D. FUNT, H. BURNHAM, K. SWART, H. TYLER AND D. CAMP (L-R) Piedmont Academy senior softball players Kacy Swart, Hailey Burnham and Heather Tyler were chosen to compete in the GISA All-Star softball games, played Saturday in Macon.In addition, Lady Cougar coaches Danny Camp and Dan Funt were selected to guide the Class AA All-Star…
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Katherine Elizabeth “Beth” Perry Lunsford died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. She was born September 10, 1950 in Macon, the daughter of Edwin F. Perry Jr. and Julianne McDaniel Perry. She grew up in the Kelly community of Jasper County and was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church of Shady Dale. She was preceded in…
Gerald Shields Cunard, 74, of High Point, N.C. died Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 at the Hospice Home at High Point. Mr. Cunard was born May 9, 1938 in Monticello to Elbert Elwood and Evelyn Malone Cunard. he had been a resident of High Point since 1981 and was retired from JSK Mortgage as Vice President.…
Mary Frances Myrick Sanders, 81, died October 16, 2012. Ms. Sanders was born July 17, 1931 to the late Johnnie Myrick and Mrs. Lillie Mae Slack Broughton. She was raised in Jasper County near Farrar and attended the public schools there. She joined Shiloh Baptist Church at the age of 12. She later joined the…
James Braxton Holman, 68, died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, at Newton General Hospital in Covington. Mr. Holman was born in Mobile, Ala. His parents were the late Cammie Braxton Holman and Mary Pauline Pike Holman. He served in the U.S. Army and Navy. Before retirement in 2000, Mr. Holman owned and operated JASCO Electrical and…
MACK BRADY AND TONY TANNER Mack Brady, an eighth grader at Piedmont Academy had a perfect score on this week’s contest as did five others, Tink Dover, Clint Fields, and Tammy, Kaitlyn and Kenny Harvey. He picked up a $25 prize from Tony Tanner, headmaster of Piedmont Academy, last week’s sponsor. Mr. Brady was only…
The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce and the Jasper County Farm Bureau held a candidate forum last Thursday for those seeking election November 6. Early voting has begun briskly, which may have been a factor in the small crowd which didn’t even fill the small courtroom. The forum began with the candidates for the offices…
MANY CARS GO THROUGH LICENSE CHECK FRIDAY The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) teamed up last Friday night with several other middle Georgia participating agencies for dual road checks in Jasper County. One was held at the intersection of Hwy. 212 west and Conley Ditch Road,…
I’m fixing to go trick-or-treating. It’s that time of year again—when folks attend costume parties, carve pumpkins into scary faces, light bonfires, bob for apples, visit haunted houses, play pranks, tell scary stories and do a lot of reveling and cavorting, and let us not forget, trick-or-treating. Yep, next Wednesday, Oct. 31, is the yearly…