Merry Louise Pia Alparone, 67, of Turtle Cove, died Monday, October 9, at her residence.Mrs. Alparone was born in San Mateo County, California to the late Louie and Amy Marie Vosti Pia. She moved to Jasper County four years ago after living in Brick, New Jersey for a number of years. She was of the…
Morris Lonnie Johnson, 75, a resident of Turtle Cove for 35 years, died Sunday, October 8, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle.Mr. Johnson was born in Hazelhurst to the late Lonnie and Lettie White Johnson. He retired from the Federal Aviation Agency in Hampton and served on the Turtle Cove Board for 15 years. Survivors…
Margaret McMichael Jones, 85, of Hillsboro, died Monday, Oct. 9, at her residence.Margaret Jones was born in Putnam County and was a lifelong resident of Hillsboro. Her parents were the late Hope McMichael andAnnie May Layson McMichael.She and her late husband, Henry Hubert Jones, owned and operated Jones Grocery until retirement. She was a member…
I’m fixing to get cracking.That’s what I told myself when the alarm clock went off this morning, but then I turned over and felt the soft little puffs of air sweeping over me from the overhead fan, which caused me to pull the smooth, cool sheets up over my head as I curled myself around…
Mrs. Eleanor Savage Patterson, 72, of Monticello, died Thursday, Oct. 5. She was born February 25, 1934 in Walton County, the daughter of the late Coyle and Edna Savage. She enjoyed baking, knitting, reading, gardening and singing.Funeral services are scheduled Sunday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. at Prospect United Methodist Church in Monticello. The Rev.…
Ricky Daniel Still was found guilty by a jury last week on one charge of receiving stolen property and one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.Mr. Still was sentenced to 20 years on the drug charge and ten years on the theft by receiving stolen property charge, to run concurrent with each…
An arrest warrant has been taken out by the Monticello Police Department for Kenneth James of a Monticello address charging him with forgery in the first degree, theft by taking and criminal trespass.According to official records, the charges came as a result of Walter Smith of Smith & Sons Funeral Home, reporting to the MPD…
A Jasper County Middle School student is in police custody this week after allegedly making terroristic threats toward another student at the school last week.The youth, whose identity has not been disclosed because she is a minor, allegedly made threats toward one or more students at the school Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 2 and 3.…
The Jasper County Board of Assessors (BOA) is appealing four Board of Equalization (BOE) appeal cases to Jasper Superior Court for review. The decision to take three conservation use (CU) applicants, all of which reside in Cedar Creek Subdivision, and Providence Baptist Church to Superior Court came Monday morning following an executive session consultation with…