Jasper County offices are a little topsy-turvy this week as most are relocated, either temporarily or permanently. The Jasper County Commissioners met in their new quarters Monday, on the ground floor of the new Courthouse addition. That will be their new permanent location. {{more}}On Tuesday, workers were moving the office of Probate Judge Kathy Tyler.…
Russell Bennett has been named chairman of the Jasper County Commission for 2003, taking on the duties handled by Jerry Crow for the past two years.Mr. Bennett will preside over meetings, sign official documents, and, with the other commissioners, continue to set policy for the county. Carl Pennamon was again named vice-chairman. W. Dan Roberts…
The Jasper County Water & Sewer Authority could possibly break ground on the multi-million County Line Road project later this month, according to the authority’s consulting engineer Frank Sherrill.Mr. Sherrill said that the biggest factor determining when construction on the project might begin is acquiring all necessary easements from landowners in the area.{{more}}Authority members individually…
Good News, Bad News?The Falcons and the amazing Michael Vick—and of course those Georgia Dawgs—have launched the New Year brilliantly for us football fans. But don’t expect the shine to last into baseball season, what with the corporate bozos who’ve taken over the Braves suddenly on an austerity spree.{{more}}We have the rest of this week,…
Funeral services for Lenora Price Howard, 72, were held Saturday at Prospect Liberty C.M.E. Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Ricky Hammond officiated.She died December 28 at Emory Northlake Hospital.Mrs. Howard was born July 11, 1930 to the late Mr. and Mrs. John Brown Price in Monticello. She joined Liberty Church at…
Funeral services for Gwendolyn Holmes Sands Roach, 48, formerly of Monticello, were held Friday at St. Paul A.M.E. Church with interment held in Lawnwood Memorial Park in Covington. The Rev. Augustus Hall officiated.Mrs. Roach was born in Montgomery, Ala. to the late Artillios Holmes and Martha Ramsey Holmes. She attended elementary school in Alabama and…
Funeral services for John Henry Faulkner, Jr., 83, were held Monday at the chapel of Jordan Funeral Home with burial in Hebron Cemetery. The Rev. Mark Mock officiated.He died January 4 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.“Preacher” Faulkner was a lifelong resident of Jasper County born to the late John Henry Faulkner,…
Funeral services for Annie Mae Stewart Grimsley were held December 28 at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Myers, Fla. The Elder George Jones officiated.She died December 22.Mrs. Grimsley was born January 13, 1927 in Eatonton to the late Richard and Mary P. Dumas. During her early childhood her parents moved to Monticello where she…
Funeral services for Linda Wilcoxson were held December 21 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with burial in South View Cemetery in Jonesboro. The Rev. O.L. Blackshear officiated. Mrs. Wilcoxson was born June 12, 1947 to the late Willie Pearl Russ Williams and Grady McClain in Panama City, Fla. In June 1988, she relocated to Atlanta…