Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin is alerting consumers to a recall by Abbott of some of its Similac-brand, powder infant formulas in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and some countries in the Caribbean.Abbott is recalling the products because of the possibility of a small common beetle in the formula produced in one area in a…
John “J.P.” Martin, 75, of Monticello died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m. in the Snellville chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Jorgenson officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville. Mr. Martin was a member of Bethel Baptist Church…
Lynn Mathew “Matt” White, 54, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at his residence in Mansfield.Mr. White was born in Atlanta. His father was the late McAllen White. He lived in Covington for a number of years before moving to Mansfield 16 years ago. He was a self-employed rock mason. Two sisters, Dorothy Malin and Rose…
Herbert Clifford Penn, 92, born in Monticello, and a resident of Bay Minette, Ala. died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 at North Baldwin Infirmary. He was a retired teacher and head football coach at Mitchell County High School in Camilla. He was also a veteran of the Army Air Corps having served during World War II.Survivors…
Pat J. Landers, 64, of Monticello, died September 21, 2010.Mrs. Landers enjoyed spending time outdoors, working in the yard, watching the hummingbirds, and playing video games on the computer, but most important to her was her family. She was a very soft-hearted person and loved spending time with her grandchildren. Mrs. Landers was preceded in…
Joseph Edward Lawrence, Jr., 64, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Services will be held Friday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Moore’s Funeral Home in Milledgeville with Rev. Ed Westbrook officiating. Burial will follow at Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery.Mr. Lawrence was a native of Atlanta but made his home in Monticello for…
Nila Anne Stebbins Durand, 70, formerly of Lafayette, La., died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at Jasper Memorial Hospital.Ms. Durand was born in Fairbury, Ill. to the late Arthur and Eva Isabelle Smith Stebbins. She lived in Lafayette, La. for a number of years before moving to Monticello two months ago. She was of the Catholic…
Leon H. Meadows, 97, of Columbus, died September 3, 2010 at Vista Care Hospice of Franciscan Woods, Columbus. Funeral services were held at the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus on September 6, with Revs. John Meadows and Tim Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery. Mr. Meadows, son of the late Silas M. Meadows…
There were only two criminal cases on the calendar of the Jasper County Superior Court Motion Day Tuesday, with Judge James L. Cline, Jr., presiding. In the first case Oscar Jenkins plead guilty to 10 counts of forgery and was sentenced to seven years on each case to run concurrent for seven years with 120/180…
I have compiled a list, yes ladies and gentlemen, a list exists that could change your life…and save the sanity of your children. We are, after all, the gatekeepers of the fragile minds of our offspring, aren’t we? In a world of simulated stimulation that is focused on the temporal development of our toddlers; I,…