The Lady Hurricanes varsity softball squad has begun preparations for its upcoming season.Veteran head coach Chris Jenkins is quite excited about the new season.“We didn’t graduate anybody off of last year’s team, so we will be looking to build on the success we had and take the next step.”This year’s squad includes lone senior Shianne…
Gloria McMullen Montjoy, age 80, who resided in Macon, Ga. passed away Monday, July 18, 2016 at Coliseum Medical Centers, Macon. Mrs. Montjoy grew up in Monticello, Ga. Her parents were the late Adlene Smith McMullen and James W. McMullen. After graduation from Monticello High School, she attended Mercer University and became a registered nurse.…
Richard Molden Tillman, age 77, of Hillsboro, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Molden Tillman was a lifelong resident of Hillsboro, Georgia. His parents were the late Luther Marshall Tillman and Estelle Jackson Tillman. He was a member of Hillsboro Baptist Church. Molden Tillman owned and…
Japeth Harvey “J. H.” Jackson, age 92, of Monticello, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016, at the Eternal Hope Hospice-Hope House in Griffin. J. H. Jackson was born in Forsyth, Ga., to the late Howard Newton Jackson and Mamye Lucille Waits Jackson. He attended school in Hillsboro. His family moved to Atlanta in the late…
As I sat in my car on the Square for two nights this week I thought that I had lost it. Here I was, sitting in my car looking at our beautiful Square while two of my loved ones caught Pokemon. Sounds crazy right?!? I never had any desire to download the most popular App,…
A celebration of life for Eddie Ross, Jr. was held on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church in Eatonton. Bishop Lewis Parham, Pastor. Rev. Tracy Adams delivered the eulogy. God saw that he was getting tired, a cure was not to be. So early Friday morning, July 15, 2016, He put…
I am writing this from Edinburgh, Scotland. You would not believe that we are wearing all-weather coats and scarfs today. And this is summer here. Burrrrrrr… We get a wee bit of USA news. The recent Brexit vote and the new Prime Minister, Teresa May, dominate the headlines and television news reports. While in London,…
I’m Fixing To Present Part 46 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Ocmulgee County Deputy Sheriff James Earl Murphy was hacked off big time. The sheriff had reamed him out over the debacle he had made out of the drug raid on the last trailer in the Shady Dale Mobile Home Park, where no…
In the book of Exodus, we read about Israel’s success in battle whenever Moses lifted his hands high; when he lowered his hands, the battle did not go in favor of Israel. Moses spent a lot of time with his hands held high. To help Moses with this task, Aaron and Hur stood on the…
Whether it’s the hazy, crazy lazy days of summer or summertime and the livin’ is easy or any other description of these days, there’s something about summer in the news business. It’s slow. It gives me the summertime blues. These pages are often filled with schools news, including academics and sports, and there is not…