I am assuming at 46 years of age, I am entering the second half of my life. My son reminds me that I am being very optimistic. Whether I live to be 92 or not, I am entering a new season of life. With both children off to college we sail into unchartered territory surrounded…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity softball team recorded a pair of wins during a weekend tournament in Monticello. The Lady Cougars blanked Heritage of Newnan 6-0 as O’Neil Sealy earned the win working six innings with four strikeouts. Sealy did not allow a run and limited Heritage to just two hits. “I thought we played really well…
I’m fixing to play dead (Part 11). It kind of put a damper on my enthusiasm when Leon enlightened me with the information that he was a parolee, but I figured things were too far gone to turn back now so I asked, “But you are still willing to take the chance of going to…
TREVOR WILSON WORKS AT MICROSOFT Trevor Wilson, 2010 graduate and STAR student of Piedmont Academy, has been hired by the Microsoft Corporation. Mr. Wilson graduated from the University of Georgia Honors program in May of this year. Upon entering UGA, after being an avid bulldog fan his entire life and coming from a family of…
Two homes in Jasper County were destroyed by fire in the last week. The top photo shows the old Dumas homeplace in Hillsboro that burned early Sunday morning, possibly caused by a lightning strike. The bottom photo shows a home on County Line Road that burned Tuesday morning. The fire appeared to have started around…
Funeral services for Marvin David Jordan, 54, were held Saturday, August 2 at Midway C.M.E. Church in Shady Dale with burial in Midway Church Cemetery. Pastor Benny Dearro officiated. He died July 26, 2014. Mr. Jordan was born on January 26, 1960 as the youngest son of the late Sidney and Serlena Jordan. He possessed…
James Malcolm Cole Jr. of Macon, husband of 51 years to Ruth Pannell Cole, entered into rest Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at Pine Point Hospice in Macon. Funeral services were held Friday, July 25, at Burns Memorial United Methodist Church, Augusta, Ga., with Dr. Benny Tate officiating. Private interment was held at Mill Creek Baptist…
I love the Bible. I love reading it. Almost always it speaks to me, if I allow it. But I confess, there are times it is better than Sominex or some other form of sleep-aid. Travel to the book of First Chronicles and you will experience many examples. Read about the descendants of Abraham, Judah,…
Piedmont Academy’s cross country program is working toward the start of the 2014 season. Coach Traci Brady’s runners will open the new campaign Saturday, Aug. 23, at Loganville Christian Academy beginning at 9 a.m. The team is scheduled to run at Dauset Trails in Jackson on Monday, Aug. 25, although that is a tentative date,…
Piedmont Academy’s fast-pitch softball team ushered in the 2014 season with six games last weekend as part of a tournament hosted by Windsor Academy. In the debut weekend for new head coach Daniel Funt, the Lady Cougars went 2-3-1 and played in the championship game of the Silver Bracket, finishing second. Piedmont opened the tournament…