The words that came out of Sissy’s beautiful mouth were like a lifeline to a drowning man, like bread to a starving man, the words that I was once again to be among the living with a driver’s license, a social security card and a credit card. It meant I could emerge from the shadow…
Howard Rudolph “Buddy” Dove, age 78, of Monticello, passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2015 after an extended illness. A native of Chicopee (Gainesville), Buddy was born on December 28, 1936 to J.B. and Ruby Dove. Buddy owned and operated a number of businesses in the automotive industry including car sales and auto parts sales.…
2014 INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT The Monticello Community Band welcomes everyone to a folksy Independence Day celebration on Saturday, July 4, on the lawn of Thomas Persons Hall in Monticello. The band will present its ninth annual Independence Day concert at 7 p.m. Across from the football field and on the lawn of a historic school…
The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce invites the community to join them for an open house, “Our Community – A Town Hall Meeting.” The open house will be held on Tuesday, June 23 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the Visitors’ Center at 119 West Washington Street. The goal of the Chamber of Commerce…
The Monticello City Council voted unanimously to adopt a $9.238 million budget for the fiscal year 2016 during its regular meeting Tuesday night. The motion was made by Councilman Larry Thurman and seconded by Councilman Cornell Williams. When the vote was called for both Councilwoman Katherine Alexander and Councilman David Wease voted for. Mayor pro…
THE CARDS AT THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA IN EGYPT, AFRICA (Editor’s Note: Peter Card, along with his wife Cheryl, are living and teaching abroad in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr. Card is a Jasper County native and former local educator who decided to embark on this adventure and…
During the first week of June, about the time hard core football fans begin to chomp-at-the-bit, we get a little teaser of the action to come through the courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon, when they host a media-only event which provides an opportunity to hear what the head football coach…
Frances Pearl Alexander, beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on March 17, 2015 in Melbourne, Fla. She was born Frances Pearl Walberg on February 15,1921 in Kearny, New Jersey. On March 3, 1942 she married Waitman E. (Al) Alexander and they shared 72 precious years together. She embraced…
Ralph Wade Jarrett, Sr., age 86, of Monticello, died Thursday, June 11, 2015, at his residence. Ralph Jarrett was born in Atlanta, to the late Thomas Wade Jarrett and Laura Cedonia Coker Jarrett. He lived in Decatur until moving to Monticello in 1991. Before retirement, Ralph was an auto body repairman for Timberlake Toyota in…
Mitchell Alvery “Mike” Waggoner, Jr., age 78, of Mansfield, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015, at the Medical Center Navicent Health in Macon. Mike Waggoner was born in Salisbury, N.C., to the late Mitchell Alvery Waggoner, Sr. and Marjorie Elizabeth Mesinheimer Waggoner. He moved to the Atlanta area in 1960, with the J.H. Cook &…