Funeral services for Isabell Manning were held December 19 at St. James A.M.E. Church with burial in South View Cemetery. The Rev. Spencer Booker officiated. She died December 16.Mrs. Manning was born July 15, 1918 to the late Johnny Johnson and Ethel Humphries. At an early age she was baptized at St. James A.M.E. Church.…
Military graveside services for Tom Mack Copeland, 76, were held December 18 at Lawnwood Memorial Park. The Rev. Don Martin officiated.He died December 17.Mr. Copeland was born in Ada, Ohio to the late Roy and Irene Copeland. The Earlham College graduate was a WWII veteran having served in the U.S. Army. He was a member…
Hardy Ogletree, 68, died Monday, Dec. 22, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Mr. Ogletree was born in Butts County. His parents were the late Miller Ogletree and Lois Pettigrew Ogletree. He owned and operated Monticello Recapping for a number of years. He was a dairyman. Before retirement, he was a sales manager for the Destiny Mobile…
Mrs. Barbara Jean Franklin Pope, 70, of Monticello, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, at her residence.Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. at New Hope United Methodist Church in Monticello, with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Charles Roper will officiate.Mrs. Pope was born in Clarke County. She lived in Eatonton…
No members of the community turned out for either of two public hearings held by the Jasper County School Board last Thursday on the tax increase imposed to fund the budget. All members of the school board were at the meeting except chairman Phyllis Norwood. Vice-chairman Joel Gaston presided.The county, on the other hand, attracted…
It was standing room only Monday evening prior to a 4-1 decision of the Jasper County Commission to postpone a vote on the Bear Creek Reservoir cooperative agreement between Newton County and Jasper County.More than 100 concerned residents were present to prove the power in numbers for the meeting which turned out to be more…
Funeral services for Richmond “June” Thomas, Jr. were held Tuesday at Midway C.M.E. Church will burial in the Eatonton City Cemetery. The Rev. John W. Hall officiated.He died December 12.Mr. Thomas was born June 24, 1934 to the late Richmond Thomas, Sr. and Everlena Lawson Thomas in Eatonton. He was the fourth of eight children.He…
Funeral services for Sallie S. Jackson, 95, were held December 13 at Springfield Baptist Church with burial in South View Cemetery. The Rev. Jimmy Horton officiated. She died December 9.Mrs. Jackson was born December 16, 1907 to the late Rosa Johnson. She was a member of Springfield Baptist Church and worked hard her entire life…
Ruby Newby died Friday, Dec. 12, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta.She was born in Madison County, Ala. She lived in Leesburg, Ga., until the late 1930s when her family moved to Jasper County. Her parents were the late Cornelius Franklin Fore and Hettie Elizabeth Fitch Fore. She was a member of the Monticello Baptist Church.Funeral…