Numerous offenders were sentenced July 7 in Jasper Superior Court, presided over by Judge Hugh Wingfield, III, which made for a lengthy day in court and busy traffic on the Square. Those appearing in court, and their sentences include:Anthony Eugene Parker, sentenced to 90 days in jail for a charge of simple battery, family violence.Kytrone…
A Celebration of Life for John Alexander will be held Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 1 p.m. at New Bethel Grove Baptist Church, 527 New Bethel Church Road, Monticello. The Rev. Lucious Solomon, pastor, will deliver the eulogy. John Alexander, a native of Monticello, was born on May 27, 1945 to the late George and…
Donna Renee Dent Chenault, age 51, of Shady Dale, passed away on July 4, 2015, from complications from a heart attack at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens. Donna Chenault was a devoted wife, mother, and daughter. She was born on November 3, 1963, in Montgomery, Ala., to John H. and Betty Carter Dent. She…
Funeral services for Arthur Lee “Buck” Glawson, Sr., 96, were held Friday, July 3 at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Jimmy Horton officiated. He died June 29. Mr. Glawson was born July 4, 1918 to the late Jimmy and Anna Glawson as one of five children including siblings, J.C., Ann, Mattie, and Sarah. His early…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) investigated several incidents in the last week, including burglaries on Hwy. 212 east, from a mailbox on Funderburg Drive, and at The Monticello News office. On Hwy. 212, a trailer and tools were reported stolen. A check was allegedly taken from a mailbox on Funderburg Drive, and cash and…
Even though it was just late afternoon the house looked dark and empty from across the lawn. With a feeling of looming disaster beginning to descend upon me, I walked to the front door with my key in hand. But to my amazement there was one of those big real-estate lock boxes hanging on the…
Backsliding is a word that some church-goers use to refer to people who previously came to church and were involved, and who are not coming to church in the present. Are you a backslider? Were you once in church and now you are not? If a poll was taken by former church attendees as to…
Old school journalism students were required to take a course in writing headlines. Rules were simple. Don’t use a word with an apostrophe, or a complete sentence as a headline, avoid numbers and punctuation and make it catchy like the ones below. Here’s a grabber: “Why I stopped eating shrimp.” Stop the presses, A+ for…
Jasper County schools welcome two new principals for the 2015-2016 school year. Charlie Frazier, the new principal at Jasper County Middle School, returns to Jasper County after five years of serving as an assistant principal in Butts County schools. Originally from Brunswick, Mr. Frazier got his degree in middle grades education from Clayton State and…
Colt Kelly, a senior at Jasper County High School, has earned a position on the Georgia state/provincial National High School rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Rock Springs, Wy. July 12-18 to compete at the 67th annual National High School Finals Rodeo in the team roping competition. The National High School…