Carl R. Standifer of Monticello died Tuesday, May 30.Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time. A complete obituary will be published at a later date.Smith & Sons Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
I’m fixing to keep on living. Much to my relief the world didn’t end on Tuesday when the date was six-six-six. It was the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of the new century. People have been predicting the end of the world for a ling time. Some of them do…
Tom Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the Milledgeville office of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said this week his agency has completed its investigation into the bullet hole in the hood of a car involved in a fatal traffic accident in Jasper County last month.Mr. Davis would not say, however, what the investigation revealed.…
Only four County Commissioners were present for the June regular meeting, held Monday at the Courthouse, which resulted in several tie votes for the group. Commission Chairman Jack Bernard and Commissioner Greg Johnson were unified on several points which Commissioners Charles Hill and Carl Pennamon saw differently. Commissioner Bob Yarbrough was ill, according to Mr.…
Three separate county commissions have had access to the funds remaining from the jail SPLOST, and they have remained intact, earning interest, and serving as a cushion for the county. Now, the present County Commission has agreed to cash in the Certificate of Deposit (CD) when it matures in December and put the money in…
By Ed AllardMinister Monticello Church of ChristI read an advertisement for a book titled, “Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts.” The advertising blurb pointed out that more than two million couples will marry this year and nearly half will eventually divorce. The authors say that husbands and wives need to identify their marital stumbling blocks…
I’m fixing to crow like rooster. I hated that chicken. Every morning he would jump up on the fence at the crack of dawn and start crowing his head off, like he was the king of Siam or something. He was especially exasperating on the weekend mornings when a person could sleep in and get…