I’m fixing to have myself a bowl of pot likker.It’s that time of year—when that fall garden you planted begins to produce. It may include some broccoli, cauliflower, a few onions, some rutabagas, and even some beets and carrots, but I’ll bet my bottom dollar it mostly consists of collard greens and turnip greens.Some folks…
Funeral services for Rubie LaVaughn Brown, 60, will be held Thursday, Nov. 9 at Springfield Baptist Church beginning at 1 p.m. with burial to follow in South View Cemetery. Rev. Jimmy Horton will officiate.She died Monday, Nov. 6.Mrs. Brown was born August 9, 1946 to Roberta Bland Brown and the late Ruben Brown, Sr. in…
Funeral services for James Pennamon,62, were held Saturday, Nov. 4 at St. James A.M.E. Church. Rev. Donna Marie Calix officiated.He died October 26.Mr. Pennamon was born March 26, 1944 in Monticello to the late Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee and Daisy Pennamon, Sr. He was educated in the Jasper County School System and joined Wesley…
Marilyn “Net” Greene Davis, 49, died Saturday, Nov. 4.Funeral arrangements were incomplete at the time of publication.Mrs. Davis was born June 28, 1957 to Roberta Stinson Greene of Shady Dale and the late Frank Green. Survivors include her husband, Leonard Davis of Monticello; daughters, Tameka D. Davis of Eatonton and Latoya Davis of Monticello; sons,…
Jasper voters who don’t take advantage of the opportunity for early voting this week will head to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to cast their votes in many races.Jasper voters like those across the state will help decide who will lead the state for the next four years.…
Jasper County deputies arrested a man last Thursday, Oct. 26, on a murder charge from Florida that stems from an incident some 20 years ago. Christopher Michael Wells was arrested in Monticello after a grand jury indicted him on murder charges in Pasco County, Fla. Mr. Wells and his wife, Tina Marie, both served time…
Nearly 50 people turned out Monday to hear the views of candidates for Senate District 25 and House District 110—the areas that include Jasper County.Johnny Grant (R-Milledgeville) is running for re-election to the Senate, and he is being challenged by Bruce Gilbert (D-Madison).In the House, Rep. Jim Cole (R-Forsyth) is seeking his second term, and…
The Jasper County Board of Equalization polished off another six appeal hearings last Friday.All of the hearings were for 2006 conservation use (CU) applications reviewed and denied this year by the Board of Assessors (BOA). Many of the appeals reviewed Friday were CU covenants previously approved by a BOA board but later removed because of…