Hello there fellow Jasper Countians! I have missed you and hope that all is well. I hope that you have enjoyed the last three weeks of ADITL as the children have shared with you a few of their days in the family. I have to tell you that I am very proud of them and…
Ernest Eugene McMahon, 76, died June 20, 2011.Funeral services for Mr. McMahon were held Wednesday, June 22, at the Chapel of Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, 1215 Access Road, in Covington, with interment following in Marietta National Cemetery. Mr. McMahon was a United States veteran, having served in both the Marines and the Navy. He…
John Otis Gardner, 75, of Madison, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at his residence.Mr. Gardner was born in Monticello. His parents were the late John Berry Gardner and Kathryn Jones Gardner. He retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a retired Volusia County, Fla., Deputy Sheriff after 14 years of service. Mr. Gardner’s passion…
Helen Clark Atkins Cook, 81, formerly of Miami, Fla., and originally of Rome, died at her home in Gulf Shores, on May 30, 2011. She was preceded by her parents, Jesse and Vera Atkins and husband, Jack W. Cook. Survivors include daughters, Sherry Cook of Jacksonville, Fla. and Betty Hatter of Mobile, Ala., a granddaughter,…
On June 16 deputies and investigators with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) arrested Michael Shane Baker, 36, of Covington, and Shanna Marie White, 28, of Conyers, after they were found at a property on Cason Road where metal had been reported stolen several times before and tracked as sold to a recycling center in…
Chairman Charles Hill was absent from Monday evening’s Jasper County Commission meeting, and for some reason the other four found unity, voting unanimously on virtually every question.The meeting was not without strife, though, as there was bickering between District 3 Commissioner Jack Bernard and District 4 Commissioner Mary Patrick, as Mr. Bernard lambasted the work…
Donna Rae Davis Mitchem, 61, of Eatonton, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at Putnam General Hospital in Eatonton.Mrs. Mitchem was born in Porterdale, and raised in Monticello. Her parents were the late Ray Davis and Shirley Cunard Davis. She moved to Eatonton in 1984. She attended Freedom Church in Milledgeville and was a Counselor with…
Melissa Slocumb, Charles Dawson Melissa Slocumb, Jasper County’s Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director was honored at the Jasper County Commission meeting Monday as a “Georgia Master Certified Emergency Manager.”Charles Dawson, Georgia EMA Homeland Security Director of Operations made the presentation, praising Mrs. Slocumb for what she has accomplished.“This certification si a remarkable and noteworthy achievement,”…
Storms rocked through Jasper County last Wednesday night, and havoc was created when a limb from a tree that was struck by lightning fell and knocked the cap off a gas line. A power line was also knocked down by the storm. An explosion ensued and local firefighters responded, as did workers with the city…
One upon a time in the Parr house, last Monday…. WAIT! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Julieann, I am the oldest girl in my family. We may have met before at Sunrise Gifts and Thrift, while I was volunteering at the cash register. I turned 13 Wednesday, it was my birthday, and…