The 50th annual Deer Festival Saturday attracted a large crowd of people to the Monticello Square for festivities all day long. The fun began with the Fun Run at 7:30 a.m. followed by the Deer Dsah (top photo) at 8 a.m. By the time the runners finished, entertainment had begun, and booths were open with…
Marion Lorene Waits Lynch, age 95, of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at Autumn Village in Jackson, Ga. Marion Lynch was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Her parents were the late Roy Columbus Waits and Mabel Carey Waits. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rogers Lynch;…
Brenda Joyce Blankenship Coffield, age 66, of Culpepper, Va., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at Mary Washington Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. Brenda Coffield was born in Clifftop, W.Va. to the late Keith Frame and Eliza Jane Blankenship. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Everett Coffield; grandmother, Etta…
Grace is such a God-centered concept. Apart from God, there is no understanding of grace. Apart from God, there is no demonstration of grace, either to us or to others. Grace starts with God, flows from God, and points back to God. Grace is a God-thing. The experience of God’s grace in our lives is…
Wow! It’s that time of year when all the stars align, World Series, football, basketball, ice hockey and the world famous, Jasper County’s Deer Festival. Utopia for the sports fan. In only a few days, downtown Monticello will be covered in camouflage-clad hunters and huntresses. Love your boots! Stalking takes on a whole new meaning…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 61 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Standing out on his Uncle Willis’ back porch, Quantavious Cortez Carter, after being warned that Ocmulgee County Deputy Sheriff James Earl Murphy was most likely planning to plant some drugs on him or in his single wide and that his best option…
Continuing with the fall theme from last week’s column, a big part of the season has to be all the festivals which towns and cities — some close and some not-so-close — host each year. Monticello and Jasper County’s very own Deer Festival is this weekend and this event remains a popular event each year…
While the team did not earn the number of overall wins it had hoped, the 2016 football season still saw several Piedmont Academy football players have standout campaigns in terms of individual stats. Senior Mack Brady led the team with 784 yards passing (61-of-121) and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 761 yards on 119…
The 2016-2017 basketball season will begin for Piedmont Academy later this month. The varsity teams will open the new campaign on Tuesday, Nov. 29, against LaGrange Academy on the road. The teams will then travel to St. George Episcopal School on Thursday, Dec. 1. Varsity games begin at 6 p.m. both nights. The first home…
Nearly 2,600 voters in Jasper County had cast their ballots by 9 a.m. Wednesday, and Chief Registrar Carole Norris anticipates more brisk voting though Friday when early voting ends. In 2012, 2,700 voted early, so we are on pace to exceed that number this year, she said. Whoever doesn’t vote today, Nov. 3 or tomorrow,…