George Allison “Butch” Cunard, age 75, of Monticello, passed away Friday, August 25, 2017, at Pleasantview Nursing Center in Metter, Ga.“Butch” Cunard was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. His parents were the late John Neal Cunard and Clyde Yancy Cunard. He was a Monticello High School graduate and served in the Army National Guard.…
Michael Don Jackson, 63, Seminole FL, passed away July 13, 2017. He was born October 3, 1953 in Frankfurt, Germany. He lived in Georgia and Florida. He enjoyed riding and training horses, fishing and duck hunting with his friends. He is survived by his only daughter, Nicki Mann, his mother Geraldine Wilkie, his sister, Alicia…
Ronald Lee Beekman, age 61, of Monticello, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. Mr. Beekman was born in Hialeah, Fla., to the late Ora Raymond Beekman and Flora Virginia Monk Beekman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Raymond Charles Beekman. He lived…
Judge Alison Burleson presided over the Jasper County Superior Court trial calendar proceedings last week that resulted in jail time for several defendants. Desi Jamar Appling was sentenced to serve seven years in confinement with the remainder of a 30 year balance on probation as a repeat offender for counts including sale of cocaine, possession…
By JEHAN EL-JOURBAGY A few years ago, I read an article in a magazine about someone watching a total eclipse for the first time. I was entranced by the other-worldliness the author described. More recently, I heard an interview on the radio with an eclipse chaser, and he said the difference between a partial eclipse,…
Qualifying for Monticello city council and mayor and Jasper County Clerk of Court ended last Thursday, at noon with no surprises. Lynda Gasses, who had previously announced she would be running for Clerk was the only person to qualify for that position. Mrs. Gasses is the current clerk of court, having taken over when Dan…
The Jasper County Commissioners held a second public hearing on a proposed special exception allowing a conventional subdivision rather than a conservation subdivision on property on Jackson Lake Road Monday, then voted to approve the exception, with conditions. The subdivision will contain 222.5 acres, and that will encompass 117 lots. The average lot size is…
Last Friday morning, August 25, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Squad executed a search warrant on Hughes Road in Newborn. The warrant was a part of a long term investigation that is being worked with the assistance of Morgan and Putnam Counties. Agents of the Jasper County Crime Suppression Unit had obtained two search…
By PAM MAYER President, Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce www.facebook.com/groups/JasperCountyGAROCKS Join the newest facebook scavenger hunt…! The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce has created a Facebook group page named Jasper County GA ROCKS. There is a basket at the Chamber of Commerce filled with rocks for you to stop by and pick up a rock…
I’m Fixin’ To present part eight of Southern Justice: By the following Wednesday B. Wendell Hormel had a copy of Rick Haselton, Senior’s medical records going back for 10 years. He saw that his cholesterol level was dangerously over 400, and that he had a heart murmur. On top of these two dangerous conditions, he…