A celebration of life for Jimmy Lee “Buddy” Thomas, who died February 2, was held February 7, 2018 at the chapel of Smith and Sons Funeral Home in Monticello. Dr. Jimmy Horton officiated; burial was in Kings Chapel Cemetery in Hillsboro.Mr. Thomas was born April 23, 1940 to John Thomas and Mrs. Becky Lou Thomas…
Dr. Craig E. Smith, 57, of Alpharetta, Ga., went to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 at Northside Hospital Atlanta with his wife, Kathy, son Tanner, and loved ones at his side. Services for Craig are scheduled for 11 a.m. this Friday, Feb. 16 at Lebanon Baptist Church, 11250 Crabapple Road,…
The news, where do you get yours? Yes, you can turn on your TV, computer, cellphone or tablet and get the national and international news 24 hours a day. But where do you go to get news about your own city and county? There is only one place and that is this newspaper. Sure every…
The two shall be one. Gen 2:15, 18, 21-24 15The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 18Then the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner. 21So the…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 32 of Southern Justice: Patty Osborn’s old Honda putted through the Saturday night traffic as Chris Adams gave directions. Chris could tell she was embarrassed about the old jalopy, however, there was no way he could allow his own car to be seen at Hormel’s office. He felt sure that…
Believe it or not the primary election in our state is just a little more than three months away. All statewide offices are on the ballot this year with most of the races being decided in the Republican primary. Democrats have been locked out of statewide office for some time and it would take a…
The varsity Hurricane boys will travel three hours plus to Summerville on Saturday, Feb. 17 to face Chattooga High School in the first round of the Georgia High School Association’s state playoffs. “Chattooga is a very aggressive uptempo team similar to us, so if we come ready to play it should be a very good…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity basketball teams began play in the region tournament Tuesday in Macon. The boys earned a 67-35 win against Monsignor Donovan while the Lady Cougars suffered a disappointing 39-38 loss to Thomas Jefferson. The boys were paced by Bradley Greenwood who scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers. Caden Clark added nine points while…
Hurricane baseball began last week with a scrimmage against Heritage High School before the team planned to travel to Stratford Academy Wednesday for a non-conference matchup. The varsity squad includes seniors Jeff Cain, Braden Lynch, Chance Peters, juniors Hunter Duke, Dylan Jackson, sophomores Matt Cain, Ben Lynch, Blane Marat, Tristan Reid, Thomas Reynolds, Tyler Wages,…
The Lady Hurricanes brought their 2017-2018 season to a close last Monday with a loss in the first round of region playoffs but the season produced a lot to build upon for the forthcoming season. The squad will lose one senior Alyssa Wilson but looks to return the remainder of the squad including four juniors,…