Jasper Memorial Hospital was conceived in a time far removed from the present. The community gathered $50,000 cash, rather than passing an additional tax to build the physical plant.Patient records were kept by hand on cards. The bookkeeping was also by hand in columnar ledger books. The nation and the hospital were segregrated. Some of…
Funeral services for Charles A. Hiers, Jr., 80, were held Monday at New Hope Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Revs. Gerald Hollis and Terry Joyner officiated. He died December 6 at Doctor’s Hospital in Augusta.Mr. Hiers was a native of Lake Park and served in the Navy during World War II…
Isaac Asbury Roper, 66, died Saturday December 7, at the Oconee Regional Medical Center in Milledgeville.Mr. Roper was a native of Franklin, NC, and moved to Monticello some 50 years ago. He worked as a car mechanic at Pete’s Gulf Station for a number of years. His wife, Marjorie Ann Cargiile Roper preceded him in…
Lanette McElheney Power, 64, lifelong resident of Jasper County, died Thursday December 5 at Porsbridge Hospice in Conyers.Funeral Services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday December 7. at the chapel of the Monticello First United Methodist Church. Burial will be in West View Cemetary. The Rev. David Brackman will officiate.Her parents were the late William…
Win, Win, Win !It was a clean sweep for three Monticello basketball squads on the road Tuesday as they swept Mary Persons in their season openers.The 7th-ranked Lady Hurricanes rolled to a 62-46 win, led by Traci Glawson’s 24 points.The varsity boys completed the sweep with a 70-65 win over the Bulldogs. Brian Green led…
You’ve got a problem,” said Jim Davis grimly, as the Macon-Bibb County Tax Commissioner mentally surveyed the Jasper County Tax Assessors current conservation use predicament.The assessors, seeking possible recourses as to how to best handle recent conflicts of conservation use, invited Mr. Davis to the meeting after attending a conservation use class he taught at…
There was enough pre-Thanksgiving good news to go around for Jasper County Health Services, Inc. board members who were informed last week that Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH) and the Retreat, jointly, earned a $40,000 profit in October.Curt Roberts, Chief Executive Officer of JMH, was elated at the recent financial progress of the local medical facility.…
Funeral services for William Talmadge, 35, were held November 29 at St. James A.M.E. Church with burial in Southview Cemetary. He died November 23.Mr. Talmadge was born April 7, 1967, in Monticello to the late Sarah Talmadge. He was an accomplished poet who gave his writings to many of his friends and often read them…