Janice Lynn Ramey, age 63, of Newborn, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at her residence.Janice Ramey was born in Fulton County to the late Thomas Woodrow Lynn and Opal Mae Folds Lynn. Before moving to Jasper County as a teenager, she lived in Suwannee, Ga. She owned and operated Shane’s One Stop in Newborn. She…
Thomas Alan Herbert, age 61, of Monticello, passed away Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Griffin, September 9, 1953 son of the late Thomas Clyde Herbert and Hilda Prickett Herbert. Tommy was a retired employee of Georgia Power Company with 30 years service. He was a former Jaycee and enjoyed…
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and state fire marshal’s office were called in Monday evening to investigate a fire on Oak Street that led to the discovery of a man’s body. No details were available at press time, but Tommie Jackson is the name of the deceased. His remains have been sent to the state…
Only a few minutes remained before kickoff last Friday night when Piedmont Academy football coach Wes Tanner addressed his team in the locker room. Tanner told his players to remember everything they had been through during the season, going all the way back to last summer. “When we first got started, we made a trip…
I could hear the sounds of the casino down the hall from the lobby of the Beau Ravage, where to my great pleasure a hotel phone operator had just told me she would ring Leon Martin’s room for me. I was so excited that I had actually found him that I was shaking like a…
Once again, Thanksgiving and Christmas arrive suddenly for many of us. Another year passes in a flash before us. If we list what each of us have been through over the last year it would amaze us all as to what we have said and done over this year or in this flash of time.…
This week many of us will gather with family and friends to celebrate a truly unique American holiday, Thanksgiving. But did you ever look carefully at the name of this holiday, Thanksgiving, yes, two words, Thanks and Giving. In the first year nearly half of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth were dead. They arrived…
When I used to teach a math support class for struggling middle-school students, we would spend one day a week previewing concepts they would need to learn in the coming weeks or months in their regular education classes. Because the data showed that students who were exposed to concepts early on were better able to…
DR. JAMISON ESTES (L) PRESENTS PRIZE TO WAYNE RYE WHILE PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT GRANT LAND LOOKS ON It was another tough week for The Monticello News football contest, but not as tough as last week’s. This week, eight people got 12 or more right to have their names added to the grand prize honor roll. However,…
HISTORIAN LARRY SMITH SPEAKS The Jasper County Historical Foundation presented some little known history of General Sherman and the Civil War at the fourth of their yearly open meetings last Thursday at Thomas Persons Hall. Larry Smith, a Monticello native and Civil War historian, was the featured speaker and shared some fascinating stories, not only…