The people heading up the Jasper County Historical Foundation picture Thomas Persons Hall as the epitome of community. They want the old building to be used…and used it will be this summer when it comes alive for children’s musical theatre camp July 25-29.For children ages seven to 14, it will give them an introduction, or…
The Georgia Press Association recently recognized Monticello native Chris Bridges for his work as editor of the Barrow Journal for the group’s Better Newspaper Contest for the calendar year 2015. Bridges won first place in Division for Serious Column, which focused on the state of Georgia’s execution of Andrew Brannan, a decorated Vietnam veteran who…
A man in custody at the Jasper County Detention Center Tuesday walked off a grass cutting work detail, stole an individual's vehicle from the county's Public Works Department (PWD), and left the area. A witness told law officers that William Lee Clifton, 52, had changed clothes at a home on Blue Heron Drive in Monticello,…
The Shady Dale Rodeo is always one of the top rodeos in the southeast, and this year's stands to be the best in the country, as more than 300 cowboys and cowgirls competed in the two-night event in north Jasper County, winning nearly $34,000 in prize money. The event, sponsored by the Masons, was the…
MUHAMMAD ALI, NANNETTE MANNING As the world prepares to bid final farewell to legendary boxer and humanitarian Muhammad Ali tomorrow, June 10, in his hometown of Louisville, Ky., one Jasper County resident recalls with nostalgia her first and only face-to face with "The Greatest." Nannette Manning entered the offices of The Monticello News Tuesday morning…
Marie Goolsby Tillman, age 96, of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2016, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Marie Tillman was born in the Union Hill Community of Jones County on February 12, 1920, to the late Thomas Harrison Goolsby and Sudy Freeman Goolsby. She was a 1938 graduate of Jones County High School where she…
Marvin Wayne McDonald, age 78, of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at his residence. Wayne McDonald was born on September 3, 1937, to the late Herbert Austin McDonald and Ethel Woodard McDonald in Moultrie. He was raised in Americus, and was all-state in baseball and football in high school. He graduated from Georgia…
Kathryn Ann Gaulden Paschal, age 89, formerly of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Kathryn Paschal was born on October 3, 1926, in Camilla, Ga., to the late Carl Emmett Gaulden and Ruth Freeman Gaulden. She was a graduate of Camilla High School, attended Valdosta…
Mary Jackson Haizlip of Blairsville, Ga., formerly of Milledgeville, passed away on Monday, May 31, 2016, surrounded by her family, friends, and loyal pets. Mrs. Haizlip was born on October 10, 1943 in Kingsport, TN. She was a graduate of East Tennessee State University where she obtained a degree in nursing. She was a long-time…
I’m Fixin’ To Present Part 39 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Sunday morning came crashing in on Reverend Ricky Lee Jones like a hailstorm—except the hailstorm was inside his head. He quickly turned the hailstorm into a soft rain by washing down a BC headache powder with a Coca-Cola. After a long shower…