Jasper County High School Film student Eli Nelson won $2,000 in the 2023 Hope Film Challenge. His 90-second original short film about anxiety will be aired this fall on Season 3 of the “Hope Givers,” an Emmy Award winning show on Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) for tweens and teens spotlighting hope and resilience across America.…
I pray that we all will be ready when Jesus returns! To The Monticello News staff, when we walk with God we will never be lost. James 1:1 Faith and Endurance Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come our way—my way—your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. V3 for you—me—we…
“There are so many people who don’t have access to health care,” Billie Jo Garcia, who works the registration desk at Jasper Memorial (JMH), shared. “I’m the first person someone sees when they come here needing help,” she shared of her job. “They can be nervous when they get here and I don’t want them…
Would you believe all the things that have happened this past week? Computers took a vacation instead of the vacationers. The airport was their vacation highlight, sleeping on the floors, competing for food. And the shootings and the after math, thank goodness there is always someone who wants to step in. I always remember a…
The last week and a half has spawned an interesting news cycle for journalists, current events lovers, and what should be the whole nation. It began with former president and then presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump getting shot during a rally which rolled into the Republican National Convention (RNC) where he accepted the official nomination…
Pamela Kay Ford of Monticello went home to be with her Lord and Savior during the evening hours of Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Pam was 62 years old. She was born Pamela Kay Adams on March 21, 1962, in Austell, to Lynda Daniell Fink and the late Archie David Adams Jr. Pam graduated with honors…
A celebration of life for Mrs. Mamie Lee Goolsby was held Monday, July 15, 2024 at Concord Primitive Baptist Church, 475 Concord Church Road, in Monticello. Elder Frank Dixon, pastor/eulogist. Mrs. Mamie Lee Goolsby, known to many as “Honey” was born April 16, 1951, in Jasper County to the late Louis Carter and Laura J.…
A celebration of life for Ezzard Charles “Chief” Davis was held Saturday, July 13, 2024, Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Monticello. Rev./Dr. Jimmy Horton, pastor. Rev. Preston Campbell, eulogist Ezzard Charles Davis was born on September 8, 1953 in Monticello. He was the first child born to the marriage of young parents, Eddie and Emma…
Monticello’s Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH), a non-profit, in patient hospital licensed for 17 total beds, is a certified Critical Access Hospital (CAH). It is one of only 30 out of 36 rural hospitals (out of 120 rural counties in Georgia) designated as a CAH. It requires an accreditation process and is defined as a hospital…
Michelle Coward, the incumbent Board of Education representative for District 5 in the Jasper County Charter System, announces her bid for re-election, aiming to continue her dedicated service to the community she dearly loves. Ms. Coward was appointed in March 2023 to fill the vacated seat of Lewis Rice. Several years ago, Michelle, along with…