By ED ALLARD, Monticello Church of ChristOn July 4, those who value our nation’s independence and God’s blessings upon our country celebrated those blessings. I joined my many friends that day at the Conyers Church of Christ as I have for many years. We began our celebration by reciting the pledge of allegiance as we…
I’m fixing to tell Aunt Mary about Uncle John.Uncle John used to hire me out to go squirrel hunting with him on Saturday mornings when I was a young boy. I had to get up real early because he wanted to get out into the hardwood forest while there was still a little frost on…
And a Good Time Was Had By All! That’s the best way to describe the Grand Opening of Funderburg Park in the 100 degree heat last Saturday.The park, off Funderburg Drive, was such a dream of George Funderburg that he and his wife gave land and money to build a park in that neighborhood. He…
Committal services for James “Jimmy” T. Hatcher, 82, were held Monday, July 17 at West View Cemetery in Monticello. The Dr. John Brown officiated. Funeral services were held Sunday at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church where the Revs. Nancy Scarbrough and Nathan Godley officiated.He died July 13.Mr. Hatcher was born in Dawson to the late…
Myrtle Waits Henderson, 98, of Gray, died Friday, July 21, at Heartland Hospice in Macon.Mrs. Henderson was a native of Jasper County. Her parents were the late Arshion Waits and Pearla Goolsby Waits. She lived in Macon for a number of years before moving to Gray over 12 years ago. She was an avid gardener…
In Jasper County Superior Court Motion Day Tuesday, Judge Hulane E. George granted the city of Monticello’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against them by former Monticello Police officer John Jenkins.According to court records, Mr. Jenkins was originally placed on suspension with pay on June 22, 2004. He later received a letter dated June…
Nearly two dozen taxpayer’s appeals were reviewed by the Jasper County Board of Assessors (BOA) during last week’s regular meeting. The hearings, scheduled for the purpose of listening to appeal denials previously decided by the BOA, brought a multitude of county taxpayers to the Courthouse Law Library to present their cases.With the exception of Providence…
Dan Lyons, for the American Cancer Society as a part of Relay For Life, walked out of Sacramento, Calif. on March 15, and kept walking until he walked into Monticello on Tuesday, July 18, some 3,100 miles later and 55 pounds lighter.Mr. Lyons said he decided to do the walk after being diagnosed with cancer…
Jasper voters Tuesday joined those across the state to give Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor a narrow majority to be Gov. Sonny Perdue’s Democratic challenger in November and in handing state Sen. Casey Cagle a clear victory as the Republican nominee to succeed Mr. Taylor.With Jasper’s returns closely mirroring statewide results in most races, voters set…
Penni Jones, Curriculum Director for Jasper County Schools, presented members of the Board of Education with system wide results from the CRCT and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) reports.Mrs. Jones began by explaining that students in grades 1-8 took new tests based on the Georgia Performance Standards in the subjects of reading and language arts. As…