The Jasper County High School varsity basketball program had a 2018-2019 preseason scrimmage last week by hosting Eastside High School of Covington.The Lady Canes, coached by returning head coach Shakeirra Middlebrooks, didn’t fair so bad against the AAAA squad in their 45-32 loss. “We are looking for great success this year,” noted the coach. “We…
The curtain fell on the 2018 season for the Piedmont Academy football team but thoughts are already turning ahead to next fall. The Cougars lost to St. Andrews of Savannah 28-0 last Friday in a home game in the opening round of the GISA Class AA playoffs. It was a disappointing end to the 2018…
Nancy Marie Eubanks Boggs, age 88, of Hillsboro, passed away Friday, Nov. 4, 2018, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital in Athens. Marie Boggs was born in Gordon, Ga., to the late Oliver Whitfield Norman “Jack” Eubanks, Sr. and Lottie Amerson Eubanks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Charlie…
Maurice J. Hammett, age 80, of Monticello passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. A funeral service will be held 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home, the burial will follow at East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens, Lawrenceville. Mr. Hammett was preceded in death by his parents, Lester…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 70 of Southern Justice: Later, on that same Thursday afternoon, Shanna Martin dived into her pool to begin her daily swimming routine. The pool was unusually large which allowed her to keep herself in superb condition. The last exercise she performed was underwater, swimming the length of the pool and…
100 years ago this Sunday, November 11th, 1918, the Great War officially ended at 11 a.m. that day. At the time, the Great War was said to be the “War to end all wars.” Today, we recognize this time and day as we honor all veterans on Veterans Day. Officially, we will celebrate on Monday…
Furman Bisher would have turned 100 on Sunday if he were still with us The legendary Atlanta sports writer was, in my opinion, the best at his craft. It was Bisher who inspired me to go into journalism following his address to my graduating high school class back in 1989. He covered every big-time sporting…
Being the Deer Capital of Georgia only logically implies that our potential for deer collisions is going to be higher than other places. So we need to be smarter and safer when those opportunities present themselves. And it doesn’t matter if it’s a deer, a dog, a squirrel, or a cute chipmunk. To swerve, or…
(Editor’s Note: The following was written by Lisa Simmons, the grandmother of Audrey Remington Mishell Hegwood, “Remi”, about her granddaughter’s health struggle.) On Saturday October 6th “Remi” was taken to Jasper Memorial Hospital where Dr. Matthew Warren and Nurse Shana Stubbs gave her excellent care. Lauren Atkinson was the tech at the time. I believe…
A VIEW OF THE 52ND ANNUAL DEER FESTIVAL More Photos, Haunticello, too, See Page 11 of the November 8th Monticello News!