.A celebration of life for Mr. Curtis Gilbert Sands was held on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 at St. James AME Church, 514 Funderburg Drive in Monticello.Rev. Donna Marie Calix, is church pastor; Rev. Timothy Sands delivered the eulogy. Burial was at Kings Chapel Church Cemetery in Hillsboro.Curtis Gilbert Sands entered into rest November 29, 2016…
Have you recently moved to the community? Do you work in Jasper County? Do you have an employee that is new to the community? Are you interested in becoming more involved or would you like to take on a leadership role? How about becoming active in our community or meeting other community leaders? Looking for…
Jasper Health Services, Inc. will be tobacco-free on January 1, 2017. After this date, no tobacco use of any kind will be permitted anywhere on the facility campus – inside or outside, according to an announcement from Jasper Health Services. This initiative will include the elimination of designated areas outside Jasper Health Services where employees,…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 66 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: It was a slow Monday and Tuesday on the Ocmulgee County Court Calendar with only a few civil cases to be heard, causing Judge Thurston J. Garfield, III, to be in a most foul mood. All he observed on the docket were…
I enjoy this season of the year as much as many of you. This weekend we went and purchased our Christmas tree, brought it home and decorated it. Just like every one of us, each tree is different in each home. How we choose to decorate depends upon our likes and dislikes. For those who…
Seventy-five years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke before Congress and gave one of the most quoted of all speeches when he said, “Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.” The entire speech lasted only seven minutes, but it’s impact on the United States cannot be understated. Baby boomers had…
We now have the four select teams for the upcoming playoffs in “big time” college football. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Washington have been chosen to battle for the national title in a few weeks. This current system is certainly favorable to previous decades when college football at this level had no playoff at all,…
Piedmont Academy’s Middle School basketball teams swept St. George Episcopal last week on the road. The Middle School Lady Cougars earned a 14-12 win behind eight points from Fleming Sealy. Raleigh Lofton, Cally Cook and Hannah Tyler added two points each in the victory. The Middle School boys took a 37-15 win behind a 10-point…
The Jasper County High School varsity basketball squads took care of business on home court last weekend with decisive victories over Jackson High School and Greene County High School. On Friday, the Lady Canes demolished the Lady Red Devils with a 67-6 win – and that is not a typo. Madison Abbott scored 16 points;…
Reinhardt University lost Saturday to St. Francis University of Indiana, 42-24. Quincy Standifer (center), a Jasper County High School graduate and former Hurricane football player competes on the Reinhardt squad. He was joined by some special spectators from Monticello on Saturday including (left to right) Josh Stone, his twin brother Quinton Standifer (who attends Valdosta…