Sponsors are being sought for the Piedmont Academy Cougars football team benefit lift-a-thon on Monday, Feb. 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the school.The lift-a-thon is in honor of Jeremy “Bulldog” Reese, a senior at Piedmont Academy who is fighting cancer. He has undergone successful surgery, and is facing radiation and interferon treatment.The family…
The Jasper County Commission Monday voted unanimously to give county employees an across the board two percent cost of living raise, with the exception of the three members of the board of Registrars. Those three persons are to get 50 cents an hour more for their work, as they were the lowest paid of any…
Monticello Councilwoman Jacqueline Smith’s bill for back natural gas charges was to be delivered to her this week, according to city manager Walter Smith.He said the bill would be “within a few dollars” of the $1,700 calculated by city clerk Susan Roper as an estimate of what Ms. Smith would have been billed had her…
Lisa Herrin Ledford, 47, of Monticello, died Sunday, Feb. 1, at Jasper Memorial Hospital.Lisa Ledford was born in Hall County. She will be missed by her loving parents that cared for her through her 47 years of life.Funeral services were held Wednesday, February 4, at 11 a.m. at the chapel of Jordan Funeral Home, witih…
Funeral services for Alberta “Miss Flug” Pressley Smith were held January 30 at St. James A.M.E. Church with burial in South View Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Spencer L. Booker officiated. She died January 24.Mrs. Smith was born August 31, 1911 to the late Anna Singleton and Joe Pressley in Brunswick. She was a member of…
Funeral services for Jerry Lee Lewis, 43, were held January 24 at Greater High Hope Christian Center with burial in Brown Chapel C.M.E. Church cemetery in Eatonton. The Rev. Dexter Lamar officiated.Mr. Lewis died January 17.Mr. Lewis was born April 22, 1959 to Vertie Mae Lewis and the late Lonnie Lewis in Putnam County. He…
The Rev. George Whitlock, 51, of Atlanta, died Tuesday, Feb. 2 following a massive heart attack. He is the son of Ada Thomas of Atlanta and the late George Davis. He is survived by two children. Funeral arrangements had not yet been completed at the time of publication.Memorials may be sent to Gus Whitlock at…
Funeral services for Jessie Mae Alexander were held January 29 at Holy Nation Church in Hillsboro with burial in the church cemetery. The Bishop Anthony Q. Hall, Sr. officiated. She died January 23.Mrs. Alexander was born July 17, 1939 to the late Jessie Mae and Overseer Rosa Mae Braswell. In 1956, she married Roosevelt Alexander.…