Janet Elizabeth Hicks Nelson, age 68, of Monticello, passed away Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. Janet Nelson was born in Atlanta to the late Joseph Alexander Hicks and Edna Ruth Roberts Hicks. She lived in Jonesboro before moving to Jasper County in 1985. Along with her parents, she was preceded…
Terri Leigh Morgan, age 36, of Covington, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Terri Morgan was born in Macon, Ga. and raised in Jasper County. She attended Jasper County Comprehensive High School. Terri attended New Life Praise Center in Covington. She worked as a clerk for a Martins…
Piedmont Academy’s softball team will look to punch its ticket to the state championship series when the Lady Cougars face Windsor in the Final Four on the road Tuesday. Coach Colt Spivey’s team swept Citizens Christian 11-1 and 14-0 in the quarterfinals Saturday at home and is now two wins away from playing for the…
Funeral services for James “Jimmy” Lindsey Atkins, 63, of Enid, Oklahoma, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the Enid Maine Church of The Nazarene, with internment following in Enid Cemetery. Reverends Jerald Bushman and Thomas Pullin will officiate. Jimmy Atkins was born on June 9, 1954 in Eatonton, Georgia,…
April Young, a Piedmont Academy graduate, is a researcher with the University of Kentucky College of Public Health and Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. Her department has been awarded $1.16 million in cooperative agreement funds from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
Johnny Neil Smith and his wife, Susan Cruce Smith have written a book together, enttiled Beyond His Mercy. The American Civil War claimed and destroyed lives, stealing fathers and sons from those they loved. The horror caused many returning to cry out for death. They carried the festering scars of battle and were unable to…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 15 of Southern Justice: After Jackie and B. Wendell Hormel had spread their web of fabrication and trapped Rick into it, he sat dumbfounded and terrified with the two of them in B. Wendell’s office, where he had just asked for some kind of clarification of what kind of terrible…
Research can lead you in all directions whether you are searching on the internet, at the library or in our county courthouse. One thing just leads to another. While doing research for an article about the oldest occupied house in Jasper County, I searched the county property records located in the office of Superior Court…
The cooler weather is finally starting to make its presence known and boy am I HAPPY! I love fall and winter: with its crisp mornings, rustling leaves, and cozy sweaters. And as it gets even cooler, we start to consider starting a fire in the fireplace for warmth. But is it ready? With such opportunities,…
Piedmont Academy’s fast-pitch softball team is now two wins away from its ultimate goal. The Lady Cougars swept Windsor Academy Tuesday in a semifinal series to advance to Saturday’s state championship. Piedmont will travel to Macon for the title series, which will be played at Mercer University. On Tuesday, coach Colt Spivey’s team earned a…