Jasper County deputy Greg Sands en route to an emergency call in his 2008 tan Ford Crown Victoria collided with a 1999 black Ford Ranger driven by Jerry Deleza of Monticello last Wednesday. A Georgia State Patrol (GSP) trooper was called to investigate the accident, since a county vehicle was involved. The GSP report was…
Most everyone has taken their holiday lights and decorations down. Oh, there will always that be that one house that still has a Christmas wreath on the door in June, but most of it is gone. Or has it? Long after the decorations have been packed away, you’ll be sitting there and suddenly realize there…
As the cold weather settles in, and the day light eludes me when I return home from work, there is not much for me to do in the gardens in the afternoons. So, my attention turns instead to what I can be doing in the spring time, which will be here before all of us…
I’m fixing to feel lucky.Almost everything in life happens by chance and we all constantly take chances whether we are aware of it or not, and sometimes we tend to leave everything to chance.Occasionally we get on a lucky streak and everything seems to be going our way. Your team wins the big game, you…
The Monticello News is printing its Babies of 2010 pages in next week’s, Jan. 13, 2011 paper. Any baby is eligible and will be featured with a color photo and five lines of information for only $25.The deadline is tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 7 by 5 p.m. Submit your color photos to the Monticello News at…
John Lee “J.L.” Ozburn, 89, of Monticello, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, at Newton General Hospital in Covington.Mr. Ozburn was a lifelong resident of Monticello. His parents were the late Emory Newt Ozburn and Gladys Hodge Ozburn. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Before retirement, J.L. Ozburn was a mechanic for…
Allen Barnell Rutherford, 34, of Monticello, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle.Allen Rutherford was born in Madison. He was a lifelong resident of Monticello. He loved outside activities including fishing. He was kind-hearted and loved his children. He enjoyed listening to different types of music. He worked as a landscaper.…
Rosalind Belle Rogers Loll, 80, of Monticello, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.Rosalind Loll was born in Adgateville, to the late Claude Thomas Rogers and Ethel Lee Follendore Rogers. She lived in New Waverly, Texas for a number of years where she worked as a Paraprofessional for New Waverly, Texas school…
Sidney Lee Dudley, 52, of Monticello died December 20, 2010.Mr. Dudley was born to the late Mattie Dudley and Leroy Dudley on June 30, 1958. He was raised in a loving and nurturing environment where he was taught to love, respect, and be thankful at all times. He loved drawing. Mr. Dudley attended school in…