Mary Hooper Ketchie, 104, passed away Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 at her residence in Glennville, Ga. She was born in Monticello, Ga., on July 22, 1911 to Henry Benjamin Hooper and Annie Whitten Hooper. At the beginning of 1942 she moved her family to Macon, where she worked at the Naval Ordnance Plant in the…
A celebration of life for Mr. George “Poot” Mohorne will be held Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, 837 Hillsboro Street, Monticello.. Public visitation on February 17, 2016, 9 a.m. until 8 p.m., at Smith & Sons Funeral Home. He was born February 11, 1946, and died February 11,…
Stephen Rea Elliott, 54, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., passed away suddenly February 1, 2016. Mr. Elliott was born January 8, 1962 in Chester, Pa., and spent his adult life in Ft. Lauderdale. He is survived by his father, Jack Elliott (Linda) of Monticello; mother, Patricia Reichelderfer (James), brother, John W. Elliott (Frances), aunts, Judy Elliott…
Mrs. Doris Louise Starr Moncrief, age 95, of Flovilla, passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 at Westbury Medical Care Home. She was born on Friday, Jan. 7, 1921 in Monticello, to the late Clarence Starr and the late Myrtice Pope Starr. She attended Flovilla United Methodist Church. Many people would describe Mrs. Moncrief simply as…
A celebration of life for Mrs. Yolanda Carter Head was held Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, 837 Hillsboro Street in Monticello. Rev. Jimmy Horton, pastor and Brother Mark Walker delivered the eulogy. Mrs. Head was born in Jasper County on October 29, 1955, to the late Charlie Carter and Emma Jean…
I’m Fixin’ To Present part 24 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Ocmulgee County Deputy Sheriff James Earl Murphy got up way before daylight, eased out of bed so as not to wake Candy Sue, and tiptoed down the hallway to the bathroom. While he stood underneath the stinging stream of hot water in…
In the book of Genesis, we read about creation. It’s fascinating to see how God created all the wonderful and beautiful things around us. We had it made as God’s children until we started corrupting and adulterating God’s gifts to us. The struggle between good and bad seems to be a daily struggle. In this…
If you have football fans in your household, then you are well aware by now of the void that not having football games Monday through Sunday has created. Albert Einstein wrote of a vast black hole theory and as football widows can profess, the black hole does exist. It’s just not in space, but in…
You are it. A role model. So am I. So are we all. Unfortunately, there aren’t many good ones these days. There are far too many poor role models for our kids to watch, and our kids to follow. You and I need to step it up. You and I need to change that. We…
Hello to all of my friends in district 129! It is hard to believe that we are halfway finished with the 2016 session as Thursday, Feb. 11 marked day 20 of 40 legislative days. Last week was a great week as we passed a number of measures that received bi-partisan support addressing issues such as…