Ethan Huff The Region 4-AA Varsity Baseball Award Selections, as voted on by Region Coaches, have just been announced, and Jasper County High School Senior Ethan Huff received the highest award in the region–Most Valuable Player (MVP). Mr. Huff was one of three seniors who led the Hurricanes to a 10-2 region record and a…
The end of the school year has come, and that means my weekly visits with my mentee Harley have come to an end, for a while, at least. I have really come to look forward to my time with Harley each week, and have learned a great deal from him, as I hope he has…
Funeral services for Louella Smith, who died May 9, were held Saturday, May 16, at Springfield Baptist Church in Monticello. Rev. Jimmy Horton officiated.Mrs. Smith was born May 2, 1942 in Monticello to the late John Wesley Smith and Sarah Mae Smith Campbell. She attended Jasper County Training School. A woman of strength and character,…
Eddie J. Parrott, III, affectionately known as “Trey” was born January 30, 2009. He was the youngest son of eight children born to Eddie and Paula Parrott, Sr. of Shady Dale. He died May 8.Although Trey was only here a little more than three months, he will be loved and missed for a lifetime. He…
Sherie S. Troutman, 63, of Oxford, died May 17.Ms. Troutman was born in Coral Gables, Fla. on Feb. 6, 1946 to Mary Hawkins Sherman and Albert Sherman. She met Don Troutman working as a flight attendant with Northwest Airlines, while working with Don’s sister, Brenda. She attended real estate school, and worked as a postal…
Rachel Cornwell Hunter, 95, of Dallas, died Friday, May 15, at the Wellstar Community Hospice in Austell.Mrs. Hunter was born in Monticello to the late Woody C. Cornwell and Ina Chaffin Cornwell. She then moved to Atlanta as a young adult and met and married Lee Moore Hunter, Sr. She raised two sons while working…
Johnnie William Wilson, Sr., 76, of Shady Dale, died Saturday, May 16, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. Mr. Wilson was born in Pitts, Ga. to the late Marcus Dean Wilson and Maggie Mae Holcombe Wilson. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Wilson was an iron worker for the Northwest…