Foiled again by Mother Nature, the middle of February and we are having days with high temperatures in the high 70’s.Forget our normal winter garb of warm fleece ensembles, hats, gloves and scarfs in favor of clothing we wear approaching early summer. Oh, if course, we all know that weather is one of a handful…
Part of belonging to a rural community like Jasper County is knowing that there are many things that the big cities take for granted; for example, a call to 911 here will most probably be met with volunteers. Albeit volunteers that are trained and ready, but nonetheless someone who was also just eating dinner with…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity boys basketball team fell to Windsor Academy 54-40 in the semifinals of the Region 4-AA basketball tournament last week. The Cougars, who were led by Sam Wright’s 17 points, still qualified for state and earned the No. 3 seed from Region 4-AA by defeating Thomas Jefferson Academy 72-61. In the win, Tate…
It’s been said a team that is a defending state champion has a bullseye on its back. If that is true then the Piedmont Academy baseball team is the ultimate target as the Diamond Cougars are the four-time defending champs. Coach Wes Tanner’s team returns to the field Tuesday as it tries to do what…
The Monticello Hurricane varsity baseball team continued their season last week by hosting Rockdale High School that ended with a 11-0 loss to the 7A squad. Mac Barton and Tyler Wages took the lead offensively, said Head Coach Chris Jenkins. Hunter Duke pitched the game. “We had way too many mental mistakes against Rockdale,” said…
The Monticello Hurricane varsity boys basketball team will play today at Jordan High School in Columbus beginning at 7 p.m. following the 49-44 defeat of the Chattooga Indians last Saturday. Head Coach Chris Pennamon calls Saturday’s victory over the Region 7AA top seeded team “a good gritty team win.” “Saturday was an ugly win but…
Nancy Rebecca Elliott Linch, age 82, of Eatonton, passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at her residence. Rebecca Linch was born in Machen, Ga., to the late Augustus Miller Elliott and Elizabeth Mon Dunn Elliott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Olton Jasper Linch; four sisters and two…
It is with great sadness that the family of Jeff Davis Andrews, of Monticello, announces his passing. He passed away peacefully at his home on February 11, 2018, at the age of 68. Jeff Andrews was born to the late Earl Arthur Andrews and Mary Wilson Andrews and was raised in Atlanta. He graduated from…
Connie Mills Law, age 60, of Covington, passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. Mrs. Law was born in Conyers, Ga., and raised in Decatur, Ga. She was preceded in death by her parents, Julius Lon Mills and Doris Pauline Wilkins Mills of Lithonia; daughter, Candice Lanford Williams; and brother, Richard Mills. She is survived by…
Larry Wade Jarrett, age 70, of Monticello, passed away Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 at his residence. He was born on Sunday, April 20, 1947 in Atlanta, to Marcia Bradford Jarrett and the late Wyman P. Jarrett. He was a member of the New Bethlehem Baptist Church. Larry loved fishing and junking. He was preceded in…