Rodeo Is Huge Success
The Shady Dale Rodeo is always one of the top rodeos in the southeast, and this year's stands to be the best in the country, as more than 300 cowboys and cowgirls competed in the two-night event in north Jasper County, winning nearly $34,000 in prize money. The event, sponsored by the Masons, was the…
Read MoreLocal Lady Remembers ‘The Champ’
MUHAMMAD ALI, NANNETTE MANNING As the world prepares to bid final farewell to legendary boxer and humanitarian Muhammad Ali tomorrow, June 10, in his hometown of Louisville, Ky., one Jasper County resident recalls with nostalgia her first and only face-to face with "The Greatest." Nannette Manning entered the offices of The Monticello News Tuesday morning…
Read MoreMarie Goolsby Tillman
Marie Goolsby Tillman, age 96, of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2016, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Marie Tillman was born in the Union Hill Community of Jones County on February 12, 1920, to the late Thomas Harrison Goolsby and Sudy Freeman Goolsby. She was a 1938 graduate of Jones County High School where she…
Read MoreMarvin Wayne McDonald
Marvin Wayne McDonald, age 78, of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at his residence. Wayne McDonald was born on September 3, 1937, to the late Herbert Austin McDonald and Ethel Woodard McDonald in Moultrie. He was raised in Americus, and was all-state in baseball and football in high school. He graduated from Georgia…
Read MoreKathryn Ann Gaulden Paschal
Kathryn Ann Gaulden Paschal, age 89, formerly of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Kathryn Paschal was born on October 3, 1926, in Camilla, Ga., to the late Carl Emmett Gaulden and Ruth Freeman Gaulden. She was a graduate of Camilla High School, attended Valdosta…
Read MoreMary Jackson Haizlip
Mary Jackson Haizlip of Blairsville, Ga., formerly of Milledgeville, passed away on Monday, May 31, 2016, surrounded by her family, friends, and loyal pets. Mrs. Haizlip was born on October 10, 1943 in Kingsport, TN. She was a graduate of East Tennessee State University where she obtained a degree in nursing. She was a long-time…
Read MoreThe Second Doublewide on the Right, part 39
I’m Fixin’ To Present Part 39 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Sunday morning came crashing in on Reverend Ricky Lee Jones like a hailstorm—except the hailstorm was inside his head. He quickly turned the hailstorm into a soft rain by washing down a BC headache powder with a Coca-Cola. After a long shower…
Read MoreDo You Mean “Lord”?
We say things we don’t mean all the time. We are asked, “How are you?” Even though our life could make for a top hit country song when everything is collapsing around us and our dog just died, we reply, “Fine.” Or even better: “I don’t mean to interrupt but….” Of course, I’m interrupting while…
Read MoreSouthern Arc Traffic
The wait is over. For many years, like two decades, we have been hearing about a outer perimeter to relieve the congested traffic of Atlanta. Once upon a time, I-285 was the answer to this congestion, but soon it was congested. So the answer was to obviously build another perimeter highway, say the outer outer…
Read MoreCougars Complete Another State Championship Journey
For the third time in as many seasons, the Piedmont Academy baseball team has no additional opponents to defeat. The Diamond Cougars capped another championship season on Friday, May 27, by sweeping Flint River Academy in two competitive games played at Georgia College & State University. A third game was set for Saturday, but Piedmont…
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