Edna Benefield Bell, 74, of Monticello, died Tuesday, January 6, at her residence.Mrs. Bell was a native of Fulton County. She lived in Lithonia until moving to Monticello 10 years ago. Her parents were the late Lucius Elijah Benefield and Inez Stabler Benefield Sanford. She attended Avondale Church of Christ. Before retirement she was an…
Joe Stone Davis, 46, of Lawrenceville, died Monday, Jan. 5, at his residence.Mr. Davis was born in Fulton County. He lived in Norcross before moving to Lawrenceville 10 years ago. He graduated from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. He was a member of the Dacula Baptist Church. He worked in Public Relations for Humphries Concrete,…
Funeral services for Mary L. Napier, 88, were held Januray 6 in the chapel of Hart’s Mortuary in Macon with burial West View Cemetery in Monticello. The Rev. Wesley Smith officiated.Mrs. Napier was born in Monticello but lived most of her life in Macon where she taught third grade at Pearl Stephens Elementary School. She…
Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Asbell, 53, of Alexandria, Va., will be held Saturday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. at Kings Chapel Community Church in Hillsboro.She died January 4.A complete obituary is scheduled for a later publication.
The Piedmont Academy varsity basketball teams earned a sweep of Class AAA Windsor Dec. 19.The Lady Cougars earned a 50-45 win for their second victory of the season while the boys avenged a loss from earlier in the year with a 60-58 decision.The Piedmont girls (2-9 overall) had four players in double figures against the…
Faced with a shortfall in anticipated property tax revenues, the Monticello City Council was set to borrow $200,000 from local banks to tide the city over until those revenues come in.The city’s budget, set last June, anticipated some $250,000 in ad valorem taxes, normally collected by year-end. Because of problems with the tax digest the…
Funeral services for Cynthia “Minnie” Anita Driskell, 43, were held December 23 at St. James A.M.E. Church with burial in South View Cemetery. The Rev. Spencer Booker officiated. She died December 19.Mrs. Driskell was born Sept. 7, 1960 to Eddie Peacock of Ft. Myers, Fla. and the late Lizzie Mae Driskell. She was educated in…