James Marion McElheney, 72, of Pigeon Forge, Tenn., passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Sevier Health and Rehabilitation in Sevierville, Tenn.James McElheney was born and raised in Monticello. His parents were the late William Ralph McElheney and Martha Goodman McElheney. One of his favorite childhood pasttimes was to visit his Aunt “Hattie” and Uncle…
A celebration of life for Joe K. Davis, Jr., who died March 4, 2019, was held Monday, March 11, at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Monticello. Dr. Jimmy Horton officiated; burial was in South View Cemetery. Mr. Davis was born July 2, 1970 to Joe K. Davis, Sr., and the late Lucile Bebee Davis, who…
A celebration of life for Roberta Brown, who died March 2, 2019, was held Saturday, March 9, at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church. Dr. Jimmy Horton officiated; burial was in South View Cemetery. On July 3, 2915, the late Temp and Mattie Bland were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Roberta Brown. This girl grew into…
On December 7, the travelling Smithsonian exhibit “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will arrive for six weeks at the Monticello/Jasper County Visitor’s Center. Over the next few months here in The Monticello News we’ll be exploring little known wondrous facts about our own “Rural Crossroads.” Stay tuned! If you have an artifact or photograph you…
(Editor’s Note: The following is fifth installmen in our series, Know Your Neighbor. Please, if you know someone interesting, or you have a story to tell, let us know. This week’s story is the result of a neighbor calling us. Any Jasperite or almost Jasperite can be featured in this space as we are all…
My next oldest sister, Debby, and I made a road trip weekend before last, and it was fun! There’s four of us girls, and the first three of us are each 27 months apart, then Jenny comes along seven years later. So, Debby and I are the middle two, and somehow we just jive. So…
A friend of mine sent me some thoughts on Methodists which had been shared by Garrison Keillor, the creator and primary actor of “Prairie Home Companion.” Keillor, of course, is a staunch Lutheran, and his observations of us are particularly entertaining and surprisingly accurate. According to Keillor: We make fun of Methodist for their blandness,…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity tennis teams have seen plenty of time on the court in recent days. On March 5 the teams competed against Thomas Jefferson in matches played in Milledgeville. “It was not ideal tennis weather,” said Piedmont coach Alison Hildebrant. “The conditions were cold and windy. Anyone that wasn’t playing was wrapped up in…
The Piedmont Academy baseball team earned a 6-3 victory against John Milledge Academy in a home game last week. Coach Colt Spivey’s team jumped out to a 5-0 lead before closing the deal with another run in the bottom of the fifth. The visiting Trojans scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning…
The Monticello City Council members voted unanimously to accept the resignation of City Manager Roger Harrison and name Peggy Billerman interim manager/clerk at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The action came at the end of the meeting, after a closed session. Mrs. Billlerman was named interim city clerk after a called meeting February 26. Lathaydra…