Piedmont Academy’s Middle School basketball teams hosted Oak Mountain Friday. The Middle School boys earned a 37-33 win while the girls fell in a close 18-16 contest.Ryan Holder led the boys with 16 points while Cameron Mobley added 12 points. Dawson Coe finished with eight points while Drake Coody added a free throw in the…
Haley Ann Frank and Madison McCart both finished in double figures as the Piedmont Academy Lady Cougars defeated visiting Oak Mountain 44-32 last Friday. Frank had three 3-pointers while McCart added one. Alexis Dodson finished with seven points while Hailey Hooper added five for the Lady Cougars. Madison Burnham contributed three points and Deacon Robinson…
DAN JORDAN To the people of Jasper County, As of March 10, 2017 I will have had the honor of serving first as deputy clerk and then as your elected Clerk of Courts for 31 years. From the day my predecessor and mentor, Mrs. Jane H. Parrott, hired me I have loved this career and…
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS GATHER AT NUTHATCH BEACH SUNDAY MORNING Game Wardens from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement Division recovered the body of Amelia Whitlock, age 9, of Jackson, in the Turtle Cove area of Jackson Lake in Jasper County at approximately 7:55 p.m. Monday. The victim was riding in a vessel early…
MORGAN BLACKWELL (L) SEES LONDON Remember Morgan Blackwell, the Jasper County High School cheerleader who was selected to participate in the London New Year’s Day parade. Last year Morgan took a chance and entered a contest for cheerleaders across America for a chance to participate in this possibly “once in a lifetime” event. When Morgan…
Clarence Eugene “Gene” Trammell, was born in Sumner, Ga., March 22, 1947, and died January 12, 2017, in his adopted hometown, Monticello, Ga. He was the son of the late Merle Hancock and Clarence Hall “Bo” Trammell. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Charles Walker Trammell. Gene married his…
Betty Ann Limbough Mize, age 76, of Monticello, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017, at her residence. Betty Mize was born in Sylacauga, Ala., to the late Luther Henry Limbough and Dorothy Smith Limbough. After marrying Larry Mize in December of 1962, she moved to Georgia where she lived until moving to West Monroe,…
Richard “Dick” Leroy Clayton, age 90, passed away Monday, January 9, 2017, at his residence. Dick Clayton was born in Delano, Calif., to the late Frank Thomas Clayton and Florence Emma Williams Clayton. He lived in Coquille, Oregon for a number of years; and on June 15, 1972, his job as a supervisor with Georgia…
A celebration of life for Antonio DeMorris Rooks was held Saturday, Jan. 7, at Rock Creek Baptist Church in Mansfield. Reginald Bush, pastor of Lizzie Berry Baptist Church in Jackson and Cecil Rozier, Sr., pastor of Sims Chapel Baptist Church in Covington officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Rooks, affectionately known as “Fish,”…
Deborah Faye Lyon Webb, age 59, of Monticello, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at her residence. Deborah Webb was born in Atlanta, Ga., to the late Harold Lloyd Lyon and Dorothy Inez Goddard Lyon. She was raised in Lithonia, and later, moved to Semmes, Ala. Deborah moved to Monticello in 1989 to open Deborah…