Jarvis Lamar Carter of Monticello was sentenced to 10 years in confinement with 10 years of probation for two counts of armed robbery, merged into one, for a prior incident that occurred at A-1 Food Store. The sentence was rendered last week during Jasper Superior Court’s criminal trial session under the jurisdiction of Judge Alison…
PIEDMONT ACADEMY CLASS OF 2015 The largest class of graduates in school history from Piedmont Academy held its 2015 ceremony with 32 members receiving diplomas on May 23. Headmaster Tony Tanner, the school’s board of trustees, faculty, and ushers with the highest academic average from the junior class, led the traditional graduation procession to Handel’s…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office executed two search warrants last Thursday, May 21. The locations of 78 Five Points Street and 4800 Hwy 11 South were both the targets of an ongoing drug investigation. At the Five Points location, Connie Smith and Andre Smith were arrested and both were charged with possession with intent to…
Those who know me well, know I am the queen of procrastination…I can put off anything. And, I’ve commented many a time I have the best job in the world for me because I have a deadline every week, without fail. Without the deadline, I’d never get around to doing much of anything. I must…
Grace M. Smith, age 92, of Monticello, died Sunday, May 17, 2015, at her home in Turtle Cove. She was born on June 12, 1922, at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, to Minnie L. McDaniel and Joseph C. Weaver. Grace was educated in the Atlanta public school system. She married Donald M. McNew in 1940,…
Funeral services for Dorothy Pinkney were held May 14, 2015 at Saint James A.M.E. Church with burial in South View Cemetery. Pastor Donna Calix officiated. She died May 8, 2015. Sister Dorothy Kate Standifer Lewis Pinkney was born on March 12, 1930 to the late Robert Standifer and the late Cosetta Brown Standifer. A devoted…
Gerald Hamilton, age 59, of Monticello, and formerly of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2015. He was preceded in death by his father, Bonnie (B.H.) Hamilton; and brother, Michael Hamilton. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Cindy Hamilton, Monticello; mother, Kathleen Higgins Waite, Snellville; twin sisters and brothers-in-law, Melody…
Funeral services for Eunice Odoms Williams were held Saturday, May 9 at White Chapel A.M.E. Church in Round Oak with burial in the church cemetery. She died May 5 at her residence. Mrs. Williams was born August 1, 1922. She joined White Chapel A.M.E Church at a young age where she formerly served on the…
Rev. Larry Leslie Pearson, age 73, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Rev. Larry Pearson was born in Tate, Georgia, to the late Olie Pearson and Pauline Boling Pearson. He was a graduate of Reinhardt College and received his Masters of Divinity from Emory University Candler School of Theology. He served in…
Wiley Phillips Jordan, Sr., age 90, died Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at his residence. “Mr. Phil” was born in Monticello, and was the second son of Myrene Phillips and Erasmus Glover Jordan. He was an Elder and Clerk of Session for many years in the Monticello Presbyterian Church and served a term as Moderator of…