Robert A. “Daddy Bob” Clark, 70, died December 10, 2013 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Clark was born in Montgomery, Ala. to the late Lloyd Basil Clark and the late Marjorie McElrath Clark. He was a retired truck driver for Keen Transport and a veteran of the United States Navy where…
Mrs. Mary Will Milton, 97, died January 2, 2014. Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 4 in the chapel of Smith and Sons Funeral Home with burial in South View cemetery. Pastor Donna Marie Calix officiated. Mrs. Milton was born May 29, 1916 to the late Will Benn and Lemma Benn in Jasper County. She…
Richmond James “Richie” Steele, 20, of Monticello, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Palmetto. Richie Steele was born on July 7, 1993, in Conyers. He was a loving person with a tender heart, always putting others before himself. As a young child, he loved playing baseball and…
Betty McBryde Brady, 72, of Monticello, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at home, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Brady was born in New Albany, Miss. on January 15, 1941 to Lee E. McBryde and the late Richard O. McBryde, Sr. At an early age she and her family moved to Memphis, Tenn. She graduated from…
District 3 Commissioner Gene Trammell was elected chairman of the Jasper County Commission during the regular meeting Monday evening, and District 2 Commissioner Bruce Henry was named vice-chair. Both men were elected unanimously. In addition, the commission named Jim Alexander as county attorney and Sharon Robinson as county clerk. The commission elects those positions during…
Many Jasperites got a phone call Monday warning them of the severe cold expected early Tuesday morning. The warning, put out by the local 911 system went to 3,500 phones, as well as some e-mails. The phone calls were to those numbers in the 911 database, and cell phones that residents have registered with the…
The clock/temperature sign at Hamilton State Bank read a mere eight degrees Tuesday morning, and some places around the county had lower readings than that. Because of the unusually cold temperatures, local schools were closed Tuesday. Students had returned to school on Monday after the holiday break, and Jasper County high School Principal said she…
In Superior Court Tuesday, January 7, with Judge Hulane E. George, presiding, Jeffrey Olice Lake, who was serving a 12 month probation sentence as a result of pleading guilty to stalking, criminal trespass, simple battery and interfering with a 911 call this past October, was found to have violated his probation via the new charges…
As we’ve begun a new week and the first full “work week” for many of 2014, I’ve been getting settled in for the New Year. Unlike other new year’s, this one has started out differently. Be it that I am older and wiser or that there are so many opportunities out there I find myself…
Brrr, it’s cold. The opening of 2014 reminds us Georgians that the weather can do some tremendous flip-flops in our great state. Single-digit temperatures on Tuesday morning, and later in the week, the weatherman is calling for highs in the 60s; welcome to Georgia. As many of you are aware, The News office is in…