Marguerite Blizzard Morgan, 92, of Monticello, died Sunday, November 12, at Jasper Memorial Hospital.Mrs. Morgan was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Her parents were the late John Blizzard and Bessie Leverette Blizzard. She was a member of Adgateville Baptist Church. Her husband, Hulon Morgan, son, Ronald Morgan, Sr., and sisters, Lillian B. Barkley, Hazel…
Desires of Life Many are the desires of life. We often see things that seem to be oh, so desirable. We have fleshly desires that can overcome us. We want what we want and think we should have what we want. It has been said, “You’d better be careful what you wish for, you may…
The Monticello City Council convened longer than usual Tuesday evening to discuss various topics that did not meet with any official action on the part of the governing body.‘Council Tuesday’ began with Mayor Susan Holmes, Glenn Newsome, Jackie Smith, Scott Sauls, and Bryan Standifer participating in a half hour work session with Municipal Electric Authority…
For Piedmont Academy football coach Danny Camp, his team’s Region 4-AA championship is not something to be taken lightly.The Cougars won their first region title in four years last Friday with a 44-7 thumping of visiting Monroe Academy. The victory capped a perfect region slate for Piedmont and gave Camp his first region football title…
More Board of Equalization (BOE) appeal rulings are headed to Jasper Superior Court for clarification by virtue of a majority vote of the Board of Assessors (BOA). Assessors James Harrell, Gerald Bramblett, Cathy Benson, John Graham, and Jody Claborn convened during their regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon. One of the first orders of business was…
Board of Equalization (BOE) members Francis Cason, LaRue Camp, and Thomas Jordan conducted two of three final Board of Assessors (BOA) appeal hearings Monday afternoon.Both appeals settled were regarding conservation use (CU) covenants previously granted and later removed by the BOA. Charles O’Kelley, a 23 acre landowner in the Cooks Meadow area, was the first…
Months of work for the Piedmont Academy football team has all been geared toward what is about to take place.The Cougars are set to begin a drive toward what they hope will be a state title when they host Edmund Burke in an opening-round playoff game this Friday at 7:30 p.m.Piedmont’s first playoff opponent will…
The Piedmont Academy junior varsity football team finished a successful season last week with a 16-8 win against Nathanael Greene.The JV Cougars finished the season 5-2 overall rebounded from a slow 1-2 start to win their final four contests.“It was a great year,” said coach Danny Camp. “The players learned each week and we were…
In their last game of the season last Friday the Monticello Hurricanes took on the Fighting Irish from Aquinas High School in Augusta and lost a close, hard-fought and exciting game in overtime 21-20.After kicking off to the Irish, the ‘Canes forced a punt and began a 13 play drive which culminated with a 13…