A quorum of Jasper County Water & Sewer Authority members voted unanimously, during a called meeting Saturday afternoon, to allocate $6,250 for the purpose of installing pipe on the entrances of the Hwy. 16 bridge.The action was in response to a proposal, dated May 25, from Robert White of Rogers Bridge Company addressed to Frank…
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) was still working this week on its investigation of a bullet hole to the hood of a Ford Explorer that was involved in a fatal accident May 21. Tom Davis, Special Agent in Charge in the Milledgeville office which serves Jasper County, said Friday they still had a couple…
Piedmont Academy held its 36th annual commencement exercises and awarded diplomas to 11 graduates last Saturday in the school’s gymnasium.Senior class chaplain Joshua Brenton Brown opened the ceremony with prayer, and Samantha Bryn McDermott, salutatorian, welcomed everyone in the opening lines of her address.Miss McDermott reflected upon the changes in tastes and preferences she and…
Piedmont Academy held its Honors Day ceremony for junior high and high school on Tuesday, May 9. The ceremony began with a video presentation designed by the publications class entitled “Changes.”Headmaster Chip Champion welcomed everyone and Drayton Ballard led the pledge of allegiance to the American flag followed by an invocation.The first awards presented by…
Funeral services for Jeremy “Joose” Curtis Joiner, 22, were to be held Wednesday in the chapel of Vining Ivy Hill Funeral Home with burial in Crestlawn Memorial Garden in Eatonton. Preston Joiner was to officiate. He died Sunday, May 21 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.Mr. Joiner was born in January 26, 1984 in…
Funeral services for John Erwin Welch, Jr., 74, of Milledgeville, were held May 31 at Vining Ivy Hill Chapel with burial in Eternal Hills Memory Gardens in Eatonton. James Johnson, Buddy Warren and Leon McNabb officiated.He died May 28 at the Georgia War Veteran Home.Mr. Welch was born July 4, 1931 in Putnam County to…
Graveside services for Linda Sue Davis-Sirmons were held May 30 at Smith & Thomas Cemetery in Monticello. Funeral services were also held May 27 at Mt. Hermon Church in Fort Myers, Fl.She died May 23.Mrs. Davis-Sirmons was born December 12, 1959 in Monticello to Dorothy Faye Davis. She attended school in Monticello and later attended…