It’s difficult to believe we are already approaching another Thanksgiving Day. A lot of events have happened in each and every one of our lives over the last 12 months. Despite the good and the bad that we’ve encountered, we can all say and should say, “God, thank You for the blessings of this last…
One hundred thirty-two souls left England on the good ship, Mayflower, in September of 1620. By spring of 1621, half were dead. The goal of the Pilgrims, as they would later be known, was to find a place where they could have freedom to have their own church apart from Catholicism and the Church of…
Thanksgiving is more than just a day of feasting. This holiday reminds us to put aside our personal and political differences for at least one day to pause with family, friends and neighbors to give thanks for all we have. We live in the greatest land on Earth and have many reasons to be thankful.…
The varsity Monticello Hurricane basketball squads traveled to Heritage High School last Friday for their first game of the regular season to face the non-conference AAAAA Patriots who swept the varsity Canes. The Lady Canes, coached this season by Shakeirra Middlebrooks, fell 52-49 to the Lady Patriots. The varsity girls’ squad is being assisted by…
Bruce Alan Jackson, age 62, of Round Oak, passed away peacefully on November 18, 2015, surrounded by his family at the Coliseum Medical Center in Macon. Bruce Jackson was born on January 16, 1953, and lived in Round Oak, Ga., most of his life. He was a welder by trade, and his hobbies were hunting…
CHRIS PRESNELL (LEFT), JOHN MCWILLIAMS John McWililams and Chris Presnell, likely the only two people from Monticello currently in the U.S. Coast Guard, had the opportunity to fly together last week. Here you see them standing next to a Coast Guard MH-65D helicopter. The two former schoolmates’ paths have crossed some in the past, but…
A Celebration of Life for Mr. Haran Lamar Allison is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, 837 Hillsboro Street, Monticello. Rev. Jimmy Horton, pastor, will deliver the Eulogy. Burial will be in Community Cemetery, Shady Dale. “To everything there is a season and a time to every…
Numerous parents and community members attended last week’s school board meeting to express concerns about values that one or two teachers were expressing to the students. A standing room only crowd gathered, but only five people were allowed to speak. The school board did not respond at the meeting to those in attendance, but promised…
Tomorrow, Nov. 26, is Thanksgiving, the day we pause to say thanks for all our many blessings. Most of us have so many blessings we don’t know where to start counting, but at this time of year, often the first gift we think of is family. As we gather with loved ones to overstuff ourselves…
Mrs. Eula B. Clemons, resident of Eatonton, age 99, born January 7, 1916 in Monticello, passed away Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, at Griggs Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 724 Griggs Chapel Road. The Reverend Melvin Henry will be officiating. Interment to follow…