Several residences have been broken into this week, said Jasper County Sheriff Charles Roper, and there are no good leads yet on who the perpetrators may be.Seven homes on the east side of Jasper County have been burglarized. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office is working with investigators in Putnam and Baldwin Counties, as they have…
Patricia Anne Kirksey Morgan, 66, of Americus died Saturday, Dec. 4th at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. She was born June 29, 1944 to the late William “Doc” and Eleanor Bush Kirksey of Gray, GA. She lived in Monticello while her father coached for the Monticello High School in the late 1940’s. She worked for the…
Fitzhugh Lee Penn, Jr., 87, of Ocoee, Fla., died Saturday, December 4, 2010, at the Winter Park Memorial Hospital in Winter Park, Fla.Mr. Penn was born in Monticello to the late Fitzhugh Lee Penn, Sr. and Vera Evans Penn. Having grown up in the family newspaper and printing business, Mr. Penn’s family was the former…
Earnest White, 55, of Monticello died November 29, 2010.He was cremated, and a memorial service was held Sunday in the chapel of Smith and Sons Funeral Home.
Alice Louise Goolsby, 39, of Monticello died November 24, 2010.Ms. Goolsby was born October 17, 1971 to Norris I. Goolsby and the late Dolly J. Goolsby.Ms. Goolsby was educated in the Jasper County School system, and she received her Bachelor of Science Degree at Savannah State College in Savannah. She was employed as a program…
Nigel Kevon Griffey, 13, of Monticello, died November 24, 2010.Mr. Griffey was born Decmeber 17, 1996 to the late Alice Louise Goolsby and Kelsey Griffey. Nigel was an eighth grader at Cousins Middle School in Covington. He was aspiring to attend Morehouse College. In 2001, he was the Little Mr. Clark Atlanta University representing the…
I’m fixing to pay my property taxes.There’s still about 10 or 12 days before it’s due, but I think I’ll just go ahead and get it off my list of things to do.I’ve heard some folks say their property taxes were less than they were last year, but that’s not exactly true. The amount due…
Woo hoo! It’s that time of year again!!! Decorating the house, baking Christmas cookies, buying gifts, and getting ready for company. This is really the happiest time of the year. At least that’s what Bing Crosby keeps telling me on the radio. I do think that he reminds me to relax a little every time…
I could have mailed in my drivers license renewal application, but I am going to France in a few months and I want to make sure that my passport and the drivers license picture sorta match. Don’t want to upset that apple cart!The DDS (Department of Driver Services) parking lot was full; this was going…
Sure, it is cold outside. The frost has killed back many of your plants. The lantana is dead, the impatiens have wilted. The purple coneflowers have gone to seed long ago. You have probably put your pruners away for the winter, and are looking forward to next spring. But, there are still a number of…