Funeral services for Arthur ‘Bro’ Peacock, 49, will be held Saturday, July 2 at New Prospect Liberty Church in Monticello beginning at 2 p.m. He died June 23.A complete obituary will be published at a later date.Smith & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Steven John Mowczko, 83, of Mansfield, died Tuesday, April 5, at Portsbridge Hospice. Funeral services for Mr. Mowczko were held Friday, April 8, at New Rocky Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. Randy Reese officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Flowers are acceptable, however donations may be made to New Rocky Creek Baptist Church,…
The middle school ‘Canes’ home game scheduled for Saturday, April 2, vs. GMC was canceled due to a wet and unplayable field.Team leaders at the plate year-to-date include Nate Peterson batting 360 with three doubles and a triple, Clint LaVaughn batting 333 with two doubles and a triple, and Cody Batchelor batting 316. On the…
The Jasper County middle school chorus received a “superior” performance rating for both performance and sight reading at the 2005 District Four Large Group Performance Evaluations.“Superior” is the top rating a chorus can receive.The event was held at Miller Grove High School in Lithonia. It featured choral performances by groups from Dekalb, Butts, Rockdale, Newton,…
Irene Roberts Malone, 100, died Wednesday, March 30, at the Retreat Nursing Home. Mrs. Malone was born in Tucson, Ariz. Her parents were the late Willis Milton and Irene Roberts. Her family moved to Monticello in 1919. She was a member of the Monticello First United Methodist Church. She worked as a buyer, sales clerk…
Funeral services for Mary Jo Blanton Bassett, 78, were held April 2 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Jordan Funeral Home with burial in West View Cemetery in Monticello. The Rev. Randy Reese officiated.She died March 30 at the Jasper Memorial Hospital.Mrs. Bassett was born in Colquitt County to the late Exie Blanton and…
Funeral services for Ruby Collins Martin, 91, of Mansfield, were held April 2 in the chapel of First Baptist Church in Social Circle with burial in Arlington Memorial Park in Atlanta. The Revs. William Tribble and Larry Riley officiated.She died March 31 at Newton Medical Center.Mrs. Martin, a former resident of Barnesville and Atlanta, was…
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) completed its assessment on March 16 of Monticello’s Better Hometown program and re-certified our community as one of Georgia’s 58 Better Hometowns for 2005, according to Sage Edwards, Better Hometown Director.“We look at the program across 10 criteria,” reports Alan Dicker-son, DCA Downtown Regional Representative. “Monticello was particularly…
Eighteen adult students graduated from the “2005 Leadership Jasper” class Monday evening at a ceremony held at the Monticello Government Complex on the Square.The students completed the 10-week course developed by the Fanning Leadership Institute, and sponsored by the Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce, Development Authority of Jasper County, Bank of Monticello City of Monticello,…