Lawrence (Larry) John Adornato, of Newnan, Georgia, died July 19, 2016, after the vehicle in which he was travelling was struck by a falling tree.Mr. Adornato, the son of Lawrence S. Adornato and the late Barbara Arentzen Adornato, grew up in Monticello, Georgia. He graduated from Jasper County High School and Auburn University. He was…
Wayne Carlton Jones, age 66, of Hillsboro, Georgia, passed away on July 20, 2016, at Jasper Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. Mr. Jones was widely known as a master carpenter and cabinet maker. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, having served as an air traffic controller during the Viet Nam Conflict. His parents…
Cynthia “Cindy” Johnson, age 47, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Memorial services will be held at noon on Friday, July 29, 2016 in the Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. Pastor Michael Soop & Rev. Phil Robertson will officiate. Mrs. Johnson was a loving wife and mother. She was also a member…
Loraine Waits Allen, age 85, of Mansfield, passed away peacefully at her residence on Saturday, July 23, 2016. Loraine Allen was born on December 17, 1930, in Hillsboro, Ga., to the late Elvin Levosia “Jack” Waits, Sr. and Jessie Mae Couch Waits. She married Harold Louis Allen in 1948, and moved to Mansfield; he preceded…
Tim Lam was elected the county’s new Chief Magistrate in a run-off election held Tuesday. Mr. Lam defeated Angie Steele, 689-585. Mr. Lam and Mrs. Steele were vying for the position after no one received enough votes in a three way race in May to win the position. Mrs. Steele and Mr. Lam have campaigned…
Three men have been arrested in Jasper County in the past week on charges of trying to meet up with 15-year-old girls for the purpose of sexual encounters. The 15-year-old female they thought they were meeting was actually an undercover agent of the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. On July 26, Derrick Lamar Richardson of Kernersville,…
VOLUNTEERS BEGIN WORK AT NEVER TOO LATE FOSTER HOME Volunteers from middle Georgia descended upon Monticello last week, coming together to begin the renovation process for Never Too Late. Employees from Lowe’s in both Madison and Milledgeville volunteered their time to work on the group home. for boys in foster care. As part of the…
I’m Fixing To Present Part 47 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: As Deputy James Earl watched the tail lights of Jimmy Ray Hurd’s old truck fade into the night it occurred to him that Jimmy Ray’s absence might be a good thing. It also occurred to him that Quantavious Cortez Carter had left…
My family and I had the privilege of venturing out west this summer. While we were in the neighborhood, we stopped by to see the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Now, that’s a big hole in the ground. I was amazed at how vast the view was. From rim to rim the Grand Canyon averages around…
Good to be back home. Too bad we couldn’t bring some of the cool weather we experienced in the United Kingdom. Imagine leaving Atlanta with a coat in July and actually needing it some days while over the pond. One day the weather person announced they were going to have a heat wave. Really? Let…