Funeral services for Shirley Elkins Lassetter of Monticello will be held Thursday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Parrott Funeral Home with burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. She died January 16.Mrs. Lassetter was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry T. Lassetter, Sr. and parents, Grace and Harry Elkins.Survivors include his…
Mrs. Dorothy Fincher Cowan, 80, of Monticello, died Wednesday, Jan. 11. Mrs. Cowan was a longtime resident of Newton County and was a member of Julia A. Porter Uunited Methodist Church. She enjoyed being with her family and doing crossword puzzles.Mrs. Cowan retired from Tri-County Livestock in 1991 where she worked as their bookkeeper. She…
Lloyd Hubert Paschal, 80, died Tuesday, January 17, at Jasper Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 20, at 2 p.m. at the Monticello Baptist Church, with burial in West View Cemetery. Dr. Kerry Bunn will officiate.Mr. Paschal was named Jasper County School Superintendent in 1973, and served until his retirement in 1988. Before…
James Clovis Pope, 79, of Shady Dale, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Newton General Hospital in Covington.“Dude” Pope was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. His parents were the late Jobe Loren Pope and Myrtice McMichael Pope. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Pope worked for Franklin Veneer for a…
Vernice Lee Parr McHugh, 73, of Monticello, died Friday, Jan. 13, at Portsbridge Hospice in Macon.Mrs. McHugh was born in Jackson County to the late Weslie and Helen Mae McCall Parr. She moved to Monticello more than 49 years ago. Her husband, William Judson “Mac” McHugh; and twin sister, Eunice Donahue, preceded her in death.…
Mary Frances Layson Weeks, 77, of Winder, died Friday, January 13, at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth.Mrs. Weeks was born in Monticello, to the late Homer Franklin and Nannie Boyd Layson. She moved to Clarkston in 1957 where she was an active member of the Clarkston Baptist Church, the Mary-Martha Sunday School Class, and the…
Funeral services for Carl Rudolph Dulcie, Sr., 78, of Turtle Cove, were held January 2 in the chapel of Haisten Funeral Home with burial in Jackson City Cemetery. The Rev. Luther Burns officiated. He died December 29 at Newton County Medical Center in Covington.Mr. Dulcie was born October 27, 1927 in West Virginia to the…
In light of response to a recent personal column published in this newspaper, The News feels a need to explain certain functions of this newspaper.Personal columns, generally appearing on pages 4 and 5 of this paper are columns written by either staff members, syndicated columnists, such as Bill Shipp and Savvy Senior, or guest writers.The…
The Jasper County Commissioners spent the first half-hour of their regular meeting Tuesday debating how minutes should be taken, who should take them, and what should be included in the minutes.The discussion was begun by agenda comments from Cathy Benson, Charles Forsythe and Mary Patrick. Ms. Benson merely reminded commissioners of when a representative of…
The city of Monticello had a sewage blockage last week, and as a result, a family has been uprooted from their home. Last Friday, sewage backed up in the home of James “ToJo” Turner, III, at 34 Hwy. 212 west in Monticello. Mrs. Turner said she heard water running and went to check the toilet.…