria, Ill. and was raised by Raymond Jack and Cathrine Mustred Ames. Bill owned and operated Harding Plumbing, Heating and Cooling for 42 years before letting his son Jack take over the family business. He attended Prospect…
Read MoreBenny Lee Davis
A celebration of life for Benny Lee Davis, who died June 20, 2016, was held Saturday, June 25, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Shady Dale. Rev. Jimmy Horton officiated; burial was in Shiloh Cemetery. Mr. Davis was born on April 3, 1934, in Jasper County to Ce’ester and Garfield Davis. “Uncle Benny” lived a life…
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