Joseph David Anglin, age 33, of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.Joseph Anglin was born in Decatur, Ga. He lived in Conyers until moving to Monticello in 1996. He graduated from Jasper County High School and worked as a welder for Dexter Axle in Monticello.He is survived by…
The Jasper County School Board met in a work session on Thursday, Jan. 12, and for a business meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at which time they received the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) updates for winter, and handled a number of matters. The first order of business at the regular meeting was the re-election…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 73 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: It was a large and busy strip mall that Jimmy Ray’s little sister pulled into after she spotted the guy on the curb waving a sign that said, “We buy gold!” She had to cruise around a little while in order to…
The old saying, “You don’t miss the water until the well runs dry” certainly hit home around our house this past weekend. Two hours before the Falcon/Packers game was scheduled to start, our television screen went blank, the computer monitor froze and there was no dial tone on our landline phone. My husband arrived home…
Your Georgia Senate has convened once again under the Gold Dome to commence the 154th Georgia General Assembly. Over the next few months, your senators will be hard at work to make lives better in Georgia. We had a busy first week back and the Senate has moved forward with due diligence. First, we re-elected…
The Atlanta Falcons, for only the second time in franchise history, are going to the Super Bowl. In an NFC Championship contest in which the outcome was decided about as soon as it began, the Falcons made quick work of an overmatched Green Bay Packers team Sunday afternoon and will now face the New England…
Tricia Armistead was named Citizen of the Year by the Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting Tuesday. Norton Packaging was selected as business of the year. In letters nominating Ms. Armistead, several qualities showed, particularly her compassion and her love for others. One person wrote that if Ms. Armistead had met the…
David Dyer (right), executive director of the Development Authority of Jasper County, made a presentation about economic development at the Monticello Kiwanis Club meeting Monday. Mr. Dyer talked about Monticello being a great place to live, work and play. He said that the DAJC is working on the future of the community, looking 20 years…
Joseph David Anglin, age 33, of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Joseph Anglin was born in Decatur, Ga. He lived in Conyers until moving to Monticello in 1996. He graduated from Jasper County High School and worked as a welder for Dexter Axle in Monticello. He is…
Lillious Dayton Malone, Jr., age 85, known to family and friends as Dayton, passed away on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Townsend, Ga., while visiting friends. Dayton Malone was born in Macon, Ga., to the late Lillious D. Malone, Sr. and Leona Goolsby Malone. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his…