A celebration of life for Willie “Mullet” Ward, who died November 25, 2014, was held Saturday, Nov. 29, at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Monticello. Rev. Jimmy Horton, pastor, officiated; burial was in South View Cemetery.Mr. Ward, a native of Monticello, was born December 9, 1957 to the late Eugene Broadus and Virginia (Teddie) Ward,…
A celebration of life for Tommy Jackson, who died Nov. 24, was held Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, in the chapel of Smith and Sons Funeral Home in Monticello. Mr. Jackson was born on June 4, 1934 in Jasper County to John Jackson and Eva Kelly. He attended Rock Springs School. Later, he married Annie E.…
Last Saturday’s Shop Small promotion, encouraging people to do their Christmas shopping with small businesses, and to shop locally, boded well for many merchants. The Visitors’ Center, where Santa was located, was a flurry of activity with children having cookies with Santa, free gift wrapping offered, and persons dropping off their receipts to be entered…
Jehan El-Jourbagy, conductor for the Monticello Community Band, talked to the Monticello Kiwanis Club Monday about the beginnings of the community band, and its evolution to the group it is now. She was assisted in the presentation by other band members and band board members Greg Holder, who plays the trombone, and Mary Camp, who…
The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce (COC) is encouraging everyone to shop local, and giving incentives, too. “Each time you shop local in Jasper County through Tuesday, Dec. 23, you can submit a copy of your receipt to the Chamber of Commerce to win a tree filled with items donated from local merchants and businesses…
Piedmont Academy football coach Wes Tanner had to give his team the speech he didn’t want to give after Saturday’s state championship game. The Cougars had just fallen 42-35 to a quality Memorial Day team in the GISA Class AA state championship game played at Mercer University in Macon. Piedmont’s final attempt to tie the…
A verse we often hear quoted around Christmas time is a prophecy from Isaiah pointing to the birth of a Child who would forever change the course of the world. That prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus left the throne-room of heaven to be born in the little town of Bethlehem. Isaiah’s words go like this:…
I’m Fixin’ To Play Dead (Part 27) After not having spotted Leon’s old thieving bald head anywhere in the casino, I began to get a little niggling feeling that my former confident feeling that he was indeed here, might have been a tad premature. But I still had hope because there was one last little…
Shopping, it’s the season for shopping and buying too. Now we no longer have to leave home to do our shopping, just turn on the television. There are a kbillion shopping channels—channels only for jewelry, coins, makeup, and channels for just about everything else hosted by hosts who seem to know anything about everything, 24…
Local foster parent and author John DeGarmo will sign copies of his new book, Love and Mayhem, this Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon at The Vanilla Bean on the Square in Monticello. In conjunction with the book signing will be an art show by local artist Jeanne Trammell. Mr. DeGarmo said that…