Next Monday, May 27, is the official Memorial Day holiday, a day set aside to honor those service members who died protecting our country.It has become the unofficial start to summer, as well, and locally all schools will be out for the summer before Monday, with Piedmont’s last day being tomorrow.Banks, post offices, government offices,…
Helen Travis-Clay, 74, died Friday, May 17 following a prolonged illness. Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday, May 25 at 11 a.m. at Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church, Colorado Springs, Co. with interment at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Co. Mrs. Clay was born July 2, 1938 in Atlanta, Ga. to the late Marcellus and…
Members of the Lorraine Dumas Outreach are pictured above with a flag they placed at Hebron Cemetery at Hwy. 11 south and Hwy. 380, in honor of Memorial Day. The outreach group has placed flags at the cemetery, Hillsboro Baptist Church cemetery, and at Fullerton Memorial Gardens off Goolsby Rd. each year for about 11…
Rather than go to trial, Brandon Thompson plead guilty in Jasper County Superior Court this past Monday, May 20, to the charge of Aggravated Child Molestation. Mr. Thompson was sentenced to 20 years with the first five years to be served in confinement and the remainder to be served on probation. And, a fine of…
Margaret Gemma DeCesaris Mudd, 85, of Fenwick Island, De. and a former resident of Deale, Md., died May 20, 2013 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md. She was born February 18, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pa. to the late Marco and Ida (Jennetti) DeCesaris. Mrs. Mudd was raised in Washington, D.C., graduated from Eastern…
Mrs. Laura Jean “PeeWee” Catchings was born August 18, 1932 in Jasper County to the late Freeman Epps and Mamie McDowell Epps. She was one of eight children. She was educated in Jasper County. She was a sweet, loving and hard working mother and friend. On January 1, 1988, she was joined in holy matrimony…
Stephanie McDaniels, 33, died Sunday, May 5, 2013. Ms. McDaniels was born in Warner Robins, on July 6, 1979, to Eddie McDaniels and Marie Jackson. Ms. McDaniels was educated in the Houston County School System. She later relocated to Jacksonville, Fla. Upon her return to Georgia she made Hillsoboro her home. Ms. McDaniels had a…
John Griffin McMichael, 91, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at his residence. “Griff” McMichael was a lifelong resident of Monticello. His parents were the late John Henry Levi McMichael and Naomi Jinks McMichael. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Before retirement, Mr. McMichael was a loading supervisor for the Feldspar Corporation.…
Last Friday, May 10, it was reported to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) that a 16 GB Fourth Generation Apple I-pod had been stolen from an individual at Jasper County High School. According to information received from the JCSO the complaint reported the theft had actually taken place on Thursday, May 2. Anyone with…
The Monticello City Council voted to tentatively approve their $9.691 million preliminary budget for 2014 Tuesday night at their regular business meeting. This vote came after some heated discussion over the proposed city shop and the power cost adjustment (PCA)—that affects electric rates. Mayor Bryan Standifer put the budget up for a vote Tuesday after…